Classic Shorts - On or off the air?...

[starlac]

P.C. Unfunny wrote this:

"You can also thank this film for the disaperance of the LT cartoons on cartoon network"

In his review of Looney Tunes: Back in Action.

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- As I joined as a editor on my knowledge of the Looney Tunes library, as well as being a lifetime fan of classic theatrical shorts, this news pained me no end. That these so-called controllers of the USA's Cartoon Network have taken off these classics is nothing short of criminal and all because of a lacklustre film that happened to star the looney tunes didn't do so well at the box office.

This got we wondering if the same thing has happened elsewhere, I checked the UK's main channels and so good, Boomerang (which I don't have) still have hour slots allocated for Looney Tunes and Tom and Jerry shorts and the BBC still shows singular episodes as part of its children's slot.

So a question… Outside of buying DVD compilations, can you see the Looney Tunes, or any other theatrical shorts for that matter, on any channel where you live (terrestrial, cable, etc)? or are they absent from the entertainment line-up.

And how do you feel about this and the shows that now lie in their place?

[P.C. Unfunny]

Sadly,The Golden collection and Boomerang are the only ways to see the classic LT shorts. I used to anticipate "June Bugs" every year on Cartoon Network,that is long gone.The only classic shorts you see on Cartoon Network is "Tom and Jerry". I am in awe what has happned to that network, not only did they have classic cartoons but they had funny originals like "Cow and Chicken", now all they have is crap like "Kids next Door" and "The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy". Even worse, Cartoon Network shows live action movies and they're planning to produce live action Tv shows. I think the biggest killer of them all is on the WB network, The Loonitics. That show is a complete bastardization of classic cartoon characters, along with "Baby Looney Tunes".

[lupercal]

I'll play devil's avocado here. I'm 42. I've been watching LT ever since I can remember, and to me it would not be a crime if they were shifted to DVD like most things that are 50 years old, irrespective of how good they are. Does anybody make a fuss about 1920's Felix cartoons not being on TV? Or Animaniacs? To me the Animaniacs era of WB was exciting because, although it paid homage to the old shorts, it also rang in the new. Which really means, I suppose, that I don't mind so long as something decent replaces them.

At the moment I can't see 'Get Smart' on TV, nor has it been on for years. If I wanted it bad enough I'd get it on DVD when it comes out later this year. Not much difference money-wise than paying for cable where I live. I watch very little TV and mostly DVD or old VHS (Rocko's Modern Life still isn't on DVD!)

However I don't have cable, and if I did, I think I would feel that surely there was room for the old LT shorts somewhere. This is part of the reason I haven't bothered getting cable. Most of he classic cartoons repeated on Boomerang here are a bery long way from classic.

Loop

[P.C. Unfunny]

I'll play devil's avocado here. I'm 42. I've been watching LT ever since I can remember, and to me it would not be a crime if they were shifted to DVD like most things that are 50 years old, irrespective of how good they are.


I can understand you to a certain point but look at AMC and TCM, they both repeat calssic films well over 50 years old.Let's not forget Spike TV's "Three Stooges slap happy hour". Also look what it is on air the Looney Tunes place, two bastardizations of the LT gang.

[lupercal]

I'm afraid I don't know what AMC, TCM, or Spike TV are. I am a luddite who still doesn't have cable, broadband, LCD or Plasma, a mobile phone, an Ipod or MP3 player.

OTOH most of the people who have these things probably don't know what a luddite is.

Loop

[P.C. Unfunny]

I'm afraid I don't know what AMC, TCM, or Spike TV are. I am a luddite who still doesn't have cable, broadband, LCD or Plasma, a mobile phone, an Ipod or MP3 player.


AMC stands for "America's Movie Classics" and TCM stands for "Turner Moive Classics", both show old movies. Spike TV is a men's network.


I am a luddite who still doesn't have cable, broadband, LCD or Plasma, a mobile phone, an Ipod or MP3 player

WHAT ARE YOU!!!!?????????? NOT HUMAN!!!!!!!!!????????????? Nah,Iam just playin' ;)