Although it may seem like I watch a lot TV shows. I don’t watch that much; I swear. Recently I came across something on the internet and I was what you call ‘woke’. Everyone remembers their favorite TV show when you’re a kid. The famous cartoon shows that bring you down memory lane but do you remember episodes that were just a little off? A lot of these cartoons had some dark messages behind them and even shows today. One of the most popular cartoons that everyone knows and loves is Looney Tunes. As a kid I used to watch them every weekend morning. Looney Tunes target audience is ages 6 and up. The cartoon was huge in the 1930’s and is still aired on TV today. Have you ever noticed how many of the characters just kill themselves for no reason? Lonnie Tunes inflects suicide in almost every episode and sometimes multiple times an episode.
They promote suicide in an extremely alarming amount. Most of the time the characters just pull out a gun and shoot themselves for no reason. Sometimes they get weird; It gets super creative. Like Road Runner and Wile Coyote it’s basically plots on how to murder someone for children. The TV show is literally like those books for dummies, “How to Commit Murder and Suicide for Dummies.” I remember an episode where Bugs Bunny was playing piano in front of a crowd and someone started coughing in the audience and Bugs stops playing piano; shot the man coughing and just continued playing, Wile Coyote jumping off a cliff and held up a sign saying “bye” and there is way more TV shows that give bad messages.
A more popular kids TV show this generation is Sponge Bob. They also have suicide jokes in their episodes but there is one episode where it just got ridiculously dark. We all know Squidward has depression. A lot of people suffer from depression and in this episode, it just consists of Squidward’s suicidal thoughts and he tries to kill himself multiple times. Squidward tries to stick his head in an oven and even tries to drown himself in his bathroom. Sponge Bob goes and checks on Squidward as he’s in the bathroom trying to commit suicide and Sponge Bob peeks in his bathroom window and says “At least he’s still alive” and leaves Squidward alone. I haven’t watched Sponge Bob in a while but when I was watching the review of the episode it started jogging my memory and I have watched that episode so many times as a kid and never understood it. Not only does the TV show Sponge Bob mock suicide but they also have a lot of sexual jokes.
Dark messages have been in Kids TV shows since the beginning of television. Currently there are TV shows that are a remake of loved comics books by children. They took those comics and literally took fecal matter and smeared it across the TV screen. The remake of Riverdale and the Chilling Adventures of Sabrina is literally soft porn for children. The shows are not at all what the comics are about and it’s very disappointing. Riverdale doesn’t even have a plot line and two main cast members left that flaming trash and they were smart. From this I hope you are more aware of what your children are watching or your future children. You have been warned.
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