What cartoons and kid shows , that you watched, would not be allowed on TV today?

[debm55]

[Coventina]

1. Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids

Stupid serial rapist ruined a great show.

Plus, a main character would never be called "Fat" now.

[debm55]

18. Yes I agree. Ty Coventina. I also didn;t like the skunk that was was always stalking the cat. Can't remember the name.

[Coventina]

24. Pepe Le Pew

Yes, definitely sexual harassment / assault!!

[debm55]

28. Ty, I didn.t like it. Even as a child I knew something was wrong. Didn't think it was funny.

[Coventina]

29. Same here. It's also an offensive ethnic stereotype.

[SarahD]

2. Road runner. Too violent. Animal abuse.

[debm55]

8. True, Thank you ,SarahD.

[AllaN01Bear]

26. that coyote is such a clown. when can he never learn he can mow rr dwon and then theres acme products

creative mayhem for 50 years .

[SarahD]

33. I like it.

My friend is such a fan her mailbox just says ACME.

[Mark.b2]

3. Bugs Bunny and Road Runner (uncensored)...

They are highly edited nowadays.

[debm55]

7. Thank you Mark.b2

[dchill]

4. Popeye!

[debm55]

9. I agree with all the fighting going on in the cartoon. TY dchill.

[dchill]

32. I blame the spinach!

[bucolic_frolic]

5. Rocky & Bullwinkle

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]

10. I agree. I liked it and still would watch it. TY bucolic_frolic

[dchill]

34. I still watch Rocky & Bullwinkle...

...on YouTube from time to time. One of my all time favorites!

[Hekate]

44. I loved everything about Rocky & Bullwinkle. The fact that I remembered so much of it for decades

…speaks to the IQ of the writers, afaiac. Good fare for kids — but as I grew up I’d recognize more and more of it in the adult world around me.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

45. The writers were top notch. Allan Burns and some others went on to create some iconic sitcoms like Mary Tyler Moore Show

[rubbersole]

6. The Lone Ranger, Kemosabe.

[debm55]

11. Yes, thank you rubbersole. I totally agree.

[Mike Nelson]

12. Speedy!

[debm55]

13. Agree with you. Ty Mike Nelson.

[Shermann]

30. Didn't all the cartoons back in the day have some sort of cultural appropriation? nt

[Gidney N Cloyd]

46. Speedy himself was OK but some of the more stereotypical characters around him were problematic.

[Emile]

14. Tom & Jerry

[debm55]

16. Agree. Ty Emile.

[Chipper Chat]

15. Pinky Lee show

Way too "gay"

[debm55]

17. I don;t understand. Sorry.

[Chipper Chat]

19. 50s TV show.

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]

20. Ty, Chipper Chat.

[sakabatou]

21. Hmm... some of the stuff in Animaniacs

[debm55]

22. Agree, Ty you sakabatou

[Niagara]

23. I would like to mention 3 separate cartoons with several characters.

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]

25. I think a lot of parents today

would object to The Three Stooges short films.

[Hekate]

43. My mom objected, back in the '50s. My brother thought they were funny, but I never did.

[debm55]

55. I watched them because we only had one television and that's what my brother wanted to watch. I didn;t like the slapping

hair pulling. Some parts were funny. others parts were not. And Moe was a bully.

[AllaN01Bear]

27. beani and cecil. our gang . clutch cargo. and so on.

flintstones . i espicialy loved the jetsons .

[Gidney N Cloyd]

47. All that stuff (except Clutch Cargo) is in reruns today. What specifically do you think is objectionable?

[Shermann]

31. Elmer Fudd was a bit trigger-happy. nt

[debm55]

60. True, TY, Sherman

[DBoon]

35. One i think was called "Joe Jitsu"

It featured a stereotyped Japanese detective

[Coventina]

37. How about "Hong Kong Phooey"?

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[Alpeduez21]

58. Number one super guy!! nt/

[Gidney N Cloyd]

48. That was part of the Dick Tracy cartoon series. They had some issues...

"Go Go Gomez" was another one.

[sarge43]

36. Duckman

Language, sexual activities, ageism.

[surrealAmerican]

39. That was certainly a cartoon, but never intended for children.

.

[Different Drummer]

38. Go Go Gophers.

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]

40. Heck, they don't show 'Johnny Quest' on anything anymore without major editing.

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]

41. Just about all of them.

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]

42. Dumbo with the Crows. Probably not Heckle & Jekyll. Song of the South. Jazz instrumentalists as stereotypes.

I remember Mammy characters in cartoons.
WW II leftover cartoons used as fillers in the ‘50s — I don’t 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 could’t make a comeback would be the high intelligence and the sly political references.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

49. Most of the old Jay Ward stuff would just be too hip for the room today.

[debm55]

52. TY that's true.

[ificandream]

50. Soupy Sales.

There were lots of jokes that went over our heads. Then there was this ...

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[debm55]

53. TY ificandream.

[nocoincidences]

51. Mighty Mouse and Krakatoa Katie

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[debm55]

54. TY nocoincidences. I agree.

[CTyankee]

56. "Sufferin' succotash." Sylvester the cat has a lisp...

[debm55]

57. Very true, thank you CTYankee.

[Auggie]

59. Mr. Magoo

[debm55]

61. Agree, Thank you. Auggie.