No more lighting up for Tom and Jerry

[Jenn! 918]

MONDAY 21/08/2006 18:36:03

Tom and Jerry smoking scenes to be edited out

Cartoon duo Tom and Jerry have been investigated by a media watchdog for lighting up on screen.

In one episode, Tom smoked a roll-up cigarette in a bid to impress a female cat.

In another, Tom`s opponent in a tennis match was seen smoking a large cigar.

A viewer complained about the cartoons aired on children`s channel Boomerang, saying they were not appropriate for young viewers.

Media regulator Ofcom investigated and the channel agreed to edit out scenes in future which glamorise or condone smoking.

"We recognise that these are historic cartoons, most of them having been produced in the `40s, `50s or `60s, at a time when smoking was more generally accepted," Ofcom ruled.

"We note that, in Tom and Jerry, smoking usually appears in a stylised manner and is frequently not condoned.

"However, while we appreciate the historic integrity of the animation, the level of editorial justification required for the inclusion of smoking in such cartoons is necessarily high."

http://www.utvlive.com/newsroom/indepth.as...=10998&pt=e

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

MONDAY 21/08/2006 18:36:03

Tom and Jerry smoking scenes to be edited out

Cartoon duo Tom and Jerry have been investigated by a media watchdog for lighting up on screen.

In one episode, Tom smoked a roll-up cigarette in a bid to impress a female cat.

In another, Tom`s opponent in a tennis match was seen smoking a large cigar.

A viewer complained about the cartoons aired on children`s channel Boomerang, saying they were not appropriate for young viewers.

Media regulator Ofcom investigated and the channel agreed to edit out scenes in future which glamorise or condone smoking.

"We recognise that these are historic cartoons, most of them having been produced in the `40s, `50s or `60s, at a time when smoking was more generally accepted," Ofcom ruled.

"We note that, in Tom and Jerry, smoking usually appears in a stylised manner and is frequently not condoned.

"However, while we appreciate the historic integrity of the animation, the level of editorial justification required for the inclusion of smoking in such cartoons is necessarily high."

http://www.utvlive.com/newsroom/indepth.as...=10998&pt=e

They could just not show those particular cartoons… There's like 60 odd others to choose from…

If censors were really worried, they would never have shown the likes of Ren & Stimpy, which for the brief time it aired on Nickelodeon, was deceptively intelligent and full of deeply subversive imagery.

It wasn't a kids cartoon however...

[almaty 19]

f##k...a cat and mouse cannot smoke a ** together anymore..damn this PC world

[Mirorgate 0]

f##k...a cat and mouse cannot smoke a ** together anymore..damn this PC world

exactly... Cats n Mice livin together in perfect harmony... its anarchy!

[one...two...tree 2,762]

f##k...a cat and mouse cannot smoke a ** together anymore..damn this PC world

It's not just PC... if any characters might even look remotely gay, groups like Focus On The Family want the sponsors pulled.

Here's some cartoons you'll never see again on tv...

[Fandango 1,439]

Cartoon duo Tom and Jerry have been investigated by a media watchdog...

sorry, that's as far as I got before

[#@!!* 0]

I dimly remember something about Mighty Mouse sniffing coke and for that matter, why the heck were Scooby and Shaggy always fiending after scooby snacks.