I watched this for the first time last night in about 18 years and I honestly feel this cartoon character wasn't for children to watch. Just wonndering was there ever any controversy about the pepe lepew character in the past? thanks

I haven't read anything about it causing controversy before.

I haven't read anything about it causing controversy before.


I would be surprised if there wasn't since Pepe was a Stalker-LOL

I would be surprised if there wasn't since Pepe was a Stalker-LOL

since Speedy caused controversy about having stereotypes about Mexicans which is the reason Cartoon Network did not show his cartoons, you would think the same would apply to Pepe having all those stereotypes about the french, but oh well.

since Speedy caused controversy about having stereotypes about Mexicans which is the reason Cartoon Network did not show his cartoons, you would think the same would apply to Pepe having all those stereotypes about the french, but oh well.


Pepe wasn't one of the Looney Toons on Stage on the Bugs Bunny and Road Runner Show was he?

"Pepe [Le Pew] has many adult fans, perhaps because of his obsession with love. Very few Pepe toys were aimed at children!" -- Jerry Beck, LOONEY TUNES: THE ULTIMATE VISUAL GUIDE (2003).

"Pepe never made it in comics, and while not being completely ignored, has not been a prominent part of the latter-day revival of the Looney Tunes characters. This may be because the philosophy he represents — that masculine persistence in the face of manifest resistence, even outright revulsion, on the part of his female target, is a virtue worthy of reward — is out of step with the times. We may wink at the Coyote's attempts to murder the Road Runner, but we draw the line at a character who evidently wants to commit rape." -- Don Markstein's Toonopedia website

He was not on the opening to the Bugs Bunny Show or the Bugs Bunny Road Runner Hour, but I believe he was on the second version of the opening to the Bugs and Tweety show. He would have been in the late 90's version.

"Pepe [Le Pew] has many adult fans, perhaps because of his obsession with love. Very few Pepe toys were aimed at children!" -- Jerry Beck, LOONEY TUNES: THE ULTIMATE VISUAL GUIDE (2003).

"Pepe never made it in comics, and while not being completely ignored, has not been a prominent part of the latter-day revival of the Looney Tunes characters. This may be because the philosophy he represents — that masculine persistence in the face of manifest resistence, even outright revulsion, on the part of his female target, is a virtue worthy of reward — is out of step with the times. We may wink at the Coyote's attempts to murder the Road Runner, but we draw the line at a character who evidently wants to commit rape." -- Don Markstein's Toonopedia website



Yeah he Defintely was a Stalker/Rapist-LOL

but we draw the line at a character who evidently wants to commit rape." -- Don Markstein's Toonopedia website
Pepe Le Pew wanted to commit rape? :confused: Whoever said that is an idiot!

Anyone who would get offended over a Looney Tunes cartoon should get himself checked.

Pepe Le Pew wanted to commit rape? :confused: Whoever said that is an idiot!

Anyone who would get offended over a Looney Tunes cartoon should get himself checked.



Yeah but out of all the Looney Toons, You have to admit that Pepe was kind of ODD-lol His song-"You must remember this, a Kiss is just a kiss"-LOL-LOL

The best Pepe cartoon was the one where he cleaned up all his stank and fell into blue paint making himself look buff and the female fell into a barrell of water and looked all crazy. She then began stalking Pepe. lol

The best Pepe cartoon was the one where he cleaned up all his stank and fell into blue paint making himself look buff and the female fell into a barrell of water and looked all crazy. She then began stalking Pepe. lol


I think that was one of the eps that I watched on the DVD last week

I think that was one of the eps that I watched on the DVD last week

it is hard to tell his shorts apart. They are all very similar-lol

The best Pepe cartoon was the one where he cleaned up all his stank and fell into blue paint making himself look buff and the female fell into a barrell of water and looked all crazy. She then began stalking Pepe. lol
That's the one cartoon of his I still remember. :lol:

I love the Pepe Le Pew cartoons. I've seen it for such a long time. I remember the Pepe Le Pew shorts was on the "Bugs Bunny & Tweety Show", "The Bugs Bunny & Daffy Duck Hour" on a local station WWOR-TV where they used to run the first two Pepe cartoons "The Ordorable Kitty" and "Scent-imental Over You" that were part of the Blue Ribbon reissues back in the 50's. I've seen enough cartoons but that was it. Pepe Le Pew isn't controversal.

