The Censored 11

The Censored Eleven is a group of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons that were withheld from syndication by United Artists in 1968. UA owned the distribution rights to the Associated Artists Productions library at that time, and decided to pull these eleven cartoons from broadcast because they are based on racist depictions of African Americans and are deemed too offensive for contemporary audiences. The ban has been upheld by UA and the successive owners of the pre-August 1948 Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies catalog to this day, and these shorts have not been officially broadcast on television since the late 1960s.Of the cartoons included in the Censored Eleven, animation historians and film scholars are quickest to defend the ones directed by Bob Clampett, especially Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs. Despite its politically incorrect content, this cartoon is frequently included on lists of the "greatest" cartoons ever made. In a Usenet message on the newsgroup rec.arts.animation writer and author Michelle Klein-Hass wrote stated:

"...some even look at Clampett's Jazz cartoons and cry racism when Clampett was incredibly ahead of his time and was a friend to many of the greats of the LA jazz scene. All of the faces you see in Tin Pan Alley Cats and Coal Black And De Sebben Dwarves are caricatures of real musicians he hung out with at the Central Avenue jazz and blues clubs of the '40s. He insisted that some of these musicians be in on the recording of the soundtracks for these two cartoons. "All episodes are in mp4 format and are compatible with iTunes.The cartoons included are:

Hittin' the Trail to Hallelujah Land (1931)

Sunday Go to Meetin' Time (1936)

Clean Pastures (1937)

Uncle Tom's Bungalow (1937)

Jungle Jitters (1938)

The Isle Of Pingo Pongo (1938)

All This and Rabbit Stew (1941)

Coal Black and De Sebben Dwarfs (1943)

Tin Pan Alley Cats (1943)

Angel Puss (1944)

Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears (1944)