Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5271470.stm
Children’s TV channel Boomerang is to edit scenes from Tom and Jerry cartoons where characters are shown smoking.
The move follows an investigation by media watchdog Ofcom into a viewer’s complaint that the vintage animations were not appropriate for young viewers.
The watchdog recognised the “historic” cartoons were made at a time “when smoking was more generally accepted”.
However, Boomerang will only edit those cartoons where smoking appears to be “condoned, acceptable or glamorised”.
Two such cartoons include Texas Tom from 1950 and Tennis Chumps from 1949.
‘Stylised manner’
In the former Tom is shown trying to impress a female cat by rolling a cigarette, lighting it and smoking it with one hand. In the latter, Tom’s tennis opponent is seen smoking a large cigar.
“We note that in Tom and Jerry smoking usually appears in a stylised manner,” said Ofcom.
However, it said that “the level of editorial justification required for the inclusion of smoking in such cartoons is necessarily high”.
“Depictions of smoking may not be problematic given the context,” it continued.
“But broadcasters need to make a judgement about the extent to which a particular scene may or may not genuinely influence children.”
# Channel 4 has avoided censure after Sir Elton John swore on a live edition of Paul O’Grady’s teatime show.
On the programme broadcast 9 May this year, the British singer said he had changed his name from Reginald Dwight because it had made him sound “like a banker, or a w****r”.
Ten viewers contacted Ofcom complaining that the language was inappropriate for the time of broadcast.
The media watchdog said the use of the word was “unfortunate” but that it accepted C4 had taken steps to avoid similar occurrences in future.
How incredibly dull must your life be if all you do is complain about TV shows, it’s Tom and Jerry for god’s sake :rolleyes: . I watched it when I was younger and guess what?! I don’t smoke!
By: roscoria - 24th August 2006 at 21:17
The following is a letter printed in The Times on 23/8 from a Mr Alistair Scott,Uddingston, S Lanarks………..
“Sir,Ofcom is to be commended for it’s stance on smoking in Tom and Jerry.
Having dealt with this scourge of the cartoon world,i urge it to turn it’s attention to an even greater evil: the Acme Corporation.For too long,this irresponsible company has supplied gullible cartoon animals with rocket-propelled sleds,giant fireworks and what can only be described as Heath-Robinson contraptions of doom.No after-sales support or training is evident and the purchase of such items invariably leads the unsuspecting Wile E. Coyote exploding in midair or falling several miles over a cliff.
I can think of no better use of public funds.”😀 😀
The Acme corporation found 2 Dummies too test their products in a Cartoon series. What can possibly be wrong with that,after all most of its products proved too be failures. Even the exploding Piano, which you would have thought would be foolproof failed. Sorry but if your products dont work you go out of business.You have got too hand it too them though , for the sheer imagination involved…. 😀 😀
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By: DazDaMan - 24th August 2006 at 09:05
The following is a letter printed in The Times on 23/8 from a Mr Alistair Scott,Uddingston, S Lanarks………..
“Sir,Ofcom is to be commended for it’s stance on smoking in Tom and Jerry.
Having dealt with this scourge of the cartoon world,i urge it to turn it’s attention to an even greater evil: the Acme Corporation.For too long,this irresponsible company has supplied gullible cartoon animals with rocket-propelled sleds,giant fireworks and what can only be described as Heath-Robinson contraptions of doom.No after-sales support or training is evident and the purchase of such items invariably leads the unsuspecting Wile E. Coyote exploding in midair or falling several miles over a cliff.
I can think of no better use of public funds.”😀 😀
Classic! 😀
By: escuincle - 24th August 2006 at 03:48
You’d think, all that money the coyote spends on his Acme playthings, why can’t he just BUY his fecking dinner?! :rolleyes:
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because they kept giving him acme store credits 🙂
http://media.putfile.com/Family-Guy—Wile-E-Coyote
coyote is teh winner! yay! 🙂
By: barrythemod - 24th August 2006 at 01:17
The following is a letter printed in The Times on 23/8 from a Mr Alistair Scott,Uddingston, S Lanarks………..
