In 1987, Reverend Donald Wildmon accused Ralph Bakshi's new Mighty Mouse cartoon of showing the superhero snorting cocaine in a flower-sniffing scene. What followed was a media firestorm, boycotts, Congressional testimony, and CBS executives forced to defend a cartoon mouse on national television. The full story is more insane than you remember.
6 Sept 2026
Saturday Morning Savagery: CBS vs ABC's Censorship War of the 80s
While CBS hired consultants to sanitize every punch and implement strict 'pro-social' guidelines, ABC let their animators run wild with violence, innuendo, and chaos. The result? Two completely different Saturday morning experiences that defined a generation—and a corporate war that changed children's television forever.
21 Aug 2026
5 Cartoon Voice Actors Who Went Completely Off-Script and Made It to Air
Some of animation's most iconic moments were never in the script. From Robin Williams turning Aladdin recording sessions into comedy chaos to a Looney Tunes legend ad-libbing while drunk, these voice actors broke all the rules—and created cartoon history. We're counting down five times the 'wrong' take became the right one.
6 Aug 2026
The Animator Who Fistfought Walt Disney and Won
Art Babbitt created one of Disney's most beloved characters, then became Walt's greatest enemy. This is the story of the legendary animator who punched his way into animation history, led a labor revolution that changed Hollywood forever, and got blacklisted by the man whose empire he helped build. The fight in the parking lot was just the beginning.
17 Jul 2026
Disney vs Warner Bros: The Forbidden Cartoons Vault Battle
While Disney locked away their racist 'Censored Eleven' cartoons and pretended they never existed, Warner Bros put them on DVD with historical context warnings. We're diving into the wildly different philosophies behind these decisions and what happened when both studios tried to erase—or preserve—their most problematic animation history.
9 Jun 2026
5 Cartoon Scenes That Somehow Made It Past Censors
From sexual innuendos in Animaniacs to genuine nightmare fuel in Courage the Cowardly Dog, some cartoon moments make you wonder if anyone was watching the final cut. We're counting down five scenes that left parents jaw-dropped and censors scrambling—after they'd already aired to millions of kids.
24 May 2026
The Ren & Stimpy Production Hell That Broke Nickelodeon
In 1991, Nickelodeon let a basement animation studio run by an obsessive perfectionist create the most disgusting cartoon ever aired on children's television. Within two years, that relationship would explode in missed deadlines, on-set chaos, and a firing that shocked the animation industry. This is the wild story of how Ren & Stimpy became both a phenomenon and a cautionary tale.
24 Dec 2025
Winter Cartoons
These cartoons aren't as cheery as you think!?
26 Nov 2025
Best of pt2
CartoonsWereWild best of episode!
11 Nov 2025
Best of
Cartoons Were Wild best of episode!
28 Oct 2025
Cartoons Weirdest
Turns out cartoons were actually for adults!?
15 Oct 2025
Courage the Cowardly dog
People let kids watch this?!
30 Sept 2025
Ren and Stimpy pt2
The show that predicted the future! con't
16 Sept 2025
Ren and Stimpy
The show that predicted the future!
2 Sept 2025
The Jetsons
The show that predicted the future!
19 Aug 2025
Flintstones pt2
Flintstones pt2
5 Aug 2025
Flintstones
Meet the Flintstones
15 May 2025
I Don't Think That's for Kids!?
In fact, no child should ever watch these cartoons
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