Subject: Re: What was your favourite cartoon when you were a kid?? Wed May 27, 2009 11:18 am
I just discovered that Looney Tunes and The Flintstones (among other "classics") are available through my cable company's On Demand feature for free. I watched quite a few episodes over the holiday weekend, trying to get my kids interested. No such luck with them (still too young), but I sure as heck enjoyed watching 'em.
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Subject: Re: What was your favourite cartoon when you were a kid?? Wed May 27, 2009 11:29 am
Coincidence?
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Subject: Re: What was your favourite cartoon when you were a kid?? Wed May 27, 2009 11:33 am
detuned wrote:
Coincidence?
Probably note, it is a know fact that Scott Ian is a major comic book and cartoon fanboy.
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Subject: Re: What was your favourite cartoon when you were a kid?? Wed May 27, 2009 11:34 am
manny wrote:
detuned wrote:
Coincidence?
Probably not, it is a know fact that Scott Ian is a major comic book and cartoon fanboy.
EvyMetal Baron Von 40oz.
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Subject: Re: What was your favourite cartoon when you were a kid?? Wed May 27, 2009 1:12 pm
You could've just edited your post.
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Subject: Re: What was your favourite cartoon when you were a kid?? Wed May 27, 2009 5:26 pm
I was watching some of my Looney Tune Spotlight DVDs and would love to have every cartoon in my collection. Particularly the Daffy Duck ones where he's not a greedy coward who always gets his comeupence but a waky certifiable loon who gets away with it (not enough of those on the DVDs). I'm currently watching my Animaniacs DVDs.
Svengo Metal master
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Subject: Re: What was your favourite cartoon when you were a kid?? Wed May 27, 2009 7:22 pm
DallasBlack wrote:
I was watching some of my Looney Tune Spotlight DVDs and would love to have every cartoon in my collection. Particularly the Daffy Duck ones where he's not a greedy coward who always gets his comeupence but a waky certifiable loon who gets away with it (not enough of those on the DVDs). I'm currently watching my Animaniacs DVDs.
The Looney Tunes golden collections are where its at. I own a couple of them and hope to get all of the rest. I think I've watched those dvds more than any other I've owned.
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Subject: Re: What was your favourite cartoon when you were a kid?? Wed May 27, 2009 7:25 pm
Svengo wrote:
DallasBlack wrote:
I was watching some of my Looney Tune Spotlight DVDs and would love to have every cartoon in my collection. Particularly the Daffy Duck ones where he's not a greedy coward who always gets his comeupence but a waky certifiable loon who gets away with it (not enough of those on the DVDs). I'm currently watching my Animaniacs DVDs.
The Looney Tunes golden collections are where its at. I own a couple of them and hope to get all of the rest. I think I've watched those dvds more than any other I've owned.
Yep!
I have all of 'em!!!
Warner Bros. does a great job with the extras. Like including episodes of the Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour from Saturday morning cartoon fame.
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Subject: Re: What was your favourite cartoon when you were a kid?? Wed May 27, 2009 7:35 pm
tohostudios wrote:
Svengo wrote:
DallasBlack wrote:
I was watching some of my Looney Tune Spotlight DVDs and would love to have every cartoon in my collection. Particularly the Daffy Duck ones where he's not a greedy coward who always gets his comeupence but a waky certifiable loon who gets away with it (not enough of those on the DVDs). I'm currently watching my Animaniacs DVDs.
The Looney Tunes golden collections are where its at. I own a couple of them and hope to get all of the rest. I think I've watched those dvds more than any other I've owned.
Yep!
I have all of 'em!!!
Warner Bros. does a great job with the extras. Like including episodes of the Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour from Saturday morning cartoon fame.
I also find it funny that on one of the sets I have that they felt the need to have Whoopi Goldberg doing a short segment basically apologizing for some of the politically incorrect content of some of the cartoons.
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Subject: Re: What was your favourite cartoon when you were a kid?? Thu May 28, 2009 8:06 am
They run some sort of disclaimer on all their sets but that Whoopi Goldberg disclaimer on every freakin' disc is uber annoying. The latest one just shows a panel of text right after the FBI warning. Much less obtrusive.
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Subject: Re: What was your favourite cartoon when you were a kid?? Thu May 28, 2009 8:38 am
Imagine the disclaimers for the old Dick Tracy cartoon where that Japanese guy has those huge teeth (among other things). Further proof that the good cartoons would never make it these days. But at least they leave those parts in. I was watching a caroon show several years ago when Bugs is being chased by that big hairy orange monster. When he shrinks and hold the sign that say he quits and the mouse says I quit too and throws out that bottle of liquor. Instead they just had him say I quit too and cut to the next scene. I remember that annoying the hell out of me.
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Subject: Re: What was your favourite cartoon when you were a kid?? Thu May 28, 2009 10:01 am
Editing classic cartoons MAKES ME INSANE!!!!
