A Political Cartoon is a 1974 American satiric independent short film produced by James K. Morrow, Joe Adamson and David E. Stone.
James K. Morrow, Joe Adamson, and David E. Stone were young filmmakers who collaborated on each other's films (some of which won awards) at Abington High School in Philadelphia, such as It's an Out of its Mind World and The Man Who Owned America.
[11][12][13][14][15][16] The short was made in the Boston suburbs during Richard Nixon's second inauguration, and stars Alex Krakower, Liam Smith, Marshall Anker, Allen Lieb, George Stapleford, and Bob Kingsley,[1] with Adamson, Morrow, Lindsay Doran, and other crew members portraying additional uncredited roles.
Morrow, Adamson and Stone shot principal photography (all the Lance and Bernie scenes and the CCC) and the Panacea commercial at Drew University and in Madison, New Jersey.
[18][7] The short features two cameo appearances from Bugs Bunny; one at the beginning where he campaigns on behalf of equal rights for cartoon characters everywhere, and another in which he is interviewed at a pet store, where he is on sale as an "Easter Rabbit".
The scenes in which Bugs campaigns on behalf of equal rights for cartoon characters and is interviewed at the pet store were written and submitted to Warner Bros., and were included in the final version of the film.
[17][6][7][16][19][1][20] At one point during production, Stone and Adamson were in the editing room when the time came to cut the sound effects track for the scene where Lance and Bernie improvise an ink transfusion for Peter.