“Sir,Ofcom is to be commended for it’s stance on smoking in Tom and Jerry.
Having dealt with this scourge of the cartoon world,i urge it to turn it’s attention to an even greater evil: the Acme Corporation.For too long,this irresponsible company has supplied gullible cartoon animals with rocket-propelled sleds,giant fireworks and what can only be described as Heath-Robinson contraptions of doom.No after-sales support or training is evident and the purchase of such items invariably leads the unsuspecting Wile E. Coyote exploding in midair or falling several miles over a cliff.
I can think of no better use of public funds.”
😀 😀
By: duxfordhawk - 23rd August 2006 at 19:41
I really can’t stand this PC nonsense we have now, We all grew up with these cartoons and i have to say nobody i know of has had any effect from them, I do not smoke i have never performed any cartoon or other violence and to be honest until i read the story i could not remember Tom smoking at all.
It always seems to me there is a small minority of people who will complain over anything, I never understood why they sit through a whole show that they don’t like just to write in and complain, I guess its cheaper than replacing the batteries in the remote control.
Give us back our proper Tom and Jerry give us back Mel Smith smoking as hero Winston Churchill and take all the pens stamps and P.Cs of the P.C brigade.
P.C= Petty Complainers
By: Arm Waver - 23rd August 2006 at 14:39
If you recall a few years back they redubbed the woman’s voice in Tom and Jerry from the Deep South Negroid woman to a more neutral almost “white” voice.
What is the world coming too?
PC is killing it.
By: DazDaMan - 22nd August 2006 at 22:11
You’d think, all that money the coyote spends on his Acme playthings, why can’t he just BUY his fecking dinner?! :rolleyes:
😀
By: worthyone - 22nd August 2006 at 22:09
Little children nothing!!! I’M IN MY TWENTIES AND I WANT COYOTE TO WIN :p :diablo:
By: roscoria - 22nd August 2006 at 21:32
Actually, I do remember some paltroon in the 1970s (or maybe early ’80s) trying to get Tom And Jerry banned from British TV because it was so “violent”.
It may even have been Mary Whitehouse or one of her loathsome curtain-twitching acolytes.
What about Road Runner, that was very violent. Especially the piano episode where cyote plays the tune wrong , trying to get Roadrunner too play the right Tune in the hope of blowing him up. At least evil Cyote always failed, which showed that good will always triumph over evil. Little Children watching that series always wanted cyote too win…. :diablo:
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By: Grey Area - 22nd August 2006 at 19:50
Actually, I do remember some paltroon in the 1970s (or maybe early ’80s) trying to get Tom And Jerry banned from British TV because it was so “violent”.
It may even have been Mary Whitehouse or one of her loathsome curtain-twitching acolytes.
By: worthyone - 22nd August 2006 at 19:35
Well what do you expect, we live in a world full of sad little people whose only purpose in life is to do stupid stuff like this!!!
We in Britain live in a nation which tries to ban competition in school in such events as sports days (no more tug of war!!!), where schools ban playground games like British Bulldog cos they are too competitive (!!!), does not allow children to learn such age old ryhmes as “Baa baa black sheep” cos it is racist…I’ve spoke to many black sheep and they don’t see a problem with it :diablo: …do not allow camcorders into school plays cos they might be used for child porn (I have met many parents who find that kinda thing offensive)…dissuade children from playing games involving running and jumping cos they might get hurt (the teachers in my day would be rolling around laughing at such a comment) and find it acceptable to re-write the Christmas story so that it doesn’t offend non-Christians (the most hilarious one I have seen involves aliens…I just wish I could find it on the net so I could show you guys)
So getting scenes with Tom and Jerry removed is not a surprise, in fact nothing would surprise me anymore!!!
By: DazDaMan - 22nd August 2006 at 18:32
I read that this morning – for the love of God! :rolleyes:
By: Grey Area - 22nd August 2006 at 18:02
Some people have too much time on their hands, if you ask me. :rolleyes:
By: A330-300 - 22nd August 2006 at 17:45
A bit over the top, like always. Still, does have a positive point to it, I suppose.
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