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Boomerang Launches $5/Month Classic Cartoon Streaming Service on iOS, Apple TV Coming Soon

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Originally offered as a cable channel by Time Warner, Boomerang has this week been spun off into a streaming bundle of its own, offering subscribers on iOS, Android, and desktop access to classic cartoons like Hanna-Barbera's Wacky Races and Yogi Bear, as well as shows featuring Looney Tunes characters like Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and Road Runner (via Variety). Slightly more modern cartoons like The Life and Times of Juniper Lee and Courage the Cowardly Dog are also up for streaming.

Boomerang will allow subscribers on-demand access to these shows, and some will even be gaining new episodes each week, including additional episodes of modern shows as well as classics from the Boomerang vault. The service also plans to launch new, exclusive shows to Boomerang subscribers sometime later this year. Boomerang is still sticking around as an addition for traditional cable packages, with the new video-on-demand service being referred to as a "complementary" package to its cable channel.

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For its classics, Boomerang offers over 1,000 episodes of the older cartoons, although there remain a few noticeable omissions like The Flinstones and The Jetsons, but the company has said more shows will continuously be added after this week's launch. Movies related to certain characters -- including Scooby-Doo --are included as well in the subscription plan.
Boomerang is THE place to watch all your favorite cartoons to your heart's content, on demand and ad free. Enjoy classic shows and new originals you can't get anywhere else. Your Boomerang subscription allows you to control the viewing experience in a kid-friendly environment with your whole family with no TV package required.

The library is only part of the fun! New episodes of new original shows or classics from the vault are added every week. Get new episodes of New Looney Tunes, Bunnicula, Be Cool Scooby Doo, Tom and Jerry and more, plus brand new shows coming later this year! Enjoy full seasons of old favorites from Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and all the favorite cartoons you love.
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In terms of cost, users can pay $4.99 a month for Boomerang, or opt in for a $39.99 yearly subscription to drop the monthly cost down to $3.33. Those interested can download the Boomerang app now on the iOS App Store for free [Direct Link], and it's also available on Android and on desktop and laptop computers. TV-enabled streaming boxes, including Apple TV, will be gaining Boomerang apps in the near future as well.


Check out a list of all of Boomerang's shows, broken down by character in the vein of Netflix's kids section, right here on the service's website. New subscribers can gain access to a 7-day free trial upon sign-up of the monthly plan, or a 3-day free-trial upon sign-up of the yearly plan.

Article Link: Boomerang Launches $5/Month Classic Cartoon Streaming Service on iOS, Apple TV Coming Soon
 
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https://www.macrumors.com/2017/04/12/boomerang-cartoon-streaming-ios/
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It's a neat idea. Too bad copyright law protects this stuff for so long (thanks Disney). I feel like many of these shows should be public domain by now.
 
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Does this have real cartoons that my parents and myself grew up with (old, violent Looney Tunes, Scooby Doo, Tom & Jerry, etc.) or this new crap that is making kids these days into "kids these days?"
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EdT said:
I'm interested, but I'm afraid that a lot of the WB cartoons will be missing because of changing standards with what is acceptable. I also wonder if The Batman Animated series will be available, if not now then soon.
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That's my question as well.
 
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$39.99 for a year is reasonable enough that I think I'll give it a go once it launches on Apple TV. I've got 4 young kids and would enjoy watching some throwback cartoons together. Cool idea.
 
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Sweet! Love to see stuff like this becoming more common. $3 a month for a year is very reasonable, for a niche content channel. I have Netflix, but I'll probably give this a go once the TV app is ready.

I love classic cartoons, but they have to be uncut, uncensored. They're as much a window into a different time as anything.
 
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This was the only TV channel worth watching, and it was very worth. Good to hear. Most of these were made before I was born, but I still enjoy them because new cartoons aren't the only cartoons, and they picked out the best old ones.
 
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The article has a link to the Boomerang site, but I guess you have to download to get initial access-7 day free trial- but I'm at work and I can't use the company network, I will look tonight and see what's there and what's not concerning classic WB, as well as some of the more recent cartoons like the older PowerPuff Girls and other shows from the early 2000's.
 
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"Is Boomerang kid-friendly?

Yes, all of our episodes are pre-screened to make sure they’re appropriate for cartoon lovers of all ages. Boomerang is fun for the whole family!"

