Question about Hanna Barbera properties:What shows do Time Warner actually own?

They're making a new Wacky Races cartoon? Are they going to use the same characters or are they going to replace all them with more hip, modern characters? Oh, the horror! :ack:
 
The C21 Media article didn't say. It did an interview with Sander Schwartz last month before he left his duties at WBA who essentially admitted that all of Warner's current development slate is essentially products based on their fareweather (read: older and classic) properties, mainly the classic Looney Tunes (and the article explicitly says classic), Hanna Barbera and DC Universe libraries.

Here's a quote from the article:

Then it goes on about new media products, yadda, yadda, yadda, blah, blah, blah.
 
Ehhh? "Recent" Wacky Races series, Jeff? When? The closest thing they've had to a revival was a parody done for Dexter's Lab a few years back, aside from Fender Bender 500 (Wake, Rattle, & Roll, 1990).

As memory serves me so well, H-Q only co-produced Wacky Races w/H-B. They weren't given credit for either Penelope Pitstop or Dastardly & Muttley, the 2 spinoffs, so I'm guessing they sold the rights to H-B in '69.
 
I know about Fender Bender 5000. I was thinking about the recent Wacky Races VIDEO GAME and the upcoming new series at the same time. I mistyped.

Since, you know, that was the only recent Wacky Races production to be made. And Heatter-Quigley's name wasn't present there either.


The characters were co-owned by HB and HQ until the mid-90s. I'm still curious why they never produced the game show Wacky Races was supposed to be connected to. Oh well.

Even the official CN website mentioned that. The last time both shared ownership was during that season when Cartoon Network sponsored a Wacky Races NASCAR car.
 
I'm guessing either it was too expensive to produce and/or the tighter regulation of kids' TV taking place in the late 60's (tighter advertising limits, limits on violence, etc.). That, and once the show was finished being first run, a game show would be pointless, as (attentive) kids could already know the winner of each race... ;-)
 
Actually, the show wasn't for kids, but, rather, adults. And the race was supposed to be halved or something.

But I guess kids would have thought it was a show for them, so, hey, it became a show for kids.
 
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