The Censored Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies Guide

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The CENSORED Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies Guide

What is missing from YOUR favorite Warner Bros. cartoon?


An Introduction...

Welcome to the Censored Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies Guide! This comprehensive site examines the cuts and edits applied to classic Warner Bros. cartoons when broadcast on television, unless noted otherwise. Gags that are deemed inappropriate for children, violent, racist, sexual, etc. are simply excised from the affected films. The following serves as a companion to these "lost" moments.

For additional insight on classic Warner Bros. animation, required reading is Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: The Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons by Jerry Beck and Will Friedwald, which is available for order from Amazon.com. For further reading on censorship in animation, highly recommended is Karl F. Cohen's Forbidden Animation: Censored Cartoons and Blacklisted Animators in America which can also be ordered via Amazon.com.

On with the show!

Censored WB Cartoons:

A | B | C | D | E-F | G | H | I-J |
K-L | M | N-O | P | Q-R | S | T | U-Z

The Censored 11

1939 Look Magazine Article

1983 TV Guide Article

Special Thanks to...

This guide would not be what it is without the help of the following people: Mandy Adams, Rafael Amaya, Jerry Beck, Jefferson Blackburn, Jeff Boice, Richard Brinklow, Steve Carras, Richard Chandler, Brian Cruz, Gary DeJong, "DON3k", Greg Duffell, Joe Ekaitis, Howard Fein, Sean Gaffney, David Gerstein, Andrew Gilmore, Dave Gonigam, Martin Hagstroem, Garrison L. Hilliard, Bernadine Horne, Matthew Hunter, Tim Ingles, Brian Jenkins, Mark Kausler, Thad Komorowski, John Lee, Greg Lincoln, Mark LoPresti, John Lund, Vincent G. Macek, Joey Mallick, Thomas Mansbridge, George Markham, Kevin Martinez, Kevin McCorry, Charles McKissick, Greg Method, Scott Miller, Chris Mulwee, Mark Nemeth, William A. Padron, Brian Pearce, Jay Pennington, Dave Rigsby, Clifford Shafran, Pietro A. Shakarian, Steve Siegert, Steve Smith, Michael Thompson, Larry Tremblay, Tim Trewhella, Randy Watts, Sue Wong, Canais Young, Matt Yorston, and the anonymous folks at various e-mail addresses.

Links and Other Stuff

Think you've seen everything?

  • Cartoon Research - Jerry Beck's website includes information on some of the rarest animated films of all time.

  • The GAC Store - offers a good selection of DVDs featuring uncut cartoons that can be ordered online.

  • The Termite Terrace Trading Post - report censored cartoon sightings, talk about favorite classic cartoons, ask questions, and more!

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