I don't get it! Where are these classics anywhere on tv??? I think Cartoon Network or Boomerang airs it once in a while but these toons aren't as prevelant as they once were. Kids nowadays don't know about the great Looney Tunes characters of yesteryear. Not like the many generations before hand. What's the deal? Why are these cartoons being shyed away from?!?

And remember in the 1940's,1950's and 1960's the Warner Bros.cartoons LSO went by the name "Merrie Melodies"?(I loved the late 1950's-early 1960's jazzed up closing theme of "Merrie Melodies")

I think these cartoons are considered to violent for the current generation. What with Wile E. Coyote falling off cliffs, Bugs Bunny being shot at by Elmer Fudd, Sylvester the Cat trying to eat Tweety Bird, and Daffy Duck getting his bill knocked askew and having to pull it back into place. I think however that there is a huge difference between cartoon violence and real violence. I grew up watching these cartoons and I never believed for a second that if someone fell off a cliff they would turn into a human accordian or that if a duck was shot at it would knock his bill askew. The cartoons being produced nowadays are far more violent and portray real violence rather than cartoon violence. Sadly the difference is lost on today's politically correct crowd. And that's why you don't see classic "Looney Tunes" on TV.

...are scenes of characters shooting each other point-blank, attempting suicide, and smoking. There's a hilarious scene of Sylvester nervously chain smoking (with cigarettes stuffed in his face) and gulping coffee after he thinks he finally ate Tweety in "The Last Hungry Cat" (1961), but that's been edited from current versions whenever it played on broadcast and cable TV.

There was a funny scene in Bugs Bunny's "Baby Buggy Bunny" (1954), where Bugs is fooled into taking a "baby" into his home when it's really a midget bank robber on the lam:

BUGS: (to "Finster", aka "Ant Hill Harry") Now, we'll play some nice games before beddytime...[Finster pulls a revolver on him] {mock fright} Oh, goodness! "Hopalong Finster"'s gonna shoot Big Badguy Rabbit with his toy pistol!
[Finster pulls the trigger. Smoke obscures Bugs' face, which dissipates to reveal a slightly scorched face and expression] {groan} Some toy!!

That scene, of course, was eliminated from all versions shown on TV, because there was concern that kids might imitate "Finster's" actions on other kids...or worse. And then, of course, there's Daffy's climatic "suicide act" in "Show Biz Bugs" (1957), the highlight of that cartoon, which has him swallowing "a generous portion of gasoline...then, some nitroglycerin...a goodly amount of gunpowder...some Uranium 238...shake well...strike an ordinary match...(aside) Girls, you'd better hold onto your boyfriends! Swallow the match....SO! [he explodes]".

That scene was eliminated from ALL versions of "Show Biz Bugs" seen on TV over the past five years, for obvious reasons.


:tv:

And it isn't just Looney Tunes. Today they would never be allowed to show
a brawl between Popeye and Bluto .. or Tom chasing Jerry ... to say nothing of
the mayhem Woody Woodpecker generally caused! :lol: :crazy:

It's one of the things I hate most in the world - POLITICAL CORRECTNESS!!!!! :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

It's one of the things I hate most in the world - POLITICAL CORRECTNESS!!!!! :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

I agree. It looks like we have to take everything very seriously nowadays!

Bugs in Blackface...can't use that.
Daffy commits suicide...can't use that.
Porky isn't wearing anything...can't use that.

Then what's left...? It's like a "Smothers Brothers" sketch where a few peopl look at the script for tonight and Tom and Dick Smothers only has one page!

We have to think of the children! I watched "Looney Tunes" and I saw all of that PI stuff and I grew up just fine!

Yup - I watched Looney Tunes, Merrie Melodies, Tom & Jerry, etc. and turned out just fine. SO THERE, PC police!!!! :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

Its simple these idiots who run the TV stations dont appreciate the classics so instead the flood programming with crap.

Its simple these idiots who run the TV stations dont appreciate the classics so instead the flood programming with crap.
That, too!!! :mad: :mad: :mad:

Yup - I watched Looney Tunes, Merrie Melodies, Tom & Jerry, etc. and turned out just fine. SO THERE, PC police!!!! :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

After the first time I ran off a mountain top and had an anvil dropped on my head, I learned my lesson.

Gawd!! Even as a kid, I knew that stuff was silly and over the top.

I would hate to have to be a kid in the 21st century. Everything that we considered fun when we were kids is politically incorrect nowadays. :(

I would hate to have to be a kid in the 21st century. Everything that we considered fun when we were kids is politically incorrect nowadays. :(
When I was a kid ,I'd go outside after school and play Cowboys and Indians. I'd hate to think what would happen to a kid that did that nowadays.

And also in "Baby Buggy Bunny",Bugs,says to "Baby Face Finster",when he drops him,"Aaaaaw,did ums fall down?"Finster pulls out a knife,intending to stab Bugs with it,but instead stabs HIMSELF-holding his rear,and cussing,after which Bugs,angrily spanks Finster and says,spanking him and revealing a machine gun,a knife ,and a grenade,saying "we'll have to learn not to play with knives and use naughty words,and believe me,Finster,this hurts you more than it does me."Baby Face Finster isn't crying or anything.They probably cut THIS part out too.

I would hate to have to be a kid in the 21st century. Everything that we considered fun when we were kids is politically incorrect nowadays. :(
Exactly!!! What a shame that things have turned out the way they did. ohno:

And in 1950's "Ballot Box Bunny",at the VERY end,they have cut part of it out.After Bugs and Yosemite Sam realize they've lost ,Bugs:"Dark horse?"Sam:"Mayor"?(Mare)?"It ends there in the sanitized version.But wait-there's more-In the original version,Bugs asks Yosemite Sam "Well,anyone for russian roulette?"Bugs gives Yosemite Sam a pistol and Sam proceeds to shoot,missing.Bugs then shoots,a shot is heard,and says,smiling,"Heh.I missed!" Sam gets shot instead,and says,fuming "I HATE that rabbit!"THEN it ends.Another one is then end of 1959's "People are Bunny",a funny cartoon.In the ending,Bugs,after having shot Daffy,says "Eh,they always shoot blanks on TV'The sanitized version ends here-But wait-that's NOT all,Folks.In the original,Daffy(still alive)says ;"Blanks he says.(and spits OUT bullets).Have a handful of blanks."Daffy and Bugs both shrug their shoulders.THIS is where it ends,going to memorable jazzed up "Merrie Melodies"theme closing.C'mon!They're ONLY CARTOON CHARACTERS! Not real people!

