Is Bugs Bunny Cartoons Appropriate For Young Children?

Recently I received several letters from parents and young kids about my opinion of whether or not the Bugs Bunny cartoons were appropriate for young kids. Parents clearly stated that they don’t want kids watching it but wanted to get another opinion. On the other hand, children wanted to watch it, but there parents wouldn’t let them. Kind of rebelling against each other, don’t you think? Even though Bugs Bunny is quite funny and unique, I realized after watching a few episodes that it isn’t that appropriate for children. Why might you ask? Well, I have three reasons which are that this show contains violence, a lot of ill-suited scenes, and they don’t have a positive role models kids can look up to. Sorry kids, but soon you’ll know why, and

There is bribing, threatening, bad usage of words, and much more. For instance, when Porky the Pig and the dog were hunting and trying to kill Bugs Bunny who they don’t like, the pig held up a sign with random symbols, indicating it is not a kid friendly word. Even though it doesn’t say a specific word, most people can figure out what it means. Another example of a scene that again is not appropriate for a children’s cartoon is in the episode “Blue Danube”. The mother of three white swans were swimming when a black duck came and started swimming along. The mother rejected him and told him to leave. This tells children that you do not have to include everyone, which is not the right message. The third example of a wrong scene was in the episode “Fifth Column Mouse” once again. When the cat finally talks to one of the mice, he bribes the mouse with a bunch of cheese to get everyone else to be servants for him. Both slavery and bribery is not tolerable, which is why it is wrong choice of a scene for a kids cartoon. The fourth example “The Wabbit Who Came To Supper”. When they were in the house, in the background, there was an inappropriate painting. In this episode, as well as the painting, there was threatening too. When Elmer Fudd tried to get Bugs Bunny out of him house, Bugs Bunny said, “What would Uncle Louie say?” This implied that if Elmer did anything, Bugs Bunny would tell Elmer’s Uncle, making him keep quiet. The fifth and last example was in the episode “Falling Hare”. There was one scene where there was inappropriate language written right on the screen, making it visible to children while they’re watching this cartoon. For these five examples, that is why I thought another reason for my opinion was that there were many ill suited scenes. Two out of three reasons and I already feel like I may have