Warner Bros. - The Rise and Fall...And Rise Again
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3 жыл бұрынOver the last 100+ years, Warner Bros. has found themselves in major trouble three separate times. This video highlights what caused those troubles and how they recovered.
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@fac248 3 жыл бұрын
"Warner Bros. - The Rise and Fall...And Rise Again" ""Th-Th-The, Th-Th-The, Th-Th... That's not all, folks!"
@jj_cars99 3 жыл бұрын
The Rise and Fall and Rise Again and Fall Again and Rise Again and Fall Again and Rise Again.
@AntoinetteChanel 3 жыл бұрын
😂🐷
@bigbearkat2010 3 жыл бұрын
@@TheFalseShepphard I imagine it has to do with the major PR problems they've been dealing with the last year or so
@bigbearkat2010 3 жыл бұрын
@@TheFalseShepphard I imagine it has to do with the major PR problems they've been dealing with the last year or so
@user-mn2gt4ct3l 3 жыл бұрын
@@TheFalseShepphard Were you born an adult?
@TakeWalker 3 жыл бұрын
That shot of the iconic WB water tower, I was legit looking for the hinge where the door opens in Animaniacs. XD
@John231984 3 жыл бұрын
They are busy running around the warner movie lot
@Wimmle 3 жыл бұрын
They got out and are running disney
@Games_With_James350 3 жыл бұрын
Hewwo :3
@yakkowarner753 3 жыл бұрын
You called? Stone called too. It wants its hinge back. Lame puns are what I live for! Despite the reboot not writing us particularly well and being non-canon according to our own dadoo, it's still great because it lets us feed Wakko. He eats a dumptruck load of food every day! We gotta make a lotta money to feed him!
@andrewbuhman1066 3 жыл бұрын
Yes yes and yes!
@macscotsman51 3 жыл бұрын
As a Hollywood background actor in the early 2000’s I got to spend many days and nights working on TV shows & movies at the WB studio. Just being there was an absolute treat and adventure every time. The entire studio lot has an ambiance of professionalism, culture, and a long history of success. I throughly enjoyed your video. Thanks
@jediknightjairinaiki560 3 жыл бұрын
I had a college internship at the NBC Studios in Burbank and you're right about the feel of working in the film and TV industry. Looong hours but great experience, so much fun and free food. What shows / movies were you an extra in? How'd you get into the business and why'd you get out?
@tanvirrshuvoo 3 жыл бұрын
Not anymore
@GlycerinZ 3 жыл бұрын
my dad was an exec for WB from the 80s till 2000s. He took me to work at "The Tower" in Burbank (right next to the Disney building) as well as the studios that they moved into in the 90s.
@stepawayful 3 жыл бұрын
I worked on the lot in the early 90s. My office was in the N. Administration Bldg. and was originally part of Bette Davis' dressing room/apt. 🤩
@deettekearns9092 3 жыл бұрын
And the best cafeteria in the business!!!
@patrickconrad396 3 жыл бұрын
I'm low key disappointed to find out that their names aren't actually Yakko and Wakko and they don't even have a sister Dot..
@PeterGriffin11 3 жыл бұрын
The Animaniacs lied to us!
@chartle1 3 жыл бұрын
Maybe they are the Warner "Bros" he's talking about. 🤣
@WinVisten 3 жыл бұрын
ANIMANIACS! YESSSS -BUT YOU STOLE MY JOKE NUUUUU D:-
@yakkowarner753 3 жыл бұрын
We ARE the Warner brothers, though! It's our last name, isn't it? You're not implying my last name ISN'T Warner, are you? Is my whole life a lie?! Either I'm dead, or Earth is all Ohio... And it always has been. Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to go throw on a laser-and-bullet-resistant suit to protect me from that Ohioan astronaut waiting outside my door. Bye!