They call them "Mangled Merrie Melodies" and "Lacerated Looney Tunes"

And twenty years from now they'll be censoring todays cartoons.

And in 1950's "Ballot Box Bunny",at the VERY end,they have cut part of it out.After Bugs and Yosemite Sam realize they've lost ,Bugs:"Dark horse?"Sam:"Mayor"?(Mare)?"It ends there in the sanitized version.But wait-there's more-In the original version,Bugs asks Yosemite Sam "Well,anyone for russian roulette?"Bugs gives Yosemite Sam a pistol and Sam proceeds to shoot,missing.Bugs then shoots,a shot is heard,and says,smiling,"Heh.I missed!" Sam gets shot instead,and says,fuming "I HATE that rabbit!"THEN it ends.Another one is then end of 1959's "People are Bunny",a funny cartoon.In the ending,Bugs,after having shot Daffy,says "Eh,they always shoot blanks on TV'The sanitized version ends here-But wait-that's NOT all,Folks.In the original,Daffy(still alive)says ;"Blanks he says.(and spits OUT bullets).Have a handful of blanks."Daffy and Bugs both shrug their shoulders.THIS is where it ends,going to memorable jazzed up "Merrie Melodies"theme closing.C'mon!They're ONLY CARTOON CHARACTERS! Not real people!

Ever see the ones from the 40's where they censor the stereotypes? Heck, even some who got stereotyped from the cartoons KNOWS that it's only a cartoon...and nothing else!

When I was a kid ,I'd go outside after school and play Cowboys and Indians. I'd hate to think what would happen to a kid that did that nowadays.


Correction: Cowpeople and Native Americans.

lol.

;)

Correction: Cowpeople and Native Americans.

lol.

;)
:rofl:

My question is why is Looney Tunes being outlawed from Sitcoms Online? It should have at least have it's own board at the top. Before the Flintstones and definitely before Family Guy.

it's not just cartoons but same for TV, movies- things aren't the way they were back in the days.

the PC brigade have ruined things ever since the early 00s. i wish i could go back to the 80s and 90s and further back and stay there.

no wonder today's kids cartoons are awful.

it's not just cartoons but same for TV, movies- things aren't the way they were back in the days.

the PC brigade have ruined things ever since the early 00s. i wish i could go back to the 80s and 90s and further back and stay there.

no wonder today's kids cartoons are awful.
:yeahthat

Yeah the sh*T they show today is called

GOONY BLOONS


LOL

^ Never even heard of it. :confused: :crazy: :lol:

Yeah the sh*T they show today is called

GOONY BLOONS


LOL

:lol: with a name like that, it has to be!

You know what really bothers me beyond the political correctness and censoring of say certain words or episodes is that the powers that be seem to want to erase our history. I mean these old tv shows and cartoons should be preserved they way they were, not the way some of these pc police want to them to be. I am so incredibly thankful I grew up when I did and there was more freedom of expression and people on both political sides didn't hate each other and voted their heart and what was good for the country and not special interests. My parents let me watch shows that I liked but the difference was they sat and watched with me. But I wonder how much of the older cartoons would even get made today. I mean even when I was a toddler I knew the difference between real violence and fake cartoon violence. Don't people realize the tv has an off button or they can turn the channel if they don't like something? You have the PC crowd out there but where are they when the nasty commercials are shown during the family hour on channels like tvland or nick at nite? That is what aggravates me more than a Bugs Bunny cartoon. I mean, I cannot imagine growing up without Looney Toons or the Three Stooges. I mean, sometimes people are way too serious. Sometimes it is good just to laugh. Lighten up everyone and laugh at Bugs and friends. That is what it is there for and nothing else. Hello!! It is just a cartoon.

Todays cartoons and TV shows are just as bad as what they claim LT to be but I don't see anyone wanting to ban them.

it's hardly any wonder why cartoon network, disney channel, nickelodeon show such rubbish today. look at their schedules. the cartoons are either terrible or the channels are flooded with live-action shows.

thank god for you tube and boomerang however.

I think these cartoons are considered to violent for the current generation. What with Wile E. Coyote falling off cliffs, Bugs Bunny being shot at by Elmer Fudd, Sylvester the Cat trying to eat Tweety Bird, and Daffy Duck getting his bill knocked askew and having to pull it back into place. I think however that there is a huge difference between cartoon violence and real violence. I grew up watching these cartoons and I never believed for a second that if someone fell off a cliff they would turn into a human accordian or that if a duck was shot at it would knock his bill askew. The cartoons being produced nowadays are far more violent and portray real violence rather than cartoon violence. Sadly the difference is lost on today's politically correct crowd. .
How come then meat is still advertised?:-)

If anything Family Guy and others are even LESS politically correct..time simply has passed too mucvh,m same with others..I';d love to see BUGS get shot, which also was a difficulty, Bugs can't get frustrated or anything , only Daffy can, but that is another thing...also references...you're VERY lucky, Frank Siantra is and exception, but at that only the POST-50s one, that at least older kids would get, while Rudy Vallee, Mills Bros., etc. have been long forgotten..or rememebered as nerdy like Bing Crosby who is very much remembered and totally in the public eye, but either for child abuse or for just singing Christmas songs. Doris Day is younger than any of those guys, and she even worked at WB, and had a teenage audience, and supports animal rights heh heh...BUT: Her WB movies were in the later, Anne Hathaway-Julie Andrews, proto-Disney style, she's a typical "midwestern all-American gal", and a NOVELTY singer, [ironically WB cartoons even during her years at Warners never referenced her!], and thus we have a difference between celebrity references in Warner Brothers aniamtion from that era that are forgotten, remembered as not interesting, and those like Sinatra or Bogey that fit the studios original tough image and seem timeless to a certain crowd that Madison Avenue types want. THat might put WB cartoons in the high and mighty but the timeless performers mentioned, again, are few and far in between for many, and I'm just speaking as a subjective fan: I enjoy ALL of the performers of the era, but again, a lot of those like Hugh Herbert, Ned Sparks and others have faded from poublic memory, Hell, even Katherine Hepburn, despie dying less than 10 years ago, is fading..

Todays cartoons and TV shows are just as bad as what they claim LT to be but I don't see anyone wanting to ban them.

Good point!

You know this board has hit rock bottom anytime a F8cking Looney Toon thread is more active than a TV thread

I watched Looney Toons a lot when I was little. What is on TV today for kids are crap.

I learned my lesson about reality after I ran off several cliffs and had anvils dropped on my head as a kid. But gosh darn it, it was fun!!

When I was a wee lad, my Mom explained to me that if I tried playing Superman by jumping out a window trying to fly what would happen.

