Boomerang September Highlights - Another HUGE schedule shakeup

[snowpeck]

Here we go folks... more big changes to the schedule that I'm sure some people will like and some won't... at least they're making some effort to keep the lineup from becoming stale...

WHAT'S IN: Valley of the Dinosaurs, Gerald McBoing Boing, Krypto, Super Globetrotters, Help! It's the Hair Bear Bunch, Boomerang Zoo, The Adventures of Gulliver, MGM Cartoons, Secret Squirrel, Those Meddling Kids (Josie & the Pussycats, Speed Buggy, Jabber Jaw), Pebbles & Bamm Bamm, 13 Ghosts of Scooby Doo, Scooby Doo Where Are You?, Flintstones Comedy Show

WHAT'S OUT: Pound Puppies, Dynomutt, Fantastic Max, Hong Kong Phooey, The Jetsons (80s), Huckleberry Hound, Atom Ant, Thundarr, Centurions, SWAT Kats, 2 Stupid Dogs

BOOMEROYALTY: Popeye (only in Boomeroyalty this month, not on regular schedule)

MARATHONS AND STUNTS:
Scooby Doo 40th Anniversary Marathon Sat 9/5 & Sun 9/6 2PM - 9PM
Saturday: Scooby Doo Where Are You? Sunday: New Scooby Doo Movies

BOOMERANG THEATER:
8/31: Banana Splits in Hocus Pocus Park/Flintstones Jogging Fever
9/1: Scooby Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf
9/2: Rover Dangerfield
9/7: Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman
9/8: Scooby Doo and the Ghoul School
9/9: Popeye the Sailor Meets Aladdin and his Wonderful Lamp
9/14: Yogi's Ark Lark/Dexter's Laboratory: Ego Trip
9/15: Jonny's Golden Quest
9/16: I Yabba Dabba Do
9/21: Batman: Mask of the Phantasm/Scooby Goes Hollywood
9/22: Hey There, It's Yogi Bear
9/23: The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones

SCHEDULE (EFFECTIVE 8/31, ALL TIMES EASTERN)

WEEKDAYS:
6AM Captain Planet
6:30 Valley of the Dinosaurs
7AM Pink Panther
7:30 Tom & Jerry
8AM Wacky Races
8:30 Perils of Penelope Pitstop
9AM Gerald McBoing Boing
9:30 Krypto
10AM Super Globetrotters
10:30 Help! It's the Hair Bear Bunch
11AM Boomerang Zoo
12PM Flintstones
12:30 Jetsons (60s)
1PM Top Cat
1:30 The Adventures of Gulliver
2PM Pink Panther
3PM Yogi Bear
3:30 Secret Squirrel

Those Meddling Kids:
4PM Josie and the Pussycats
4:30 Speed Buggy
5PM Jabber Jaw

5:30 Banana Splits
6PM Boomerang Theater (Mon-Wed)/Snorks (Thu-Fri)
6:30 Boomerang Theater (Mon-Wed/Smurfs (Thu-Fri)
7PM Boomerang Theater (Mon-Wed)/Pebbles & Bamm Bamm (Thu-Fri and days Boomerang Theater is short)
7:30 Top Cat
8PM Scooby Doo Where Are You?
8:30 Jetsons (60s)
9PM Flintstones
9:30 Dexter's Laboratory
10PM Powerpuff Girls
10:30 Teen Titans
11PM Samurai Jack
11:30 The Batman
12AM Jonny Quest

Those Meddling Kids
12:30 Josie and the Pussycats
1AM Speed Buggy
1:30 Jabber Jaw

2AM Tom & Jerry
2:30 Banana Splits
3AM Dexter's Laboratory
3:30 Wacky Races
4AM Flintstones
4:30 Jetsons (60s)
5AM Pink Panther

WEEKENDS:

6AM Dink the Little Dinosaur
6:30 Valley of the Dinosaurs
7AM Pink Panther
8AM Wacky Races
8:30 Perils of Penelope Pitstop
9AM Snorks
9:30 Smurfs
10AM 13 Ghosts of Scooby Doo
10:30 Help! It's the Hair Bear Bunch
11AM Boomerang Zoo
12PM Flintstones
12:30 Jetsons (60s)
1PM Top Cat
1:30 MGM Cartoons
2PM Boomeroyalty (Popeye)
4PM New Scooby Doo Movies
5PM Tom & Jerry
5:30 Banana Splits
6PM Snorks
6:30 Smurfs
7PM Pebbles & Bamm Bamm (Sat)/Flintstones Comedy Show (Sun)
7:30 Top Cat
8PM Scooby Doo Where Are You
8:30 Jetsons (60s)
9PM Flintstones
9:30 Dexter's Laboratory
10PM Johnny Bravo
10:30 Cow & Chicken
11PM Samurai Jack
11:30 The Batman
12AM Jonny Quest
12:30 Perils of Penelope Pitstop
1AM New Scooby Doo Movies
2AM Tom & Jerry
2:30 Banana Splits
3AM Dexter's Laboratory
3:30 Wacky Races
4AM Flintstones
4:30 Jetsons (60s)
5AM Boomerang Zoo

[ikey2]

[QUOTE=snowpeck;3339607]Here we go folks... more big changes to the schedule that I'm sure some people will like and some won't... at least they're making some effort to keep the lineup from becoming stale...