@Ecto_42 3 жыл бұрын
I was literally about to comment on my disappointment of there not being Warner sister
@gersonislas 3 жыл бұрын
“Warner brothers, the house that Batman built” Lego Batman
@Santhosh_PSK 2 жыл бұрын
"Warner Bros... why not Warner Brothers! I don't know"
@dfletchersoul 3 жыл бұрын
I don't think Warner Bros will ever go away. Doesn't matter what parent company owns them next, they are an important part of the movie industry.
@Jean_Jacques148 3 жыл бұрын
Tbh I hope they become independent as I think that would benefit them the most.
@secondavenger9775 3 жыл бұрын
@@Jean_Jacques148 An independent film studio wouldn't survive in the streaming era.
@markr.7835 3 жыл бұрын
@@Jean_Jacques148 yup, how much Warner Bros could do as an independent media company would be outstanding.
@ghostcure3403 3 жыл бұрын
Everything goes away eventually.
@Justin-Hill-1987 3 жыл бұрын
I wouldn't be surprised if Fox Corporation bought WarnerMedia/Discovery as a big "middle finger" to Disney for buying 21st Century Fox and leaving the rest of the Fox Corporation hanging per the FCC's dual network rules... If that ever happens, I do hope that MyNetworkTV changes its name to The WB, forcing The CW (The CW could change their name to The C-Plus) to become 100% owned by CBS.
@dangelo1369 3 жыл бұрын
Considering that the company has gone through 5 iterations and is still not only a viable but huge conglomeration in under 100 years, is remarkable. Very impressive for a company that started with just a projector.
@OpenPhoenix 3 жыл бұрын
As a huge Godzilla fan I will say I'm thankful that warner bros has helped with producing the monsterverse. Seeing Godzilla and kong faceoff along with rodan, mothra, ghidorah and mechagodzilla make the big screen has been more than worth it. Hopefully they help continue to make the future films awesome as well
@stevensuarez6564 3 жыл бұрын
Next: MGM: the rise, fall...and rise again.
@klizzard1691 3 жыл бұрын
Does mgm still make movies?
@stevensuarez6564 3 жыл бұрын
@@klizzard1691 well considering now that's about to be aquired by Amazon, so......
@secondavenger9775 3 жыл бұрын
@@klizzard1691 They still produce movies and TV shows, but they have to rely on other studios like Columbia or Universal to distribute them.
@cammyr12Productions 3 жыл бұрын
🙌🙌
@syxepop 3 жыл бұрын
Now that Amazon has publicly stated they want to buy MGM for U$8.4 Bln / K-Mln that would precipitate Creator Mike here to put on a video on "The Many Lives of Leo The Lion" soon enough... I'd preferred that MGM would split United Artists and then sold both, one to Amazon and one to Netflix. That would be better for everyone involved and CREATE GOOD COMPETITION in the media business.
@trevonpernell0814 3 жыл бұрын
WARNER BROTHERS! Love their logo and fanfare.
@dearyvettetn4489 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Some of us are old enough to cringe 😬 every time he didn’t say “brothers”. I have never, ever heard anyone say Warner “Bros.”
@rcknbob1 3 жыл бұрын
@@dearyvettetn4489 I feel the same way. I guess it's because we boomers were taught that "Bros." was an abbreviation, not the plural of "bro".
@jamesslick4790 3 жыл бұрын
@@dearyvettetn4489 YES! It's "Warner BROTHERS"! always was always will be. Plus, Some of us are also old enough to know that early movies were shot with FILM cameras not "VIDEO cameras". 🤦♂️
@fromthehaven94 3 жыл бұрын
Not a fan of the new one. Even it is designed to celebrate their 100th anniversary.
@toddmicky4078 2 жыл бұрын
They need to bring back the 1984 logo, probably one of their best logos in their history, I don't know why they even changed it
@PortugueseKeto 3 жыл бұрын
I think Discovery would be a great episode. They own HGTV, ID Network, Food Network, Travel Channel. An interesting and loosely connected network of networks.
