Smoking scenes to be removed from old school cartoons

[Pop Culture Portal]

Believe it or not, most of the Disney and Warner Bros. toons have already been chopped to hell.  There are a few Disney movies that have been edited and we'll not likely see the full versions of...Make Mine Music and Fun and Fancy Free are two I can think of right off the top of my head...both have smoking scenes in them, one with Goofy as a cowboy puffin' away.

The Tom & Jerry toons you see on Cartoon Network, Boomerang, and any Turner station are already edited for "excessive violence" (they're toons people!) and racial stereotypes (some you wouldn't believe).  You'd be suprised how many time Jerry pulls a gun on poor Tom (and funny as hell)...all cut out of what we're already watching.

Most of the older toons aren't worth watching because they're so hacked up.  Just watch any, and I mean ANY Bugs Bunny, or better yet, Road Runner cartoon on Cartoon Network, Boomerange or a Turner station.  These toons have been hacked and very poorly edited, skipping from scene to scene.

But, at least WB sells their toons as unedited (supposedly) in their Golden Age of Toons (or whatever it's called) DVDs.  You can't say that for Disney or MGM.

There are plenty of places on the web, like YouTube, Veoh, and other places to watch public domain cartoons...no copyrights and no edits.  Best Buy has plenty of these PD toons in large collections and very, very cheap.  These are really old black and white toons, like Betty Boop, Harvey Cartoons, and tons of Popeye.

I hate all this PC crap...

[Tynstar]

It amazing how far things have come.  I remember seeing a clip of a cigarette commercial (from way back when they allowed them) that starred the Flintstones.  It was Fred and Barney sneaking a smoke so Wilma and Betty didn't catch them.  So not only did they have some references in the shows, they used to promote the stuff.  I don't want to promote smoking but I grew up on those cartoons and never smoked a day in my life so I am proof that it's possible to resist in spite of cartoon references.

Hey isn't Turner the ones that decided that coloring old Black and White movies was a good idea?

I am the same way. I have watched all those "evil" cartoon and have never smoked. I have never dropped an anvil on someone either.

[tholly]

I have never dropped an anvil on someone either.

LIAR!

[den68]

just don't show the episodes that have smoking in them. there's plenty to choose from. it's better than butchering the classics.

[Tynstar]

I have never dropped an anvil on someone either.

LIAR!

You coould be the first!

I will rig something up so when you go to grap Spiderman and Pitfall (with poster) for the 32X it will drop on you.

[tholly]

I have never dropped an anvil on someone either.

LIAR!

You coould be the first!

I will rig something up so when you go to grap Spiderman and Pitfall (with poster) for the 32X it will drop on you.

those 2 goddamn games will haunt me forever....(i will get them eventually though)

[Tynstar]

I have never dropped an anvil on someone either.

LIAR!

You coould be the first!

I will rig something up so when you go to grap Spiderman and Pitfall (with poster) for the 32X it will drop on you.

those 2 goddamn games will haunt me forever....(i will get them eventually though)

LMAO!!!!!!

[ganonbanned]

I remember one time a few years ago, someone broke out of juvy and hid out in the woods.  He later wandered into my neighborhood, abdout 50 miles away, and tried to find a car to break in to.  he broke into my dads car and hot wired it, right when he was about to take off he decided the car was to crappy and just stole a few bucks and my dads cigar.  the kid was 15, when they foud the cigars it was "bad" for my dad to leave cigars in his car.

[SFS]

  My posts got deleted, just like the old smoking scenes.