In the July 12, 1997 issue of TV GUIDE, Rick Schindler addressed this topic in an
article titled "Risque Business": "Don't imagine that cartoons for grown-ups are
a recent invention: Adult animation has a long, colorful, and occasionally
scandalous history." He went on to discuss such controversial characters as
Betty Boop (1930), "Fantasia" (1940), Tex Avery's "Red Hot Riding Hood"
(1943) and ... Pepe LePew (1945). Re the latter: "Created by Chuck Jones
(with a tip of le chapeau to Maurice Chevalier), this epitome of the
testosterone-addled male was introduced in Warner Bros.' 'Odor-able Kitty.'
Originally intended as a one-shot character, Pepe was initially saddled with
a shrewish spouse and a brood of brats. But in later appearances, the
satyromaniac skunk with the fractured French accent (supplied by Mel Blanc)
was wisely left fancy-free to pursue his almost inspiringly single-minded
quest of a cat who refuses to date outside her own species. Ah, l'amour!"

In the July 12, 1997 issue of TV GUIDE, Rick Schindler addressed this topic in an
article titled "Risque Business": "Don't imagine that cartoons for grown-ups are
a recent invention: Adult animation has a long, colorful, and occasionally
scandalous history." He went on to discuss such controversial characters as
Betty Boop (1930), "Fantasia" (1940), Tex Avery's "Red Hot Riding Hood"
(1943) and ... Pepe LePew (1945). Re the latter: "Created by Chuck Jones
(with a tip of le chapeau to Maurice Chevalier), this epitome of the
testosterone-addled male was introduced in Warner Bros.' 'Odor-able Kitty.'
Originally intended as a one-shot character, Pepe was initially saddled with
a shrewish spouse and a brood of brats. But in later appearances, the
satyromaniac skunk with the fractured French accent (supplied by Mel Blanc)
was wisely left fancy-free to pursue his almost inspiringly single-minded
quest of a cat who refuses to date outside her own species. Ah, l'amour!"


So I was right Pepe was controversial

....why did he endure as one of Chuck Jones' most beloved creations, win an Academy Award, and prosper as a Warner Bros. theatrical cartoon "star" for over 13 years? {and he certainly WAS involved in "THE BUGS BUNNY SHOW", even if he wasn't in the opening sequences..}

The "raciest" thing he ever said on screen, when he was rebuffed by 'Penelope' the cat/"skunk" yet again, was, "Not every man would put up wi' zees....fortunately for HER, I am not 'any man'!".

;)

....why did he endure as one of Chuck Jones' most beloved creations, win an Academy Award, and prosper as a Warner Bros. theatrical cartoon "star" for over 13 years? {and he certainly WAS involved in "THE BUGS BUNNY SHOW", even if he wasn't in the opening sequences..}

The "raciest" thing he ever said on screen, when he was rebuffed by 'Penelope' the cat/"skunk" yet again, was, "Not every man would put up wi' zees....fortunately for HER, I am not 'any man'!".

;)



I think Pepe was on Stage on the Bugs Bunny Show

I think Pepe was on Stage on the Bugs Bunny Show

He was for the Bugs and Tweety show but not on The Bugs Bunny Show or The Bugs Bunny Road Runner Show/Hour.

Yeah but out of all the Looney Toons, You have to admit that Pepe was kind of ODD-lol His song-"You must remember this, a Kiss is just a kiss"-LOL-LOL
"a sigh is just a sigh"...isn't that song from Casablanca with Humphrey Bogart? I know it's a real song.

here is a link, one of many


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepe_Le_Pew
Solomon, if you want to know such stuff, why don't you just search the net? just put his name and controversy or words to that effect?

Basically in the early days of cartoons, the characters were based on real people...so of course there will be some negative feedback, especially if one character is french, mexican, etc.

"a sigh is just a sigh"...isn't that song from Casablanca with Humphrey Bogart? I know it's a real song.

here is a link, one of many


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepe_Le_Pew
Solomon, if you want to know such stuff, why don't you just search the net? just put his name and controversy or words to that effect?



I tried and couldn't come up with anything so that's why I thought I would ask on here

The line is from "As Time Goes By," an old pop standard that was later
popularized by being included in the classic film "Casablanca."