@frank-bmtz 3 жыл бұрын
And they just merged with AT&T.
@zanerich9460 3 жыл бұрын
@@frank-bmtz warner bros is also a at&t owned company
@Clay3613 3 жыл бұрын
@@frank-bmtz AT&T sold them Warner.
@cubes6351 2 жыл бұрын
@@Clay3613 Not really. ATT will own 71% of the new company, but not be ATT. Basically what ATT is doing is having majority share of DirecTV, and the Discovery/Warner media , bit having other more experienced people in said fields run them. What that does is allows ATTs focus to then be On the Wireless/Fiber internet front, then the Warner Bros. Discovery company focuses on the Creation and some distribution, with DirecTV being the main large scale Distributor of media. It's a way sort of off ATTs books, benefit from the good, and get hurt a bit less from any negatives. Honestly it's complex as hell, but might be the absolutely best move ATT has done. ATT is behind in a few fronts bit with their moves ATT could be on track to gain alot from 2 two Spin off companies .
@Big_Tex 3 жыл бұрын
2025: Discovery records a $30 billion loss as it sells Warner to the newly-renamed IBM Time Warner
@Justin-Hill-1987 3 жыл бұрын
2822: Warner Bros. sells its holographic film division to Universal and in an attempt to diversify, buys Family Dollar for $100,000,000,000.
@MattyHervey 3 жыл бұрын
A Gamestop Dogecoin Time Warner Company
@Justin-Hill-1987 3 жыл бұрын
@@MattyHervey A ChevronTexacoWarnerMediaHitachiChryslerMattelJackintheBox Company
@rileykazama3145 3 жыл бұрын
DAFQU
@Coolsomeone234 3 жыл бұрын
Lol
@noice7430 Жыл бұрын
And fall again.....
@cobeyc.b5946 3 жыл бұрын
I could also mention that Warner is one of three major labels after many acquisitions by themselves, Universal, and Sony.
@danielfrabotta5501 3 жыл бұрын
DC Comics or DC Entertainment has a fascinating history of its own, especially given their recent woes at the hands of AT&T. I'd love to see a deep dive on them, specifically.
@JosephGualtieri 3 жыл бұрын
DC, Marvel, Image, Diamond, Valiant- all of those would make for great episodes for those not in the know already. Heck, an episode about Jim Shooter, the ultimate comic book company man would be great as well.
@thaliabirrueta8456 3 жыл бұрын
I would definitely love to see a video on that. Great suggestion.
@Merdicano 3 жыл бұрын
@@thaliabirrueta8456 X2 because of their history with the release of Action and Detective Comics, and their former names of All-American Comics and National Periodical Publications
@joshuajoe1419 3 жыл бұрын
Now we need videos on Universal, Sony Pictures, Paramount, and Fox Pictures.
@SlapstickGenius23 3 жыл бұрын
Yes!!
@fromthehaven94 3 жыл бұрын
Columbia Pictures, before Sony ownership
@RobertK1993 3 жыл бұрын
He did a video on Sony Group Corp few years ago
@RobertK1993 3 жыл бұрын
@@fromthehaven94 Sony saved Columbia/Tri Star Pictures from bankruptcy.
@joshuajoe1419 3 жыл бұрын
@@RobertK1993 True, I guess that’s close enough, since there’s not much to say on Sony Pictures alone.
@RetailRipper 3 жыл бұрын
I always think of looney tunes when I hear / see WB.
@leroyvermilion7708 2 жыл бұрын
Same
@abandonedchannel1010 2 жыл бұрын
Me too
@jayarikishii 2 жыл бұрын
This and Batman the Animated series
@hotwax9376 2 жыл бұрын
I think most people do because when we're kids they're among the first introductions to WB we get.
@moonwalker1155 2 жыл бұрын
Ye
@Justin-Hill-1987 3 жыл бұрын
The Warner/Discovery Merger: Bugs Bunny is about to do it like they do on the Discovery Channel...
