Did the "Pepe Lepew" Cartoon cause any controversy? - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

TVFactFan · 03-14-2006, 01:56 PM

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

gilligan fanatic · 03-14-2006, 05:19 PM

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

TVFactFan · 03-14-2006, 07:58 PM

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Originally Posted by gilligan fanatic

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

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

gilligan fanatic · 03-14-2006, 08:01 PM

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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.

TVFactFan · 03-14-2006, 08:04 PM

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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?

tv star collector · 03-14-2006, 08:09 PM

"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

gilligan fanatic · 03-14-2006, 08:09 PM

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.

TVFactFan · 03-14-2006, 08:11 PM

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"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

Fonzarelli · 03-19-2006, 07:32 PM

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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?

Whoever said that is an idiot!

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

TVFactFan · 03-19-2006, 08:15 PM

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Pepe Le Pew wanted to commit rape?

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

Brian Damage · 03-19-2006, 09:33 PM

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

TVFactFan · 03-19-2006, 09:36 PM

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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

gilligan fanatic · 03-19-2006, 09:38 PM

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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

Mr. Television · 03-19-2006, 10:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Brian Damage

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.

musicradio77 · 03-21-2006, 06:54 PM

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.

03-14-2006, 01:56 PM	#1
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03-21-2006, 06:54 PM	#15
musicradio77 Disney Expert Forum Veteran Join Date: Jul 14, 2003 Location: Brooklyn, NY USA Posts: 6,475	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.
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tv star collector I Love Susie Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Oct 18, 2005 Location: South Carolina Posts: 4,486	"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