The older Loony Tunes stuff was pretty funny and had adult humor behind the jokes. Even though they did kind of try to make Southern people look stupid I still liked it I never did like any of the Disney bull shit.
The Original Looney Tunes were written "by" adults "for" adults. Only after TV gained popularity and we started to see them on there did cartoons in general start to orient towards children. I think the last official WB cartoon was produced/released in 1962. And yes, I loved every last one of them.
To this day, I'm still trying to fight to get the "
Censored 11" released. (Good luck with that, I know). These were the 11 cartoons that were recognized as being the most racist, sexist, etc. etc. that WB produced and (per Turner broadcasting, which owns the catalog) will never be released on DVD etc.. I think they should be released for historical reasons. I think it's important to know from where we came and how far we've come. In particular, I think the short "Coal Black and de Seben Dwarves" has positive historical value for the African-American community as Bob Clampett (the director) went through great pains to engage black actors/actresses and a black jazz band to be featured on the short, at a time when that was unheard of.
If the "Censored 11" were to be released on a special DVD release, I would not show them to children initially, but would watch with them when I felt they were ready to handle them. There are also cartoons that have been censored since then but are not on the "official" list. Thankfully, I have the original "Golden Age of Looney Tunes" laser discs that still have a few of them uncensored (the dvd collections are all censored).
PS. As far as the treatment of "Southerners" was concerned. it might help to know that one of the founding directors of the shorts, Fred "Tex" Avery was from Texas. In fact, he originated the phrase "What's up Doc" as Texans used to call each other "Doc" at the time and in that part of the state.
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