Not what I was looking for, but I guess I don't have a problem if they just drop the 'objectionable' cartoons. Nothing worse than when network TV cuts and snips lines out of the dialogue, etc.
 
EdT said:
I'm interested, but I'm afraid that a lot of the WB cartoons will be missing because of changing standards with what is acceptable. I also wonder if The Batman Animated series will be available, if not now then soon.
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Batman:the Animated series is currently available on iTunes.
 
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EdT said:
I'm interested, but I'm afraid that a lot of the WB cartoons will be missing because of changing standards with what is acceptable. I also wonder if The Batman Animated series will be available, if not now then soon.
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I on the other hand, am happy to see some of that racist stuff cleaned up. Having stereotyped/racist images on there would keep me from subscribing because I wouldnt want my daughter to see them.
 
abbstrack said:
I on the other hand, am happy to see some of that racist stuff cleaned up. Having stereotyped/racist images on there would keep me from subscribing because I wouldnt want my daughter to see them.
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I don't want to get too political, but I think it would be a good idea for parents to watch the cartoons of the 30's-60's with their kids and point out why the cartoons are wrong, and hurtful. As it is now, we have buried the racism to the extent that many claim it was never there. It was. Ignoring and hiding those old examples can leave current and future generations open to people who claim that racism not only doesn't exist now, it never did. There have been people all along who have said that an act either wasn't racist or wasn't prevalent. Cartoons from that time period reflect the values and predjudices of that time, and could be used as a learning tool, if you spend the time and explain what is going on and why it is wrong.

Put a parent guard on the cartoons that do exhibit blatant racism, but lets quit pretending it never occurred, so it isn't here now.
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rjlawrencejr said:
No Jetsons? No use. Lol

Plus I can buy the whole first (and best) season for $27.99 on iTunes.
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Basically if there are 2 series that they carry that you like and would watch then it would be cheaper to buy the Boomerang year subscription then. Anything beyond 2 series and you are saving a lot of money.
 
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Uh-oh

"Is Boomerang kid-friendly?

Yes, all of our episodes are pre-screened to make sure they’re appropriate for cartoon lovers of all ages. Boomerang is fun for the whole family!"

Not what I was looking for, but I guess I don't have a problem if they just drop the 'objectionable' cartoons. Nothing worse than when network TV cuts and snips lines out of the dialogue, etc.
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Really? Maybe I'm not remembering correctly, but I recall them showing the Tom and Jerry episodes that people have complained are politically incorrect or overly violent. But I never saw the really old Bugs Bunny ones that were clearly problematic: nudity in the background and racial slurs against the Japanese.
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abbstrack said:
I on the other hand, am happy to see some of that racist stuff cleaned up. Having stereotyped/racist images on there would keep me from subscribing because I wouldnt want my daughter to see them.
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I wish there were an option. Sure, keep it away from the kids, but I'd prefer to see the originals, which I also saw as a kid on DVDs that had warning labels.
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H3LL5P4WN said:
Does this have real cartoons that my parents and myself grew up with (old, violent Looney Tunes, Scooby Doo, Tom & Jerry, etc.) or this new crap that is making kids these days into "kids these days?"
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The Boomerang I watched on cable TV ~10 years ago did. IDK if this is the same.
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bbotte said:
Watching "Wacky Races" as an Adult now and some of the stuff that went over my head as a kid?! WOW!
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Even Spongebob had some dirty jokes, including the "don't drop the soap one" that had to be the nastiest I'd ever seen.
 
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As I get older, I wonder more and more if my personality wasn't shaped by Bugs Bunny cartoons. I do have an unreasonable fear of anvils falling from the sky.
 
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I looked at what is available right now. I'm sure a lot will be added, but as of right now it appears that it's mostly 50's - 60's Looney Tunes, Popeye from the same era, a LOT of Hanna Barberra 60's -70's like Maguilla Gorilla, Atom Ant, Wacky Races. Some late 90's early 2000 CN shows (the Grimm Adventures of Billy and Mandy, Courage the Cowardly Dog) etc.

What wasn't there was 90's WB cartoons like Freakazoid, Animaniacs, the Batman and Superman animated series. Also didn't see the 60's Jonny Quest.

This doesn't mean that those shows WONT be carried, just that they weren't listed now.

Edit/ Some of the shows that I listed as not carried have characters on the promo ads so if they aren't there now they probably will be soon.
 
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