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Thursday TOON Roundup 2 - The Rest (Original Post) n2doc Aug 2015 OP
That last one about Sesame Street is unfair. CBGLuthier Aug 2015 #1
I tend to agree JackInGreen Aug 2015 #2
Yes, very good point about Fraggle Rock CBGLuthier Aug 2015 #5
Trickle down content. seaotter Aug 2015 #7
nonsense CBGLuthier Aug 2015 #9
Such hostility. seaotter Aug 2015 #11
Thank you for the cartoons Gothmog Aug 2015 #3
All Toons SteveG Aug 2015 #4
K & R. Thank you! n/t Tom_Foolery Aug 2015 #6
Oh no -- Kermit and Piggy! n/t DirkGently Aug 2015 #8
thank- you hedgehog Aug 2015 #10
Just read an opinion piece about Amazon from the LA Times d_legendary1 Aug 2015 #12
K & R. Thank you! n/t tblue37 Aug 2015 #13
KnR Hekate Aug 2015 #14
Thanks for pulling all the Toons together Doc! Dyedinthewoolliberal Aug 2015 #15
Say what? Art_from_Ark Aug 2015 #16

CBGLuthier

(12,723 posts)
1. That last one about Sesame Street is unfair.
Thu Aug 20, 2015, 08:47 AM
Aug 2015

They are struggling and this will increase the number of shows they can do in a year.

JackInGreen

(2,975 posts)
2. I tend to agree
Thu Aug 20, 2015, 09:22 AM
Aug 2015

HBO has had a long partnership with Henson.
I may be adverse to some of their practices, but they gave me Fraggle Rock.

CBGLuthier

(12,723 posts)
5. Yes, very good point about Fraggle Rock
Thu Aug 20, 2015, 09:52 AM
Aug 2015

Just because TW is an evil soulless coronation that does not mean that HBO has been a mostly positive force in popular entertainment.

d_legendary1

(2,586 posts)
12. Just read an opinion piece about Amazon from the LA Times
Thu Aug 20, 2015, 01:45 PM
Aug 2015

Where they interviewed a professor from UC Berkley who simply said that if you want to be exploited then Amazon is for you. If not, then GTFO since its company policy.

http://touch.latimes.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-84245191/

Looks like I'll have to look elsewhere for cheap head phones.

Art_from_Ark

(27,247 posts)
16. Say what?
Thu Aug 20, 2015, 11:23 PM
Aug 2015

A beloved children's show that was accessible to nearly all kids via public broadcasting is now being outsourced to a pay-for-subscription cable channel???

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