Bugs Bunny too violent (?)

I watched an episode of WB’s Bugs Bunny featuring Porky Pig looking for a Do-Do bird. The first thing I noticed was the low quality of the film. It seemed as if the picture was jumping around on the screen a bit. It was just before bed time so I let the kids watch it with me to see their reaction to this old television show. I liked this show because it had less extra stuff going on. It seems like a lot of the cartoons today tend to be overstimulating the kids. I, however, did not like all of the violence that was on this. I’m somewhat picky about what the kids watch and try to limit their show choices to ones with very little if any violence. This show was based on violence. I was worried about my daughter as she watched this. She gets scared pretty easily and this much violence could make for a long night for me of her waking up scared and from nightmares. Lets hope this is not the case.
This is interesting to me because it seems like all we hear about now-a-days is how violent our children’s television programs are. Yes, this is true. However, I think people probably forgot what these shows were like and what we all grew up watching. For example, Tom and Jerry. I think the violence probably did say something about the culture of the day. It seems as if there were a lot of segregation and feelings of superiority for some. Equality was not shared at that time period just as it still is not today. Maybe the people of the 1950’s liked to see people treating others so physically. It could have been an outlet for them. I think of the three stooges and how popular they were when all they did was hurt one another. Why was that so funny to people? Why did violence against each other become so popular in their television watching? It has to say a lot about the culture but I’m afraid exactly what it says is probably beyond my comprehension and depth for this entry.