When Friz Freling and Warner Bros. decided to produce Looney Tunes little did they know how relevant to reality the production would be in 2016. The company rose to fame as they introduced stars such as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Foghorn Leghorn.
Although not a big fan of censorship, the country made a little more sense in those days. As it actually censored certain characters like Tokio Jokio and Jungle Jitters since they were stereotypical of Japanese people and Black people. Speedy Gonzales was taken off the air for allegedly stereotyping Mexicans. The Looney Tunes Golden collection DVD volume 3 are presented uncut and uncensored. At the beginning of each DVD is a statement “The cartoons you’re about to see are products of their time. They may depict some of the ethnic and racial prejudices that were commonplace in the US society. These depictions were wrong then and are now.”
I suggest that before Donald Trump speaks that the network air a similar disclaimer. In addition, Ted Cruz should sport a foghorn Leghorn costume and Rubio a Daffy Duck costume and certainly the Donald should dress as Speedy Gonzales, as he continues to offend. At least then their appearance would be consistent with their philosophies. If you would have played their debates a few years ago it could’ve been great comedic writing by Lorne Michaels for one of the best Saturday Night Live episodes ever.
Is this real? Could this country have possibly sunk lower than the absurdity of the Bush administration? Yes, I think it may have. When banning people of a certain religion from entering the country or building a wall to keep people out of our country, how much lower can we go? How much more laughable can we become. I shudder to think.
As the Republican campaign continues I’m just waiting for the RNC chairman to stand up and say okay enough! Should Trump actually get enough delegates, will the RNC seriously put this clown up for president of the United States of America? Is there nothing in the bylaws that would preempt such an imbecile from representing their party? If not, they should hold an emergency meeting of the committee to quickly change the bylaws. Simply stating, “Clowns need not apply.”
Since I know that’s not going to happen, my congratulations to the Democrats for being handed such an easy chip shot. Should Hillary win enough delegates, she can just sit home editing her speech to Goldman Sachs. Then just have the DNC air sound bites and videos of the stupidity of the Trumpster. But what does this say about our country? Is there such a feeling of hopelessness in this country, that this is the best we can do for candidates?
Actually Bernie Sanders would be the best if he could rustle up more of the exact opposite of Trump supporters. Meaning voters with healthy frontal lobes with a good supply of dopamine—sensitive neurons in the cerebral cortex. But since our country has a goodly supply of people who could not differentiate between Foghorn Leghornism and socialism, we may be totally screwed. Trump please build a wall around my house so I can’t get out to vote. Maybe you can get the Mexicans to pay for it.
Ed Dunphy is a Peace and Political activist living in the New York-New Jersey Metro area.
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Looney Tunes
Posted on March 10, 2016 by Ed Dunphy
When Friz Freling and Warner Bros. decided to produce Looney Tunes little did they know how relevant to reality the production would be in 2016. The company rose to fame as they introduced stars such as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Foghorn Leghorn.
Although not a big fan of censorship, the country made a little more sense in those days. As it actually censored certain characters like Tokio Jokio and Jungle Jitters since they were stereotypical of Japanese people and Black people. Speedy Gonzales was taken off the air for allegedly stereotyping Mexicans. The Looney Tunes Golden collection DVD volume 3 are presented uncut and uncensored. At the beginning of each DVD is a statement “The cartoons you’re about to see are products of their time. They may depict some of the ethnic and racial prejudices that were commonplace in the US society. These depictions were wrong then and are now.”
I suggest that before Donald Trump speaks that the network air a similar disclaimer. In addition, Ted Cruz should sport a foghorn Leghorn costume and Rubio a Daffy Duck costume and certainly the Donald should dress as Speedy Gonzales, as he continues to offend. At least then their appearance would be consistent with their philosophies. If you would have played their debates a few years ago it could’ve been great comedic writing by Lorne Michaels for one of the best Saturday Night Live episodes ever.
Is this real? Could this country have possibly sunk lower than the absurdity of the Bush administration? Yes, I think it may have. When banning people of a certain religion from entering the country or building a wall to keep people out of our country, how much lower can we go? How much more laughable can we become. I shudder to think.
As the Republican campaign continues I’m just waiting for the RNC chairman to stand up and say okay enough! Should Trump actually get enough delegates, will the RNC seriously put this clown up for president of the United States of America? Is there nothing in the bylaws that would preempt such an imbecile from representing their party? If not, they should hold an emergency meeting of the committee to quickly change the bylaws. Simply stating, “Clowns need not apply.”
Since I know that’s not going to happen, my congratulations to the Democrats for being handed such an easy chip shot. Should Hillary win enough delegates, she can just sit home editing her speech to Goldman Sachs. Then just have the DNC air sound bites and videos of the stupidity of the Trumpster. But what does this say about our country? Is there such a feeling of hopelessness in this country, that this is the best we can do for candidates?
Actually Bernie Sanders would be the best if he could rustle up more of the exact opposite of Trump supporters. Meaning voters with healthy frontal lobes with a good supply of dopamine—sensitive neurons in the cerebral cortex. But since our country has a goodly supply of people who could not differentiate between Foghorn Leghornism and socialism, we may be totally screwed. Trump please build a wall around my house so I can’t get out to vote. Maybe you can get the Mexicans to pay for it.
Ed Dunphy is a Peace and Political activist living in the New York-New Jersey Metro area.