Profile: Cartoon Network to air all but 12 Bugs Bunny cartoons, which are deemed racially offensive, in weekend marathon From: Morning Edition (NPR) | Date: May 29, 2001| Author: BOB EDWARDS | . Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

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05-29-2001

Profile: Cartoon Network to air all but 12 Bugs Bunny cartoons, which are deemed racially offensive, in weekend marathon

Host: BOB EDWARDS
Time: 11:00 AM-12:00 Noon

BOB EDWARDS, host:

Everyone's favorite carrot-munching, wisecracking rabbit will be popping up in homes this weekend as the Cartoon Network presents a Bugs Bunny marathon. The Atlanta-based cable channel will show Bugs Bunny non-stop for 49 hour...

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