Old Cartoons and society

Discussion in 'New Roundtable' started by LSUMASTERMIND, Dec 6, 2012.

  1. LSUMASTERMIND

    LSUMASTERMIND Founding Member

    Was watching old Looney Tunes with my son the other day. Said to myself I grew up on this, it will be fun for him to watch.

    So this episode is with Foghorn Leghorn and his friend that came to visit him Rhode Island Red. To make a long story short, they got into a fight and Fog was trying to get him to leave, throwing bombs and dynamite at him etc. So Fog comes up with this idea to dress as a bike messenger and gives Red a message that his uncle in California died and to contact a person for the inheritance at the bottom of the letter it was signed

    A.Shyster,


    Lawyer


    it was the funniest shyt I have ever seen on a cartoon of course I laughed hard my son just looked at me puzzled.

    but damn maybe i didnt realize when I was younger how racist cartoons where. I found it fascinating.
     
  2. martin

    martin Banned Forever

    Old cartoons are great and in particular foghorn leghorn is awesome. What about it was racist? I know blackface is a prett common thing in cartoons.
     
  3. LSUMASTERMIND

    LSUMASTERMIND Founding Member

    the A.Shyster signature on the letter, you couldnt get away with that on Backyardigans
     
  4. martin

    martin Banned Forever

    Pardon my ignorance, how is that racist
     
  5. Cajun Sensation

    Cajun Sensation I'm kind of a big deal Staff Member

    Yeah, I'm lost.
     
  6. red55

    red55 curmudgeon Staff Member

    Looney Tunes had 'em for sure ...




    Disney, too . . . He was hell on Viking-Americans




    Popeye, of course . . .

     
  7. shane0911

    shane0911 Helping lost idiots find their village

    Love em, old cartoons rock.

    I bought Hayden a Tom and Jerry dvd a while back. He threw a lil fit cause he wanted some other new crap and said he didn't like T&J, I put it on for him anyway and I have never heard that kid laugh so hard in all my life.
     
  8. bayareatiger

    bayareatiger If it's too loud YOU'RE TOO OLD

    Itchy and Scratchy are the best.
     
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  9. LSUMASTERMIND

    LSUMASTERMIND Founding Member

    A. Shyster usually refers to a jewish lawyer that practices lower forms of law like ambulance chasing.
    anyway, I found it hilarious.
     
  10. martin

    martin Banned Forever

    i ddnt know know shyster was a a racist term. and i thought i was a racial slur expert.
     

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