The Speedy thread got me to thinking about the old cartoons they won't show anymore due to un-PC things. For instance, a lot of WWII era cartoons played upon the big-toothed, slant-eyed Jap as a foil or even just a quick joke. Then, there's the use of a lot of old vaudville blackface humor. I decided to start a thread where we can deposit the memories or even some YouTube videos of these now unreleasable and unbroadcastable pieces of history.
whomod said: I generally don't like it when people decide to play by the rules against people who don't play by the rules. It tends to put you immediately at a disadvantage and IMO is a sign of true weakness. This is true both in politics and on the internet."
whomod said: I generally don't like it when people decide to play by the rules against people who don't play by the rules. It tends to put you immediately at a disadvantage and IMO is a sign of true weakness. This is true both in politics and on the internet."
whomod said: I generally don't like it when people decide to play by the rules against people who don't play by the rules. It tends to put you immediately at a disadvantage and IMO is a sign of true weakness. This is true both in politics and on the internet."
whomod said: I generally don't like it when people decide to play by the rules against people who don't play by the rules. It tends to put you immediately at a disadvantage and IMO is a sign of true weakness. This is true both in politics and on the internet."
the G-man happy Moderator Lawyers Guns & Money 15000+ posts 29 minutes 6 seconds ago Reading a post Forum: Media Thread: Racist Cartoons
Seriously, dude, that might be a bit much.
whomod said: I generally don't like it when people decide to play by the rules against people who don't play by the rules. It tends to put you immediately at a disadvantage and IMO is a sign of true weakness. This is true both in politics and on the internet."
there is a hilarious Betty Boop racist cartoon on youtube.
There's also a Bugs Bunny one with a black Elmer Fudd.
whomod said: I generally don't like it when people decide to play by the rules against people who don't play by the rules. It tends to put you immediately at a disadvantage and IMO is a sign of true weakness. This is true both in politics and on the internet."
[Not a cartoon, per se, but] a commercial that didn't last long on the airwaves. In the early 1960s, Pillsbury decided to compete with Kool-Aid and came out with their own line of instant drink mixes. These "pre-sweetened" mixes contained cyclamates instead of sugar ("so you don't mess up the kitchen adding sugar") and each flavor was assigned a cartoon character: Goofy Grape, Freckle Face Strawberry, Loud-Mouth Lime, and Rootin' Tootin' Raspberry. However, two of these characters met with widespread disapproval: Injun Orange and Chinese Cherry. The backlash from protesters caused Pillsbury to pull these racially-insensitive characters almost immediately; subsequently they were changed to Jolly-Olly Orange and Choo-Choo Cherry.
By the 1970s, cyclamates had been outlawed by the FDA, and Funny Face drink mixes became "sugar sweetened." By that time, Loud-Mouth Lime had been changed to Loud-Mouth Punch, and a new flavor, L