The original Looney Tunes cartoons were originally made for adults, they debuted and played before Warner Bros. films. So if you went to the theater to see Casablanca, there would probably be a Loony Tunes before the main show. The target audience wasn't kids (hence all the grown up humor that they are no editing out).
manny mini boss
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Subject: Re: What was your favourite cartoon when you were a kid?? Thu May 28, 2009 10:10 am
Looney Tunes are classic, and I hate the editing of the cartoons, we may live in a politically correct world now, but I think people understand that the times were different and those cartoons were made during World War II where anti Japanese feelings were at their height.
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Subject: Re: What was your favourite cartoon when you were a kid?? Thu May 28, 2009 2:30 pm
Animaniacs, Dragonball Z, Transformers, Tom & Jerry, that kinda stuff. Good times....
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Subject: Re: What was your favourite cartoon when you were a kid?? Thu May 28, 2009 4:55 pm
manny wrote:
Looney Tunes are classic, and I hate the editing of the cartoons, we may live in a politically correct world now, but I think people understand that the times were different and those cartoons were made during World War II where anti Japanese feelings were at their height.
My favorite is when Cartoon Network banned Speedy Gonzalez cartoons on grounds that they offended latinos. The problem was no one ever bothered to ask what latinos actually thought of Speedy. It turned out they love the guy - he's fast, witty, smooth with the lady mice, and always beats Sylvester, so what's so offensive about him? I think when that came out the network finally relented and started playing the cartoons
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Subject: Re: What was your favourite cartoon when you were a kid?? Thu May 28, 2009 5:03 pm
sheets wrote:
manny wrote:
Looney Tunes are classic, and I hate the editing of the cartoons, we may live in a politically correct world now, but I think people understand that the times were different and those cartoons were made during World War II where anti Japanese feelings were at their height.
My favorite is when Cartoon Network banned Speedy Gonzalez cartoons on grounds that they offended latinos. The problem was no one ever bothered to ask what latinos actually thought of Speedy. It turned out they love the guy - he's fast, witty, smooth with the lady mice, and always beats Sylvester, so what's so offensive about him? I think when that came out the network finally relented and started playing the cartoons
I am latino and I love Speedy Gonzalez, for crying out people need to get a grip!!!! It was suppose to be funny, it was not a social commentary on Hispanic culture. We not only got the joke but Cartoon Network forget this Looney Cartoons were shown on Univision and other Spanish networks with Spanish overdubs.
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Subject: Re: What was your favourite cartoon when you were a kid?? Thu May 28, 2009 8:44 pm
Talkin' about racially insensitive cartoons, how many of you have seen this one? "All This and Rabbit Stew," from 1941. It should become obvious rather quickly why this one doesn't get much play nowadays.
This one was included on a cheap compilation DVD of old public-domain cartoons that I picked up a while ago at the dollar store. When this one came on I was like "Holy cow!"
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Svengo Metal master
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Subject: Re: What was your favourite cartoon when you were a kid?? Thu May 28, 2009 11:12 pm
Yeah, I don't see WB really pushing this one anytime soon.
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Subject: Re: What was your favourite cartoon when you were a kid?? Fri May 29, 2009 12:15 am
I had always heard about the racist Loony Tunes cartoons, but I've not seen one till now.
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Subject: Re: What was your favourite cartoon when you were a kid?? Fri May 29, 2009 2:48 am
Did I mention Bullwinkle and Rocky?
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Subject: Re: What was your favourite cartoon when you were a kid?? Fri May 29, 2009 9:13 am
SAHB Healer wrote:
Did I mention Bullwinkle and Rocky?
Great cartoon...and actually kinda psychedelic.
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Subject: Re: What was your favourite cartoon when you were a kid?? Fri May 29, 2009 9:20 am
detuned wrote:
SAHB Healer wrote:
Did I mention Bullwinkle and Rocky?
Great cartoon...and actually kinda psychedelic.
Kinda? The people who wrote that cartoon had to be doing some serious drugs.
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Subject: Re: What was your favourite cartoon when you were a kid?? Fri May 29, 2009 9:21 am
tohostudios wrote:
detuned wrote:
SAHB Healer wrote:
Did I mention Bullwinkle and Rocky?
Great cartoon...and actually kinda psychedelic.
Kinda? The people who wrote that cartoon had to be doing some serious drugs.
Why do you think I like is so much? The dudes behind Fantasia were wasted as well....
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Subject: Re: What was your favourite cartoon when you were a kid?? Fri May 29, 2009 9:30 am
My earliest memories were Tom and Jerry, Scooby Doo, The Jetsons and The Flintstones. My favorites were GI Joe and The Transformers. I pretty much liked most of the old saturday morning cartoons from the 80's.
The Smurfs Muppet Babies etc...
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Subject: Re: What was your favourite cartoon when you were a kid?? Sat May 30, 2009 3:12 pm
tohostudios wrote:
detuned wrote:
SAHB Healer wrote:
Did I mention Bullwinkle and Rocky?
Great cartoon...and actually kinda psychedelic.
Kinda? The people who wrote that cartoon had to be doing some serious drugs.
I've got the first two seasons on DVD-It is pretty trippy at times.
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