In this episode, Hugh and Jenna explore their first historical piece of media, the Censored Eleven cartoons made by the Warner Brothers animation studio in the first half of the twentieth century, that were then banned for their racist overtones. These shorts were directed by some of early animation’s big hitters including Tex Avery, Chuck Jones and Bob Clampett.

As Jenna takes Hugh though the some of the eleven cartoons, they discuss the stereotyping of African American people, cultural appropriation and the cherry-picking of culture, and why and should we be still discussing these shorts. And Jenna confuses Mel Brooks for Mel Blanc.

Recorded August 2019

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