Best cartoon ever
Posted on 01/03/2023 8:11:10 PM PST by grundle
Disney lobbied the federal government to change how copyright law works to protect Mickey Mouse, but over at Warner Bros. Discovery, they can’t even be bothered to keep Bugs Bunny on their own streaming service. As of the very end of 2022, 256 Looney Tunes shorts have been removed from HBO Max, covering everything from 1950 to 2004, which is about half of what that the streaming service had when it launched. Older shorts from 1930 to 1940 are still available, but Vulture notes that the deleted cartoons include “What’s Opera, Doc?” (see above), “Rabbit Of Seville,” “Duck Amuck,” and “One Froggy Evening” (as if the death of The WB wasn’t enough of an insult to the great Michigan J. Frog).
But wait, there’s more: HBO Max has also pulled seasons four through six of The Flintstones, which amounts to 78 episodes, leaving only the first three seasons on the platform (where are kids supposed to learn about The Great Gazoo now?). Variety explains that these shows were licensed to HBO Max by Warner Bros. (once more for those in the back: THAT COMPANY OWNS HBO MAX), but the streaming service reportedly decided not to renew those licenses (with ITS OWN COMPANY) to save money. That’s in keeping with Warner Bros. Discovery’s crusade against animation and animators, with WBD boss David Zaslav having already gutted his company’s cartoon offerings earlier in 2022.
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Interesting! I learned about classic literature watching the Looney Tunes.
Thanks! Added to my list of good web sites!
Pity our grandkids will not be able to enjoy the cartoons I grew up with.
Fortunately, I have a small collection of the best ones on DVD and VHS.
The Road Runner is my favorite!
As a kid, I thought classical music was "cartoon music."
No kidding!
Hello my honey
Hello my darlin’
Hello my ragtime gal!
With that frog in his top hat and cane. Truly classic episodes.
And then when it was referenced in “Spaceballs”.
Oh that’s right, with the alien doing the tin pan alley routine lol
One of the music composers from the early days (I can’t remember which one at this hour, but he had experience conducting for silent movies earlier in his career) invented a device to shrink or stretch the film speed as needed to make the frames precisely align with the music and/or sound effects.. It worked as intended for the music but I‘ve yet to find any references as to how it succeeded in getting the voices to match up with a character’s mouth movements.
Best cartoon ever
If modern copyright law were even somewhat close to sane, the entirety of the looney toons catalog would be in the public domain.
not only that. Some of my first exposure to classical music was through watching Looney toons. Granted, most of us got the William Tell Overture from the Lone Ranger, but the Barber of Saville? ya, that was Bugs.
It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known
Any copyright should become invalid if you fail to keep the work published, as soon as it becomes unavailable it should be a public domain, it’s the public Citrus to make sure that all artists work continues to be available throughout the ages
Thanks for posting the link. We need a couple of good laughs today.
What’s up Doc?
50s and 60s cartoons we’re funny and had to morals and indoctrination plan so apparently they’re bad.
I’ve said this before, if you watch something not entirely PC you better get it on personally held media (DVD or hard drive) because once it’s discovered it’ll be locked away and you’ll be banned from viewing for everyone’s safety.
Ping
Guess you didn't catch my parody of Krusty. That's what he said after viewing the kartoon.🤪
I don’t subscribe to Disney, but did see their disclaimer at a friend’s house over the holidays.
The disclaimer preceded The Swiss Family Robinson. Basically said that the content was insensitive and not with the times, but they chose to leave it in the film because they have integrity or something.
What they really mean is they don’t like the content that made Disney great, but they need to keep in available to view because funds all their other woke bullsh*t.
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