I knew not to poke people's eyes out (like The Three Stooges) and that the Cookie Monster was an over-the-top caricature when he'd binge on cookies. Even at the age of 6 or 7. The PC crap was creeping in even then because you'd always hear about "violence" in the Saturday morning cartoons.:rolleyes:

The PC movement has given kids crap, here's-your-envionmentally/politically correct-lesson shows and anime entertainment.

Glad I grew up in the '70s for many reasons, this being one of them.

They have removed them from the public consciousness so that they can relaunch a new updated version that is to air soon. Haven't you seen the redesign?

The cartoons being produced nowadays are far more violent and portray real violence rather than cartoon violence. Sadly the difference is lost on today's politically correct crowd. And that's why you don't see classic "Looney Tunes" on TV.
Agree 100%! Plus modern cartoons are just so stupid, made by people who have no talent whatsover.It's a crime the older great cartoons have been slowly taken off the air.They are the only ones worth watching.As far as todays politically correct crowd,they all should be locked in a room together watching something that better suits their lack of intelligence and common sense, perhaps something like Sesame Street.

It's been a while since this thread was last posted on, so I thought I would
share my views on the subject if anyone is interested.

First of all, and I'm sure everyone who has ever watched Looney Tunes
realizes this, these cartoons in general--and others which have been
targeted by the Liberals/Progressives like Popeye, The Flintstones,
Tom & Jerry, etc. as I have recently discovered--were never ever
intended to be either taken seriously or to be analyzed. After all,
as Marvin the Martian once said (in The Return Of Duck Dodgers
And The 24th 1/2 Century) "It's only a cartoon" and also William
Shatner's now-famous or infamous quote--depending on how you
look at it (LOL) "It's only a TV show, get a life!" (Saturday Night Live,
1982 Star Trek convention spoof). I would say this to those Liberals
who started all this "Classic Cartoons being Politically Incorrect"
garbage in the first place, and this by the way has also spread to
favorite TV shows of my (60's/70's) generation not to mention the
TV Westerns dating back to the 50's, none of which pleases me at all.

I consider this criticism and removing these cartoons/shows from US
broadcast (Cartoon Network, Boomerang, etc.) as nothing less than
Censorship, pure and simple. It is no answer to the issue. All this manages
to accomplish is the fact that perfectly good material from the past that
I found funny as a child and still enjoy today as an adult of 52 years young
is taken off the air entirely depriving its fans of watching it and denying
newer generations of potential viewers from doing the same just because
some special-interest group that doesn't matter to the average person
doesn't want it aired because they find the content supposedly in their
opinion "offensive" for whatever stupid silly reason. Last I checked,
this was still a free country, and if someone someday succeeds in
getting rid of the United States Constitution and the Bill Of Rights,
we are ALL going to be in BIG trouble. We have bigger things to
worry about in real-life matters (which you can see on the news
every day 24-7-365 which I personally have been sick of) than
50 to 60 year old cartoons! Which tells you apparently where
certain people's priorities are. They're too darn busy trying to
tell everyone else what to do, how to think, what to believe in,
what we can and can't watch on TV, etc.

Roughly translated, I don't know about the rest of you people here on
this forum, but I for one am ANTI-Political Correctness. It is one of the
many reasons this country is going into the toilet quite frankly. But
that's another story completely so I am not going to get into that here.
The point I am making is, for those who believe that the Looney Tunes
are "too violent" and are "offensive"--and I refer to the Liberals/Progressives
or whatever the heck you want to call them--my response can be summed
up in two initials--"B.S."

The Looney Tunes historically speaking were never ever made for children
in the first place. They were made for ADULTS. They were also originally
shown in the theaters in the 40's and 50's (possibly even the 60's) prior
to major motion pictures. When children became their audience, the
studios and what were then the three major TV networks--NBC, ABC,
and CBS specifically--brought those cartoons to television, where they
remained until at least the 80's or 90's when Cartoon Network (Ted Turner
or whoever bought Warner Bros. Now the owners are Time-Warner as I
recall) took over viewing. And the Saturday morning cartoon lineups as
we knew them once upon a time totally disappeared from the network
airwaves shortly thereafter. I do agree with the one poster who said
the reason why these cartoons were removed from US broadcast TV
was because of the owners who are in the business of making a profit
off their as it is now referred to as "intellectual property". They are in
it specifically for the money--which has always been the bottom line
from the very beginning--and not because the cartoons in question
were popular or had fans. All I can say otherwise is, thank goodness
for DVD releases from the studios that see fit to release the cartoons
as they were initially filmed/broadcast uncut and restored regardless
of the content. They are for all practical purposes film history and
as such, they should not be denied to those who want to see them.

My position having been stated, I can personally admit that I started
watching the Looney Tunes--Bugs Bunny and company--when I was
6 years old. That was in approximately 1968 when CBS ran what was
to become the long-running Bugs Bunny Road Runner Show (first an
hour then expanded to 90 minutes) until it moved to ABC in the 80's
and became The Bugs Bunny-Tweety Show. I never outgrew them
or got tired of them, even at 18 or in my early adult years. In all
those years, I never ever once was even remotely inclined to
either: (1) hit someone; (2) shoot someone; (3) blow someone up
with dynamite; (4) fall off a cliff (in the case of Wile E. Coyote
"Super Genius" (LOL); or (5) repeatedly order from Acme. When
it came to the TV Western shows, meanwhile, I was likewise never
tempted to hit or shoot someone or ride a horse, although being a
Wild Wild West fan first and foremost, I attempted foolishly to
emulate Robert Conrad and repeat the Season 1 James West
"drop-kick" showing off for two grammar school classmates and
landed flat of my rear end on a concrete floor looking absolutely
stupid for my trouble--forgetting that Mr.Conrad was at the time
a trained stuntman who as Mr.West always landed on his feet
when he did his drop-kick unlike yours truly whose pride was
hurt besides his behind. That alas is as close to imitating
something I saw on TV and I never ever did it again!
Even as a child, I knew the difference between fantasy/
makebelieve and real-life. I knew that when Moe poked
Larry, Curly, Shemp or Curly Joe in the eye on 3 Stooges
shorts, it was fake with sound effects; same thing when
he hit those guys on the head with a sledgehammer.
Let's face it, some individuals are just not that intelligent
at any age. The ones obsessed with this P.C. stuff are
showing their LACK of intelligence. The average person
does NOT CARE in comparison to the "big picture".
There are more important things to life than TV, movies,
and cartoons, which really don't matter to those who do
not watch TV and movies or don't have the time or interest
in the subject at all. That unfortunately is the present world
in which we live. Sad state of affairs but true. It's really a shame.
And I also agree with the other poster--cartoons today and I'll
use a more polite term--stink. The quality overall has gone downhill.

