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steve2470

(37,457 posts)
Wed Sep 27, 2017, 11:26 AM Sep 2017

Which Cartoon Character Was Recolored At The Urging Of Cartoon Censors?

It’s difficult to imagine Tweety ever serving as a center of controversy. The tiny yellow bird was created by golden age cartoonist Bob Clampett, introduced by Warner Brothers in 1942, and best known as a foil for Sylvester, a cat determined to eat him.

Originally, Tweety sported a light pink color since he was supposed to represent a helpless baby bird who hadn’t 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 aren’t 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.

We’re 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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samnsara

(17,570 posts)
5. ha but they didnt worry how we little kids were traumatized...
Wed Sep 27, 2017, 11:40 AM
Sep 2017

...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)
6. But the violence of the cat attacking and trying to eat the baby bird was OK?
Wed Sep 27, 2017, 02:57 PM
Sep 2017


Political correctness is not a new phenomenon.

Stuart G

(38,359 posts)
8. ok...............What about Wile E. Coyote ??violence..??
Fri Sep 29, 2017, 09:49 PM
Sep 2017

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..

Laffy Kat

(16,354 posts)
10. Read an article a looong time ago:
Sat Sep 30, 2017, 07:47 PM
Sep 2017

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)
7. Now..........wait a minute...just a minute...there is another cartoon addict here in the lounge?
Fri Sep 29, 2017, 09:41 PM
Sep 2017

Bless you...!!!!!!!!!!!!!....I met Fritz Freleng once...He won an academy award for a Tweety and Sylvester cartoon..

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