Is it just a coincidence, or does BOOM not air Droopy/MGM shorts?

[Ace Goodheart]

I've rarely if ever seen Droopy/MGM shorts on Boomerang in the five years that I've had it, with the exception of time fillers. What's up, did Turner lose the rights to them after owning them outright for a good decade and a half??? I wanna be D-D-Down 'WIT DROOPY D! again. (Man, can't believe Turner came up with such a name for a programming block)

Also, when's the last time post-'48 WB shorts have aired on Boomerang??? Last I recall, they had that impressive Porky Pig show with that vintage opening/ending. But Bugs & Daffy/Looney Tunes were pretty much interchangeable right??? Man, the acrimonous relationship between Turner & WB pisses me off. Why doesn't Time Warner have the internal synergy that Viacom has???

And lastly..........would anyone care to point out which Boomerang shows have or are airing remastered/restored prints??? I've noticed some differences in some of them besides the obvious enhanced picture quality. And what's up with the Flintstones print??? Obvious cuts in some scenes. The restoration and remastering of classic animation intrigues...........just not to the point where I'd go register at GAC which is why I'm asking here. :D

[Jon Cooke]

Turner/Boomerang still have the rights to Droopy/Tex Avery MGM cartoons. They haven't aired them in their own block for ages, usually just as time filler.

Post-48s Looney Tunes haven't aired on Boomerang since Jan. of last year.

Aw, go ahead and join GAC. You know you want to. ;)

[Ace Goodheart]

Dammit................perhaps I do want to. :p

It baffles me why they're only being used as time fillers. I think the only form in which they've ever aired on Boomerang is as that or during "Toon Heads". Is it too much to ask for them to bring back the "Tex Avery Show" (sure loved that theme song.............TEX AVERYYYYYYYYYY!!!) or a "Down 'wit Droopy D" type of block???

Speaking on Toon Heads...............am I the only one who's noticed that "Toon Heads" had been around long before it became a documentary-like series??? I recall it being on Cartoon Network as early as 1993-1994, usually at 11PM or after. (As a kid back then, staying up past 11PM was a rare commodity for me.........always felt "taboo" or "bad to do so) I don't recall how or what the show was like in that era, but it was around. The wrap-arounds and bumpers were later retained for the more reknowed late-'90's run of the series, but not that funky trumpet music.

And speaking of shorts, and I've already asked this on the CN board to no avail.............what is the status exactly on the "What a Cartoon Show" and all of it's shorts??? Does Turner own the rights to them and/or are able to air them, or are they tied up in some legal mumbo-jumbo???

And somebody answer my question about remastered prints!!!

[jcorey3]

Droopy and Barney Bear were shown on the Acme Hour when it aired about a year ago.

[Space Cadet]

Man, the acrimonous relationship between Turner & WB pisses me off. Why doesn't Time Warner have the internal synergy that Viacom has???




Because(and they've said this before) they don't believe in synergy.