Getting back to the Looney Tunes. A few years ago, I was listening
to the Rusty Humphries conservative talk radio program (I was at
work at the time and wanted to listen to something besides modern
day music which I can't stand) and he had the following item about
Looney Tunes.

Some Liberal special-interest group (whose name I forget) was wanting
the Looney Tunes banned and removed from US broadcast airwaves for
the following stated reasons:

(1) Bugs Bunny was a cross-dresser and masqueraded as a woman.
(2) Road Runner and Coyote were "too violent"
(3) Speedy Gonzales represented a "stereotype" to Hispanics, who in
reality according to Looney Tunes historian Jerry Beck in his book
on the LT/Merrie Melodies considered Speedy as a hero and a
positive role model for Hispanics because he defended the other
mice from Sylvester the cat. This was contrary to the "stereotype"
theory, as when Cartoon Network removed Speedy cartoons, the
Hispanics protested and urged their return, which was done fast.
(4) Sylvester and Daffy Duck had "speech impediments" namely lisps
(hence "You're...despicable!" and "Sufferin' succotash!")
(5) Porky Pig stuttered, was chubby, and didn't wear pants.
He also supposedly made fun of those who stuttered.
Heck, actor Jimmy Stewart stuttered and it didn't hurt
his showbiz career any!
(6) Foghorn Leghorn represented the typical loudmouth Southern
"redneck" (which can also be considered offensive to Southerners
which I am proud to say I happen to be. That term BTW does not
offend me in the slightest. It's just a word, after all.) Foghorn in
actuality was loosely based and inspired by a character called
Senator Claghorn from the old Amos N' Andy radio program
("My friend and I am your friend" a variation on Foghorn's
"I say, I say...." quote).
(7) Pepe Le Pew is considered a "rapist" because he is always chasing
that poor female black cat who has the bad misfortune of accidentally
getting white paint spilled on her back and tail--someone not of his
own species--and promotes "sexual harassment". Pepe actually was
inspired by two now-deceased French actors--namely Charles Boyer
and Maurice Chevalier (the latter of whom was in musicals)--and was
undoubtedly a combination of the two and a hopeless romantic.

The only characters who seemed to have been spared were Tweety Bird,
Yosemite Sam, and The Tasmanian Devil ("Taz").

What's next? Elmer Fudd an insult to hunters? Give me a break!

When I shared this information with other Looney Tunes fans, their
reaction is "What? Is this some kind of joke? You have got to be kidding!
Really?" I am totally serious. I think the whole concept is ridiculous.
It is only a CARTOON, period. End of story.

Incidentally, of the approximate 1070 Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies made
by Warner Bros. between the 30's to 1980 (according to the list on Wikipedia)
I have around 630 of them (mid-40's to 1980) total on DVD. These are
combined from the "official" Warner Bros. retail DVD's (Golden Collection
Volumes 1-6, Looney Tunes SuperStars), VHS recordings from Cartoon
Network airings (those that stayed on the air anyway) transferred to DVD,
and in the case of those banned or censored (certain scenes or dialogue
deleted from the prints) downloaded from the internet (Youtube, etc.)
I was never interested in the shorts from the 30's (Bosko, Buddy, Porky
when he was bigger before his makeover, etc.) or the ones from the late
60's like Cool Cat and Merlin The Magic Mouse voiced by Larry Storch
of F Troop. I had to draw the line somewhere. LOL. I can proudly state
that I have well over half of them.

So in closing, as far as the Looney Tunes being Politically Incorrect, I
fittingly quote Boris Badenov, the villain of Rocky & Bullwinkle (BTW
the younger generation doesn't get the Cold War humor of that show
today either, as R & B was like Looney Tunes a product of its time):

"Who needs it?" and to the Liberals about P.C.: "Shaddup you mouth!"

Currently they're still being aired on Boomerang weekdays in an hour block (11:00pm PT) and on Cartoon Network M-F (9:30am PT) because I watch them still but they dont show the Speedy Gonzalez shorts.

This is just an addition to my earlier post. Thanks to the previous poster
for pointing out that Cartoon Network and Boomerang were still airing
Looney Tunes, which makes me feel a little better about the P.C. issue.

In reviewing what I have of the Looney Tunes in my DVD collection both
from the "official" Warner Bros. released DVD's and home-recorded on VHS
from Cartoon Network, the following shorts which once upon a time I did
not have that I have since acquired through "alternate sources" were
either:

(1) Not shown entirely for whatever reason (which I will cover under each
of the specific cartoons)
(2) Outright banned from US TV broadcast completely (as in the case of
the Censored Eleven) or....
(3) Shown but edited in content; either certain scenes or dialogue that
was considered "offensive" to whoever were removed from the cartoons
in question.

This was as of at least 2004 when I last personally saw Looney Tunes
aired on Cartoon Network and I was residing in Jacksonville, Florida.
They were then being aired between 2001 and 2004. After 2004 I can't say
for sure because I ditched my cable TV and had no way of knowing what
Cartoon Network was airing or not. By then the new cartoons were on their
lineup and the older classics were done away with, more of that "out with
the old, in with the new" mentality along with the Political Correctness craze.

Now as the late Rod Serling used to say in the introductions to the episodes
of The Twilight Zone "for your consideration" the "offending" titles, not
including with two exceptions the Censored Eleven which were considered
racist all by themselves in the opinion of the P.C. "powers-that-be":

Bugs Bunny-

The Hasty Hare (Censored) The scene where the astronomer sees the
spaceship with the planets and stars dragged behind it then writes his
resignation note is omitted for unknown reasons, I presume because it
makes fun of people who have nervous breakdowns, yet the scene
where he cracks up after Bugs asks him if he knows anyone who would
be interested in a used flying saucer is left in. Released on DVD by
Warner Bros. unedited, I think in the Blu-Ray Platinum Collection.

Which Is Witch- Bugs vs. Witch Doctor in Africa. (Banned)
Offensive to the African-American population (Bugs putting plates in
his mouth to imitate a female native having big lips so he can sneak
past the witch doctor in disguise is one example).
This to my knowledge was NEVER shown on Cartoon Network and
only aired in Canada in the 90's. It has not been released on the
Warner Bros. Looney Tunes DVD's yet as far as I know.

Horse Hare- Bugs as calvary Sgt. Vs. renegade Yosemite Sam and a tribe
of hostile Indians in the Old West who are trying to take Bugs fort when
the calvary leaves temporarily. (Banned)
This overall has been deemed offensive to native Americans in general.
It was once aired on Cartoon Network but has since been pulled from
broadcast entirely. It has not been released on Warner Bros. Looney
Tunes DVD's to my knowledge.

