Meyers: I did a little research and I discovered a startling thing...
There was violence in the past, long before cartoons were
invented.
Kent: I see. Fascinating.
Meyers: Yeah, and know something, Karl? The Crusades, for instance.
Tremendous violence, many people killed, the darned thing went
on for thirty years.
Kent: And this was before cartoons were invented?
Meyers: That's right, Kent.
-- `Smartline', "Itchy and Scratchy and Marge"
There was violence in the past, long before cartoons were
invented.
Kent: I see. Fascinating.
Meyers: Yeah, and know something, Karl? The Crusades, for instance.
Tremendous violence, many people killed, the darned thing went
on for thirty years.
Kent: And this was before cartoons were invented?
Meyers: That's right, Kent.
-- `Smartline', "Itchy and Scratchy and Marge"
Related:
- Hello, I'm Kent Brockman, and welcome to another edition of `Smartline'.
Are cartoons too violent for children? Most people... - Lisa: I never realized before, but some Itchy & Scratchy cartoons send
the message that violence against animals is funny.
Bart: They what? Cartoons don't have messages, Lisa... - Bart+Lisa: [laugh at an Itchy and Scratchy cartoon]
Marge:
My, all this senseless violence. I don't understand... - Dear purveyors of senseless violence:
I know this may sound silly at first,
but I believe that the cartoons you show to our children... - Meyers: As Roger Meyers Jr., the owner of the park,
I'd like to thank you for stopping the killer... - Bart: You invented Itchy? The _Itchy & Scratchy_ Itchy?
Chester: Sure. In fact, I invented the whole concept... - Kent: For another opinion...
Krusty: [laughs] Hi,
kids! [laughs] Kent: Krusty, please. We're giving... - Narrator: Roger Meyers' next full-length feature was the wildly
successful "Pin-Itchy-o".
Scratchy: [Italian accent] Now you be good Pin-Itchy... - Maude: Neddy, I know this has been a terrible day. But,
by golly, first thing tomorrow morning, we're...
