Sometimes I watch cartoons and marvel at some of the subtleties and innuendo. It would take a pretty bright child to catch some of those meanings.
And they were violent. Poor Wile E. Coyote got flattened so many times, yet he popped right back up, ready for another rock to fall on him.
I think if children nowadays were to see some of those old cartoons we all loved so dearly, they'd have nightmares.
(They've been brought up in a sanitized world that has no bearing on reality.)
2007-09-07 13:02:42 · 12 answers · asked by felines 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Senior Citizens
I dont know that they were so bad considering what kids are watching now days. Take a look at South Park, The Simpsons, King of the Hill, just to name a few. I know these have to be made for adult cartoons but kids can see them if unsupervised. I block this stuff from my tv and hope all responsible adults will do the same.
2007-09-08 03:19:05 · answer #1 · answered by ncgirl 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Actually they were for adults. I heard that during intermission, when at the movies, they would show these cartoons like Betty Boop or the ones with movie star caricatures. They later made some for the kiddies.
Slapstick was very popular like the 3 stooges. The things they would do to each other was very violent, but some how we manage to learn that it was Hollywood and not real.
I really believe the cartoons kids look at today are far scarier than what we viewed. I've seen some pretty ugly faces in today's cartoons.
2007-09-07 13:39:13 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I liked Warner Brothers and Disney cartoons as much as anybody when I was a kid, but I didn't like Tom and Jerry sometimes because of the violence against Tom, and like you mentioned, poor Wile E. Coyote in the Road Runner cartoons. I didn't want him to catch the Road Runner, but I hated seeing him squooshed and miserable all the time, ordering things from that same useless company over and over again. Daffy Duck was another one always getting the short end of the stick, but maybe because he talked it didn't seem like he was suffering quite as much as the other two. Hmmm. Sorry this is more just reminiscing than an answer!
2007-09-08 02:29:50 · answer #3 · answered by SomeGirl 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I watched them as a kid, including Wile E. Coyote; I knew it was make-believe, and I don't think kids today would have any problem figuring that out either. I do think that there were double meanings sometimes, but by and large, they were just for fun, and I think they shouldn't be taken out of context and viewed with an adult eye TOO much :-)
2007-09-07 13:57:48 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The "Rocky And Bullwinkle" series sure wasn't intended for an audience of children. The folks who did the voices had already cut their teeth in the business on Stan Freberg's old radio show. The writing was the best at what I call "savage satire" until "Laugh In" came along.
2007-09-07 14:48:35 · answer #5 · answered by desertviking_00 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
OK, OK, I hate to admit this, but...... I remember going to the cinema to watch movies. Yes, you got more than one movie, more then 2 movies for the price of admission. Plus the little kids were given a comic book plus either a box of candy or some other little gift all for the price of admission. I remember paying 25 cents for all of that. And in between the movies or a weekly series they would play cartoons such as woody woodpecker, tom and Jerry or others. thanks for the memories. LOL
2007-09-07 14:12:36 · answer #6 · answered by Tinman12 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-04 04:22:53 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, original cartoons were not meant for children, they were originally shown at movie theaters to adults during one of the World Wars as kind of a comic relief.
2007-09-07 13:35:03 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
My aunt use to watch cartoons with us. It was through her eyes I saw they were everyone. As my children came along I caught the double entendres and thought this is way over their heads--until they laughed.
2007-09-08 02:20:05 · answer #9 · answered by Southern Comfort 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They were intended for both children and adults....back in the day when the whole family watched tv together.
2007-09-07 19:12:20 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