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The Censored Eleven is a group of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons originally produced and released by Warner Bros. that have been withheld from syndication in the United States by United Artists (UA) since 1968.
Apr 11, 2021 · The cartoons, which were produced and released by Warner Bros, were withheld from syndication in the US in 1968 by United Artists, a US digital production company founded in 1919 by Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and D W Griffith as a way of allowing actors to control their own interests.
Sep 16, 2014 · The film was censored due to the character of Uncle Tom, a doglike creature who runs afoul of some dancing skeletons (who are also markedly similar to an earlier Disney creation entitled...
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Sep 27, 2017 · Warner Brothers Studios had officially withdrawn the “Censored Eleven” cartoons from airing in 1968, but most of the television networks throughout the U.S. had stopped airing most of those cartoons a few years earlier.
Although animation historian Jerry Beck confirmed that the transfers had been done, he stated in 2016 that the DVD release was delayed indefinetly, due to the declining sales of DVDs. References
Three cartoons from the Censored Eleven have fallen into the public domain due to United Artists' failure to renew the copyright, which is "Hittin' the Trail for Hallelujah Land", "Jungle Jitters," and "All This and Rabbit Stew".
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The Censored Eleven, despite the bans, have been known to have aired in regular syndication outside the United States. Since Time Warner bought Turner Broadcasting System on October 10, 1996, this policy has largely been upheld.
