In a conversation over dinner recently we started talking about cartoons, and it got me thinking: Is there a Hanna Barbara or Looney Tunes vs Disney schism, in much the same way as the Beatles or the Rolling Stones?
I never really liked the Disney cartoon characters. All far too mundane and ‘proper’. Donald Duck was as good as it got, but what was going on that he wasn’t wearing any trousers? Compare them to Tom and Jerry, Daffy Duck, Road runner, Dexter’s Laboratory and so on, and it’s really no contest. Much funnier, deliciously irreverent and most certainly violent. Indeed, dare I ask, does anybody actually prefer Disney cartoons, and if so, can they justify it without embarrassing themselves?
