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Banned Cartoons – Too Rude for TV (South Park)
South Park and Tom Cruise
In 2005, Comedy Central aired “Trapped in the Closet”, an episode of their controversial cartoon series “South Park” that poked vicious fun at movie superstar Tom Cruise and Scientology. In the episode, the Tom Cruise character believes... [view full entry]
Banned Cartoons – Too Rude for TV (Ren and Stimpy)
Ren and Stimpy
John Kricfalusi (AKA “John K”) is modern animation’s unsung genius. Turn on the Cartoon Network or network Saturday morning toons and the main stylistic influences are either John K or Genndy Tarkovsky. In 1989, when Kricfalusi sold “The Ren and Stimpy Show” to the Nickelodeon Children’s network, he... [view full entry]
Banned Cartoons – Too Rude for TV (Mighty Mouse)
Mighty Mouse
Ren and Stimpy wasn’t John K’s first network television censorship battle. In 1987, Ralph Bakshi hired Kricfalusi as supervising director for “Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures”, a revival of the Paul... [view full entry]
