tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post5065098263327307113..comments2024-03-27T01:19:56.698-07:00Comments on Tralfaz: Dictating to Other People's ChildrenYowphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-16319014431136826422018-07-26T03:18:08.209-07:002018-07-26T03:18:08.209-07:00Crosby's television column -- and his newspape...Crosby's television column -- and his newspaper -- were gone several years before Charren showed up. Yowphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-69447670510649565512018-07-25T19:46:58.113-07:002018-07-25T19:46:58.113-07:00What a great and informative article! Yes, I, too...What a great and informative article! Yes, I, too, tend to think of my childhood spent in front of the TV as "privileged", because I often think of the now censored cartoons that were in heavy rotation on the air at all hours of viewing time; hey, I saw all (or most) MGM cartoons featuring Bosko, almost all the classic Tex Avery cartoons and even the original take on "BUGS BUNNY RIDES AGAIN", all shown again and again and again, on up through the late 1960's and, while I hate to say it, no amount of hindsight parenting would have stopped me. I remember, at a young age, feeling rather sad and uncomfortable watching a cartoon called "THE GOOD EGG". I thought it was genuinely the saddest cartoon I'd ever seen, but hey, if a cartoon can make you *FEEL* something, even if misconstrued, to me, it is doing its job quite well. The animation was so good that you believed, as a kid, that those were flesh-and-blood characters! And yes, often, good won out over evil, and isn't that really what you wanted your kids to learn?<br /><br />No, I'm not "nostalgic" for the "good old days" as I realize that renegade behavior did not begin with the 1960's; there were rude rebels of any generation you can name, and the world of the theatrical cartoon was merely mirroring the times in which they lived, and I'm grateful for that! While not nostalgic, I would never censor even the ugliest aspect of our history because it is censorship and, so, our history remains colorful, if not always able to be summed up in neat categorized black and white. Let it remain that way!!Kevin Wollenweberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08458065257912587522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-59561456128867636882018-07-25T16:12:38.426-07:002018-07-25T16:12:38.426-07:00Where was this Crosby guy when Wertham and his arm...Where was this Crosby guy when Wertham and his army of angry mothers were burning comic books...the COMICS folks could've used his help. Likewise when Peggu Charren and ACT For Children's Television neutered Saturday Morning cartoons for a whole generation of kids!😡😠cartoonjoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09780256430093956974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-4334040098970088812018-07-25T14:21:35.565-07:002018-07-25T14:21:35.565-07:00Coincidentally, I was just thinking of how Filmati...Coincidentally, I was just thinking of how Filmation ruined the Archies, making Veronica and Reggie almost total friedns much more than they were in comics...(c'mon..Ronnie NEVER acted as a ditz who generally LIKED Bets..) then there were Popeye, Bugs and others in the 80s doing PSAs.SCPokeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15936757752447320636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-18224260737783201792018-07-25T10:43:55.510-07:002018-07-25T10:43:55.510-07:00With me after school, it was in order, " Dark...With me after school, it was in order, " Dark Shadows "," Bungles The Clown ",much loved afternoon cartoon host on our ABC affiliate. He ran " The Huckleberry Hound Show " in it's entirety, " The Flintstones ", Laurel and Hardy, and others, then to our CBS affiliate for Gilligan's Island re-runs.If there was something my parents genuinely thought I was watching that was maybe a bit too adult, or had questionable subject matter, they would have me change the channel, or turn it off. Plain and simple. Agree with every word you wrote. Great blog.Errolnoreply@blogger.com