WHAT'S IN: Valley of the Dinosaurs, Gerald McBoing Boing, Krypto, Super Globetrotters, Help! It's the Hair Bear Bunch, Boomerang Zoo, The Adventures of Gulliver, MGM Cartoons, Secret Squirrel, Those Meddling Kids (Josie & the Pussycats, Speed Buggy, Jabber Jaw), Pebbles & Bamm Bamm, 13 Ghosts of Scooby Doo, Scooby Doo Where Are You?, Flintstones Comedy Show

Well Glad to see Help! it's the Hair Bear Bunch, Gulliver, MGM cartoons, and 13 Gosts at least.




WHAT'S OUT: Pound Puppies, Dynomutt, Fantastic Max, Hong Kong Phooey, The Jetsons (80s), Huckleberry Hound, Atom Ant, Thundarr, Centurions, SWAT Kats, 2 Stupid Dogs



The only thing sad to see gone is FAntastic Max..

[Mandouga]

Gerald McBoing Boing and Krypto AGAIN?!

To quote Wimpy from "Popeye Meets Sindbad the Sailor"

"I can't understand it".

I thought those shows were gone for good, especially since they aired under contract (Gerald McBoing Boing comes from Cookie Jar, Krypto comes from Warner Bros. TV, which is separate from Turner Entertainment, who runs Boomerang). At least they're not bringing Baby Looney Tunes back.

Not that I hate those shows or anything, but BOOM is not the place to air them (and I don't want to debate the issue, since it's already been debated "eleventy billion" times...).

Still, I haven't seen Valley of the Dinosuars in a while. I've never really seen The Adventures of Gulliver, so that will be interesting. I guess the Looney Tunes dispute is still ongoing since we're getting MGM shorts, but not those. If BOOM were to acquire the original Gerald McBoing Boing shorts that UPA (of Mr. Magoo fame) originally made, then I wouldn't mind so much...

I assume of course that Super Globetrotters and Jabberjaw will still be the PAL video versions (i.e., with the music sped up, and the picture leaving artifacts...I think that's how it is). I kinda wish that someone would find either the original negatives, or the NTSC video masters so BOOM could broadcast those, but I won't hold my breath of course. Still, it's my personal preference (see, I can tell that the sound isn't in the right key, but I digress).

Oh, well. I guess I'll manage somehow...

EDIT: slight spelling correction (their -> they're)

[The Cartoon]

With the exception of Gerald & Krypto, I think this is a great schedule change. A lot of classics coming in and the ones that are leaving we've already seen a lot of. I'm really glad to see even more Scooby and an entire weekend for him.

[Kolbar]

I don't know what their fixation with "Krypto" and "Gerald McBoing Boing" is, but otherwise everything looks okay. I would have preferred they kept that hour of "Huckleberry Hound" instead of "Pink Panther," but that's alright.

The only thing I really have to say is thank goodness "Perils of Penelope Pitstop" is off the 12:30 AM slot. Rather than watching a news report repeat from the same night I turn on Boomerang when I go to sleep and its always "Penelope Pitstop," and to be frank, it's one of my least favorite Hanna-Barbera shows. At least now I can watch "Josie and the Pussycats," except on weekends, apparently.

And a little more diveristy with the Boomeroyalty and Boomerang Theater wouldn't hurt either.

[Nickle98499]

All I can say is YES, YES, YES; at least Boomerang is putting more Scooby on the schedule and i'm guessing that weekend over Labor Day is in honor of his 40th anniversary, plus the 13 Ghosts of Scooby Doo on TV again, sweet! This will also be a good chance for me to finish up my Fan Fic versions of the 13 Ghosts of Scooby Doo episodes with Fred and Velma, and no Scrappy.

[zoombie]

I have only had Boomerang for a few months, so this will be the first time seeing Josie And The Pussycats on Boomerang, the question I have, in the past has Boomerang aired Josie And The Pussycats with the laugh tracks or is it without the laugh tracks like on the DVD release?

