wtmusic
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Thu Jun-03-04 11:07 AM
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Flintstones meet the "Towelheads" |
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So here's the premise: 2 Arabs show up in Bedrock and decide Barney bears a striking resemblance to an heir to their throne, and is to be crowned Sultan.
Both Fred and Barney called them "towelheads" and ran through a complete litany of Arab stereotypes before I turned the TV off on the kiddies.
Am I overreacting, or should at least this episode go the way of "Hekyll and Jekyll"?
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Thu Jun-03-04 11:09 AM
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1. is THAT what happened to hekyll and jekyll? |
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As a kid growing up in a 99.9972% white community, I never placed it that they were black. Wait. That's the one with the mice who are always outsmarting Jinxy the cat, right?
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Thu Jun-03-04 11:13 AM
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2. Thinly-disguised Amos n' Andy |
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Edited on Thu Jun-03-04 11:14 AM by wtmusic
and very, very non-PC
onedit: and Flintstones is thinly-disguised Honeymooners. But you would never hear Ralph Kramden using a phrase like "towelhead"
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Thu Jun-03-04 11:18 AM
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cheezus
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Thu Jun-03-04 11:57 AM
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6. oooooh-kay. I was thinking pixie and dixie |
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the mice. and jinxy the cat ("I hate you meeces to peeces!")
I rembeber these guys tho. Yeah, they're like the crows from Dumbo. Pretty obvious now
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Thu Jun-03-04 11:19 AM
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4. Hekyll & Jekyll = Crows? |
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The whole thing went over my head as a wee little lad.
Some of those '40s and '50s cartoons give some sobering insights into pre Civil-Rights America. Lots of blackface... other ethnic stereotypes.
-MR
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Thu Jun-03-04 02:25 PM
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10. Hekyll and Jeckyll were magpies not crows |
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a nit, but nit to be picked.
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Thu Jun-03-04 11:38 AM
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5. Black? I always thought they were |
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supposed to be the queer stereotype. Haven't seen it in aeons, though.
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Thu Jun-03-04 12:02 PM
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7. All the older cartoons are un-PC.. I still adore Scooby Doo |
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and Tom and Jerry and whatnot, but there are times when I cringe watching them with my kids. (Still better than "SpongeBob", which I won't let them watch.)
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Thu Jun-03-04 02:07 PM
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8. I'll go half way with you |
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spongebob is the only cartoon stupider than scoobydoo
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Thu Jun-03-04 02:09 PM
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9. I dunno, CatDog, Ren and Stimpy, Beavis and Butthead |
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they never did it for me either.
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Thu Jun-03-04 02:31 PM
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11. Want a good one? Fairly Odd Parents |
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The first season, at least. I quit watching a while ago as it was going downhill. It's a kid's show, but there's a lot of Simpsons/Futurama style humor in there too. I dunno, it cracks me up.
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