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5 min cartoon fillers
scorpionatthepc
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Remember when these used to be on the BBC mainly on a Sunday? You would have Looney tunes,tom and jerry and others just to kill 5 or 10 mins before the news was on. When did this stop and why does it not happen anymore?
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Usually about 5.40pm, highlight of my day,lol
Not forgetting TinTin of course.
trails for various radio shows
Sorry.
We've had this question before.
Those who own the library MGM, etc now own channels.
MGM pre 86 is Time Warner (now Sony??) IIRC, Disney's got a channel, I don't know who owns Hanna Barbara's library.
It probably is cheaper to trail their own product rather than pay for someone else's, it's probably not a cheap as it was 20+ years ago either.
That said the old BBC stuff might suffer a re-airing on BBC1, Rhubarb and Custard, Perishers, Wilo the wisp, Ivor the Engine, Magic Roundabout, etc, the old fogeys would like it.
The kids probably wouldn't think much of it and hearing all the 'kids today...' stuff when they refused to watch it.
Could you imagine the kids today with Bod and Heads n Tails?
Did ITV produce any 5 minute cartoons 'back in the day'?
My favourite cartoons were Huckleberry Hound, Yogi, Popeye and Looney Tunes (but hated Woody Woodpepper)
Loved Tom & Jerry as beautifully drawn and scripted (the Fred Quimby ones)
Warner now owns Hanna Barbera.
Not forgetting Hectors House of course!
In reply to another post, as well as showing "Popeye" to fill a hole in the schedule, ITV used to show "Woody Woodpecker" as well. Great days!
These days the schedules need to be tight and every minute counts or else the viewers will channel surf somewhere else.
ITV used to run random fillers as well, often when regions were going back to the network schedule, Gardening fillers, star interviews etc.
Serendipity.
Touché Turtle and Dum Dum, Wally Gator, , Captain Caveman, The Hair Bear Bunch(although that wasn't a five minute one) Yogi Bear.
I hadn't seen it in over 30 years until I came across it on YouTube.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sn1UqbbbqQ
Wow!
That's a blast from the past!! - I feel old now!
Whilst I appreciate that the US shorts (Tom & Jerry et al) may be unavailable to the BBC for rights reasons, surely they could still rustle up some Magic Roundabout, Hectors House, or the Adventures of Parsley.
All three were packed with dry humour, which today's generation seldom sees, and from my experience fails to understand / appreciate - preferring the "in your face" American humour genre.
They could even therefore be considered educational!!!