@mightyfilm 3 жыл бұрын
You're inviting a "double wide surprise" reference.
@abandonedchannel1010 2 жыл бұрын
Very loud choir
@nprnilk Жыл бұрын
Discovery: how about fall again?
@allenelliott2114 3 жыл бұрын
Warner Bros. Will always be my favorite studio. Their animated movies have always been the best in my opinion (Iron Giant, Storks, Lego Movies, etc.) and of course they've got Looney Tunes, LOTR, and my personal favorite DC Comics. I'll take that over Disney every time.
@ExiILe00 3 жыл бұрын
Fun Fact: Rin Tin Tin was actually from Austria.
@goldfire1 3 жыл бұрын
A German shepherd from Austria nothing ever gonna happen bad.
@imo6927 3 жыл бұрын
@@goldfire1 And he can't draw 😟
@akselplayszgamingvlogs 3 жыл бұрын
@@imo6927 Oh no
@ultimatestoryteller 2 жыл бұрын
@@imo6927 and can draw a Swastika
@JK-gm6kk 2 жыл бұрын
What a good boy
@alexashbourne6496 3 жыл бұрын
I hope you would talk about MGM - The Rise and Fall... And Rise Again next because I heard the news that Amazon bought MGM for $8.5 billion.
@radiotelefonia 3 жыл бұрын
With MGM is rise and fall... the company has been mostly unremarkable for the last 50 years.
@ScrotieJohnson 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah they have pretty much become irrelevant anymore which is sad, I mean Warner bros.owns a ton of their classic library and they haven't made many movies in the last 25 yrs. NOW RISE AND FALL OF UNITED ARTISTS WOULD BE INTERESTING! it was founded by the stars because of the screwed up contracts film studios would have back in the Earl y days of film. And yes I know united artists is part of mgm!
@radiotelefonia 3 жыл бұрын
@@ScrotieJohnson Actually, MGM is de facto United Artists; they are just a rubber stamp since they lost their own historic catalog in 1986 and they rely only in the UA library and its derivatives to survive, plus the libraries of Orion and American International.
@ScrotieJohnson 3 жыл бұрын
@@radiotelefonia I knew much about this, but the ua early history is interesting because of the actor rights which if I remember correctly, is directly linked to jack Warner and his business practices.
@AQuietNight 3 жыл бұрын
@@radiotelefonia MGM owns it's films after 1986 and you have to give them credit for some smart mergers. Sad though MGM never seemed to attract the great talent after the 1960's that would have made them the success they were in the 1930's, 1940's and 1950's.
@jediknightjairinaiki560 3 жыл бұрын
I miss the Warner Bros. Studios Stores. They had the coolest merchandise.
@fromthehaven94 3 жыл бұрын
I had a pair of t-shirts that each had mugshots of Daffy Duck and Sylvester, bought from those stores.
