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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsWhat cartoons and kid shows , that you watched, would not be allowed on TV today?
Coventina
(27,224 posts)Stupid serial rapist ruined a great show.
Plus, a main character would never be called "Fat" now.
debm55
(25,775 posts)Coventina
(27,224 posts)Yes, definitely sexual harassment / assault!!
debm55
(25,775 posts)Coventina
(27,224 posts)SarahD
(1,330 posts)debm55
(25,775 posts)AllaN01Bear
(18,820 posts)creative mayhem for 50 years .
SarahD
(1,330 posts)My friend is such a fan her mailbox just says ACME.
Mark.b2
(261 posts)They are highly edited nowadays.
debm55
(25,775 posts)debm55
(25,775 posts)dchill
(38,626 posts)bucolic_frolic
(43,511 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
(25,775 posts)dchill
(38,626 posts)...on YouTube from time to time. One of my all time favorites!
Hekate
(91,035 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
(19,847 posts)rubbersole
(6,760 posts)debm55
(25,775 posts)Mike Nelson
(9,990 posts)debm55
(25,775 posts)Shermann
(7,489 posts)Gidney N Cloyd
(19,847 posts)Emile
(23,189 posts)debm55
(25,775 posts)Chipper Chat
(9,708 posts)Way too "gay"
debm55
(25,775 posts)Chipper Chat
(9,708 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
(25,775 posts)sakabatou
(42,204 posts)debm55
(25,775 posts)Niagara
(7,774 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
(24,370 posts)would object to The Three Stooges short films.
Hekate
(91,035 posts)debm55
(25,775 posts)hair pulling. Some parts were funny. others parts were not. And Moe was a bully.
AllaN01Bear
(18,820 posts)flintstones . i espicialy loved the jetsons .
Gidney N Cloyd
(19,847 posts)Shermann
(7,489 posts)debm55
(25,775 posts)DBoon
(22,430 posts)It featured a stereotyped Japanese detective
Coventina
(27,224 posts)Alpeduez21
(1,759 posts)Gidney N Cloyd
(19,847 posts)"Go Go Gomez" was another one.
sarge43
(28,946 posts)Language, sexual activities, ageism.
surrealAmerican
(11,369 posts).
Different Drummer
(7,681 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
(5,217 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
(17,241 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
(91,035 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
(19,847 posts)debm55
(25,775 posts)ificandream
(9,421 posts)There were lots of jokes that went over our heads. Then there was this ...