Prince Violent- This is still aired on Cartoon Network but the original title
Prince Violent (1961) was changed to Prince Varmint for network TV/
syndication/Cartoon Network, etc. broadcasts. (Censored, even if it
was just the title) Not released on Warner Bros. Looney Tunes DVD yet
to my knowledge.

Southern Fried Rabbit- Bugs Vs. Yosemite Sam as Confederate soldier still
fighting the Civil War defending the Mason-Dixon line on orders from his
commanding officer, General Robert E. Lee. (Censored)
This has been shown on Cartoon Network but with an offensive scene
in which Bugs imitates a "slave", puts a whip in Sam's hand then begs
Sam not to whip him, and next Bugs imitating Abraham Lincoln all edited
from that particular version. The cartoon in its entirety has been released
in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes Golden Collection on DVD (with a
Disclaimer at the beginning of each of their DVD's in this series).
It also used to be aired during the network TV airings.

Mississippi Hare- Bugs Vs. riverboat gambler Colonel Shuffle. (Banned)
At the beginning it depicts brown-skinned workers picking cotton
(Bugs is grabbed by his cottontail and ends up in a cotton bale
and placed in the cargo hold of a Mississippi riverboat as an
unwilling passenger according to the plot of this cartoon).
This as far as I know was never aired on Cartoon Network but probably
was aired on network TV and syndication prior to that. It too can be
found in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes Golden Collection on DVD.

Bugs Bunny Nips The Nips- Bugs Vs. Japanese soldiers on a deserted
Pacific island during World War II; one of the WWII US anti-propaganda
cartoons of the 40's. (Banned) One of the Censored Eleven.
Available only in public domain. I seriously doubt it was ever aired on
even network TV.

Herr Meets Hare- Bugs Vs. a caricature of Hermann Goering
representing the evil Nazis. Again, one of the Censored Eleven.
This was never aired on Cartoon Network or was ever on network TV/
in syndication either for that matter that I know of. It is in the Warner Bros.
Looney Tunes Golden Collection which is where I saw it for the very first time
(Volume 6).

Tweety & Sylvester-

Tom Tom Tomcat- Tweety & Granny vs. Putty-tat "Indians" who mostly
look like Sylvester. (Banned) Similar plot to the aforementioned Horse Hare.
This was deemed offensive to native Americans as Horse Hare
apparently was. It was once shown on Cartoon Network/Boomerang
but has since been removed from broadcast. Not released on Warner
Bros. Looney Tunes DVD's yet to my knowledge.

Daffy Duck/Porky Pig-

China Jones- Daffy as China Jones, Porky as Charlie Chung his laundryman.
Parody of the 50's syndicated radio/TV series China Smith. (Banned)
Deemed offensive to Asian-Americans as they have "stereotype"
reference to Chinese and Japanese. Once shown on network TV
but as far as I know never aired on Cartoon Network. It has not
been released on Warner Bros. Looney Tunes DVD's yet to my knowledge.

Wise Quackers- Daffy Duck Vs. Elmer Fudd. (Banned)
Has references to Daffy being a "slave" to Elmer and imitating an old
"Uncle Tom" then Abraham Lincoln. (See Bugs and Yosemite Sam in
Southern Fried Rabbit). Deemed offensive to African-Americans.
This has not been released on Warner Bros. Looney Tunes DVD's yet
to my knowledge.

Mexican Joyride- Daffy Duck vs. bull in Mexico. (Banned)
Contains references to Mexicans and considered offensive to Hispanics.
(Speedy Gonzales cartoons would also fall under that category.
However, during the 2001-2004 Looney Tunes run on Cartoon Network,
cartoons featuring Speedy and Daffy were aired more frequently than
the earlier 50's and 60's cartoons featuring Sylvester and Speedy
which were occasional). Mexican Joyride to my knowledge was not
aired on Cartoon Network and is has not yet been released on
Warner Bros. Looney Tunes DVD's.

Porky Pig- Dog Collared (Censored)
A scene in which Porky is respectively disguised as a Scotsman, an Indian,
and a Chinese person once in the network TV version has been removed
from the Cartoon Network airings but can be seen in its entirety on the
Warner Bros. DVD that has this cartoon on it with the scene restored.

Porky Pig- Nothing But The Tooth (Banned)
Porky vs. diminutive Mohican Indian who keeps trying to scalp him
but fails miserably. Considered offensive to native Americans.
This has not been aired on Cartoon Network and is not on
Warner Bros. Looney Tunes DVD's that I know of.

The Oily American- non-Looney Tunes character cartoon about a
wealthy millionaire Indian who made his money from oil and has
a stuffy English butler who keeps getting accidentally injured
when his employer goes hunting in the woods on his estate.
("Your arrow, sir"...."your thomas-hawk, sir".....etc.)
Not shown on Cartoon Network that I know of.
It has been aired previously on network TV/syndication
prior to that and has been released on the Warner Bros.
Looney Tunes Golden Collection DVD's.

And those are just the ones that I know about. I have found all of the above
in the public domain to add to my collection and thus fill in missing cartoons,
regardless of quality. What I have located falls under the category of
"better than nothing".

I am sure that someone at Cartoon Network or elsewhere would find some
reason to be offended by Foghorn Leghorn or Pepe Le Pew for that matter.
I do know that Speedy Gonzales cartoons were aired on Cartoon Network
and Boomerang in the 90's, were pulled, brought back and shown on
occasion (mostly the Speedy-Daffy "outsourced" cartoons), then
removed again. The Speedy Vs. Sylvester cartoons are included in
the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes Golden Collection, however the
Daffy-Speedy cartoons have yet to be officially released and
in all probability never will be (only one A-Haunting We Will Go
with Witch Hazel so far is in the Golden Collection).

I'm frankly surprised that someone along Liberal lines has not said that
the Goofy Gophers (the twins Mac and Tosh) who speak with an
English accent are reminiscent of homosexuals and therefore offend
the gay community yet. That and Elmer Fudd offending hunters
I'm pretty sure will be next on the "hit list".

