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7 politically incorrect TV characters who couldn’t exist today

Neil Bulson — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 12:00:16 +0000

The next time you find yourself sitting in front of the TV at one in the morning, cackling like Beavis and/or Butthead at whatever’s on Nick at Nite, take a moment to ask yourself if what you’re watching could even be made today without an assortment of angry groups protesting. Indeed, many of the most beloved old TV characters couldn’t even exist today thanks to their casual racism, sexism and all around Don Draperish view of the world. Some are gross stereotypes that no one could get away with today while some merely represent an outdated view of the world, but what these characters all have in common is that there is no way they could appear for the first time on TV today without getting protested or immediately pulled off the air.

7 Ralph Kramden
The Show: The Honeymooners

Jackie Gleason’s Ralph Kramden is basically the archetype for the blue collar crotchety white male which has long been a television staple. Everyone from Fred Flintstone to Tim Taylor to Peter Griffin is basically a takeoff on the character. But here’s the thing, most of those characters didn’t have a catchphrase in which it was implied that they were going to beat the shit out of their wife. Sure, Ralph Kramden’s exasperated “Straight to the moon!” might have been hilarious to the disembodied laugh track voices back in the day, but these days it would just get a bunch of angry protesters harassing the studio. This isn’t even a recent thing, either. People have recognized this for decades. Unless you’re satirizing that sort of thing, like Family Guy and the like, you can’t even come anywhere near a catchphrase like “Straight to the moon!” or “One of these days… Pow! Right in the kisser!” He actually said that shit to his wife! And that’s why he’s on this list.

6 Bugs Bunny
The Show: Looney Tunes

Yes, that’s Bugs Bunny in blackface. But that’s just the tip of the racist iceberg for ol’ Bugs who spent half of his time terrorizing Elmer Fudd and the other half torturing Japanese people, posing as Hitler and basically carrying on like a Klan member. Of course it was a different time and attitudes were different but that’s the whole point, you know? If Bugs Bunny were introduced today, people would go wild. I mean, one of the Bugs Bunny sketches was called “Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips” and in it he calls a Japanese soldier “Slant Eyes.” Holy shit! I’m half surprised the Tea Party hasn’t adopted Bugs as their official mascot.

5 Al Bundy
The Show: Married… With Children

I love Al Bundy. Let’s get that out of the way immediately. I grew up watching him and I will bare knuckle box any man who tries to defame him. That said, there’s no way Al Bundy could exist on TV today, is there? I mean, he was protested even when he was on the air and a lot has changed in twenty years as far as what people consider acceptable. It’s not even that he was too crude – no one would give a shit about that today – it’s that he was occasionally casually racist, incredibly sexist and unapologetically xenophobic. None of that flies today. Sure, sure, it was all played for laughs and people really should lighten up, but sadly there is no room in today’s world for Al Bundy. Marcy has won.

4 Hong Kong Phooey
The Show: Hong Kong Phooey

Where to start? We can either talk about the fact that Hong Kong Phooey’s secret identity was as a bumbling janitor voiced by Scatman Crothers because, well, as we all know all black dudes are bumbling janitors (Wait, what?) or we can talk about the fact that as soon as he turned into Hong Kong Phooey he embodied every stereotypical Asian trait there is. I’m not sure who should have been more offended. Asians? Black people? Dogs? Stoners terrified that their dogs will suddenly begin talking like Scatman Crothers and then karate kick them in the throat? Actually, I think that last one was the original concept behind Scooby Doo. There’s just a lot to take in here and today nearly all of it would get Hong Kong Phooey erased by the artist before it got anywhere near the animation stage.

3 Archie Bunker
The Show: All in the Family

This one’s tough because, really, Archie Bunker’s virulent racism, sexism, xenophobia, homophobia and really, any sort of ism and phobia there is, served as a Trojan Horse for honest discussion about those issues. In a weird way, the character of Archie Bunker, as it was presented, was actually progressive. But there’s just too much there for that character to survive the gentle world of television today. The first time he gave the ol’ side eye to a black neighbor, every sponsor would pull out and the network would be forced to cancel the show. Plus, he’d probably get blackballed by the Surgeon General for smoking cigars. If Ralph Kramden was the proto-schlub, Archie Bunker was the schlub at his zenith.

2 Amos and Andy
From: Amos and Andy

Amos and Andy were so offensive that the show was protested by the NAACP and eventually deemed too racist and offensive even for the early 1950s. Think about that shit for a minute. How racist do you have to be to get yanked off the air during a time when black people weren’t even allowed to eat in the same restaurants as whites or shit in the same toilets? People were apparently cool with the idea of keeping a black dude’s ass cheeks off their toilet but they sure as hell weren’t cool with the incredible racism on display by Amos and Andy. Hell, even Jefferson Davis probably would have watched this and been all “Yo, that ain’t cool.”

