Tom and Jerry quit smoking

Pussy 08-22-2006

Smoking scenes are to be edited out of classic Tom and Jerry cartoons, following a complaint to the broadcast regulator that they are inappropriate for a show aimed at children.

The complaint was about two separate cartoons - Texas Tom and Tennis Chumps - transmitted repeatedly this year on Turner Broadcasting's children's channel, Boomerang.

Boomerang's audience is made up largely of children - 56% are aged four to 14 years old.

In Texas Tom, Tom tries to impress a female cat by making a roll-up cigarette, lighting and smoking it with just one hand, while Tennis Chumps sees Tom's opponent in a match smoking a large cigar

EssenceofBeauty

well my godson sees his parents smoking and now has imitated them so I could understand that . .lol

BonitaPajarita

As time changes things will change....back in the day it was "cool" to smoke, especially in movies (like the classics) and cartoons, however because now they know how bad smoking is and they do not want to implant psycologically in there heads thinking smoking is "ok" or "cool" (however it's a choice and you make that choice on your own). Not to metion the law suites and court cases that have occured with smoking I'm sure is also another reason why they are doing this.

Side note: Look at the "Truth" commericals, those are funded by cig companies.

However I think that it can mess up some of the cartoons not having them smoke. I hope they edit the films moderately and not take the situation overboard considering there are other things to worry about on tv besides smoking.