Oh--and on other classic cartoon shows, also banned:

Popeye- "Too violent" because Popeye beats the bad guy Bluto (or
Brutus in the later 60's cartoons) up after Popeye eats his spinach,
before which Bruto or Brutus has been beating the living daylights
out of Popeye who then uses the spinach as the last resort to
regain his depleted strength and then emerge victorious over his
abuser. And Bluto abusing Olive Oyl not to leave that out.
That big bully Bluto always got what he deserved from Popeye.
(All together now: "I fights to the finish, 'cause I eats me spinach,
I'm Popeye the sailor man!" Toot-toot!!!!) :)

The Flintstones- In the ABC network TV run during the late 50's/early 60's,
Fred and Barney were depicted smoking cigarettes and doing a TV commercial
for Winston cigarettes back when American tobacco companies sponsored
TV shows of the era, particularly the TV Western series of the 50's.
They supposedly teach kids it's cool or "okay" to smoke.

Tom & Jerry- Any of the cartoons where either: Tom is depicted smoking
a cigarette as he's blindfolded waiting for a train to run him over on the
railroad tracks or a cannonball to fall on top of his head--or, any of the
40's T & J cartoons featuring the black maid (who calls Tom "Thomas").

And that's what I have either read or know about.

Like I said in previous post: CENSORSHIP.

Besides the "violence" the fact that they "offend" certain ethnic groups--
at least according to the Liberals/Progressives--is why the Looney Tunes
are not either aired or are as popular as they have been in past.
What really gets me is that the Road Runner and the Coyote in
particular has been targeted as being "too violent" where the
Looney Tunes are concerned, that being my top favorite of all of them.
As for me, I don't agree with this position at all. I am only the messenger
and sharing this information to enlighten the uninformed.

As I also said earlier (previous post) it is only a CARTOON. 'Nuff said.
I leave it to those of reasonable intelligence to reach their own conclusions.
Thanks for listening.

P.S. As for the poster who said that interest in Looney Tunes and other
older cartoons are "fading" I strongly disagree. They are just as relevant
today as they were during their time--otherwise, they would still not
have fans of us older viewers who remember viewing them originally
on network TV and those younger generations who are being introduced
to them by their parents and grandparents and seeing them for the
very first time ever. Same for the older classic TV shows. You bet they're
still relevant today!

There's probably a combination of issues:

1. So many Looney Tunes episodes have been "banned" for one reason or another, that the whole bunch for all intents and purposes has been spoiled as far as seeing them in reruns (why waste time trying to nitpick what shorts you can and can't show when you can just rerun your current crap all day?)

2. At this point, Looney Tunes are like 4-5 generations old and are considered "dated" by those who are managing the television industry today. Kids would rather watch stuff that's new and shows their generation can relate to, and this reflects itself in the poor ratings Looney Tunes reruns bring in when they are shown on TV. Of course, poor ratings mean no advertisers, which means a TV channel has to incentive to broadcast Looney Tunes (as they're not making money on them).

It's the same reason you don't hear Mozart or Beethoven on pop music stations. It's not because their compositions aren't masterpieces, but because the target audience doesn't want to hear "old people music"

3. Even the non-banned Looney Tunes episodes have quite a bit of violence in them (bear in mind that Looney Tune were originally made for Adults during the World War II era and not children), and naturally to avoid any costly liability issues with the politically correct crowd, it's best to avoid broadcasting anything that will ruffle their feathers. Of course their kids watching "violent" cartoons will do just that.

I have a DVD set containing over 25 "Banned Cartoons" including the so-called "Censored 11" and Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips (Thanks ioffer!). :D

I remember reading when the "Iron Curtain" came down in the late 1980s-early 90's. Prior to that any show or music they had was heavily censored or had a political "sermon" entwined in the show. Now under freedom I saw citizens tell how they broke out shows, movies, music and books they spirited away and were shown to someone ONLY whom they knew were not associated with the "secret police" that were prohibited by the old commie governments because they were "decadent" an/or "counter revolutionary". POSSESSION of even one of these was grounds for imprisonment or even death, for that person (or his entire family).

Fast-Forward to today and we ourselves seem to have political sermons entwined into nearly everything WE see or hear, and how studios REFUSE to release certain shows because these shows are now "Politically Incorrect". It bugs me that today, in the USA we have to resort to similar means (Bootlegs) in order to see shows and movies that we'd otherwise not see because some minority finds that show "offensive".

Let's face it, political correctness has and is destroying this country. Those old cartoons (Looney Tunes, Popeye, Tom & Jerry, Flintstones, Woody Woodpecker, Casper the Ghost) are classics and I loved watching them as a kid and an adult! I'm 49 years old now and don't think they messed my mind up in any way.

What a world we live in

They didn't mess with my mind neither.

They didn't mess with my mind neither.

Me neither! :D

Definition of Irony: As baby Boomers, Gen Xers, and early Y gens can tell you classic cartoons no more warp your mind than listing to heavy metal, reading horror or gun magazines. Remember, when these same people were ranting that watching horror and action movies, reading Fangoria and Solider Of Fortune, and jamming out Slayer and Motorhead would turn you into a deranged psycho killer who keeps women bound and gagged in the attic or basement and look how we turned out :bluesbros

Definition of Irony: As baby Boomers, Gen Xers, and early Y gens can tell you classic cartoons no more warp your mind than listing to heavy metal, reading horror or gun magazines. Remember, when these same people were ranting that watching horror and action movies, reading Fangoria and Solider Of Fortune, and jamming out Slayer and Motorhead would turn you into a deranged psycho killer who keeps women bound and gagged in the attic or basement and look how we turned out :bluesbros

I grew up watching Warner Bros cartoons, Monty Python and I also read comic books and magazines like Famous Monsters Of Filmland and Mad Magazine. Musically, I listened to bands like KISS, Led Zeppelin & Black Sabbath.

Is my mind warped? Yes.

Have I done drugs or led a life of depravity? Nope.

And I suspect that even without those influences, my mind would have been warped anyway.

I'm glad I had all that stuff growing up. And glad I grew up when I did (70s & 80s). I wouldn't change a thing.

The current administration in our government is literally trying to re-write history and change the core curriculum of public schools in this country to brainwash today's children. You can add the television news media to that as well. What a bunch of liars and phonies they are (not every one of them, but the majority). I think people should be independent thinkers and evaluate ideas and concepts themselves and not just take everything the media and government tells us at face value. I've personally never liked anyone telling me how to think. I'll listen to your viewpoint and them make my own decision. Come on, people, don't be so gullible!