1 Buckwheat
From: Our Gang aka Little Rascals

Why is this number one on this list? Uh, the character was a little black kid named Buckwheat. Also, look at the picture. I would say more, but frankly, that picture says more than I ever could.

The 11 dumbest things cartoons have taught us

Chris Spags — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 13:00:19 +0000

Psychologists say that children can be deeply affected by some of the media they take in growing up. So these staples of cartoons that we all watched probably weren’t the best things for us to learn.

11 Swimming in a pool of gold coins

Sure, Scrooge McDuck always seemed to be having a ball when he’d dive into his money pit and splash around. He’d even take coins into his mouth and spit them back up. Take a look:

You know what’d happen if you dove headfirst into a pile of gold coins? It wouldn’t be a dip in glorious excess, no sir. You’d probably be paralyzed at best. Or dead at worst. No wonder the AIG braintrust ran the company so poorly… that’s probably what the executives did on all of their corporate retreats, leaving bits of brain matter leaking from their heads like a half-finished bowl of Jell-o.

10 Abandoning your children

Look at that photo of Dora the Explorer above… you know what you see up there other than Dora? A ball, a drum, a baseball bat, even a freaking monkey. You know what you don’t see? PARENTAL SUPERVISION. And this is what happens:

As much as I’d like to believe that I could just leave my kids behind and let them figure life out on their own, they’d probably end up in much more of a Lord of the Flies situation than they would a Dora the Explorer or Rugrats one. In no situation is it okay for anyone to go, “Welp my little ethnic child, here’s a singing map and a bag full of crap… go explore!” How the f do they even know that she’ll eat? All I’m saying is that, if I had any say, I’d probably be feasting on some monkey brains within 10 minutes of being in the jungle.

9 Eating pizza with random crap on it would be delicious

The Ninja Turtles would always be eating pizza, which is bad enough for you health-wise. But then they’d throw stuff like peanut butter, taco meat, butter, baby seal, I dunno… human brains maybe… on there. You know what’s good on pizza? Like maybe 10 things on Earth. Pizza places aren’t terrified of change or something, there’s just stuff that goes well on pizza and stuff that doesn’t. Unfortunately, your car keys weren’t meant to go with sauce and mozzarella, Ninja Turtles. And yes, I’m looking at you McDonald’s pizza.

The borderline junkie mentality to pizza wasn’t the best thing either. Even in the cartoon that bit them in the ass, like when Shredder made a pizza place to capture them. Is it any wonder 90% of Ninja Turtles fans grew up to be heroin addicts according to a study I just fabricated four minutes ago?

8 Sleeping in a haunted house with a talking dog

I love animals with all my heart. It’s my biggest weakness. I also have a fondness for mystery (not really, but let’s pretend). But I have no interest in bringing my dog with me, no matter how intelligent and able-to-speak he is. And let’s be honest, your dog isn’t as smart as Scooby-Doo. Rather than unwittingly unmasking the villain of the moment, he’d probably end up crapping on the floor and licking his crotch while you and your friends get violently stabbed and raped. Granted, that wouldn’t have made as fun of a cartoon, but still.

7 Cross-dressing to seduce your enemies

As much as I’d like to believe that putting on a Chiquita Banana hat, some lipstick, and throwing my self-respect out the window would allow me to completely control my arch-nemesis, it’s probably not the best idea. Even if it works. Unless that’s what you’re into. In which case, I applaud both your strength in embracing that side of yourself so flamboyantly and also using it for the greater good. Two birds, one stone.

I hate to break it to Bugs, but he’s also not that hot of a chick. And he’s a different species than most of the people he tried to seduce. I admire his courage but the execution leaves something to be desired.

6 Picking an appropriate partner

There’s a lot to like about Popeye. He always tried to be good, he was kind of a rebel with his badass Navy tattoo, he ate vegetables (though sadly they provide much less superpowers than previously indicated). But his choice in a girl left something to be desired.

Now Popeye’s no looker, so it’s not a huge deal that Olive Oyl is completely anorexic and kind of ugly, in fact. But the real problem is that she’s always flirting with Bluto, pretending like he’s so big and bad, but then being nice to him. No wonder Bluto drags her around like a caveman, she’s just so caught up in playing a victim and getting attention. Meanwhile Popeye has to bust his ass and load up fully on performance enhancing drugs just to protect her from herself. He’d have been better off trying to date Wimpy. At least there’d be hamburgers involved.

