HeyJaredCartoons Were Wild
Let's Analyze extremely questionable, obscure, or shockingly dark animated kids shows and episodes
- Indexed episodes, last 90 days
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- Sep 6, 2026
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Saturday Morning Savagery: CBS vs ABC's Censorship War of the 80s (opens the original)
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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.
5 Cartoon Voice Actors Who Went Completely Off-Script and Made It to Air (opens the original)
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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.
The Animator Who Fistfought Walt Disney and Won (opens the original)
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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.
Disney vs Warner Bros: The Forbidden Cartoons Vault Battle (opens the original)
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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.
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