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Originally, Tweety sported a light pink color since he was supposed to represent a helpless baby bird who hadnt developed proper plumage yet. Censors were a little more uptight back in the golden age of animation, however, and they insisted that Warner Brothers recolor him. Why? Because his authentic pink color (baby birds certainly arent born yellow, black, green, or whatever color their adult plumage will be) could be misconstrued as nudity, and as far as the censors were concerned, it was far too inappropriate for children.
Were not exactly sure what was too titillating about a 3-4? tall naked bird, but the will of the censors was law back then and Warner Brothers yielded, giving Tweety his distinct and enduring bright yellow color.
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Iggo
(47,487 posts)Weirdos.
CurtEastPoint
(18,549 posts)underpants
(182,271 posts)CurtEastPoint
(18,549 posts)samnsara
(17,570 posts)...by Betty Boop taking her head off and exchanging it on a conveyor belt or..when a giant gingerbread cookie chased two helpless small cookies and ATE them...smacking his mouth wide open and crumbs falling out. Or the obvious racial exaggerations.
Wounded Bear
(58,437 posts)Political correctness is not a new phenomenon.
Stuart G
(38,359 posts)falling off a cliff,,,,,,,dozens if not hundreds of times?
running into a wall.....
getting hit by a truck,
getting hit by a train,
getting hit by a bolder,
etc, etc....violence?>>>>>oh my..oh my......Oh...Wiley was created and directed by..Chuck Jones..
Wounded Bear
(58,437 posts)Laffy Kat
(16,354 posts)About how baby-boomers had a warped sense of physics do to the cartoons. Some teenagers actually thought that if you ran off a cliff, you'd be suspended in air for a few seconds before you'd fall straight down.
Stuart G
(38,359 posts)Bless you...!!!!!!!!!!!!!....I met Fritz Freleng once...He won an academy award for a Tweety and Sylvester cartoon..