Introduction

This blog is a look at how the classic cartoons (specifically the ones from Warner Bros., though I will try to include examples from other studios and some modern examples) were shown censored on American television, and the occasional rare cases of censorship from other countries and theatrical re-releases.

There used to be a website dedicated to the edits done to non-Disney cartoons, but it hasn't been updated in years and now lives on as an archived website. Though the days of seeing edited cartoons on television are more-or-less over due to the Internet, home media, and streaming providing uncut (or as close to uncut as possible, as some shorts have scenes missing and said to be lost to time) versions and networks finding it easier just to ban anything considered offensive (specifically works considered racist, sexist, or considered in bad taste due to a recent event or a celebrity that has become problematic in the public eye), American TV channels such as MeTV and Boomerang still air with shorts edited and, with people discovering old recordings of Warner Bros. installment shows, I can now prove or disprove the entries from the old website with links and video evidence.

This blog is for those who have fond and not-so-fond memories of seeing Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts cut for all manner of inappropriate content: violence, dangerous behavior, drug abuse (mostly alcohol drinking, cigarette smoking, and pill-popping), outdated racial stereotypes, crude, suggestive, and tasteless humor (a rarity, but it happened a few times); and disturbing and distressing issues played for laughs (suicide, homicide, sexual harassment, etc). It's similar to the old website, just a newer, unauthorized version of the old Censored Cartoons Page, with new entries, corrected and updated older entries, less pretentious language, and a look at how editing for any reason (censorship or to "make room for commercials") can change and/or ruin a work.