History Radar / LooneyTunes

-->'''Catstello:''' ''[[BreakingTheFourthWall (to audience)]]'' "If da [[TheHaysCode Hays Office]] would let me, I'd give 'im the boid, all right!"

Happened in many ''Looney Tunes'' shorts with surprising frequency. Why? Because the animators and writers didn't have to worry (much) about standards and practices boards (besides UsefulNotes/TheHaysCode), the cartoons were meant for an audience of adult theatergoers (although, in contrast to modern-day adult cartoons, they didn't latch on to gross-out comedy and raunchy sex to get laughs[[note]]something modern cartoon writers should take note of[[/note]]), and even if they did have to worry about indecent content, UsefulNotes/TheHaysCode officers went after vaguely sexual or subversive content in both live-action and animated movies rather than the stuff that would today be considered plain as the noses on their faces. So, you see, kids: even back then, the censors weren't very bright.

Happened in many Looney Tunes shorts with surprising frequency. Why? Because the animators and writers didn't have to worry (much) about standards and practices boards (besides UsefulNotes/TheHaysCode), the Looney Tunes were meant more for an adult audience (though, unlike modern-day adult cartoons, they didn't latch on to gross-out comedy and raunchy sex to get laughs[[note]]something modern cartoon writers should take note of[[/note]]), and even if they did have to worry about indecent content, UsefulNotes/TheHaysCode officers went after vaguely sexual or subversive content in both live-action and animated movies rather than the stuff that would today be considered plain as the noses on their faces. So, you see, kids: even back then, the censors weren't very bright.

* At the beginning in "A Corny Concerto" (Clampett, 1943), Porky [[TalkingWithSigns holds up a sign]] to the [[BreakingTheFourthWall audience]] saying: "I'M HUNTING THAT @%#& RABBIT!!"

* in "What's Cookin', Doc?", one of the films is a "stag reel" (the old name for a porno movie, particularly one that plays as part of the entertainment at a bachelor party or a guys' night out). Since the films are ones Bugs starred in, the implication is that ''[[FridgeHorror Bugs was a porn star]]''.

* A surprising example in a much later Looney Tunes cartoon is in "Bunny and Claude" (McKimson, 1968), where at one point as the BonnieAndClyde-esque gangster rabbit duo that only steals carrots is trying to evade the sheriff, Bunny says to Claude "I just want to tell you that there's a..." and whispers inaudibly. Claude then turns to her and says "Is that all you ever think about? ...Carrots?"

* At one point in "Rabbit Season", Bugs does his traditional [[DisguisedInDrag drag gag]] towards [[FoeYay Elmer Fudd]] (of course), who falls in love with him. When Bugs comes closer to him, Elmer's hat stretches with a "boing" sound. Erm...

* In "Birds of a Father", Sylvester tries to shoot a bird, but ends up shooting a prop bird off an old woman's hat, which promts the woman to smack him with her purse. When Junior laments that his father would go to such a low as "shooting a defenseless old lady," Sylvester quips in response "Yeah, defenseless as a porcupine in a nudist colony."

* In "Carrotblanca" (1995, [=McCarthy=]), Yosemite Sam drives past a marquee that reads "Eleanor Roosevelt All-Girl Revue"

* In "Carrotblanca" (1995, McCarthy), Yosemite Sam drives past a marquee that reads "Eleanor Roosevelt All-Girl Revue"

* Here's one that's ''still'' rarely edited out. In one cartoon, Bugs gets a call from a call-in quiz show where he has to answer a question to win a prize. The question is a ''very'' complicated multiplication problem, which he successfully answers in about a second. (In his head.) When the host asks him how he answered so quickly, his response?

* In "The Draft Horse" (Jones, 1942, they sneaked in the old marching song "You're in the army now" on an eyesight test, which featured the verse "you'll never get rich/you ''son of a bitch''" (written so small it's almost illegible without pausing).

* In "Bewitched Bunny" (Jones, 1954), after Bugs turns Witch Hazel into a female rabbit, he turns to the camera and remarks, "Ah, sure, I know, but aren't they ''all'' witches inside?" That line was actually the subject of controversy in Canada, of all places, for being misogynistic (and yet, America -- which has MoralGuardians by the boatload going after every little thing and chipping away at what's supposed to be fun and entertaining -- did nothing about it). The case in Canada was dropped after a few days.