5 Painting a hole in a wall and running through

Cartoon characters have serious problems with understanding concepts like mass and density, which is fine because they’re adorable and make silly noises. But there’s nothing more depressing than the notion of being a skilled enough painter, like Wile E. Coyote, that you can paint a tunnel on a wall that looks completely realistic, only to have your abilities thrown back in your face when the tunnel becomes real.

It’s sort of like the movie Weird Science. Yeah, it was great and all when she first came to life, but then you have to listen to her nagging you about taking out the trash or starting a 529 plan for when you have kids and it’s just like, “Dammit, I’m too talented for my own good.”

4 Putting together a band with an animal and traveling the globe

You don’t know how many times I’ve went up to a shark or a gigantic retarded purple ape expecting to find the next Jabberjaw or Grape Ape and instead finding myself violently assaulted and with significant chunks of my body bitten off and being chewed like Bazooka Joe bubblegum. So yeah, needless to say, sharks… slightly less capable of playing drums than the cartoon would lead you to believe.

On the plus side, after hearing Jabberjaw prattle on about completely idiotic things, you’ll prefer the relatively quiet hum of a shark eating your innards to watching 10 minutes of that show.

3 Letting a cat babysit your kids

I’m all for making animals earn their keep; I make my cat teach Jazzercise classes during her free time to make up for all the Fancy Feast I have to feed her. But maybe leaving Tom in charge of babysitting your child while he’s having complete out and out wars with some rodent roaming your house isn’t the best idea. The child would probably get caught in sniper fire or something… who knows with the hatred these two had.

Also, has the mother in the house ever heard of an exterminator? Jerry is freaking running the place, eating cheese all the time. He’s probably crapping all over the place too. All I’m saying is that the mother in this place might not be the best example of how to raise a family.

2 Running off of a cliff

Wile E. Coyote gets screwed. A lot. One way in particular is the way that the Road Runner can run stop on a dime at the edge of a cliff. Meanwhile, poor Wile E. is left dangling out there with enough time to manufacture a sign from scratch, hold it up, make a quiche, and probably think about all the things that have gone wrong in his life in spite of his complete genius.

And then he gets to dust himself off and get back in the game. Only to lose again. And again. And again. In fact, I bet that time floating in midair hanging off the cliff is one of the few peaceful moments in his life. Like standing in the eye of the hurricane. Or realizing that you forgot a condom when sleeping with that stripper.

1 Approaching and understanding shotguns

Bugs Bunny is adorable and all that, but his policies towards shotguns were silly at best. Pro tip: When someone points a shotgun at you, you shouldn’t just make a slick face. You should probably run the f away or cry or offer sexual favors in exchange for your life. Do not attempt to A) Bend the shotgun, B) Shove a carrot into the hole of the shotgun, or C) Take the shotgun blast to the head and expect that you’ll just end up with a blackened face and a sense of embarrassment.

Also, changing a sign to say that it is not Rabbit Season when, in fact, it is will not change the laws and guidelines defined by local and federal governments. You Commie, you.

Bugs Bunny is well-endowed

Chris Spags — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 15:00:21 +0000

As seen in that infamous rumor that the animators of Who Framed Roger Rabbit? inserted a shot of Jessica Rabbit’s cooch in an upskirt moment in the film, animators are known to dabble in perversion. For further proof, you can take a look at Bugs Bunny’s big flopping rabbit penis.

I don’t know what’s better about this clip…how well-endowed and proud of his huge bunny johnson that Bugs is or how surprised/impressed/aroused Elmer Fudd is when seeing it. This is truly a benchmark moment in furry animated porn.

They should have used Bugs Bunny’s big wang as a plot device in more cartoons though. It’d be pretty funny if, when Bugs was dressed as a female bunny to seduce various people, the reason they figured out that it wasn’t Bugs was just because of the throbbing fuzzy penis they accidentally saw when tranny Bugs bent over. I think kids would really relate, especially if they ever wondered what happened when Daddy went to the bathhouses.

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Rabbits are terrified of you

Chris Spags — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 15:02:38 +0000

Via PartiallyClips comes this harrowing tale of bunny versus man. Or the love of a pet. Or some crap, I dunno…why you gotta ask so many questions yo?

Just goes to show that you think life is so awesome and funny if you buy into the propaganda of the liberal cartoon media but it’s just not. It’s not all carrots and cross-dressing and bending shotguns so that hunters shoot themselves in the face but don’t die. It’s slavery and isolation and some carrots, but not nearly as many as you’d like. But you’ve got a fluffy tail, so that’s cool. I wish I had a fluffy tail. All fluffy and whatnot. I don’t know that it’s a cure for depression, but it’s got to be a step in the right direction.