The Flintstones are returning!

[BugsyPal]

Originally Posted by kygman

The problem with that is a lot of the local networks that show MeTV on their "antenna channel" don't show all the MeTV shows. In the afternoon I'd love to watch some of the westerns they show (Bonanza, The Rifleman) but instead we have to put up with Jerry Springer. And instead of MASH at 6, they show the news.

I'm glad to see at least the Flintstones are coming back. But I'd like to see more of all the good cartoons we grew up watching. Looney Toons, Pink Panther, Tom and Jerry........ But it's harder to find them anywhere. I'd read somewhere they aren't being shown as much because of "all the violence between the cartoon characters". I grew up watching Jerry hitting Tom so hard with a shovel an imprint of his face showed up. But I never had the faintest hint of trying to hit my brother with a shovel to see if it happened!

You are better off hunting around eBay, thrift stores, and other places for VCR or DVD boxed sets or single tapes/discs for Looney Tunes cartoons and other vintage entertainment.

Starting back sometime when Cartoon Network got their mitts on "Bugs Bunny" cartoons (if not before), many began to be cut/edited/censored in response to the PC brigade that this or that scene offended whatever group.

https://www.intanibase.com/gac/loone.../censored.aspx

Case in point for a period all Speedy Gonzales cartoons were banned because they were deemed "racist" and "offensive" to Mexicans. https://flashbacksoncelluloid.blogsp...ome-adult.html

[Pat Answers]

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I'm glad to see at least the Flintstones are coming back. But I'd like to see more of all the good cartoons we grew up watching. Looney Toons, Pink Panther, Tom and Jerry........ But it's harder to find them anywhere. I'd read somewhere they aren't being shown as much because of "all the violence between the cartoon characters". I grew up watching Jerry hitting Tom so hard with a shovel an imprint of his face showed up. But I never had the faintest hint of trying to hit my brother with a shovel to see if it happened![/quote]
All the original cartoons are on Boomerang cable channel.

[WannaliveinGreenville]

I love the Flintstones but not this beginning series as much. It gets better.