Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Dimensional Traveler Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: Weigel METV news Date: Sat, 4 May 2024 09:13:18 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 54 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sat, 04 May 2024 18:13:17 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="5e094896bd597afc41dadba0f8c43db2"; logging-data="1362470"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+tm8c3gsELgtjxIs0tLxCj" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:O99Lpovfzb2E9x47AWOACDDEPEI= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Bytes: 3104 On 5/4/2024 6:38 AM, Nyssa wrote: > Adam H. Kerman wrote: > >> Everything about this deal tells you why perpetual >> copyright serves the interest of copyright holders only, >> the public be damned. The big studios shut down short >> subject animation seven and a half decades ago, yet it's >> all still under copyright. >> >> There is a statement that these short subject animation >> libraries are all owned by Warner Brothers Discovery, with >> the exception of what Disney owns. >> >> Weigel Broadcasting will set up a cartoon network, METV >> Toons, effective June 25. Will they maintain the original >> aspect ratio? Will the image be shrunk down even if they >> do? >> >> Will they censor? >> >> Bob Bergen, a voice actor who has provided voices in >> modern versions of WB cartoons, will host. The article >> doesn't say what the broadcast subchannel will be or what >> programming it replaces. >> >> https://chicago.suntimes.com/movies-and-tv/2024/05/02/metv-toons- > cartoon-channel-weigel-warner-bros-discovery-chicago > > I'm wondering why none of these nostalgia subchannels > have glommed onto the old live-action short subjects > that were included in the movie-going experience along > with the animated cartoons and main feature films. > > Besides the obvious Three Stooges shots, there are a > number of other series of shorts featuring comedy actors > of the 30s and 40s that would be something new (and > funny) for audiences to watch. At usually ~15-20 minutes > each, that would leave the network plenty of space to > add in commercials. > > I remember these being shown from in the 50s and 60s on > local TV stations, usually in the afternoons (after school > hours) or weekends as fillers. > > Nyssa, who wouldn't mind seeing some of the oldies but > goodies again since they don't even seem to appear on > bargain bin DVDs > Massively politically incorrect by modern standards comedy shorts.... -- I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky dirty old man.