A real flash from the past - remember this one?

[nortonrider]

The woman and I were talking about this cartoon and damned if I didn't find it on youtube.

I'll bet someone out there remembers it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snABz...eature=related


Now I can't get the song out of my head.

[ubado]

Always one of my favorite Bugs cartoons.

[kserg]

Oh i remember this. I remember playing this over and over on a VHS.

[ImaStupidBaby]

You know, there is a strange racist tinge to some of those old bugs bunny cartoons. Am I the only one who cringes just a little bit when Elmer Fudd calls Bugs a "cotton pickin'" rabbit?

I'm not saying it was out and out racist...but damn, the dudes who made those cartoons were talkin' about things that are pretty taboo in our day. I say I cringe, but obviously Elmer Fudd was a caricature, ya know?

[kserg]

Originally Posted by ImaStupidBaby

You know, there is a strange racist tinge to some of those old bugs bunny cartoons. Am I the only one who cringes just a little bit when Elmer Fudd calls Bugs a "cotton pickin'" rabbit?

Not at all.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGD6nYQpc6c

[ImaStupidBaby]

Originally Posted by kserg

Not at all.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGD6nYQpc6c

Wow.


But to be fair (and maybe its me being a relativist) I can't help but think that the inherent racism of these kinds of cartoons weren't meant to be laughed at, as if that kind of attitude was a joke, an archaic sensibility that was to be mocked and made fun of. At least I would like to think so.

[jomahu]

Originally Posted by ImaStupidBaby

Wow.


But to be fair (and maybe its me being a relativist) I can't help but think that the inherent racism of these kinds of cartoons weren't meant to be laughed at, as if that kind of attitude was a joke, an archaic sensibility that was to be mocked and made fun of. At least I would like to think so.

actually, i'd think it was more a sign of the times. WB created some really....uh, stereotypical characters. like speedy gonzalez. and all cartoons that had native americans in 'em.
heck, i saw a tom and jerry (non-WB) where tom was made to look like he was in blackface after an explosion. altho' i've noticed that in recent years it has been edited out...

[bigfatbass]

Thanks for the link! Made my morning.

The uncut bugs/wb stuff is full of brutal ethnic/societal stereotypes, and war propaganda. There are college courses taught on their impact on America. In many ways it was the medium that saturated and devalued the imagery by making it a part of the pop culture lexicon, thereby greatly diminishing their negative influence.


In much the same way, you could never market a movie like Blazing Saddles today even though it shattered boundaries, and was a treatise on tolerance and racial issues.

[fourstringdrums]

Originally Posted by kserg

Not at all.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGD6nYQpc6c

Hah, I actually remember this one.

Not Looney Tunes but the one racist cartoon example I think of are the crows in Dumbo.

[Pilgrim]

There are Bugs cartoons which are NEVER shown on TV because of their ethnic or political stereotypes. I have a laserdisc titled something like "Banned Bugs Bunny Cartoons" that has a dozen or so of them. I remember one that is WWII vintage and shows a childlike but menacing Hermann Goering in lederhosen sparring with Bugs.

During WWII the Bugs cartoons were heavily propagandized (remember the one where he fights a Gremlin in an airplane?) but no one in the US minded because we were all committed to that war. Time has given us a different viewpoint, notably thinner skins, and a stronger tendency toward litigation.

Has anyone noticed that you no longer see Tijuana Toads or Speedy Gonzales either? Those Hispanic stereotypes are not acceptable today. (Decorum forbids further comment on that...)

[MakiSupaStar]

Pukinhead Martin. LOL. This is great.

[mothmonsterman]

people are pansies these days,
I can't believe they don't play this stuff on TV anymore, probably because of "Child Safety"
which is also why we lock our children inside with dora the explorer and snack food so they become fat and "emotionally sensitive" to the real world.

Even the classic seseme street dvd set has a parental supervision sticker on it, ON SESEME STREET FOR GOD'S SAKE.
Oh no big bird has an imaginary friend, bert and ernie live together, oscar the grouch is an Ahole and the cookie monster promotes over eating sweets.

yosemity sam, bugs bunny, fog horn leg horn and speedy gonzales where the greatest cartoon characters of all time, it's a damn shame they've tuned them into garbage.

Even Tom and Jerry who's cartoons where so outrageously violent i didn't even really find them funny till now.



bottom line cartoons these days suck and all your children are pansies.

[Chriss62]

Originally Posted by mothmonsterman

people are pansies these days,
I can't believe they don't play this stuff on TV anymore, probably because of "Child Safety"
which is also why we lock our children inside with dora the explorer and snack food so they become fat and "emotionally sensitive" to the real world.

Even the classic seseme street dvd set has a parental supervision sticker on it, ON SESEME STREET FOR GOD'S SAKE.
Oh no big bird has an imaginary friend, bert and ernie live together, oscar the grouch is an Ahole and the cookie monster promotes over eating sweets.

yosemity sam, bugs bunny, fog horn leg horn and speedy gonzales where the greatest cartoon characters of all time, it's a damn shame they've tuned them into garbage.

Even Tom and Jerry who's cartoons where so outrageously violent i didn't even really find them funny till now.



bottom line cartoons these days suck and all your children are pansies.

Are....Are you drunk?!?

[RED5]

Originally Posted by fourstringdrums

Hah, I actually remember this one.

Not Looney Tunes but the one racist cartoon example I think of are the crows in Dumbo.

Bear in mind cartoons were an adult form of entertainment, shown before feature films. And children were not expected to be going out to movies who were intended to be in bed by 8pm. that being said? "Heckle & Jeckle" remember when? How did we let ourselves get so pc? Shame on us.

[mothmonsterman]

Originally Posted by RED5

Bear in mind cartoons were an adult form of entertainment, shown before feature films. And children were not expected to be going out to movies who were intended to be in bed by 8pm. that being said? "Heckle & Jeckle" remember when? How did we let ourselves get so pc? Shame on us.

very true, i remember a time when i wasn't allowed to watch the simpsons, much like how the flinstones and the jetsons where with my parents (which weren't all that bad) and south park and cartoon networks adult swim is today.




lol drunk?
not yet just bored, end of the school year and no one cares enough to report computer problems.

[Vic Winters]

Originally Posted by mothmonsterman

bottom line cartoons these days suck and all your children are pansies.

+1

[jomahu]

Originally Posted by mothmonsterman

people are pansies these days,
I can't believe they don't play this stuff on TV anymore, probably because of "Child Safety"
which is also why we lock our children inside with dora the explorer and snack food so they become fat and "emotionally sensitive" to the real world.

why you gotta hate on dora??? racist!

[nortonrider]

PC or not - It's darn funny!

Grab a fence post, hold on tight,
Whomp your partner, with all your might.

Hit'em in the shin. hit' em in the head,
Hit 'em again that critter ain't dead.


Let's hear Barney sing that!

[Jeremy Crockett]

Originally Posted by Pilgrim

...
During WWII the Bugs cartoons were heavily propagandized (remember the one where he fights a Gremlin in an airplane?) but no one in the US minded because we were all committed to that war. Time has given us a different viewpoint, notably thinner skins, and a stronger tendency toward litigation.

You handled that delicately and with much better tact than I could hope to muster at this point in time.

I better stop here because I don't want to get banned.

[peterbright]

What?