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welcome to watch mojo
and today we'll be counting down our
picks for the top 10 dark facts about
looney tunes that will ruin
your childhood something awfully squeey
going on around here
i like those fellows all the time having
fun
flattery will get you nowhere and you
can't fool me again for this list we'll
be looking at the grimmer details about
the looney tunes franchise that may
change how you see these cartoons if
there are some looney tunes facts that
disturb you
tell us about them in the comments doc
now on to the top 10
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number ten two risque for kids
the original batch of looney tunes
cartoons were made between 1930 to 1969.
although shorts were frequently shown to
kids before movies and theaters
some of the humor would go over their
heads
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standards were different for tv
broadcasts when looney tunes began
airing on television the shorts would
often be
re-edited because of their content
adult humor dark jokes and things no
longer considered politically correct
were often censored
or omitted entirely although uncensored
versions can be found more readily these
days online
and on dvds it's disturbing to realize
that the cartoons we grew up with
may not have been the originals number
nine
looney tunes characters changed a word's
meaning
how am i ever going to catch that screwy
duck
precisely what i was wondering my little
nimrod one of bugs bunny and daffy
duck's most frequent nemesis
is the buffoonish hunter elmer fudd
because of this the hapless hunter has
had insults like nimrod lobbed at him
on multiple occasions hey
there's something awfully squealy going
on around here
however the term may not mean what you
think or at least
it didn't before bugs bunny cartoons
popularized it
in the bible nimrod was the grandson of
noah and was renowned as a great hunter
the characters referring to elmer as
nimrod was sly sarcasm
gosh however viewers unfamiliar with
nimrod's biblical origins began using
the word as an insult
likening a nimrod to a slow dim-witted
person like elmer fudd
it's quite a legacy
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number eight original tweety tweety bird
is the sweet yellow bird who is often
paired with sylvester the cat in their
cartoons
oh you much too smart for him
hello mr pretty cat what you doing down
there
however before he taught he saw that
puddy cat
twitty's original look was very
different
tweety first debuted in the short a tale
of two kitties
opposite two cats inspired by abbott and
costello's personalities
yeah babbitt i wanna eat i love to eat
well then go up and get the bird out of
that nest and we'll eat
during this short we were introduced to
the little bird's signature catchphrase
and familiar voice
however everything else about him was
slightly different
tweety lacked any feathers and his name
was
orson we can see why warner brothers
elected for his
more colorful appearance and memorable
name down the line
number seven looney tunes not tunes
looney tunes has been around for 90
years now ladies
and gentlemen tonight it gives me
extreme pleasure
to present our entire day intrepid
so you'd think everyone would be
familiar with its name and how to spell
it right
well think again people think that the
tunes part of the title should be
spelled like
the tune in the word cartoon given that
the words are homophones and looney
tunes are synonymous with cartoons
it's an easy mistake to make easy
however there are those who believe that
the spelling snafu
is an example of the mandela effect a
phenomenon of collective false memory
where some believe reality has been
altered at some point
flattery will get you nowhere and you
can't fool me
again we'd be curious what believers
have to say about the spelling of looney
tunes
musically named sister series merry
melodies
as well as disney's silly symphony
number six
mostly male while this may not exactly
come as a surprise
it can be easy to forget that the vast
majority of classic looney tunes
characters
are male there are a few exceptions
early cartoons featured granny who owns
tweety
and penelope pussycat the frequent
object of pepe le pew's unwanted
affection
darling you found me a sweet
a clever we will never part again
i could be wrong you know but both are
comparatively minor characters
it's only in recent spin-offs such as
space jam
or tiny toon adventures that female
characters began to gain more of a
presence
a girl
welcome to the 90s the classic looney
tune shorts will always have their charm
but once you notice the lack of female
characters
you might not look at them the same way
again hey
they just mean it
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number five one beer since tiny toon
adventures is a looney tune spin-off
we're counting it we've already
mentioned that the franchise has had
problems with censorship
tiny tunes was no exception one episode
called elephant issues was banned for
the
one beer segment after people became
aware of the touchy subject matter
let's drink it drink it
but buster this isn't like you i know
but in this episode we're showing the
evils of alcohol it was a very special
segment meant to warn kids away from the
dangers of drinking
mixing that kind of thing with cartoons
is always a dicey business
are we wasted or what
just passed the brewski bob and it
doesn't help that it's been rumored that
the show's staff
didn't like writing very special
episodes
this is so weird one bear in the whole
world looks
truly how did this one go wrong well
three young tunes drink a beer and drive
off a cliff
they reveal they're all right in the end
but that's still
really dark number 4. porky stutter
porky pig is the lovable mild-mannered
character that often closes out looney
tune shorts
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he also acts as the straight man to
characters like daffy duck
but porky's most famous feature is his
noticeable stutter what you may not know
is that the stutter wasn't just a
character affectation
joe doherty the first voice actor to
play the pig had a stutter in real life
and brought that to the character
unfortunately for doherty he couldn't
control his stutter which resulted in
his recording sessions lasting
hours and becoming more expensive
i just got 10 minutes to catch my plane
the rising cost led to him being
replaced by the more familiar
mel blanc who was able to stutter on cue
number three the speedy gonzalez
controversy
when cartoon network gained the rights
to air speeding gonzalez cartoons
they decided against including his
shorts in their programming
while the company said that his cartoons
didn't do well in the ratings
they also had concerns the character may
be culturally insensitive
there's no denying that speedy's
original goldtooth design was
ridiculously offensive and his cousin
slowpoke rodriguez
could also be perceived as promoting
stereotypes
when do we eat i'm hungry
there's lots of food in the refrigerator
but you got to get by the pussycat to
get him
that's good i
get it i'm hungry however
fans from the hispanic community voiced
their support for speedy when they found
out his shorts would largely be absent
from cartoon network
fortunately fans of this fast mouse saw
his cartoons race back onto network
programming
in 2002 number two
things that take your life it's no
secret that looney tunes features a lot
of cartoon violence
boom you're stupid rabbit like this
some of that mayhem involved firearms
still it can get
darker than a lot of people remember
during some cartoons
the characters either threaten to or
actually end it all with a dangerous
weapon
bugs and yosemite sam play russian
roulette in one short
daffy even blasts himself as part of a
gag
if you're into dark humor these still
may be pretty funny to you
but we definitely understand why the
prospect of showing these shorts to
children
is tricky many of these macabre cartoons
ended up being censored for years
i know i know but i can only do it once
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number one the censored 11.
although we've discussed the occasional
edited moment already
the censored 11 are a different animal
all together
these 11 looney tunes and merry melody
shorts
feature racial and ethnic stereotypes
sorry doc while they're not the only
warner brothers cartoon to make use of
politically incorrect
depictions these shorts made offensive
representations essential to their plots
so much so that we can't show them here
since executives couldn't avoid the fact
that these cartoons were
intrinsically linked to stereotypes and
racist caricatures
they were pulled from broadcast in 1968.
none of these shorts have been shown
officially on tv since then
but there are still traces of them
across the internet and
old video formats these cartoons stand
as reminders of an offensive chapter
in looney tunes history
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