[Tobias]

I'd be sad to see Pound Puppies go if they hadn't lost 5 episodes from the rotation. You'd think Centurions would stick around longer since it has a longer rotation of episodes.

I'm really glad to see 13 Ghosts of Scooby Doo returning.

[Kolbar]

Interesting to note that I don't think Boomerang has ever aired "The Adventures of Gulliver" in its half-hour format before. As far as I can remember, it only airs during the "Banana Splits" syndicated package format. This should be interesting.

And I'm also glad "13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo" will be back on. That show desperately needs a DVD release as well as "New Scooby-Doo Mysteries." Love those '80s "Scooby-Doo"s!

[Psychopulse]

I must be the only one who sees no problem with Gerald McBoing Boing and Krypto on the schedule. I mean, they're not classic cartoons granted, but still...I seem to be the only one who still likes those shows...

They still haven't gotten rid of Wacky Races and Penelope Pitstop, though. How long are they gonna keep airing these? :confused:

[zoombie]

While the like the 60's episodes better, I wish they would keep the 80's Jetsons either in its own time slot or have it in the rotation with the 60's episodes, the original Jetsons it is only 24 episodes, it gets old after a while.

[Viper]

Here are my thoughts for the September schedule changes:

1. It'll be great to see Valley of the Dinosaurs again.:D I hope this time they'll give us more eps to check out.

2. I haven't seen too much of Adventures of Gulliver, but I WILL try and check it out.:) I vaguely remember seeing the reruns on syndication as a child, and it HAS aired on BOOM once before. The one character I remember was the pessimistic Lilliputian named Glum. His voice was a little annoying, though.:p

3. I'M GONNA MISS Centurions & Duck Dodgers!!!!!!:crying::crying::crying::crying::crying:

I wish they'd put back on Cattanooga Cats and Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kids. I REALLY miss those two.:crying:

[MeanMachine00]

Greetings all...new to these boards, so if this is not the thread to ask this please excuse. Anyway my cable provider has just gotten Boomerang and I'm hooked. Brings me back to the old Saturday mornings eating my favorite cereal at the time Vanilla flavored Cap'n Crunch...yep Vanilla, anyone remember the whale character?

My question is have any of these shows been on Boomerang in the past.....The animated Star Trek, Archies TV funnies, Underdog, Yogi's Gang, Heckle and Jeckle, Emergency +4, Beetle Bailey, Krazy Kat, Inch High Private Eye, those old Marvel cartoons where it looked like they were moving cutouts from the comic books and the 60's Spiderman cartoons.

I hope Boomerang is not going to do the pattern that Nick at Night did and the cartoon channel did. I mean Power Puff girls have NO place on this network. I recall a time when Nick at Night had all the cool old tv shows, then all the newer shows started to creep into the lineup. TV Land was created for all the old shows, now I see the newer shows making their way onto TV Land, as well as movies and original shows!!! Leave it to the classics. The Cartoon Chanel was like Boomerang at one time, all classics...then the newer shows and original shows were created, and now live action BS. Dont get me wrong it has it's place but there are enough classics out there that Boomerang does not need Power Puff Girls, and Rugrats on this network. JMO gang.

[Rho]

Poor ol' Megas.. Not even finding a home on Boomerang yet.

[Deadman]

im happy to see 13 ghosts. i havent seen that show since it was on CN.

[hobbyfan]

I wish Da Boom would stop airing shows with so little episode totals in weekday slots. As much as I'm happy to see Gulliver on the sched at last, it's on while I'm at work! There's only, like 15-20 episodes to that series, so, like Thundarr for example, it'll cycle through once a month at least.

Those Meddling Kids, Krypto, & Gerald return after a summer hiatus, but Gerald & Krypto in truth should share a time slot, since neither has really enough eps to sustain a daily berth. Moving Boomerang Theatre to 6 PM on M-W will work for me, though it's mostly the same movies that have aired many times already.

[Starvengers]

Thanks again for the update snowpeck. I am sad to see Centurions go. I am happy to see a few of the new toons too. I hope Boomerang Zoo has Shirt Tales included.

[Ace Goodheart]

After showing much promise with the early evening timeslot of Thundarr, SWAT Kats and Centurions (the former two which frankly, have already been re-ran to the ground by Boomerang with so few episodes), the action genre has been compromised on Boomerang yet again. Why do they keep classic Quest (the worst offender of being re-run into the ground) on anyways? Don't they only re-run the classic 26 episodes? Ditto for "The Batman". I believe they only air the first two seasons (26 episodes) over and over. "Centurions", with 65 episodes, sure could've used another run. Its amongst the best and newest action shows that Turner has in their library, and has a decent amount of episodes.

