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Bonkers: Amazon Includes Racism Warning For Tom & Jerry Cartoons
NewsBusters ^ | 10/01/2014 | Matthew Balan

Posted on 10/01/2014 10:16:30 AM PDT by Pyro7480

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To: WayneS

You can buy one on eBay for about $20 these days.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1968-Frito-Lay-FRITO-BANDITO-Pink-Rubber-Pencil-Topper-Eraser-/231347567559?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item35dd63bbc7


41 posted on 10/01/2014 1:02:00 PM PDT by xp38
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To: Lazamataz

That section sounds different from the rest of the audio.


42 posted on 10/01/2014 1:10:13 PM PDT by IYAS9YAS (Has anyone seen my tagline? It was here yesterday. I seem to have misplaced it.)
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To: Pyro7480

How about any western film? Cowboys killing indians. Not nice of them. Better warn those clutching their pearls.


43 posted on 10/01/2014 2:02:30 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: NRA1995

Her boyfriend, a white dude named Ted Danson (Cheers tv show) appeared in black face at an event with her.


44 posted on 10/01/2014 2:06:25 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: Pyro7480

I believe that a warning must be given for early episodes of Sesame Street (seriously)

I watched a few episodes of “All in the Family” over the summer. Warnings for that too.

But current shows with gays slobbering all over each other, dirty jokes and naked people - not so much warning.


45 posted on 10/01/2014 2:09:33 PM PDT by KosmicKitty (Liberals claim to want to hear other views, but then are shocked to discover there are other views)
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To: WayneS

I had a green Frito Bandito eraser. Martian racism? Not me, I loved “My Favorite Martian”.


46 posted on 10/01/2014 2:13:26 PM PDT by Fledermaus (Conservatives are all that's left to defend the Constitution. Dems hate it, and Repubs don't care.)
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To: william clark
Yeah, sometimes it seems like it's her house, I agree.

But Fred Quimby, Tom and Jerry Producer called her the maid:


From Mammy Two-Shoes web site

     The face of Mammy Two Shoes was deliberately hidden. We usually saw only the lower half of her body; the black maid's chin appeared once, as an exception, in "Part Time Pal", and the film's last shot showed Mammy Two Shoes far in the distance, pursuing Tom without our being able to see her feature clearly. Also in this short, it is revealed that Mammy wears a bandana (typical of black female cartoon characters of the 30's and 40's). We can also see (for a brief second) the back of her head when she "peeks in on 'dem two cats", before getting her butt slapped with a frying pan and shovel by Tom and Butch in "A Mouse in the House". We also see her complete body (but in a shadow) as she walks down the street (revealing she is wearing a hat with a flower) in "Mouse Cleaning". 

However, in 1950's "Saturday Evening Puss", we can see her whole body, including her face! Fred Quimby explained about this in an article published in a 1951 edition of The Hollywood Reporter: 

"A young lady, after seeing a Tom and Jerry cartoon, inquired about the maid's face, which is never shown. To quote her (and we have it in writing lest there be any doubters among you): 'It gave me the impression that the operators in the booth must be having some sort of party, since every time the maid came on the screen, the only thing I could see was her feet. My curiosity is killing me. Before I go stark, raving mad, please tell me what she looks like.'  

In this instance, we had an artist draw a special head of the maid to accompany the reply. We also explained that since Tom and Jerry were the stars of the pictures, we did not wish to do anything that might distract attention from them." 

47 posted on 10/01/2014 4:51:24 PM PDT by ifinnegan
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To: xp38

Wow. You really can find almost everything you [don’t] need on eBay, can’t you?


48 posted on 10/01/2014 5:07:45 PM PDT by WayneS (Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.)
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To: minnesota_bound

What about the Cisco Kid? When was the last time any episodes of that series aired as reruns?


49 posted on 10/01/2014 6:10:15 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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