@Merdicano 3 жыл бұрын
Sucks that they closed them down, I really would have loved to take a great visit at them
@CivilEngineerWroxton 3 жыл бұрын
I love you, man, but it is Warner BROTHERS. I'm 54 years old and I've never EVER heard anyone say it as 'Warner BROS'. Especially repeatedly. But your video about this awesome company is, as always, of very high quality and your professionalism is top-notch. I always enjoy the very thorough review of whatever company you are featuring. You obviously do your homework. I've always thought very highly of Warner Brothers because they are always looking to present something new and original. For decades and decades they brought original entertainment to the masses and the fact that so much of even their oldest productions have become absolute classics and must-see entertainment for the newest generation is a testament to how they think outside the box. WB is one of VERY few production companies that have so many legendary films, TV shows, and the stars that made them great consistently from every decade since their beginning. So many studios have come and gone during the WB MANY years of excellent entertainment. What other studio has been the producers of such legendary characters that they were able to open stores in malls that sold merchandise featuring those characters? Disney, and that's it. ONLY WB has given us both animated and live-action characters that are legendary even though those characters are 50 years old or more. It's stunning. Disney has done this to a certain degree, but it feels more forced and hyped. WB has given us Bugs Bunny and all the other associated characters and I never grow tired of watching those animated characters in excellent shorts that are the lynchpin of real laughs and totally relatable events in those shorts. Mel Blanc and the animators were absolute geniuses that came up with the most incredible laugh-a-second entertainment that any of us have enjoyed. NO ONE but Warner Brothers has done all of this and so much more in their MANY legendary films and TV shows. I think about what the world would be like if the Warner Brothers hadn't had an idea and gotten together to make some of the greatest entertainment productions ever made and I cringe at that thought. They changed the world of entertainment and left it much better than they found it. That's what it's all about. So I honor their names and lives in regard to their contribution to this complicated, if not sometimes disturbing, world that we all live in. I truly hope that WB continues to follow the path less traveled and not become complacent and unoriginal. But with their record, I dare say that they will continue to bring us the absolute best.
@TheFourthWinchester 3 жыл бұрын
WB is the only name which made me excited when I saw movies randomly as a kid on TV and even now into adulthood. The brand name stands for something for me.
@Merdicano 3 жыл бұрын
I share the exact sentiments myself, even though I've been having a love-hate relationship on the studio with its executive decisions, Warner Bros. is without a doubt one of the grandeur movie studios of all film history, with a sense of appeal that applies to all-ages without having to be a family brand. It has always stood for taking things with more ambition and not following a traditional "family formula" that Disney is known to have. Another thing that it's quite clear looking at their legendary history of TV shows, events and movies, is that it is well-known that WB does love the moviemaking business, the major craft in producing and making movies, something that's notable based on their history. Not all of their movies and series will be perfect, but the majority that stands out will always reflect on the greatness and appeal of Warner Bros. Pictures
@mattjackson2172 2 жыл бұрын
@@TheFourthWinchester Don't forget The CW!
@mattjackson2172 2 жыл бұрын
@@Merdicano Don't forget The CW!
@uTube486 3 жыл бұрын
I think the name should be spoken as Warner Brothers.
@sebastianabsolution655 2 жыл бұрын
but the millennials wouldnt understand. 🤷♂️🤷♂️
@mmm-mmm 2 жыл бұрын
uh, every time i hear "bros", i shudder. DON"T TASE ME WARNER BROS!
@hotwax9376 3 жыл бұрын
I've always felt that more than any other major studio, Warner Bros. represents the best of American filmmaking. Not only did they give us The Jazz Singer, Casablanca and The Exorcist, but they also own most of the classic MGM film library. Back during the Golden Age of Hollywood, WB was second only to MGM in musicals--they distributed 42nd Street and the Gold Diggers series, and they also made the 1950s version of A Star is Born with Judy Garland (not to mention the various musicals Doris Day made with them). They're the only studio that has ever been able to compete on the same level as Disney in animation, between Looney Tunes, DC Comics, Animaniacs, Hanna-Barbera and Cartoon Network. Warner Bros. was also behind my two all-time favorite movies, Space Jam and Osmosis Jones, not In short, they've always been one of the leading studios in the kinds of films I like most. And best of all, they have by far the best record of any studio when it comes to preserving and restoring the films they own. I have almost nothing but crazy respect for them and I hope they remain an important part of the film industry for many years to come.
@bullrun2772 2 жыл бұрын
Yes they are good but they make big mistakes
@hotwax9376 2 жыл бұрын
@@bullrun2772 Yes, they have made mistakes, just as every studio has. They're only human, after all. (Go ahead and stone me for suggesting that "corporations are people.")
@glennso47 2 жыл бұрын
Warner Brothers = Looney Toons.