"Boomeraction" has never totally recovered ever since that infamous day that Boom's 8-hour/yearly format was ditched in early 2005. Its showed signs several times since, but they've also been snuffed out like they were this time.

[Hey Steve]

It is nice to see MGM cartoons are going back on the schedule in their own timeslot. Hopefully this time around they will be airing "One Mother's Family" and "The Stork's Holiday".

[snowpeck]

I wish Da Boom would stop airing shows with so little episode totals in weekday slots. As much as I'm happy to see Gulliver on the sched at last, it's on while I'm at work! There's only, like 15-20 episodes to that series, so, like Thundarr for example, it'll cycle through once a month at least.

Those Meddling Kids, Krypto, & Gerald return after a summer hiatus, but Gerald & Krypto in truth should share a time slot, since neither has really enough eps to sustain a daily berth. Moving Boomerang Theatre to 6 PM on M-W will work for me, though it's mostly the same movies that have aired many times already.

It baffles me to no end why the Boomerang Theatre repertoire is so small. There are a number of H-B features that they don't run. They only run half of the "Superstars 10" package (the ones they run being the 3 Scooby Doo features, Yogi and the Magical Flight of the Spruce Goose, and Jetsons Meet the Flintstones). There's also things like Heidi's Song, Alice in Wonderland, and The Man Called Flintstone, none of which I've seen on Boomerang in the last year.

Greg

[Kolbar]

It baffles me to no end why the Boomerang Theatre repertoire is so small. There are a number of H-B features that they don't run. They only run half of the "Superstars 10" package (the ones they run being the 3 Scooby Doo features, Yogi and the Magical Flight of the Spruce Goose, and Jetsons Meet the Flintstones). There's also things like Heidi's Song, Alice in Wonderland, and The Man Called Flintstone, none of which I've seen on Boomerang in the last year.

Greg
There was a time when Boomerang was really starting to dig deep in the archives and show some great stuff: Alice in Wonderland, Jack and the Beanstalk, Cyrano, 20,000 Leagues, Davy Crockett, etc. but now they're just not showing much variety.

And have they ever shown "Heidi's Song." I still have never seen it and can't find any trace of it anywhere.

[Blackstar]

I had sort of hoped that Super Friends was going to return to midnights. That show was such a campy hoot that I actually miss watching it (except for the über boring Wendy & Marvin episodes). Oh well....

[Tobias]

My question is have any of these shows been on Boomerang in the past.....The animated Star Trek, Archies TV funnies, Underdog, Yogi's Gang, Heckle and Jeckle, Emergency +4, Beetle Bailey, Krazy Kat, Inch High Private Eye, those old Marvel cartoons where it looked like they were moving cutouts from the comic books and the 60's Spiderman cartoons.
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Yogi's Gang, Inch High, Private Eye have both aired on Boomerang at one point or another, and Underdog might have, but I can't confirm that one.

The rest have never aired on the network because they're owned by Viacom/other studios and would need 'special' licensing to aquire, like how Disney XD somehow aquired a good chunk of the Kid's WB library. The thing about Boomerang is that they can only air shows that are either already owned outright by WB/Turner/CN, or have been aquired by Cartoon Network to air, like when they aired G.I. Joe a few years ago, then let it run on Boomerang until the license expired.

To this day it surprises me that Pee-Wee's Playhouse never made it to Boomerang after Adult Swim got finished with it's run.

[Kolbar]

Yogi's Gang, Inch High, Private Eye have both aired on Boomerang at one point or another, and Underdog might have, but I can't confirm that one.

The rest have never aired on the network because they're owned by Viacom/other studios and would need 'special' licensing to aquire, like how Disney XD somehow aquired a good chunk of the Kid's WB library. The thing about Boomerang is that they can only air shows that are either already owned outright by WB/Turner/CN, or have been aquired by Cartoon Network to air, like when they aired G.I. Joe a few years ago, then let it run on Boomerang until the license expired.

To this day it surprises me that Pee-Wee's Playhouse never made it to Boomerang after Adult Swim got finished with it's run.Underdog did indeed air on Boomerang along with Rocky and Bullwinkle and Tennessee Tuxedo.

But I don't recall G.I. Joe ever airing on Boomerang or Cartoon Network. Are you sure about this? Or are you maybe mistaking it for something else (Voltron maybe)?

[ikey2]

Underdog did indeed air on Boomerang along with Rocky and Bullwinkle and Tennessee Tuxedo.

But I don't recall G.I. Joe ever airing on Boomerang or Cartoon Network. Are you sure about this? Or are you maybe mistaking it for something else (Voltron maybe)?


