Boomerang

[gunswordfist]

  Might need this app now!

[Daikun]

The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries has joined the app.

[Avaitor]

This is a show that I remember being on a lot, but don't really remember enjoying too much. It was a staple of Kids WB! until right around when anime started taking over Warner properties, and then became a mainstay of CN's daytime lineup for a while. Apparently it even came back on there for a little bit not that long ago, and is on Boomerang a lot as well.

I'm kinda curious about seeing how much of it holds up. I recall the short subject material being better than the full-length episodes. These weren't really the characters or stories that demanded a half hour.

[Avaitor]

I've been taking the time to watch a little bit of Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries again, and yeah, I don't think it's a great show. It has the makings of a good one though. I recognize some of the staff from other Warner shows at the time, and there are good gags abound.

But even though he's otherwise one of my favorite characters, I think Sylvester is a big reason that this show doesn't fully work. In a regular short with him and Tweety, their feuds are entertaining and filled with good character moments. When they're interconnected with story, they end up as tiresome filler, and make Sylvester seem useless. All he really does on the show is try to capture Tweety, yet Granny still keeps him around. There are some chases that get extended for a bit longer than they need to be too, and it gets really tiresome.

It also doesn't help that the mysteries in the show aren'y very interesting or well-plotted out. Even Scooby-Doo usually tries harder. I think a part of the show's lasting power came from having June Foray as Granny, and she still had it at that point. The voice acting is generally a highlight on the show, aside from Joe Alaskey not doing a great Tweety. He nails Sylvester, though.

[Daikun]

Baby Looney Tunes (one episode, anyway) has been added to the app.

[Avaitor]

I really don't like Baby Looney Tunes being on the app. There's only about 200 of the original shorts on there, not to mention only the first season of many shows (if that), yet they're pushing this shovel ware out instead. Meh.

[Dr. Insomniac]

My mind is flashing back to that Baby Looney Tunes article on our blog.

[Daikun]

Captain Planet has been added.

And since Earth Day is coming up, it's free all weekend!

[Daikun]

Top Cat joins the service this week.

[Daikun]

Adventure Time, Regular Show, Steven Universe, and Mighty Magiswords are all joining Boomerang next week.

https://twitter.com/nickandmore/status/999480675882422272
https://twitter.com/nickandmore/status/999483285272186880

[Avaitor]

That schedule's looking really blah. I don't mind not having the channel at this point.

[FoxKidsLover16]

I remember when Boomerang had a block on Cartoon Network. It left in October 2004 and during its last year or so, it was the only place you could see the Hanna-Barbera produced (Or in the case of Tom and Jerry, shows created by Hanna-Barbera) shows (Except Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!, The New Scooby-Doo Movies, and Tom and Jerry). Do you remember the Boomerang block?

[Avaitor]

Yeah, but I have clearer memories of trying to wake up for the 6 am hour version of it rather than the longer one. When it went to hour-long installments, they used to pick cartoons by year, so you'd see something like Space Ghost and Birdman together for 1967, for instance.

[Daikun]

The streaming service is changing its upload schedule from weekly to monthly.

Rather than a few episodes per week, they'll be uploading whole series every month.

I'm glad they're doing this. They have so many shows to add and at the rate they're going, they were moving at way too slow a pace.

[Avaitor]

Yeah, I'd gladly take a full series every few weeks over a handful of episodes a week.

We recently got the complete run of the Flintstones, and they added the 80's Jetsons on top of the original season, and it sounds like we're getting all things Scooby this summer. These are legit steps in the right direction. I hope that we get more Looney Tunes and MGM shorts, black and white Popeyes, and classic CN originals down the pipeline as well.