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Author Topic: Whatever Happened to Looney Tunes? Joshua Waaland Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 800 From: Cleveland, Ohio Registered: Dec 1999 posted 10-29-2005 08:33 AM                     I have been wanting to watch some old Looney Tunes cartoons lately but they don't seem to be on anymore. Cartoons in general seem to be on less. When I was a kid you could watch G.I. Joe, Scooby Doo, Looney Tunes and The Flintstones after school. Then on saturdays you could get up and watch cartoons all morning on several stations and most were Looney Tunes. There were so many cartoons on saturdays that I used to call it cartoon day. Whatever happened to all of them? Can anyone shed some light on this?  |  IP: Logged Aaron Sisemore Flaming Ribs beat Reeses Peanut Butter Cups any day! Posts: 3061 From: Rockwall TX USA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 10-29-2005 11:02 AM                     All of the Looney Tunes and Hanna-Barbera/Ruby-Spears titles, as well as any pre-1986 MGM cartoons (Tom & Jerry, etc.) now being part of the TimeWarner family, are almost exclusively played on T-W's Cartoon Network and Boomerang channels. It is rare to see them anywhere else anymore. There's the simple answer. -Aaron  |  IP: Logged Jon Miller Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 973 From: San Diego, CA, USA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 10-29-2005 11:04 AM                     Aaron beat me to the punch with the Boomerang link. I took a look at the Cartoon Network schedule...they used to run blocks of old Looney Tunes and H-B classics, but they're all gone...having migrated to Boomerang on digital cable and satellite. Sadly, DirecTV, Dish Network, and Time Warner Cable here only offer Boomerang in their enhanced packages. As Jesse James ("Monster Garage") likes to say, "pay up, sucker."  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 10-29-2005 01:33 PM                        There are now 3 volumes of Looney Tunes on DVD, each package containing at least 60 cartoons plus a lot of extras. (The newest volume came out last Tuesday.) This is the best way to watch'em -- no commercials, no edits, and good picture quality. The extras are great, too. There is a thread in the Afterlife forum which will give you listings of all the toons contained on each package.  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 10-29-2005 03:19 PM                     Sad thay can no longer be enjoyed on the big screen as they were intended to be... along with a crowd thats also having fun seeing one.... All part of the slow demise of the American Cinema..... Mark  |  IP: Logged Wolff King Morrow Master Film Handler Posts: 490 From: Denton, TX, USA Registered: Feb 2004 posted 10-29-2005 04:38 PM                        Also, many of the older cartoons are now heavily censored. Gone are the more violent moments of anvils dropping on heads, and anything else that might be construde as un-PC. Makes me wonder how kids my age managed to survive from all that cartoon violence...  |  IP: Logged Joshua Waaland Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 800 From: Cleveland, Ohio Registered: Dec 1999 posted 10-29-2005 04:41 PM                     I only get the basic digital cable package which does not include Boomerang. That sucks! Looney Tunes should be enjoyed by all, not just those who want to pay out the arse for cable.  |  IP: Logged Louis Bornwasser Film God Posts: 4441 From: prospect ky usa Registered: Mar 2005 posted 10-29-2005 04:59 PM                        Most of the Warner toons were made for a specific film...sometimes even using the voices of the film's stars. I guess it is lost to history which goes with which. Louis  |  IP: Logged Robert Harrison Expert Film Handler Posts: 239 From: Harwood Heights, Illinois, USA Registered: Jun 2005 posted 10-29-2005 05:40 PM                     This is just the kind of thing that aggravates me about cable channels. They start off bragging about how they are bringing you classics. Eventually, though, they bring in more and more original programming. The next step is then to begin ANOTHER channel to show the classics, and jack up your monthly bill accordingly. Nick At Nite is another example, of a different sort. They were showing good old stuff. Then, as time went by, they pushed off the older shows to TV Land. Now, even TV Land is playing mostly stuff from the 80s, not counting the ubiquitous "I Love Lucy," "The Andy Griffith Show" and a few others. I'm expecting at some time they will announce new channels such as "TV Land 50s," "TV Land 60s," etc. I would also mention Disney Channel. They used to show old "Wonderful World of Disney" episodes and such. Now, about all they have is originals. I reckon I'm just gonna have to start my own "Bob's Nostalgia Channel." But, then, I'll have to pay a higher monthly rate, won't I?  |  IP: Logged Bruce McGee Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1776 From: Asheville, NC USA... Nowhere in Particular. Registered: Aug 1999 posted 10-30-2005 07:56 AM                     I'd love to see a package of cartoons made available to THEATRES just to show with certain WB films. I'm not talking about those AMC cartoon packages from years ago. Just adapt the 1:37 image to a 1:85 frame. Please, please, please? How much could it cost? The films are complete, and new prints would help us cartoon fiends that grew up with faded TV prints. There are very few LT cartoons that are not any less than screamingly funny. Same goes for the Merrie Melodies. As for their PC, we grew up on them. So did our parents. Why are they BAD now? Watched anything on the kid cable channels lately? AAACK!  |  IP: Logged Jon Miller Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 973 From: San Diego, CA, USA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 10-30-2005 01:21 PM                     Bruce, you mean the AMC cable channel, right? The 1.37-in-1.85:1 Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies adaptations has been done before, in the early 1990s (for which chain, I don't recall). I have a few LT/MM prints like that and, repair splices notwithstanding, they appear to be complete.:  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 10-30-2005 01:26 PM                     quote: Bruce McGee As for their PC, we grew up on them. So did our parents. Why are they BAD now? It is all the dam P.C.ness thats going on that will eventually ruin this wonderful world we live in. If you can't accept who you are or what your heritage is and has been then you are a real moron. Mark  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 10-30-2005 02:06 PM                        Agreed Mark. The advertising for the newest Looney Tunes collection says it "may not be suitable for children." Of course, Chuck Jones and Friz Freleng always said they never made those cartoons for kids. They were made for adults. Which is why we all still love'em!  |  IP: Logged Joshua Waaland Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 800 From: Cleveland, Ohio Registered: Dec 1999 posted 10-30-2005 04:00 PM                     quote: Mark Gulbrandsen It is all the dam P.C.ness thats going on that will eventually ruin this wonderful world we live in. Agreed Mark. Why is it that the minority rule in this country? It doesn't seem to matter anymore what the majority wants. We are so afraid that we will offend somebody because of all the frivolous lawsuits and crooked lawyers. I love that Geico commercial with the cavemen. That pretty much says it all doesn't it? Anyhow enough of that digression. We should start a petition to get Looney Tunes back on regular tv.  |  IP: Logged Bruce Hansen Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 847 From: Stone Mountain, GA, USA Registered: Dec 1999 posted 10-30-2005 04:17 PM                     Yes, there is a very vocal minority that thinks they are so much better than the rest of us, that they have the right to make very personal decisions for everyone. This should not happen in a "free" country, but unfortunately, one of our major political parties needs their votes to stay in power. That's all folks!  |  IP: Logged

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