Any old cartoon scandals?

[Coola Yagami]

Rick and Morty is the lastest in the line of cartoons that are now facing changes behind the scenes since the co-creator and voice of both characters got caught misbehaving. I'm curious, looking back, have there been any scandals like this back in our day that we didn't know about?

Like did the Mario show have problems with Capt Lou trying to hide the salami in the Princess VA without her consent or the voice actors of the Thundercats acting creepy towards their underage fans or what-have-you.

Like I know the internet makes this much more prevalent nowadays with social media but even in the days of Ren and Stimpy, Jon K was creeping around.

From what I know the cast and crew on our beloved TMNT 80s, everyone got along fine and there's wasn't any backstage heat or drama. I mean to this day all the VAs seem to still get along as one big family.

Had there been any drama or scandals behind our favorite tv shows back then that we might have missed out since we were kids and it went over our heads? The only thing I can possibly remember is the Pee-Wee scandal that ended his show and got all his toys pulled from the shelves. And I guess the Ren and Stimpy thing but that was more 90s.

I guess you could count Fat Albert, but that years decades after the fact and the show was obviously not affected by it.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by Coola Yagami

Rick and Morty is the lastest in the line of cartoons that are now facing changes behind the scenes since the co-creator and voice of both characters got caught misbehaving.

Being accused of a thing isn't the same thing as being caught misbehaving. For all we know he'll be found innocent.

[Coola Yagami]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

Being accused of a thing isn't the same thing as being caught misbehaving. For all we know he'll be found innocent.

Either way, were there any such accusations back in the day with the voices behind He-Man, Lion-O or whoever else?

[Cowabung-Gal]

Not sure if this one counts but:

[oldmanwinters]

That time when Mighty Mouse got accused of cocaine addiction, right at the height of America's War on Drugs!
https://apnews.com/article/053d24424...8dea066162720f

[Coola Yagami]

Originally Posted by Cowabung-Gal

Not sure if this one counts but:

Oooh sounds interesting. I'll check after work.

[Bahamut810]

From what I remember about Pee-wee, that was really blown way out of proportion. Guy goes to a dirty theater and does what is expected there...

I wouldn't do it but no one else was hurt by anything he did.

[Coola Yagami]

Originally Posted by Bahamut810

From what I remember about Pee-wee, that was really blown way out of proportion. Guy goes to a dirty theater and does what is expected there...

I wouldn't do it but no one else was hurt by anything he did.

I always thought that one Simpsons episode where Krusty was framed for robbing the Kwik-E-Mart and Reverend Lovejoy announced a public burning of all the Krusty merchandise to be kind of a jab at how they pulled all the Pee-Wee merchandise from stores. That episode aired around that general time.

[ssjup81]

Originally Posted by Coola Yagami

Oooh sounds interesting. I'll check after work.

To my knowledge, this was debunked. The show was just going to end anyway.

Originally Posted by Bahamut810

From what I remember about Pee-wee, that was really blown way out of proportion. Guy goes to a dirty theater and does what is expected there...

I wouldn't do it but no one else was hurt by anything he did.

Man, the Peewee thing confused the heck out of me. I was too young to know what he did actually meant because I was so young...then again, even if I would've been slightly older I still probably wouldn't have. I didn't learn what he was doing meant until I was like...in my later years of high school when I heard the term and asked my friend (a guy) what it meant who was awkward and didn't give a straight answer. lol I had no idea what the act was or anything. When it came to those types of topics, I really was sheltered and that's mainly because I never actually was curious enough to ask about it.

Anyway, I remember them showing Reuben's picture on TV, his mugshot and I remember adamantly telling my mother, "That's not Peewee!" Mom said he got in trouble because he was "playing with himself" and I misinterpreted that as meaning, "playing by yourself" as I told her that I do that all the time since I didn't have anyone to play with most times since I was an only child. She didn't correct me or anything. lol I think I might have been 8 or so at the time.