Maddie has discovered the hilarity that is Looney Tunes. Many kids in this generation don't get the humor. Maddie loves it. I don't think she quite understands it, but she loves it. I sat down the other day to watch it with her and I began to question a few things.
Why do so many of them have speech impediments? Maddie can hardly understand what they say. Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd, Daffy Duck, Tweety Bird, Sylvester, Yosemite Sam, even Foghorn Leghorn has a STUTTER for Pete's sake.
What's with all the attempted murder? People give Spongebob a bad rap for it's adult-laced humor, but how often do you see them try to kill each other (minus the episode where Squidward accidentally feeds Spongebob a pie-bomb).
Looney Tunes is chock full of racism and stereotypes. Did you know there is actually one called Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips. I'm not kidding. It means what you think it means, too. Then of course, there's Speedy Gonzales......
Then of course there is the drinking and smoking. You hardly ever see smoking at all on prime time TV nowadays and my daughter is watching it on cartoons?
Despite these numerous flaws, it's still the funniest cartoon out there. I think maybe some of today's cartoons should take a page out of the Looney Tunes book. Wouldn't Spongebob be a little funnier if instead of grumbling and griping about Spongebob, Squidward called up Acme and manufactured a bomb that he accidentally blew up in his own awkwardly drawn face? Or what if Max got fed up with Ruby not listening to him and tied her to a railroad track. Or Wanda got sick of Cosmo being stupid and so she drank all the time. Well, I guess that will never happen. We'll leave that to Merrie Melodies. Why do they call it that? There isn't anything Merrie about it.
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