Comments on: The final straw was the frying pan in the face

By: Gary

Gary — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 08:11:28 +0000

You think its tough getting a tiny one to watch Tom & Jerry ?

Try getting teenagers to appreciate Bilko, it will never happen, but I keep trying.

By: Lise M.

Lise M. — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 01:46:35 +0000

Looney tunes had violence, true, but it’s also where I learned opera – Rossini and Wagner! And the old ones at least had some great wit mixed in, though it was probably lost on anyone younger than 7.

By: Island Girl

Island Girl — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 10:47:12 +0000

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By: Morticia

Morticia — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 09:58:42 +0000

Kids tv these days is by and large pants. Mostly crappy sentimental rubbish advertising pants with lots of what appear to me to be tokenistic characters as opposed to genuinely included rounded characters*

Personally I have never got over the sadness of Kenneth Williams no longer being around to do Jackanory.

Mum has always said that one of the hardest things for a parent is seeing their child come up against the harsh realities of life and the look of shock and disappointment on their face when they find out what life can be like outside the family home**

* have you tried her on Dangermouse or Chorlton and the Wheelies? Bagpuss or The Clangers?

** this of course presupposes that the family home is loving, caring, empathetic and nourishing and sadly not all family homes are like that.

By: Utenzi

Utenzi — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 09:13:24 +0000

Cartoons do tend to be violent. Here’s hoping that she never gets accustomed to such things.

By: Holmes

Holmes — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 13:46:10 +0000

There was a later Tom and Jerry series where they were friends and had friendly little adventures together. I never liked it nearly as much as the ones where Jerry spent the entire episode outsmarting the bloodthirsty Tom. Wow, talk about a flood of memories coming back.

By: whit

whit — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 06:28:38 +0000

Atticus loves Tom & Jerry, and my wife doesn’t like him watching it because of the violence. I let him anyway. No woman is going to be the boss of me. We just turn the channel real quick when she comes home.

By: Dapoppins

Dapoppins — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 04:11:10 +0000

Rant away!

BTW I love your arty farty photos, and the ones of your kids aren’t bad either. Is it my camera or just me? I see things like that, but I can’t capture them like that. ERG.

By: Tracy

Tracy — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 01:18:42 +0000

Kids these days…

I guess Looney Tunes is out of the question too, then? Because everyone’s pretty much mean to everyone there. Can cartoons even BE funny without violence? Maybe, but I’ll stick with the classics.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 22:53:22 +0000

I love the title of this post.

Technically, if she had watched it a little longer she would have realized that it is Tom who really gets beat up the most in that relationship. All Jerry normally has to deal with is being chased around a bit. It’s Tom who gets whacked by anvils, irons and frying pans in the face.

I think you should force Amy to watch more of it so she learns that there’s a message of justice and revenge in those cartoons. You know, stuff kids should learn about too.