And in today’s new political correctness news; Fudd and Sam no longer have guns

[ccmdfd]

But it’s still ok to drop an anvil on someone’s head.



https://www.wwaytv3.com/2020/06/09/n...er-fudds-rifle

NEW ‘LOONEY TUNES CARTOONS’ TAKE AWAY ELMER FUDD’S RIFLE
By CBS News -June 9, 2020 4:05 AM0


Looney Tunes characters no longer have guns. (Photo: Warner Media)
(CBS News) — Elmer Fudd is still hunting wabbits, just without his signature firearm in the new series “Looney Tunes Cartoons” on the recently-launched streaming platform HBO Max. In fact, the new series won’t feature guns at all.

“We’re not doing guns,” Peter Browngardt, the executive producer and showrunner of the series, told the New York Times in a recent interview. “But we can do cartoony violence — TNT, the Acme stuff. All that was kind of grandfathered in.”

Yosemite Sam will also lose his iconic double pistols in the series. Neither Browngardt nor WarnerMedia, HBO Max’s parent company, have explicitly stated the reason for the decision to drop guns from the series.

So, while guns may be out, the campy violence fans have grown to love — including dynamite explosions, anvils dropping on characters’ heads and complex booby traps — is still part of the new series, according to the Times.

Last summer, Warner Bros. TV released a short on its YouTube channel titled, “Dynamite Dance,” which appeared to be from the new series. The cartoon shows Fudd chasing his nemesis Bugs Bunny with a scythe before the rabbit puts a stick of lit dynamite in the hunter’s mouth. The 90-second clip features many sticks of dynamite and a plethora of massive explosions as Bugs Bunny blows up Fudd in multiple creative ways, all set to Amilcare Ponchielli’s “Dance of the Hours.”


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While there does appear to be plenty of violence in the new series, some “Looney Tunes” fans were less than pleased with the announcement.

“Elmer fudd without his gun, is like yosemite sam without his moustache,” wrote Twitter user @Alien_McQueen on Sunday.

Other fans appeared to support the decision. “I can’t believe this needs to be said, but Yosemite Sam and Elmer Fudd were never responsible gun owners anyway,” tweeted Dr. Jacqueline Antonovich, a historian and assistant professor at Muhlenberg College.

The new “Looney Tunes Cartoons” series is comprised of 80 episodes, each 11 minutes long, made up of animated shorts that include “adapted storylines for today’s audience,” according to an April press release from HBO Max.

The streaming platform launched May 27. HBO Max boasts a substantial library of other brand new titles, as well as 10,000 hours of “premium content,” according to the press release.

WarnerMedia did not immediately respond to a CBS News request for comment.

[LittleLebowski]

My kids love the old school, golden age Loony Tunes. We won’t be watching the new PC stuff.

[FrankinCA]

That actually happened a few times (taking firearms away) .back in early 2000’s. Also, Sylvester no longer has a lisp and Porky no longer stammers.

[DC_P]

So lame. The old ones were fantastic.

I remember years ago they stopped showing Wile Coyote trying his inventions to capture the Road Runner and falling off the cliff as it was deemed too violent. I can't believe eliminating those from the delicate young viewers did not prevent the looting and rioting of the last two weeks...

[blues]

[Trooper224]

This just in: Elmer Fudd has elected to undergo gender reassignment surgery and will now go by the name Elamina Fierce. In order to avoid any unpleasant micro aggressions, she will be ditching the plaid hunting coat that reeks of toxic masculinity. The garment will be replaced by a fuchsia Versace slip dress.

Yosemite Sam, wishing to portray a more nonbinary and intersectional personal truth, will now simply go by the name "Yo".

[blues]

This just in: Elmer Fudd has elected to undergo gender reassignment surgery and will now go by the name Elamina Fierce. In order to avoid any unpleasant micro aggressions, she will be ditching the plaid hunting coat that reeks of toxic masculinity. The garment will be replaced by a fuchsia Versace slip dress.

Yosemite Sam, wishing to portray a more nonbinary and intersectional personal truth, will now simply go by the name "Yo".

Porky Pig has succumbed to peer pressure and will hereafter be wearing lipstick...

...and while he's it's at it, for good measure, flying.

[Trooper224]

Porky Pig has succumbed to peer pressure and will hereafter be wearing lipstick...

...and while he's it's at it, for good measure, flying.

Porky Pig just announced a change of name status. After living so long with a name that promotes bullying and shaming towards those with unhealthy body images, PP will now be known only by an unprounounceable symbol. The artist formerly known as Pig will also forthwith only respond to the pronouns "we", "us" and "them".

[Chance]

That's unfortunate, but par for the course these days. I'm not really sure Yosemite Sam makes any sense as a character without impotently waving guns around, but maybe I'm thinking too hard.

Some of those older cartoons are pretty violent though, especially 'Tom and Jerry'. You don't think much of it as a kid, but you watch them now and it's like, "That's a very specific injury...".

[BobLoblaw]

I doubt anyone even knew they were making new looney tunes until now.