@seanmckinnon4612 3 жыл бұрын
Warner BROTHERS. I know the logo says Bros. but no one at WB pronounces it that way.
@HoldandModify 3 жыл бұрын
WARNER BROTHERS. ALWAYS BROTHERS. NEVER “BROS” BRAH!!!! ;)
@oneeyewanders 3 жыл бұрын
I cannot stand when bros. is said as "brohs". It's like pronouncing vs. as "viss" 🤦
@willkosak 3 жыл бұрын
OP of the video did zero research
@HebaruSan 3 жыл бұрын
@@willkosak Or he did all his research in text
@forcetheedges 3 жыл бұрын
See also: Super Mario Bros.
@apexsensation 3 жыл бұрын
It's jarring hearing Warner Brothers pronounced as 'Warner Bros' which I've never heard before. The 'bros.' is just an abbreviation for 'brothers' and not the way to say it.
@kenyattaclay7666 3 жыл бұрын
They also had one of the biggest record labels in the 80’s. Their record label was so big that they threatened MTV that if they didn’t play Prince’s videos along with other black artist they would pull all of their other artist from their platform. Then Epic did the same thing with MJ.
@millennialpocket 3 жыл бұрын
Crazy how much history this company has! I think the value that they provide with their movies is massive. Let's how it's going to be with Discovery.
@Merdicano 3 жыл бұрын
Hopefully better than how AT&T was running things. I think it's easy to be skeptical about Discovery because one can probably think "How can a mass media company that focus on reality-based and factual programming could enter into the entertainment show business?". But Discovery has a greater advantage because they have created their own content over the years, through their documentaries and their supernatural/crime reenactment TV series, which technically do count as an audiovisual medium just like movies. So, in a way, they can implement those abilities to their own advantage and hold on its own with WB.
@davepleaseknowbetter2840 11 ай бұрын
@@Merdicano Guy from the future here, um, Warner Bros. (Now Warner Bros Discovery) is fucked. Animation? fucked. Good movies? fucked. Removing content from HBO Max ( now just Max, which is just stupid) for tax write-offs? fucked. Bad flash movie, terrible Sam Levinson shows, you name it, it's really really fucked.
@averyeml 3 жыл бұрын
Unironically the most surprising thing to me is how long Warner Bros. and DC Comics were connected, and how it happened almost coincidentally rather than actively looking to put the two together.
@logank3381 3 жыл бұрын
Rip Sam Warner, too bad he couldn’t see his success much like Jonathan Larson. Gone too soon.
@canggublissapartment9868 3 жыл бұрын
Present day : time to screw
@Scott_From_Maine 3 жыл бұрын
Yes, it's written Warner Bros., but I've never heard it said that way, always Warner Brothers.
@papaguy2001 3 жыл бұрын
I couldn't help but laugh every time you said "Warner Bros" instead of "Warner Brothers" LOL
@ericmack001 Жыл бұрын
It’s amazing that Warner Brothers grew so large. I think AT&T took a dump on Warner Brothers. As a huge movie fan it’s sad to see how far Warner Brothers has fallen. Warner Brothers had Superman movies, the Matrix,Lethal Weapon, as well as Clint Eastwood movies. In the 90’s it seemed that Warner Brothers could do no wrong… Now they seem to be on life support!! It’s very sad to see
@1anastudent 3 жыл бұрын
It was also AOL who decided to close the brick and mortar stores. They thought they could make as much online. Now it's tough to find good quality WB merchandise
@hotwax9376 2 жыл бұрын
As I understand, they were underperforming compared to the Disney Store and other stores of that kind, so it's likely they would've been closed anyway.
@1anastudent 2 жыл бұрын
@@hotwax9376 As I understand it, I worked for the company. AOL was the decision maker. No brick and mortar stores. The company had one of its best Christmases yet
@jonbaker1996 3 жыл бұрын
I've never heard Warner Brothers pronounced "Warner Bros" - initially I thought it was a joke but he kept saying it. Am I alone in that? Is that just what they are being called these days and I'm a generation behind? (Not complaining, I love all your work)
@mattconleymedia 3 жыл бұрын
Never heard it that way until this video as well.