Yea, I think it aired around 2001 -2002 but i could be wrong. I just remember recording on Dish network around that time. However now that i think about it might have been on cartoon network

[Deadman]

Underdog did indeed air on Boomerang along with Rocky and Bullwinkle and Tennessee Tuxedo.

But I don't recall G.I. Joe ever airing on Boomerang or Cartoon Network. Are you sure about this? Or are you maybe mistaking it for something else (Voltron maybe)?
i dont recall it ever being on boomerang but i do have memories of watching gi joe on cartoon network. i remember it airing late at night.

[Tobias]

i dont recall it ever being on boomerang but i do have memories of watching gi joe on cartoon network. i remember it airing late at night.

It was before I got the channel around 2004 or so (after CN/Toonami dropped it), but I remember looking at the Boomerang schedules on their site (when they were doing the 8 hour lather, rinse, repeat rotations), and G.I. Joe was on there.

[PeppeRaskell1]

With anniversaries coming up for Scooby-Doo (40th) and the Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera TV series (25th), I'm surprised they haven't planned any big marathons, just the same old stuff that rotates every three months.

But maybe that's coming down the 'pike a little later...

[hobbyfan]

With anniversaries coming up for Scooby-Doo (40th) and the Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera TV series (25th), I'm surprised they haven't planned any big marathons, just the same old stuff that rotates every three months.

But maybe that's coming down the 'pike a little later...

Don't hold your breath, Peppe. A Scooby marathon is likely, but not until October at the earliest. I can see them doing a full weekend of Scooby eps & movies, right on Halloween weekend, actually.

Funtastic World? Not gonna happen. Sticking with the Scooby theme, it's Scrappy's 30th anniversary, and that will be in the mix. In fact, I'd go so far as to suggest Scooby & Scrappy would share Boomeroyalty honors for October.

Don't forget, too, that the Flintstones turns 50 next year. We'll see if that's recognized or ignored.

[Tobias]

Does anyone beyond those that grew up in the mid 80's - early 90's even know what the Funtastic World of Hanna Barbera was?

[Cartoon X]

:(? Where's Duck Dodgers?

[ZumbidoMetal]

G.I. Joe did indeed run on Boomerang for a bit.

:(? Where's Duck Dodgers?

Ran into the ground.

[Ace Goodheart]

"G.I Joe" and "Voltron" (the [adult swim] run) both aired on CN on late nights ("Toonami Midnight Run" and AS respectively) before being moved to Boomerang, when they were ran until their broadcast rights expired.

[Cartoon X]

Ran into the ground.[/QUOTE]
:sad::(:crying::eek::ack::shrug::confused::mad::daffy::marvin:

Aw, I liked this show.

[Psychopulse]

Duck Dodgers isn't that good anyway. I've seen a few episodes and they were awful. Wacky Races and Penelope Pitstop have been reran into the ground for too long as well.

[dth1971]

I wish BOOMERLOYALTY had for 1 month a spotlight on a Looney Tunes star with its cartoons!

[snowpeck]

I only have a few details for October so far, but I can tell you there will be no Scooby-Doo marathon. There will, however, be a Those Meddling Kids marathon, which might include Scooby.

Greg

[Silverstar]

I wish BOOMERLOYALTY had for 1 month a spotlight on a Looney Tunes star with its cartoons!

Why would they do that when they're not currently showing any Looney Tunes shorts?

[AarHan3]

MARATHONS AND STUNTS:
Scooby Doo Labor Day Weekend Sat 9/5 & Sun 9/6 2PM - 9PM
Saturday: Scooby Doo Where Are You? Sunday: New Scooby Doo Movies


No doubt Boomerang intends to take full advantage of The Scoobster's 40th Anniversary next month. :cool:

[Cartoon-Buffoon]

Sad to see Thundarr and Centurions gone but i have the bootleg dvds of both shows so no problem. Atom Ant being taken off is very sad for me being a huge Atom Ant fan. Im happy to see Pebbles & Bamm Bamm back. I have the complete series on dvd. I got it when it came out but i also enjoy watching it on TV and happy its back. Josie and speed buggy is good to. As far as the rest, Seems kind of bland and dull.:yawn:

[Starvengers]

Will Boomerang Zoo have Shirt Tales back on it?

[Tomato Surprise]

I'm actually OK with Krypto airing on Boomerang. Otherwise, it'd just be collecting dust. If it's not going to air anywhere else, why not on Boomerang?

Thoughts?
Tomato

[rainstorm46]

There are no airings of 2 stupid dogs or huckleberry hound. Thats a bummer but im happy they kept the flintstones.

