Hey, Disney and WB cartoons airing side to side actually would be awesome!
As Dreamers Do Part Deux
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WGN put Mickey Mouse, Bugs Bunny, Popeye and Woody Woodpecker together in the later years of The Bozo Show (About 1988 through 2001).
Admittedly, my cartoon-centric ape brain would agree with this in half a heartbeat. It's just that in our world, the WB shorts that were in syndication were mostly from before 1950. As in, rarely the best shorts ever.
If this was what the final selection of The Bozo Show's cartoon library looked like, I'd actually watch the show.
Bozo ran in a 2-hour format during the later years of the Bob Bell era and all through the Joey D'Auria era ITTL.
Bozo's cartoon rotation during the Joey D'Auria (1984-2001) era looked something like this:
Bozo: The World's Most Famous Clown (1958-62 animated TV series; Now owned by WGN's parent company Tribune Media)
Popeye (1933-58 Fleischer-Terry and Famous Studios shorts and Early 1960's Al Brodax/Walter Lantz/Larry Harmon TV episodes)
Flagship Disney (1928-56 Fab Five and Silly Symphony theatrical shorts; 1926-35 Oswald the Lucky Rabbit shorts with added sound; 1989-93 Roger Rabbit shorts)
20th Century-Fox (1985-91 Movietoon revival shorts)
The New 3 Stooges (1965-66 Normandy/Cambria series; Rights now shared by Columbia-TriStar and Stooge descendants)
Looney Tunes (Post-1950 shorts still owned by Warner Bros. This also includes the hated 1960's DePatie-Freleng shorts and the 90's revival shorts made under the supervision of Tom Ruegger and Darrell Van Citters.) [1]
Mister Magoo (1950's shorts by UPA and Columbia)
The Alvin Show (1961-62; Bagdasarian) [2]
King Leonardo (1960's; Total Television) [3]
Madeline (1988-95 episodes; New Line Cinema/DiC)
Woody Woodpecker (1940-80 Walter Lantz/Famous Studios theatrical shorts and TV episodes)
Tom and Jerry (1940-57 Bill & Joe shorts; 1961-62 Gene Deitch shorts; 1963-67 Chuck Jones shorts) [2]
Mighty Mouse (Golden Age Fleischer-Terry and Famous Studios shorts) [4]
Little Lulu (1940's Fleischer-Terry shorts and 1967 Hanna-Barbera series) [2]
Gumby (1950's Premavision shorts) [3]
1970's DePatie-Freleng shorts.
1960's Filmation Archies show. [4]
UPA Dick Tracy series. [4]
[1] TimeWarner is now trying to regain the pre-1948 LT/MM cartoons from TBS-Paramount.
[2] Now owned by TBS-Paramount.
[3] Now owned by Bally under the Bullwinkle Studios or Luxor Pictures banners.
[4] Now owned by Peacock.
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@TheFaultsofAlts
So in plain English, the Bozo cartoon pool was basically a who's-who of the usual suspects along with a few shorts that fell into the public domain.
So in plain English, the Bozo cartoon pool was basically a who's-who of the usual suspects along with a few shorts that fell into the public domain.
When I said I'd watch The Bozo Show for its cartoon library ITTL, I didn't expect practically everyone to show up for this.
Each week there would be a rotation so that it wouldn't be the same series two weeks in a row.
@TheFaultsofAlts
Another thing I forgot to mention is that WGN kept the two-hour format for Bozo to make sure that when Bozo turned on the film projector or inserted a prop VHS tape into a prop VCR to show cartoons to the studio audience, each licensee got equitable representation each week.
There were about three exceptions to this rule:
In October 1989, WGN aired A Bozo Tribute to Mel Blanc, months after Mel's passing.
In Late 1993, WGN ran a special tribute episode a few weeks after the passing of Walt Disney, Sr.
In 1994, another tribute episode ran after the death of Walter Lantz.
Another thing I forgot to mention is that WGN kept the two-hour format for Bozo to make sure that when Bozo turned on the film projector or inserted a prop VHS tape into a prop VCR to show cartoons to the studio audience, each licensee got equitable representation each week.
There were about three exceptions to this rule:
In October 1989, WGN aired A Bozo Tribute to Mel Blanc, months after Mel's passing.
In Late 1993, WGN ran a special tribute episode a few weeks after the passing of Walt Disney, Sr.
In 1994, another tribute episode ran after the death of Walter Lantz.
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How naturally appropriate, but is Bozo still on the air? I'm only asking because there's no way we wouldn't see the amount of cartoons that big carry the 2-hour runtime into the 2010s.
Bally has been wanting to make a deal with WGN and Tribune Media to bring Bozo back to TV for about two years now.
The Bozo debate was one of the hot-button issues that led to the feud between Mike Richardson and Jeffrey Bewkes. Bewkes wanted to move Bozo to HBO or Festival (HBO Family ITTL) so that the running time wouldn't be trimmed out by commercials. Mike Richardson wanted to keep Bozo on basic cable but with a few modernizations to introduce the character to a new generation.
Why can't we do both? We can modernize Bozo the Clown with some new characters and skits, but the extra time at Festival can be filled in with even more cartoons, which allows for even more fair shares for the other studios.
December 28, 2007
Bally Board Meeting
Chicago, IL
After the board vote...
Jeffrey Bewkes; Embattled chairman of Bally's, Inc.
"The ayes have it. Bozo is back. This time on Festival starting in 2010!"
Mike Richardson; Bally board member and Dark Horse Comics founder
(to himself) "Son of a bitch!"
Is Festival a basic cable channel?
December 28, 2007
Bally Board Meeting
Chicago, IL
After the board vote...
Jeffrey Bewkes; Embattled chairman of Bally's, Inc.
"The ayes have it. Bozo is back. This time on Festival starting in 2010!"
Mike Richardson; Bally board member and Dark Horse Comics founder
(to himself) "Son of a bitch!"
Festival is not a basic cable channel but one of those multiplex channels you can get if you have digital cable bundle that gives you HBO and Cinemax.
Oh..........
Why can't The New Bozo Show just air on The Hub?
They could use that for the kiddies.................
Make new series based on Rocky and Bullwinkle, Underdog, Garfield, George of the Jungle, Pac-Man, Gumby, The Mask and at least one new original series.......
All for Saturday mornings while the weekday edition can air something else......
With the Festival version running longer and having more cartoons.
How do you think?
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And nobody cares about what Jeffery Bewkes thinks......
December 28, 2007
Bally Board Meeting
Chicago, IL
After the board vote...
Jeffrey Bewkes; Embattled chairman of Bally's, Inc.
"The ayes have it. Bozo is back. This time on Festival starting in 2010!"
Mike Richardson; Bally board member and Dark Horse Comics founder
(to himself) "Son of a bitch!"
Isn't he getting ousted anyway?