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Scooby-Doo - All Day, Every Channel
Mon 15 Apr 2002 - 10:48

Some European cable tv customers experienced a Scooby-hater's worst nightmare when Scooby-Doo appeared on every channel recently.

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/page.cfm?objectid=11784504&method=full&siteid=89488

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Disney Acquires Pokemon Distribution Rights
Fri 5 Apr 2002 - 13:30

Disney has acquired the rights to distribute all future Pokemon material. Previously, it was handled by Warner Bros.

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-000023995apr04.story

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Cartoon Network To Re-Run Wartime Cartoons Special
Fri 5 Apr 2002 - 13:30

Set your VCRs and TiVos! Cartoon Network is going to re-run their Wartime Cartoons special on Memorial Day (5/26, 9pm EST), which featured four uncensored war-era cartoons you won't see anywhere else. This show was a massive ratings windfall for CN when it originally aired. Support uncensored cartoons!

http://www.cartoonresearch.com/news.html

Pokemon Popularity Plummets Precipitously
Thu 4 Apr 2002 - 10:08

From ToonZone.net: For the first time in history, Pokemon has fallen off the Lycos Top 50 searches after holding a spot for 136 weeks, since the list's inception. Replacing it are such anime fare as Jackie Chan, Dragonball, and Zoids.

http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=27795

Greg the Bunny - Highest-Rated Fox YA Show In 2 Years
Thu 4 Apr 2002 - 07:05

Greg the Bunny brought in the highest ratings numbers for FOX's Young-Adult category in two years.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54342-2002Apr2.html

Vice President Revealed To Be Giant Chicken
Tue 2 Apr 2002 - 18:25

April Fools Day is over, but ToonZone had a wildly elaborate parody website set up, headlined by Cheney Boo. You can still view it here:

http://follies.toonzone.net/

Baby Looney Tunes Storyboards
Mon 1 Apr 2002 - 15:48

Check out some pics of the storyboards for the upcoming Baby Looney Tunes.

http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=27466

New Bugs Bunny Live-Action Film In The Works
Mon 1 Apr 2002 - 14:44

CartoonResearch.com reports that a new live action-animation Bugs Bunny film is being worked on. Faint promises suggest that it won't be another Space Jam disaster and that they're going to try to do this one "right". Is that possible anymore? Here's tidbits:

Tentative title: "Back in Action"
Live-action director: Joe Dante
Live-action co-star: Owen Wilson
Screenplay by John Requa & Glenn Ficarra and Larry Doyle
Tentative Release date: Nov 2003

For the full scoop: http://www.cartoonresearch.com/comments.html

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Cartoon Network on Speedy Gonzales + Petition
Fri 29 Mar 2002 - 11:54

Cartoon Network made a rather callous and ignorant response to the issue of their banning of Speedy Gonzales, quoted here on Fox News.

As a result, a petition has been started to reinstate Speedy.

Dachshund Survives Eagle Attack
Mon 25 Mar 2002 - 09:58

A dachshund who was carried away by an eagle is expected to make a full recovery after being wounded in the rare attack.

http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/03/24/eagle.dachshund/index.html