[Cartoon-Buffoon]

There are no airings of 2 stupid dogs or huckleberry hound. Thats a bummer but im happy they kept the flintstones.

Huckleberry hound was just on a hour ago at my house. Sad to see it go.

[Cartoon X]

There are no airings of 2 stupid dogs or huckleberry hound. Thats a bummer but im happy they kept the flintstones.
:shrug: If you ask me they should have kept 2stupid dogs and taken out the flintstones. Its the one show that deserves a break, has it ever been removed from the schedule since day one?

[dmxx116]

I'm actually OK with Krypto airing on Boomerang. Otherwise, it'd just be collecting dust. If it's not going to air anywhere else, why not on Boomerang?

Thoughts?
TomatoKrypto over Justice League/Unlimited how stupid is that.

[Silverstar]

Krypto over Justice League/Unlimited how stupid is that.


Justice League Unlimited has been running ad nausea on Boom for something like 4 years straight; it needs a break. Running the repeats of a show to death for so long makes less sense than re-acquiring Krypto, at least to me.


If you ask me they should have kept 2stupid dogs and taken out the flintstones. Its the one show that deserves a break.

Here's the thing: The Flintstones ran for 6 seasons. By contrast, 2 Stupid Dogs ran from September 1993 to January 1995, with only 45 episodes in total. Plus, The Flintstones is a perennial classic, whereas 2 Stupid Dogs has a cult following at best. From a programming standpoint, it makes more sense to keep the mainstay show with a huge following running continuously as opposed to a marginally popular show which would burn through all of its' episodes very quickly if overplayed.

[Time Wizard]

No Batman:TAS? :sad: I'd like to see that take the place of The Batman...

[Andrew T. Hingson]

I don't believe Boomerang can air Batman: TAS while the broadcast rights belong to Jetix but I could be wrong about that... I'm not sure if those rights are exclusive or not.

[Blackstar]

No Batman:TAS? :sad: I'd like to see that take the place of The Batman...

Batman: TAS is currently running on Disney XD (Yeah, I can't believe it either).

[Cartoon-Buffoon]

Can't get over the fact that Atom Ant is being taken off. I'm the biggest Atom Ant fan ever. Just bought the bootleg DVD series today online to heal the pain. By the way, Im also a big Buford Files fan. Where is it Boomerang???!!!!

[STARTOUNZ]

While the like the 60's episodes better, I wish they would keep the 80's Jetsons either in its own time slot or have it in the rotation with the 60's episodes, the original Jetsons it is only 24 episodes, it gets old after a while.

Definitely agree with you on this point. Another bad thing is that they only air the syndicated version of the originals which are very badly edited. I'd much rather watch them unedited on the DVD set. They should have just removed these from the schedule and keep the 80's episodes for a while.

Those Meddling Kids: (Josie & the Pussycats, Speed Buggy, Jabber Jaw)Interesting here they're airing the shows in which the kids thwarted megalomaniacs instead of solving mysteries like Scooby-Doo and others. But I still never cared for Jabberjaw. Hopefully, in the following months, they could add Goober and the Ghost Chasers and Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels to the Meddling Kids rotation.

[chrisno51]

I can't say I am too worried about Boomerang schedule changes since I no longer have the channel, (my parents have it) it would have been nice to see Fantastic Max on there longer, it didn't last long. But at the timezone our cable company has with Boom, it played at 7:30am, bad time to try and catch it.

[hobbyfan]

Interesting here they're airing the shows in which the kids thwarted megalomaniacs instead of solving mysteries like Scooby-Doo and others. But I still never cared for Jabberjaw. Hopefully, in the following months, they could add Goober and the Ghost Chasers and Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels to the Meddling Kids rotation.

Technically, Josie, Speedy, & Jabber's adventures all have an air of mystery to them, so they fit. Not all mysteries involved fake ghosts, y'know.

[Hey Steve]

As of now, Boomerang's schedule only shows the lineup for Boomerang Zoo for Mon-Wed, and I am kind of disappointed with the pattern I see. They aren't offering too much variety. All three shows so far consist of 3 Huckleberry Hound shorts, 2 Quick Draw McGraw shorts, and 1 each of Snagglepuss, Peter Potamus and Magilla Gorilla. Hopefully this isn't going to be the standard for every showing of Boomerang Zoo.

[zoombie]

Yay Josie and the Pussycats have the laugh tracks on the Boomerang airings, why couldn't the DVD have it?

Just like Johnny Quest, the version that airs on Boomerang is unedited while the DVD releases are edited. But still they have the swing star HB logo, why can't they air the version with the HB logo used in the original airings.

[Silverstar]

Yay Josie and the Pussycats have the laugh tracks on the Boomerang airings, why couldn't the DVD have it?

