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Post by RickB on Jun 7, 2020 5:51:16 GMT -5
Some of the cartoons we grew up with are becoming politically corrected. "New ‘Looney Tunes’ Cartoons Ban Elmer Fudd From Having A Gun – But Other Mayhem Is Okay " "Elmer J. Fudd will have to find another way to bag that wascally wabbit, Bugs Bunny, during hunting season. Because in the updated Looney Tunes cartoons streaming on HBO Max, he won’t be allowed to have a rifle, according to a report. In the new versions of the classic cartoons, Fudd will still be hunting, but will use a scythe. That’s a modification in response to US gun violence, according to a report. In response to US gun violence, the showrunners will not include firearms in Fudd’s arsenal. That is not to say that he has given up hunting Bugs Bunny, though – he just uses a scythe instead. “We’re not doing guns,” said Peter Browngardt, executive producers of the series, in an interview with the New York Times. “But we can do cartoony violence – TNT, the Acme stuff.” deadline.com/2020/06/looney-tunes-bans-elmer-fudd-from-having-a-gun-1202952861/
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Post by rockjunquie on Jun 7, 2020 10:30:57 GMT -5
I would much rather see Bugs take a clean bullet to the head than be hacked to pieces with a scythe. WTH? What's next? People roaming around with scythes?
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Post by RickB on Jun 7, 2020 11:19:49 GMT -5
Watch it before it's only a memory. Oh yeah, the old comic books with Elmer Fudd w/shotgun should get very collectible with Elmer Fudd now loosing his second amendment rights.
Rabbit Season, Duck Season Trilogy
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Post by Pat on Jun 7, 2020 13:15:56 GMT -5
Hmmmm... I’ve always like Bugs Bunny and gang. I’ve never liked politically correct.
Nothing wrong with showing the hunted outsmarting the hunter.
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Post by parfive on Jun 8, 2020 1:31:51 GMT -5
In “Dynamite Dance,” Elmer Fudd comes at Bugs Bunny with a scythe, prompting the hare to jam a stick of lit dynamite in Elmer’s mouth.
Over the course of the short animated video, the explosives get bigger and more plentiful, as Bugs jams dynamite in Elmer’s ears, atop his bald head, and down his pants. The relentless assault moves from rowboat to unicycle to biplane, each blast timed to the spirited melody of Ponchielli’s “Dance of the Hours.”
www.nytimes.com/2020/05/29/arts/television/looney-tunes-hbo-max.html
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Post by RickB on Jun 8, 2020 5:27:19 GMT -5
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