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Timeless humor (startrek.website)

submitted 11 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website to c/memes@lemmy.world

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[–] GrammatonCleric@lemmy.world 33 points 11 months ago (4 children)

100% boomer humor. The jokes are so dated, they literally changed the housekeepers voice to sound less racist than the original version.

[–] rockerface@lemm.ee 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The best jokes are the ones that don't need the voice though

[–] GrammatonCleric@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That's just slapstick humor, something all cartoons back then had.

[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago

We know Tom and Jerry because it holds up and is funny now. Look at the other cartoons and see the quality difference. They are unfunny by today's standards and probably not great when they were released.

[–] Buffaloaf@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Yeah there was a lot of racism, at least in the beginning. e.g.

[–] Kiosade@lemmy.ca 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Wow I thought Jerry dressed up in blackface was the shocking part, then it showed the actual islanders… they didnt even look human 😨

[–] PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago

wow

[–] MindSkipperBro12@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

We must’ve watched different shows then.

[–] GrammatonCleric@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

There are literally two versions of the OG cartoons.

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee -3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Because as we all know, you can identify racists by the sound of their voice.

[–] GrammatonCleric@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

No, the voice was a racist depiction of a black housekeeper. Read up on it, or find the old versions.