11-09-2013, 07:29 PM
Ran out of tape and bubble wrap, and it's freezing and windy outside, so I'm going to buy more tomorrow and call it day from packing now. In other words, back to the Addams Family.
Have you guys ever been watching an older TV show and heard lines that you just know wouldn't fly nowadays? It doesn't happen too often, but one example is when I watched Dastardly and Muttley in their Flying Machines and Muttley called Dastardly an "Indian giver", which isn't politically correct anymore.
I was really surprised with an Addams episode I watched since I didn't know this word was still "OK" in the 60s. The plot involved some government folks thinking the Addamses were martians and were confused by how Cousin Itt was speaking since a fellow had thought he knew martian language. The other guy replied by saying that maybe Itt was a "Retarded martian". People absolutely flip over anything they deem insulting to mentally challenged people so I'm surprised they didn't demand this line be cut. I know a lot of racism in cartoons is cut out or the episode banned entirely.
Have you guys ever been watching an older TV show and heard lines that you just know wouldn't fly nowadays? It doesn't happen too often, but one example is when I watched Dastardly and Muttley in their Flying Machines and Muttley called Dastardly an "Indian giver", which isn't politically correct anymore.
I was really surprised with an Addams episode I watched since I didn't know this word was still "OK" in the 60s. The plot involved some government folks thinking the Addamses were martians and were confused by how Cousin Itt was speaking since a fellow had thought he knew martian language. The other guy replied by saying that maybe Itt was a "Retarded martian". People absolutely flip over anything they deem insulting to mentally challenged people so I'm surprised they didn't demand this line be cut. I know a lot of racism in cartoons is cut out or the episode banned entirely.