I'm still a bit jet-lagged from last week's Comic-Con in San Diego…an amazing condition when you consider that I drove there. But I've been operating in a semi-fog for much of the week and was in a particularly dense one last night when I wrote here that I couldn't recall a lasting ad campaign where a cartoon character was selling a product that involved the consumption of his own species. Too many of you to list wrote to throw the hallowed name of Charlie the Tuna in my face, and you're all correct.
On the other hand or fin or whatever, I would point out that the concept behind those commercials was that if you bought the product, you wouldn't be eating the lovable cartoon mascot. The suicidal fish (voiced by Herschel Bernardi until he passed away) would definitely not be in the can of Star-Kist Tuna you purchased and mixed with mayo. So that's a little different from Foghorn Leghorn suggesting you rush out and purchase what could have been his own drumsticks and gizzard, battered and deep-fried.