That's right, folks, prepare to laugh.
A poster (eh, what the heck, we'll call him Retro-Nerd) on the Cartoon Network forum on Toon Zone yesterday posted some ridiculous statements on how to improve Cartoon Network by the end of this year. I laughed. I know most of those statements will never happen in reality. Never. Retro-Nerd most likely had noggin on his head at that time of his posting. So for fun, I had to point out my 2 cents with this guy, along with some fun elements. Just remember, My text is in green,
while Retro-Nerd's text is in white:
-Add an airing of the classic Looney Tunes in the evening like between 6 and 8pm.
I agree with you on that. It would be great if CN added an extra airing of Looney Tunes before Adult Swim starts. I'll give you points on that one.
- Bring the classic Warner Bros. cartoons back to the schedule such as Tiny Toon Adventures, Taz-Mania, Pinky and the Brain, Freakazoid, and Tom and Jerry Kids.
CN
isn't going back to the late 90's to early 00's era. The network would
have to pay a fine to air those shows you mentioned and the viewers
would eventually get bored of these shows. The Hub getting the Silver
Age shows is more likely (considering that Animaniacs is already airing on the network). Boomerang, less likely, but more likely than Cartoon Network.
- Like another poster said, make Cartoon Network for all ages and not just a selected few. They can do that by adding some of the following: The Flintstones, The Jetsons, The Smurfs, Popeye, Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, 2 Stupid Dogs, Johnny Bravo, Powerpuff Girls, and even the original Scooby-Doo series to the schedule. However, the primary focus should remain on kids and tweens.
Some of the shows you mentioned will probably never show up on CN again. Shows like Dexter's Lab, The Powerpuff Girls and Johnny Bravo will occasionally appear on CN's schedule during the non-peaking hours. The rest seems Boomerang material.
- Cancel Adventure Time, The Amazing World of Gumball, and Ben 10.
Sorry, Professor Birdbrain, but Adventure Time, Ben 10 and The Amazing World of Gumball
aren't going anywhere as long as they earn ratings and put butts into
seats. Seems to me you want these shows to go away then them leaving the
network for a better improvement. If you don't like them, don't watch them. Problem solved.
Here's the problem: I don't get why
so many people hate the new and modern shows rather than the "classic"
ones. Personally, I hated some shows not only from the 10's and the 00's,
but from the 90's and beyond as well. No era of cartoons is perfect. You ever
figure that, Sharky?
- Air a family-friendly movie (animated and live-action), at least, twice a week. The movies can range from The Goonies to Space Jam to The Mighty Ducks to Willa Wonka and the Chocolate Factory to Finding Nemo to The Nutty Professor to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, ect.
Animated movies are always welcomed by the network, even ones that are live-action in a cartoony way, but movies like The Goonies and The Nutty Professor are out as they have nothing to do with cartoons, nor they are animated. And Finding Nemo,
seriously? The Mouse House is never going to loan its hit movies to a rival.
Putting films owned by Disney/Pixar on a non-Disney channel is like
having dogs fly in space. Not gonna happen. Period.
- Develop game shows and live-action scripted series for the network. All must be family-oriented.
We
don't want to have non-animated live-action projects on CARTOON
Network. Hence the word 'cartoon', sonny. People watch Cartoon Network
for a reason: cartoons. It's like people watching The FOOD Network for
recipes, cooking tips, etc. or watching Fox Reality for reality shows. Level Up and Hall of Game Awards has no reason to show up on CARTOON Network. They're not cartoons!
And you didn't get me at "family-oriented", which could possibly mean a bad move for the network
- Have Cartoon Network run from 5am to 8pm and
Adult Swim from 8pm to 5am. Fill the 5am hour with either more Looney Tunes or the classic Hanna-Barbara cartoons or the classic Warner Bros. Cartoons.
Um,
no. We're trying to cut time from Adult Swim, not extend more. CN won't
be using the 8pm hour for AS. CN is using it for the hit shows (Regular Show, Adventure Time). CN losing that hour to AS would bring down ratings. And Looney Tunes already airs early in the morning at 6:00 daily. No need to get the 5AM hour for more LT.
- Drop the name "Cartoon Network" to reflect a change in direction and the inclusion of more variety in programming.
*gasp*
You're
kidding, right? There is NO flippin' way in a billion years that Turner
would drop the "Cartoon Network" name for improvement's sake. That
would be like turning PBS into a music video network a la MTV. And so,
you are trying to be the smartest person in the world, yet you fail
every time. How does that feel?
- Devote, at least, two hours to educational programming each week. Programs such as Mr. Wizard, Bill Nye the Science Guy, The Magic School Bus, Beakman's World, ect.
would fit the bill for this type of programming.
Disagree. CN isn't going to turn into an education network a la PBS and
History. CN did try that experience with preschool shows to compete with
Nick Jr. and Playhouse Disney back in 2005, but that bombed. Turner is
not going to do that with Cartoon Network, as well as Boomerang. Besides
that, Bill Nye the Science Guy is owned by Disney, which, like I said, will never trade its property with a non-Disney channel. Same deal with Mr. Wizard's World (which happens to be owned by Viacom).
- Run fifteen to thirty-second ads/messages that promote diversity,
anti-bullying, healthy living (such as daily exercise), abstinence/safe
sex, anti-drugs, anti-violence, time with family, and education.
Dude,
CN does some anti-bullying advertising from time to time. But then
again, you're pushing it by turning Cartoon Network into PBS. Also not
gonna happen.
It seems
like you're trying to turn Cartoon Network into a family-oriented
network. While that's not gonna happen before we a
McDonald's restaurant in the moon, CN is doing fine right now. Just some
improvements the network needs to do like extending Adult Swim less
time and/or giving up on live-action. Your statements on how to improve
CN won't happen in the future, yet you come to the forum to start up
some nonsense. I might suggest you to go back to cartoon school to learn more about CN and what things it has to improve. But did you get your degrees from Bugs Bunny yet? I guess not...