I totally disapprove of Political Correctness, but don't dare say that in public
or around the Liberal/Progressive faction, because they'll jump down your
throat and say "Oh, you're politically incorrrect too" if you just happen to
disagree with them. I recently had that happen to me with a woman I used
to trade DVD's with who suddenly decided she didn't want to either trade
with me or correspond any further because of my Conservative views (she
was a Democrat and also a lesbian, so go figure) and all I was trying to
talk to her about was the Looney Tunes being politically incorrect and
citing where I heard it. Her response was that she "didn't want to listen
to any right-wing garbage" when I told her I had heard it on a late night
Conservative talk radio program (2011) and after a lengthy tirade she
stated she couldn't be friends with someone who was a conservative
and that I should "trade videos with your Conservative friends". I have
not heard from this individual ever since, and good riddance! Like
Rhode Island Red said to Foghorn Leghorn in the WB Looney Tunes
short Raw! Raw! Rooster!, "With a friend like you, I'll never need an enemy!"
(Foggy's obnoxious football-playing chum from college). BTW, she also said
when I brought up the subject of Looney Tunes and P.C., "I don't even know
what you're talking about!" (and she was older than me, in her late 60's!)
Life is too darn short to be dealing with people like this "lady" and I use that
term loosely.

At any rate....the Looney Tunes aren't the only ones being picked on as
other anti-P.C. posters have indicated. However--it's just not the classic
cartoons that are victims of the P.C. craze today.

The classic TV Western series of the 50's-70's are considered Politically
Incorrect because of their depictions of people of ethnic origin--the
Indians (native Americans), the Mexicans (Hispanics) when shows had
them as stereotype bandits--or their treatment of women (sexist),
but like the Looney Tunes, they were products of their time.
Nevertheless, they are still popular with older viewers--those of MY
generation and above. As I recall, they are still being released on DVD
by studios and video companies; yes, it is because they are trying to
make a profit from this "old" material from decades past but this proves
beyond any doubt to at least me there contrary to popular belief, there
is STILL a market out there for all these classic TV series, the classic
cartoons included.

Also the World War II shows--Combat, Rat Patrol, Black Sheep Squadron,
Twelve O'Clock High and so on--are Politically Incorrect, because the
Germans and Japanese are no longer our enemies and are now our allies.

Here are some examples, and these are just the TV Westerns:

Have Gun Will Travel (1957-63, Richard Boone)-
This show was dropped from syndication in the 90's (and again from when
Hallmark Channel aired it in the early 2000's as part of their Rough And
Ready Saturday lineup of TV Westerns and Western movies on Saturdays)
when Asian-Americans supposedly protested the characters of "Hey Boy"
and "Hey Girl" (the character Paladin's valets who were employees of the
Hotel Carlton) having considered them racial stereotypes of Chinese and
finding the "hey boy" and "hey girl" terms "offensive".

Here's the truth. "Hey Boy" was played by a now-deceased character actor
named Kam Tong. His character's real name on the show was "Kim Chang"
as revealed in the episode Hey Boy's Revenge (1959). "Hey Girl" was his
cousin (I don't know what her character's real name was). Again, they
were employees of the Hotel Carlton where Paladin lived when he wasn't
on gunfighter-for-hire assignments which paid for his luxurious residence
and his comfortable lifestyle (this is for anyone who ever watched or did
not watch the series alike). The custom in those days was for a hotel
guest to address the employees as "hey boy" (as in "I need you, come here
please") or "hey girl". Kam Tong temporarily also left the series to do another
show called The Garland Touch which was not popular and promptly cancelled.
In the meantime, he was replaced by Lisa Lu (Miss Mandarin
on Yancy Derringer, who operated the Sazarac restaurant in New Orleans,
if anyone watched this show either). He came back the next season.
As they were both played by Chinese actors, who were capable and
talented, I don't see what the problem really is. If anyone was a
stereotype, it had to be the cook Hop Sing on Bonanza (Little Joe:
"No tickee, no washee".) and I didn't see anyone trying to get the
Hop Sing episodes of Bonanza taken off much less David Carradine's
series Kung Fu for that matter (which had hateful bad guys who
didn't like "the Chinaman" even though Kwai Chang Caine was half-white).

(2) Daniel Boone (1964-70, Fess Parker)-- in the 80's, a native American
special-interest group in Boston MA successfully managed to get over
65 episodes of the 165 episode series (filmed by 20th Century Fox)
removed from syndication reruns because the "Indians" in the show
were depicted as "savages" committing violent acts (looting, burning,
killing, kidnaping white women, etc.) against settlers. That included
the first season in B & W (1964-1965) and specific color episodes.
My local station in Montgomery, AL for example aired the series in
reruns in 1985-86 and only ran the color episodes (100 or thereabouts)
for about a year or so. In the 90's when TV Land attempted to run
the show, they did a marathon to introduce it but then pulled the
series from their weekday lineup shortly thereafter for the same reasons
as the 80's airings were taken off. Daniel Boone runs today on ME-TV
weekdays and weekends and that I consider a miracle.

(3) My personal all-time favorite series: The Wild Wild West from the 60's.
CBS cancelled this show after 4 successful seasons (1965-69) citing
excessive violence. It was rerun in the summer of 1970 as a temporary
replacement for The Carol Burnett Show and according to star Robert
Conrad, to "higher ratings than ever before". Then it went into rerun
syndication where it has been ever since, at least up until recently.
In 2004, Hallmark Channel had a Saturday marathon of 9 episodes from
Season 1 (B & W) then gave it a regular 6 PM time slot after Big Valley.
That lasted 2 weeks. They aired edited for P.C. versions of the pilot
Night Of The Inferno (which featured Hispanic and Chinese villains)
and episode 2 (which featured a French villain). The following week,
episode 3--the debut of the late Michael Dunn's Dr.Miguelito Loveless,
Jim West and Artemus Gordon's archenemy--shown during the marathon
4 weeks earlier, was pulled at the last minute and a second episode of
Big Valley (the most violent episode of the series ever where Lee Majors'
Heath Barkley is ambushed by rawhiders who then hold the rest of the
Barkleys hostage until a wounded Heath can kill them at the end) then
substituted for it. The plot of the Loveless episode concerned his
putting a bomb in a clocktower overlooking the Governor's Mansion
that agent West had to diffuse; it was regarded as too close to the
events of 9/11/2001 where the hijacked planes controlled by terrorists
hit the World Trade Center.

The main thing that got the show bounced, surprisingly: Not the violence,
where Robert Conrad's James West takes on 6 or 7 guys single-handed
or shooting it out with the bad guys with his six-shooter (which the
network powers-that-be took away from him in Season 4 making him
an "unarmed secret agent"!) It was actually the late character actor
Ross Martin's "ethnic characterizations" in the disguises he used as
Artemus Gordon (West's partner)--as Artemus portrayed characters
like Mexicans, Chinese, Russians, Frenchmen, etc. Of course, the
Hallmark Channel would not give a legitimate reason for the series
being taken off the air at the time nor would they respond to comments
from viewers either.

