Cartoon Network

May 24, 2002 9:45 PM

Cartoon Network has taken some heat lately for being too P.C., even here on MetaFilter. Well, here's their chance to redeem the network. Sunday evening, 9:00 - 10:00 PM Eastern/Pacific, ToonHeads Goes To War, including four rarely-seen wartime cartoons in their entirety: "Blitz Wolf" where the three little pigs face off against a treaty-breaking, German-speaking wolf; "Scrap Happy Daffy" featuring Daffy promoting the recycling of scrap metal and butting heads with a goat that bears a striking resemblance to Adolf Hitler; "Herr Meets Hare," where Bugs Bunny tangles with Nazi minister Hermann Goering; and in "Russian Rhapsody", a plane full of "gremlins from the Kremlin" attack a bomber piloted by the Nazi leader himself.
posted by mr_crash_davis (7 comments total)

"Blitz Wolf" where the three little pigs face off against a treaty-breaking, German-speaking wolf;

hey, the CNN guy should sue.

Except that Cartoon Network is owned by his employer's parent company.


Sounds like a neat program. Thanks for calling my attention to it.
posted by Vidiot at 10:07 PM on May 24, 2002

What about Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips?
posted by vacapinta at 10:36 PM on May 24, 2002

...butting heads with a goat that bears a striking resemblance to Adolf Hitler

That's insensitive and insulting.....to goats. But goats aren't too swift, so I wouldn't sweat it.
posted by jonmc at 10:40 PM on May 24, 2002

goats have rights too. And they are swift .
posted by pekar wood at 3:55 AM on May 25, 2002

The Five Most Racist Warner Brother Cartoons Of All Time.

Let it be known, I hate WB toons.
posted by modularette at 6:47 AM on May 25, 2002

Best toons ever. great post... the Valhalla singer. just watched part of BB 'nips the nips' last week.

Let it be known, I hate WB toons
(call the bell ringer everyone)

"Disney against the metapysicals"
--Ezra Pound

HA
posted by clavdivs at 7:26 AM on May 25, 2002

Interestingly, the word gremlin was almost unknown before WWII, and then chiefly as the "bugs" in airplanes. That's an expansive use of the term.
posted by dhartung at 5:59 PM on May 25, 2002