wp-youtube-lyte domain was triggered too early. This is usually an indicator for some code in the plugin or theme running too early. Translations should be loaded at the init action or later. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 6.7.0.) in /home4/robohara/public_html/www.robohara.com/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6114They say in comedy that timing is everything. Sometimes when telling a joke, just a split second added at the right moment can turn something slightly humorous into something completely hilarious. <\/p>\n
However that’s not the kind of timing I’m talking about. Today I’m talking about things that used to be funny, but due to a passage of time, are no longer.<\/p>\n
The most obvious example of this is racist cartoons. You would be surprised at how many cartoons have been “swept under the rug” so-to-speak over the years. The most famous of is probably Song of the South, which Disney has refused to released (in the US) on VHS or DVD, but there are many others. This page<\/a> lists the “Censored Eleven” Merrie Melodies\/Looney Tunes cartoons which surprisingly includes such hilarious romps as “Uncle Tom’s Bungalow” and “Coal Black and De Sebben Dwarfs.” Warner Brothers had their share of tasteless cartoons as well. Lots of insensitive references to African Americans, Native Americans and Asians have been cut from cartoons. <\/p>\n Racism isn’t the only thing cut from today’s cartoons (and in many cases, the rebroadcasts of the old ones). Much of the violence has also been removed. Again, by browsing this database<\/a> you can see where references to guns (particularly Russian roulette), smoking, hangings, sleeping pills and bombs have been removed. <\/p>\n The reason I am writing about this is because, quite innocently, I have apparently exposed my children to two not-very-child-appropriate songs, both through old comedy compilation albums. The first hasn’t been much of a problem — Tex Williams’ “Smoke, Smoke, Smoke that Cigarette.” Morgan had no idea what it meant, and Mason was downright shocked. Remember — he’s growing up in a world where nobody smokes on television, in movies, or for the most part, around him.<\/p>\n