All I have to say about the above is, thank goodness for DVD!
CBS released Have Gun Will Travel and Wild Wild West in the early 2000's,
while Liberation Entertainment released Daniel Boone in the late 2000's
(Fox has since re-released it), and these were all complete series.
Do I have them all? The answer is definitely YES!!!! Just as well--
the reruns have content edited to where they are totally unrecognizable
from the original network broadcasts on NBC, ABC, or CBS in the 50's/60's.

And one last point. Amusingly, Mexicans and Indians on the TV Westerns
were portrayed by ethnic and non-ethnic actors alike. For example Michael Ansara
(Kang on Star Trek) made a career of playing Indians (and bad guys)
and was actually Lebanese. Jay Silverheels (Tonto, Lone Ranger) was
part-Mohawk native American, making his character ethnic. Lone Ranger
BTW was also pulled from Hallmark Channel no doubt because of Tonto's
use of broken English ("Me do, Kemosabe...." and so forth). And ironically,
Ross Martin was not only Jewish but also Polish, which gave his characters
on WWW authenticity.

The whole thing has gotten past ridiculous.

Pretty soon all that's going to be really left are reality TV shows--which I
hate with a passion--and infomercials, and that's both on local TV, on what
used to be the three major networks (CBS, ABC, NBC), and cable alike.

There's a guy on Fox News show The Five who shall go nameless but has
a catch phrase that says "I hate these people!"

Well, I HATE POLITICAL CORRECTNESS! So there! Take that, Liberal/Progressives! Nyahh!!!!

In the immortal words of William Shatner on Saturday Night Live in 1982
(the Star Trek convention spoof) and no offense meant, Star Trek fans:

"It's only a TV Show!" (or in this particular case, a cartoon). "Get a Life!"

yes but blacksheepone, you need to stand up for your views, don't hide them just because the liberals don't agree with you. If you hide them, you're being complacent. We conservatives have to stand up for what we believe. Too many of us don't and that's why our fricking country is in the shape it's in. We've got to fight the liberals!

I totally agree with you, Michael on not hiding my conservative views.
This is why I have shared the information that I have about the
attempts of Censorship--which is exactly what I call it--on the
part of these Liberal/Progressive special-interest groups to get
classic cartoons like Looney Tunes and other once-acceptable
(and popular I might add) TV shows such as TV Westerns and
World War II shows off the air on this forum. I prefer to
enlighten the otherwise uninformed. When I first learned
of this, I found it personally outrageous not to mention
insulting that these programs were being treated like
this, and the "powers-that-be" in entertainment who
make these decisions are letting the special-interest
groups tell them what to do and to heck with the fans
and those that like them. The fans/viewers seem to be
in the minority here.

The above is why Wild Wild West got cancelled in the first place
by CBS-TV in 1969 after 4 seasons on the air for example. The
excuse for the cancellation at the time was "violence", but yet
today compared to what is going on in real-life and on television/
in movies alike (watch Fox News and you'll see what I mean on
the former, the coverage on ISIS, etc.--our lives are being
threatened and these idiots are worried about 50 year old plus
cartoons and TV shows?) is mild in comparison.

Let me be frank--if you Liberals don't like these shows and cartoons,
then change the darn channel or turn the TV off and go do something
else with your time. Quit telling everyone what to do, how to think,
what to watch on TV, etc. It's none of your business!

Contrary to popular belief, this is STILL a free country. Unless something
isn't done to stop the bad guys that is. Where's a real-life Leroy Jethro
Gibbs of NCIS or a Chuck Norris of The Delta Force when you really need them?
This is how our US Government should handle terrorists, ISIS
included--it's the only thing they understand: FORCE. Don't do like
Neville Chamberlain of the UK (the Nazis and WWII) and do absolutely
NOTHING and let the evil people take over. Read the Book of Revelation
in the Bible. It's all coming true. All you have to do is Pay Attention.

Thanks for listening Michael and anyone else who is like open-minded.

P.S. BTW, in my opening statement of the previous post I was being
sarcastic about Conservatives daring to express their views only to have
Liberals/Progressives jump down their throat. I have Freedom of Speech
according to the US Constitution and people like this woman Liberal/
Progressive who obviously disagreed with me seems to have forgotten
that fact. If certain parties had their way, the Constitution would be gone.
So anyone who does not like what I have to say, tough, and if you're
listening out there "lady" (and you know who you are, she's not on
this forum much less interested in classic sitcoms incidentally if
anyone's wondering or curious) that especially goes for you
in particular!

In total agreement w/you, Blacksheepone. Yes, that's just what the liberals want--total mind control. They're not content feeling that way themselves, they want everyone else to feel that way too. Remember that old saying "you can fool all of the people some of the time, and some of the people all of the time, but you can't fool all of the people all of the time!"

Have you heard of a conservative radio talk show host named Michael Savage? He has a nationally syndicated show Mon - Fri and he considers himself an independent conservative. his website is www.michaelsavage.com

Hi Michael,

Yes, I know all too well about Michael Savage. Back in the mid-2000's, I used
to listen to his radio show as I was closing my store late at night (I worked in
a convenience store at the time). And he has always had some very strong
opinions about stuff concerning this country and he doesn't care who knows it. LOL.
My favorites were always Rusty Humphries and Neal Bortz who was
best known for saying, "I don't care if I offend you or not!"

In fact, it was on the Rusty Humphries Show back in 2011 that I first heard
about the Liberals going after the Looney Tunes and trying to have them
removed from the television broadcast airwaves for the specific reasons
I previously mentioned in earlier posts.

These guys and Fox News (among other Conservative sources) are simply
just telling the truth. But as Jack Nicholson said in the movie A Few Good Men,
and I address this to Liberals/Progressives--"You can't handle the truth!"

P.S. Getting back to Looney Tunes, between the official Warner Bros. DVD's
(Golden Collection, Looney Tunes Superstars, etc.) and the Cartoon Network/
Boomerang aired shorts my late wife and I recorded when they aired them
in 2001-2004 (plus acquisitions from assorted "unofficial" sources, that is
private collectors) of the total approximate 1070 shorts made between
roughly 1929 and 1980 before WB permanently went out of the animation
business as far as the classic Looney Tunes went, combined I now have
roughly 630 of them on DVD (the majority transferred from VHS to DVD
besides the WB official DVD's). I just added the last shorts they filmed,
Cool Cat and Merlin The Magic Mouse (1968-1969), among the cartoons
that were "outsourced" along with Road Runner-Coyote, and Speedy
Gonzales-Daffy Duck (I preferred the latter characters to the former
but Cool Cat and Merlin were okay and funny to me. My late wife
on the other hand absolutely hated them.)