Could the Famous and UPA characters make it back to TV?

[Jack]

All the Harveytoons have been sold to a new company called Classic Media (read about it at Cartoon Research, and follow their link), but it was this line that I found sort of exciting:

Classic Media will combine the "Harvey" characters with its UPA characters (Mr. Magoo, Gerald McBoing Boing, etc.) and start new a marketing and licensing campaign that will hopefully succeed in reviving these fading stars.
So could this mean the cartoons will make it back to television again? I'd like to see some Famous cartoons, I've heard mixed things about them, and I woudn't mind seeing some UPA stuff again before I completely forget what it is like. There is a huge, no, cataclysmically large (is that spelled right?) amount of "golden age" cartoons just sitting and being forgotten. If they could revive those characters, perhaps even proving them to be even remotely as profitable as the Looney Tune and MGM characters, maybe we could see a revival of more classic cartoons by other companies, such as the Lantz and Terrytoon stuff.


Jack:D

[Patrick McCart]

A good way to revive the old cartoons is to do a theatrical revival.

They could have a deal with all the studios to release a cartoon with their family films (For example: Shrek with a Mr. Magoo cartoon)

I work at a theatre and the inclusion of a cartoon would be great for all movies shown. More stuff before the credits, more time for people to get some snacks...

After a theatrical revival, they could put a huge "GAOLT-style" collection of cartoons on DVD.

[Nelson]

I think maybe these cartoons would have a better chance to come out video/dvd instead of cable television, I heard there is some hope (sometime this year) that maybe the Harveytoons, UPA cartoons will see the day of light on video .Cartoon Network is only interested in new cartoons as CN President Betty Cohen has said in the past.But there is still hope we'll get a chance to see the true classics.

[Garrett]

Originally posted by Nelson
Cartoon Network is only interested in new cartoons as CN President Betty Cohen has said in the past.

Doesn't hurt that another studio's greatest hits would further make most of H-B's output look like the s*** it truly is......

Garrett

[Nelson]

I think that the new owners should fully restore the "Harveytoons" one reel shorts with their original titles(as Novletoons), and most importantly...Bring back the original soundtrack & voices, to the "Buzzy The Crow" cartoon series, that new soundtrack for those "Buzzy" cartoons was just plain god awful. Yuck!!!!