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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsWhat cartoons and kid shows , that you watched, would not be allowed on TV today?
Coventina
(27,121 posts)Stupid serial rapist ruined a great show.
Plus, a main character would never be called "Fat" now.
debm55
(25,218 posts)Coventina
(27,121 posts)Yes, definitely sexual harassment / assault!!
debm55
(25,218 posts)Coventina
(27,121 posts)SarahD
(1,196 posts)debm55
(25,218 posts)AllaN01Bear
(18,261 posts)creative mayhem for 50 years .
SarahD
(1,196 posts)My friend is such a fan her mailbox just says ACME.
Mark.b2
(261 posts)They are highly edited nowadays.
debm55
(25,218 posts)debm55
(25,218 posts)dchill
(38,505 posts)bucolic_frolic
(43,182 posts)Too educational. It taught kids and people to think. Somewhere online I read some considered it a national security problem because of the Cold War. Speculation as to it was given a wee push off the air in 1964. Boris Badenov and Natasha. Same with "The Russians Are Coming". USSR was serious geopolitics, not comedy.
debm55
(25,218 posts)dchill
(38,505 posts)...on YouTube from time to time. One of my all time favorites!
Hekate
(90,714 posts)speaks to the IQ of the writers, afaiac. Good fare for kids but as I grew up Id recognize more and more of it in the adult world around me.
Gidney N Cloyd
(19,841 posts)rubbersole
(6,700 posts)debm55
(25,218 posts)Mike Nelson
(9,959 posts)debm55
(25,218 posts)Shermann
(7,423 posts)Gidney N Cloyd
(19,841 posts)Emile
(22,789 posts)debm55
(25,218 posts)Chipper Chat
(9,680 posts)Way too "gay"
debm55
(25,218 posts)Chipper Chat
(9,680 posts)His character had flamboyant clothes and
Demeanor. I was a preteen and thought he was gay way before I even knew that I was.
debm55
(25,218 posts)sakabatou
(42,157 posts)debm55
(25,218 posts)Niagara
(7,627 posts)Looney Tunes. Speedy Gonzales has a cousin named "Slowpoke" Rodriguez that packs a gun. It's somewhat implied that "Slowpoke" may be a stoner.
Scooby Doo and Norville "Shaggy" Rogers. These two were generally always off by themselves and always hungry while devouring oversized portions of food. There's a discrepancy as the creators have stated that it was not intended for both of these characters to be stoners.
The Ren and Stimpy Show. There were an abundance of adult themes that I can't even to begin to describe any of them. Still hilarious though and the show aired on Nickelodeon.
Mr.Bill
(24,303 posts)would object to The Three Stooges short films.
Hekate
(90,714 posts)debm55
(25,218 posts)hair pulling. Some parts were funny. others parts were not. And Moe was a bully.
AllaN01Bear
(18,261 posts)flintstones . i espicialy loved the jetsons .
Gidney N Cloyd
(19,841 posts)Shermann
(7,423 posts)debm55
(25,218 posts)DBoon
(22,369 posts)It featured a stereotyped Japanese detective
Coventina
(27,121 posts)Alpeduez21
(1,751 posts)Gidney N Cloyd
(19,841 posts)"Go Go Gomez" was another one.
sarge43
(28,941 posts)Language, sexual activities, ageism.
surrealAmerican
(11,362 posts).
Different Drummer
(7,621 posts)It was a filler cartoon on The Underdog Show. The Gophers, named Running Board and Ruffled Feather, were parodies of Native Americans and Ruffled Feather spoke in gibberish.
OldBaldy1701E
(5,134 posts)If they show it at all. Still my favorite animated show. Because it was (with the exception of Bandit, who was added for comic relief) a serious show. Mummies, robots, aliens, vicious bandits, major gun battles with both Johnny and Hadji participating... it really spoke to me when I was young.
malthaussen
(17,204 posts)I think even "Road Runner" would still be shown (on a dedicated cable cartoons channel, anyway), but there's no way the classic Warner Brothers cartoons would be made today. Writing and production are all very different now, and Mel Blanc is dead.
-- Mal
Hekate
(90,714 posts)I remember Mammy characters in cartoons.
WW II leftover cartoons used as fillers in the 50s I dont think Tojo & Hirohito would pass muster these days.
What I really loved were Crusader Rabbit and everything on Rocky & Bullwinkle. I think the only reason they couldt make a comeback would be the high intelligence and the sly political references.
Gidney N Cloyd
(19,841 posts)debm55
(25,218 posts)ificandream
(9,373 posts)There were lots of jokes that went over our heads. Then there was this ...