Censored Eleven

The "Censored Eleven" is a term referring to 11 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts that were taken out of circulation by United Artists, (by then the owners of the pre- 1948 Looney tunes and Merrie Melodies) in the late-1960s due to racial stereotyping.

Censored Eleven list
The cartoons in the Censored Eleven are:


 * Hittin' the Trail to Hallelujah Land (1931, directed by Rudolph Ising)


 * Sunday Go to Meetin' Time (1936, directed by Friz Freleng)


 * Clean Pastures (1937, directed by Freleng)


 * Uncle Tom's Bungalow (1937, directed by Tex Avery)


 * Jungle Jitters (1938, directed by Freleng)


 * The Isle of Pingo Pongo (1938, directed by Avery)


 * All This and Rabbit Stew (1941, directed by Avery)


 * Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs (1943, directed by Robert Clampett)


 * Tin Pan Alley Cats (1943, directed by Clampett)


 * Angel Puss (1944, directed by Chuck Jones)


 * Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears (1944, directed by Freleng)

Angel Puss is the only Looney Tunes entry in the Censored Eleven. The other ten shorts are all Merrie Melodies. Hittin' the Trail for Hallelujah Land is the only black- and- white short on the list. All the others are in color.

Several more cartoons have been removed from circulation since this list was created, such as Hugh Harman and Rudolph Ising's Looney Tunes featuring blackface caricature Bosko, and the Inki series of cartoons by Chuck Jones. Two cartoons directed by Tex Avery during his stint at Metro- Goldwyn Mayer are often included in cartoon compilations that list the Censored Eleven, despite the fact that they are not WB shorts: Uncle Tom's Cabana (1944) and Half-Pint Pygmy (1948).