Talkback: "Last Week of Boomerang on Cartoon Network" (10/2-10/3)

[Zach Williams]

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"Boomerang on Cartoon Network"

October 2 - October 3, 2004


Saturday October 1, 2004 (6:00 AM)

The Flintstones

Ep. 58 - Kleptomania Caper - Originally aired April 16, 1962


A misunderstanding regarding Fred's old clothes leads to the conclusion that Barney is a kleptomaniac.

Sunday October 1, 2004 (6:30 AM)

Looney Tunes

Ducking the Devil/Wearing of the Grin/Hareway to the Stars


Daffy tries to snare the escaped Tasmanian Devil for the $5000 reward offered by the city zoo. ;On his way to Dublin-town, Porky spends the night in a leprechaun-haunted castle. ;Bugs Bunny.


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Sunday October 2, 2004 (6:00 AM)

The Jetsons

Ep. 4 - The Space Car - Originally aired October 14, 1962







George and Jane go shopping at Molecular Motors. The Supersonic Suburbanite turns out to be too much for them so the buy a car similar to their old model. They get mixed up with bad guy Knuckles Nuclear and his gun Moll.

Sunday October 2, 2004 (6:30 AM)
Looney Tunes
Speedy Ghosts in Town/Dr. Jekyl's Hide/Bewitched Bunny


Daffy chases Speedy through a ghost town and tries to steal his treasure map. ;Dr. Jeckyl ;Bugs must rescue Hansel and Gretel from Witch Hazel's clutches.

[Zach Williams]

Unfortunatley, there will be no more Boomerang OR Looney Tunes on CN anymore. Dexter's Lab will replace it. Must be to boost Looney Tunes Vol. 2 Golden Collection sellings. Good for DL, but why at 6?:sad:

[PeppeRaskell1]

Unfortunatley, there will be no more Boomerang OR Looney Tunes on CN anymore. Dexter's Lab will replace it. Must be to boost Looney Tunes Vol. 2 Golden Collection sellings. Good for DL, but why at 6?:sad:
The Boomerang channel needs more customers, Dexy needs a decent time slot and he doesn't care what time it is (as long as it ain't 2:00 in the a.m.), and the Totally Spies girls can't get up that early on weekends (they party too hard on Friday nights!):zim: :D

[Red]

Just to confirm, Yes, this is permanent. For October at least. Dexters Lab is on the schedule all month for those slots.

[magicjac]

What A Shame:( I thought Bommerang on Cartoon Network would always last. I don't even have the Boomerang channel, so there goes Boomerang for now:sweat:

[JCorey3rd]

well at least the Top Cat DVD is coming out soon.....

I'd feel worse about the lack of H-B shows on CN if they hadn't spent the last few months just running stuff that was out or coming out on DVD sets. Once you buy the Jetsons boxset, why bother watching them at 6 a.m?

Do hope they come out with the Banana Splits boxset soon.

[Anthonynotes]

Hmph, no more Boomerang on CN (at least for the forseeable future)?! Yeesh... as if they couldn't cut back on an airing of Scooby or something...

Re: the last of these eps above:

Looney Tunes: I thought "Ducking the Devil" was a hoot. Especially the part where Daffy's willing to fight Taz over one measily buck going missing. :-)

Flintstones: IIRC, I think this one had the amusing trip to the cracked, pill-popping psychiatrist's office. As usual, any trip to a doctor on the Flintstones is usually an amusing moment... :-)

Jetsons: Don't recall this one much, soooo:

- Gee, wonder if Jane got to drive without the half of the population having a "Y" chromosome having a nervous breakdown... ( /scarcasm)

- The original air date's mid-October 1962... IIRC, the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis (the extremely tense standoff over weapons between the USSR and the US, that could've easily led to a no-longer-"Cold"-war...).

- The average car in 1962 probably didn't have seat belts (IIRC, not mandated in US-sold cars until several years later), or much in the way of fuel-efficiency (this is the era of ultra-cheap-even-for-its-times gas, and no one cared much about such things...). The main attractions to cars were probably some decorative aspect (tailfins, etc.)...

- Apparently even in the future, there's ganster-movie-esque crooks, complete with "molls".

- The Jetsons IIRC buy another car in an 80's episode (a "space-tion wagon").

-B.

[Mister Intensity]

The overairing Scooby-Doo isn't a problem anymore. Now they overair Totally Spies, Teen Titans, and Codename: Kids Next Door. As long as Cartoon Network follows their current programming philosophy there will be a show that will overair, just the name of the show(s) will change. Meanwhile, program diversity will continue to decrease.

Mister Intensity

[AarHan3]

Man, can't they do better than weekly 60-minute airings of The Flintstones and The Jetsons and a slew of Looney Tunes cartoons, already?!

This is starting 2 wear on us. :yawn: :shame: :rolleyes: :sad: :confused: :ack:

[Doyng]

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This is a slap in the face to CN viewers and classic cartoon fans who tuned in to this block to catch their dose of their youth since it's launch in 1992. CN definitely lost a viewer as of now (although I don't have satelite service for now). The Boomerang Network has been slipping up by adding hour long blocks of Flintstones, Jetsons, Tom and Jerry, etc instead of adding variety as they did back in 2000. Boomeraction is overdue for a schedule change, since they've aired the same schedule in 2003. Put some more new action shows on. Saturdays are now the best time to watch a variety of shows from 1965-1981 (although more shows from 1978-1981 should be added. They are still in the vaults waiting to be aired). The good news is TV shows are now being released on DVD's, just like single volumes of TV shows were released on VHS back in it's heyday. Now if you cough up about $25 to $50 dollars to own a season box set of your favorite show, you won't have to wait for cable/satelite to air them again. Best of all, about 95% is uncut (that's minus the original production logos or opening/closing titles). Thank you CN for airing the HB and RS programs before and after the launch of Boomerang.:sweat: Indeed, it was great fun to watch. CN now truly belongs to the new school. It's no longer for us who love the old school cartoons. At least we have them to look forward to on DVD's now and in the future.