The cartoons we watched when we were young corrupted us.

For about 3 days, a song was stuck in my head. It wasn't poignant nor was it moving but it stayed inside my cranium, deliberately and intentionally driving me crazy.

"Oh carrots are divine, you get a dozen for a dime, it's maaaagic..."

Bugs bunny.

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Anyone in my age bracket will probably connect with me in terms of cartoons watched when we were kids. There was Saturday Fun Machine on channel 9 - filled with lots of animated goodies. Electric Company, Great Space Coaster, Scooby Doo and Justice League - the real kick ass Justice League not the oh so PC and twisted Justice League now. Daimos and Voltes V reigned supreme. Life was good.

But in between weekends, we had to content ourselves with Looney Tunes reruns that Channel 13 showed. My cousins and I have memorized the dialogues and scenes by heart but we still laughed at the appropriate places and cues. I love that scene with Sylvester and his son: His son wanted to learn how to catch mice, but Sylvester was way beyond that kind of menial and stereotypical action and was not really capable of catching mice. Thus lies the problem.

"Thuffering Thucacats thon! How can I teach you to catch miyth when there are no miyth in the houth?"

"Well an ingenious father can think of someway to catch some mice"

You see what this really teaches kids? Did you catch the subtext? Did you notice the true mission of these cartoons?

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You see, I've finally discovered the real reason why IBC 13 kept on showing the same cartoon episodes over and over again. It wasn't because of copyright and broadcasting rights, this was the late 70's and early 80's. Copyright laws were not all the rage yet. It wasn't because of insufficient funds to purchase more cartoon episodes either. It was a plot to corrupt the kids to become subservient and submissive members of the new society.

Sylvester, in his attempt to catch mice and go against what he has been taught and learned, was almost always physically maimed, anvil-falling-piano-crashing pain was evident. Elmer Fudd, gun-toting lad who believed in reform school, was tortured by Bugs. The government wanted us to remain as "house cats". To never catch mice, to never try something new. They wanted us to never carry guns and believe in reform - change, otherwise a big bad bunny will have to kick our bucket.

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The good news is, my children never watch reruns. They get easily bored. *whew!*

But then, there's DVDs that they love watching over and over...

AAARRRGGHH!!!