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Someone called me cynical for questioning the usefulness of changing your Facebook profile pictures to a cartoon character to support child abuse awareness. For the record, I'm the opposite of cynical ...
I suppose it's possible the expression was used (on rare occasions) in the mid-1800s, but I'd have thought that would be largely irrelevant to it being revived/coined by cartoon characters later. Warner, Disney, etc., wouldn't want any of their target audience to see it as a "minced oath", since that would still be potentially offensive to some. Whatever - my guess is sufferin' succotash is a ...
6 You might just say I prefer movies that aren't animated, or movies with live actors. The other sense of animated could interfere with its use to mean with cartoon characters.
*My favourite cartoon characters were Korky the Cat, Hugo the Hippo, and the s/Sheep, Shaun. I went for a walk with my friends John and Mary [,] and Sammy the dog.