"¡OYE, Meeester PC Censor! ¡You too slow for meeeeeeeee!"
Posted on 06/19/2002 2:49:07 PM PDT by kattracks
The thought police at Cartoon Network have relented: The fastest mouse in all of Mexico will race again.
The network, part of the Ted Turner-infested AOL Time Warner leviathan, had deemed Speedy Gonzalez politically incorrect, but Hollywood loves one thing more than its political posing: money.
"With the sudden interest in the show, we decided to rotate it in and see how it does," Cartoon Network mouthpiece Laurie Goldberg told Fox News.
Several Speedy cartoons will air in late June and July, the company says.
Virginia Cueto, associate editor of HispanicOnline.com, said, "To me it was clear evidence that all the media exposure and the petition and the outcry from the fans have had an effect."
"Many fans, including myself, are extremely happy to see that Cartoon Network has reconsidered and will once again be airing the Warner Bros. cartoons with Speedy," Jon Cooke, creator of the Unofficial Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies Page, wrote in an e-mail, Fox reported today.
"He's always been one of the major stars of the classic Looney Tunes shorts, and many people really missed the character. We hope he's back to stay."
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"¡OYE, Meeester PC Censor! ¡You too slow for meeeeeeeee!"
Guess the prohibition only applied in the US.
LOL Touche!!!
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