Why do you want the laugh track? Even as a kid in the 70's, I thought that laugh track was an insult to the audience's intelligence, especially in animation. First, no animated program is drawn or taped in front of a studio audience. Second, do we really need to be told what's funny in a cartoon?

[zoombie]

Why do you want the laugh track? Even as a kid in the 70's, I thought that laugh track was an insult to the audience's intelligence, especially in animation. First, no animated program is drawn or taped in front of a studio audience. Second, do we really need to be told what's funny in a cartoon?

Because it was in the original airings. I don't like edits.

Anyway I don't know why they don't call the Boomerang Zoo the Huckleberry Hound hour, today they played 3 Huckleberry Hound cartoons in the hour, it is not different from the previous 4 pm Huckleberry Hound hour, not that I complain, but it is the same thing.

[Hey Steve]

Because it was in the original airings. I don't like edits.

Anyway I don't know why they don't call the Boomerang Zoo the Huckleberry Hound hour, today they played 3 Huckleberry Hound cartoons in the hour, it is not different from the previous 4 pm Huckleberry Hound hour, not that I complain, but it is the same thing.

All week long, each hour of the Boomerang Zoo will consist of 3 Huckleberry Hound shorts, 2 Quick Draw McGraw shorts, and 1 each of Snagglepuss, Magilla Gorilla and Peter Potamus.

If you ask me, that is not giving us much variety. At least back in the Spring, we would rarely ever get the same character in 2 shorts during one airing.

[Silverstar]

Originally Posted by Moi http://forums.toonzone.net/images/buttons/buttons_DGblackMatte/viewpost.gif (http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?p=3363307#post3363307)
Why do you want the laugh track? Even as a kid in the 70's, I thought that laugh track was an insult to the audience's intelligence, especially in animation. First, no animated program is drawn or taped in front of a studio audience. Second, do we really need to be told what's funny in a cartoon?

Because it was in the original airings. I don't like edits.

Hey, I can respect that; I don't like edits either.

But here's the rub: when the original content of something is removed, then I might raise a stink about it, provided it's artistically valid and its' removal lessens or cheapens the product. When the element being removed is something that I regard as pointless and unnecessary, then I can let it go without complaint.

I thought canned laughter in a cartoon was absurd even when I was a kid. (Heck, I didn't like laugh track on live-action sitcoms either, still don't, but sitcoms back then weren't bold enough to run without them, so I clenched my teeth and dealt with it.) But I never thought cartoons needed some Greek chorus yukking it up in the background to tell me what was funny.

*Didn't mean to get off on a rant just there, but I'm basically a big brain, and as such, I don't like it when I feel my intelligence is being insulted. Canned laughter has always seemed to me like The Powers That Be condescending to us like we're brain-dead couch potatoes.

[zoombie]

Originally Posted by Moi http://forums.toonzone.net/images/buttons/buttons_DGblackMatte/viewpost.gif (http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?p=3363307#post3363307)
Why do you want the laugh track? Even as a kid in the 70's, I thought that laugh track was an insult to the audience's intelligence, especially in animation. First, no animated program is drawn or taped in front of a studio audience. Second, do we really need to be told what's funny in a cartoon?



Hey, I can respect that; I don't like edits either.

But here's the rub: when the original content of something is removed, then I might raise a stink about it, provided it's artistically valid and its' removal lessens or cheapens the product. When the element being removed is something that I regard as pointless and unnecessary, then I can let it go without complaint.

I thought canned laughter in a cartoon was absurd even when I was a kid. (Heck, I didn't like laugh track on live-action sitcoms either, still don't, but sitcoms back then weren't bold enough to run without them, so I clenched my teeth and dealt with it.) But I never thought cartoons needed some Greek chorus yukking it up in the background to tell me what was funny.

*Didn't mean to get off on a rant just there, but I'm basically a big brain, and as such, I don't like it when I feel my intelligence is being insulted. Canned laughter has always seemed to me like The Powers That Be condescending to us like we're brain-dead couch potatoes.

The laugh track is not deal breaker, I just prefer it because I am use to it in these shows that originally had them. I find when they try to improve things like remove laugh tracks, it is no different from what George Lucas, you are one step away from them actual editing the animation because in their minds they are improving it, none of us want that.

But what about the other edit I mentioned, again not a deal breaker, but I wish that Josie had the early 70's HB logo at the end. Neither the Boomerang or the DVD has the original logo.

Another thing, today on the Boomerang Zoo they finally aired the Magilla Gorilla episode "Makin With the Magilla", I have been waiting for ever for them to air that. It seemed throughout the summer, they aired ever over MG cartoon 4 or 5 times.