* In "The Trial of Mr. Wolf", Red Riding Hood mentions her grandma has a huge hangover and quickly brushes it off.

* In "Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears" (Jones, 1944), the bears have a calendar on the wall apparently depicting the famous nude painting ''September Morn''. The calendar is visible for approximately two full minutes in the seven-minute cartoon.
* There was one Sylvester short where we see the cat quietly pull a baby offscreen. It then suddenly cuts to the next scene where we see [[MuggedForDisguise Sylvester dressed in the baby's clothes.]] [[BlackComedy We get no indication as to what might've happened to the baby and we never see him again.]]

* At the beginning of ''Elmer's Pet Rabbit'', Elmer is walking down the sidewalk singing "Strolling Through the Park", but he stops momentarily to look at a storefront window marked "Lingerie".

Happened in many Looney Tunes shorts with surprising frequency. Why? Because the animators and writers didn't have to worry (much) about standards and practices boards (besides UsefulNotes/TheHaysCode), and even if they did, UsefulNotes/TheHaysCode officers much rather went after vaguely sexual or subversive content in both live-action and animated movies rather than the stuff that would today be considered blatantly obvious. So, you see, kids: even back then, the censors weren't very bright.

* ''The Gruesome Twosome'' are a pair of alley cats, one a Jimmy Durante-like guy, the other a mostly silent deadpan, both after Tweety. At one point they're disguised in a two-man horse costume. The Durante cat pulls off his headpiece and tells us "I'm the horse's head!", which of course makes the other guy the horse's ass.

* In ''BookRevue,'' one of the books is called ''Cherokee Strip,'' presumably about the region in Kansas, but the cover has a picture of an Indian girl in revealing clothing accompanied by cheers and wolf whistles.
* In ''The Trial of Mr. Wolf'', Red Riding Hood mentions her grandma has a huge hangover and quickly brushes it off.
* In ''The Draft Horse'' (1942, Chuck Jones) they sneaked in the old marching song "You're in the army now" on an eyesight test, which featured the verse "you'll never get rich/you ''son of a bitch''" (written so small it's almost illegible without pausing).
* In ''Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears'' (Jones, 1944), the bears have a calendar on the wall apparently depicting the famous nude painting ''September Morn''. The calendar is visible for approximately two full minutes in the seven-minute cartoon.

Happened in many Looney Tunes shorts with surprising frequency. Why? Because the animators and writers didn't have to worry (much) about standards and practices boards (besides the HaysCode), and even if they did, the HaysCode officers much rather went after vaguely sexual or subversive content in both live-action and animated movies rather than the stuff that would today be considered blatantly obvious. So, you see, kids: even the censors back then weren't very bright.

* Throwaway gag in a Speedy Gonzales short: "Speedy knows my sister." "[[TheCasanova Speedy Gonzales]] knows ''everybody's'' sister!"

* The Pepe Le Pew cartoons would qualify (after all, the whole series is a StealthPun on men going after pussy[[spoiler:...cats]]), though one Pepe cartoon will make viewers wonder why the Hays Office didn't intervene: 1953's "Wild Over You," in which Pepe's latest feline victim is an escaped wildcat who fights off Pepe by beating him up. The crap that got past the radar is Pepe stating that he liked it.
** Another example was not so much as getting past the radar as the radar was about ten moves behind: During one pursuit, Pepe calls out to Penelope: "You are too tightly wound up! You should try engaging in some recreational activitiy, [[YouNeedToGetLaid like making love!]]" It wasn't quite so risque a term back then as it is now, but it still qualifies given the HaysCode and its rules on sex in cinema (including verbal implications of it).

* In one Road Runner short, Wile E. Coyote's CanisLatinicus scientific name was given as "Hardheadipus oedipus", i.e. hard-headed motherfucker. Meanwhile, the Road Runner's CanisLatinicus scientific name was given as "Batoutahelius".

* Happened in many Looney Tunes shorts with surprising frequency. Why? Because the animators and writers didn't have to worry (much) about standards and practices boards (besides the HaysCode), and even if they did, the HaysCode officers much rather went after vaguely sexual or subversive content rather than the blatantly obvious stuff. So, you see, kids: even the censors back then weren't very bright.
** Throwaway gag in a Speedy Gonzales short: "Speedy knows my sister." "[[TheCasanova Speedy Gonzales]] knows ''everybody's'' sister!"