Quote Originally Posted by elimuir
I would say that the violence in things like Spongebob doesn't even compare to that of Tom and Jerry, Popeye or Elmer Fudd... and I'm not even addressing the racism that showed up in the older cartoons. They often found a way to blend a message for both groups. There were thinks that would appear in the cartoon that the kids would never understand (Scooby Doo, for example)...Sesame Street retained the audience.
Popeye, I haven't seen in a while. I would shy away from showing a child Elmer Fudd's gun, but, Tom and Jerry are a cat and a mouse. The people in it act like they're from the fifties.