[KJ Styles]

All week long, each hour of the Boomerang Zoo will consist of 3 Huckleberry Hound shorts, 2 Quick Draw McGraw shorts, and 1 each of Snagglepuss, Magilla Gorilla and Peter Potamus.

If you ask me, that is not giving us much variety. At least back in the Spring, we would rarely ever get the same character in 2 shorts during one airing.

I'm just glad that Huck is still being aired on Boomerang. I DVR him because I'm usually at work at the time Boomerang Zoo airs. It's also good to see Snagglepuss shorts again, which they weren't airing before.

[djfourmoney]

After showing much promise with the early evening timeslot of Thundarr, SWAT Kats and Centurions (the former two which frankly, have already been re-ran to the ground by Boomerang with so few episodes), the action genre has been compromised on Boomerang yet again. Why do they keep classic Quest (the worst offender of being re-run into the ground) on anyways? Don't they only re-run the classic 26 episodes? Ditto for "The Batman". I believe they only air the first two seasons (26 episodes) over and over. "Centurions", with 65 episodes, sure could've used another run. Its amongst the best and newest action shows that Turner has in their library, and has a decent amount of episodes.

"Boomeraction" has never totally recovered ever since that infamous day that Boom's 8-hour/yearly format was ditched in early 2005. Its showed signs several times since, but they've also been snuffed out like they were this time.

I agree, Centurions should have gotten a full run, I recorded all 42 shown. That leaves 22 episodes not shown that I know of.

The Boomeraction block a few years ago used to be very good with various HB, Ruby-Spears and Filmation shows. Some of this corny stuff they keep bringing back I just don't understand, the 8 hour block you speak of. I remember watching that on Saturday Nights I didn't feel like going out.

At one point I thought they turned the corner as you did by showing BOTP and Voltron, but they didn't even run Vehicle Voltron, lucky I have both on DVD, its not an issue but still.

What about the Go-Bots or even Transformers which CN ran a few years back, of course the new show is connected to the movies (lame) and not to the original series (Win), gee I even have the Engeron Trilogy on DVD...

Maybe I just don't need Boom anymore? Its already repeating Samurai Jack, they have only shown I believe the first 15 or so.

As with most things, maybe Boom needs competition....

[djfourmoney]

The laugh track is not deal breaker, I just prefer it because I am use to it in these shows that originally had them. I find when they try to improve things like remove laugh tracks, it is no different from what George Lucas, you are one step away from them actual editing the animation because in their minds they are improving it, none of us want that.

But what about the other edit I mentioned, again not a deal breaker, but I wish that Josie had the early 70's HB logo at the end. Neither the Boomerang or the DVD has the original logo.

Another thing, today on the Boomerang Zoo they finally aired the Magilla Gorilla episode "Makin With the Magilla", I have been waiting for ever for them to air that. It seemed throughout the summer, they aired ever over MG cartoon 4 or 5 times.

The laugh track is important to me as well, it does have it... They show Josie on "Those Mettling Kids" and it has the laugh track. I was disappointed the 2nd season of the Monkee's didn't have a laugh track.

Funny how many sit-coms have laugh tracks...

[snowpeck]

Edited schedule: Boomerang Theater on 9/21 is Batman: Mask of the Phantasm/Scooby Goes Hollywood instead of TBA/Scooby.

Greg

[Cartoon X]

I agree, Centurions should have gotten a full run, I recorded all 42 shown. That leaves 22 episodes not shown that I know of.

The Boomeraction block a few years ago used to be very good with various HB, Ruby-Spears and Filmation shows. Some of this corny stuff they keep bringing back I just don't understand, the 8 hour block you speak of. I remember watching that on Saturday Nights I didn't feel like going out.

At one point I thought they turned the corner as you did by showing BOTP and Voltron, but they didn't even run Vehicle Voltron, lucky I have both on DVD, its not an issue but still.

What about the Go-Bots or even Transformers which CN ran a few years back, of course the new show is connected to the movies (lame) and not to the original series (Win), gee I even have the Engeron Trilogy on DVD...

Maybe I just don't need Boom anymore? Its already repeating Samurai Jack, they have only shown I believe the first 15 or so.

As with most things, maybe Boom needs competition....
They've shown the first two seasons of Jack. But this really is a problem. Why don't they just show all the episodes. It's frustrating. I mean the first 52 episodes of Dex lab and PPG are goos and all, but what about the remaining 26? Season 6 of both these shows had some great eps, and it's a shame that we can't see them. And why do they insist on airing Penelope and Wacky races and other shows with small runs every day? They don't deserve more than a onec a week or twice a week showing. Boomerang really needs to fix this.