@lwhite0821 3 жыл бұрын
Same here! Never
@chadschlesinger 3 жыл бұрын
I didn't like it
@chasemix808 3 жыл бұрын
I love his videos but cringed every time.
@danwells9525 3 жыл бұрын
I am still hoping it was a joke, but might just be an honest mistake. The Company Man does excellent research, but if all of his sources used the abbreviation, he might think that's how it is supposed to be. I admit is was painful, but the video is top-notch othersise!
@_pascalwittwer 3 жыл бұрын
Discovery merging with WarnerMedia means that If Dan vs. ever gets a reboot, then it will be an HBO Max exclusive.
@paisleepunk 3 жыл бұрын
And then there are ponies to deal with. If they get transported to HBO Max, I think a jump in subscriptions may be in order.
@_pascalwittwer 3 жыл бұрын
@@paisleepunk Oh yeah... I keep forgetting that mlpfim was on the hub
@kitofthewind 3 жыл бұрын
I loved Dan vs
@thisguy4505 3 жыл бұрын
Dan VS was amazing.
@user-dl3vn8ze9n 3 жыл бұрын
@@_pascalwittwer 1. It's still on there? 2. Discovery owns the Hub?
@PJinDowntownLA 3 жыл бұрын
It's been years since I read the book, "An Empire of Their Own", which is about how various men of hardscrabble Jewish backgrounds (The Warners, Louis Mayer, Carl Laemmle, Harry Cohn, Jesse Lasky, Adolph Zukor & others) started or ran studios in the early years of Hollywood, but I recall in the Warners section that Jack Warner pulled a fast one on his brothers and took over the studio. Harry and the remaining brothers (Jack and Albert) agreed to sell their stakes in the business, which as the video alluded to, was struggling with the advent of TV in the 50s. What Harry and Albert didn't know is that behind their backs, Jack put together his own group to buy the studio with him running it as the sole head. By the time Harry and Albert caught wind of Jack's scheme, it was too late. Jack was considered the most uncouth and most loathed of all the brothers. I recall reading a part where one day, he walked into the animators office and caught the staff leering at the studio's starlets from the window. He promptly had the animators' office moved to a windowless warehouse or something like it.
@capt.fuzzball8956 Жыл бұрын
This didn’t age quite so well.
@Trystero_ Жыл бұрын
yes it did.
@saryphx 9 ай бұрын
Like milk
@BugsyFoga 3 жыл бұрын
The looney tunes was my childhood!!!
@zidan07168 3 жыл бұрын
Same
@chaseman94 3 жыл бұрын
Especially during 1980s.
@Justin-Hill-1987 3 жыл бұрын
@@chaseman94 And they were the childhood of our grandparents, too! They might've seen Bugs Bunny cartoon shorts on film at their local movie theater way back in the 1930s all the way up to the introduction of (and mainstream adoption of) television in the 1950s.
@jamesslick4790 3 жыл бұрын
@@Justin-Hill-1987 Yep!
@gamemaster2192 2 жыл бұрын
same during the early 90s
@harryhoegen7448 3 жыл бұрын
Thank company man for talking about this video, it's awesome.
@Raccoon_Trash- Жыл бұрын
...And Fall Again
@Al8101 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for updating your videos! Excellent narration!
@katherinealvarez9216 3 жыл бұрын
I wasn't even aware that they were in trouble.
@sion8 3 жыл бұрын
They haven't been their own company in decades and AT&T decide it was a media company instead of a telecommunications company when they bought them! Although, the merger of WarnerMedia with Discovery has me very intrigued. I'm not a fan of these mega mergers we have been seeing throughout the 21st century, but becoming the biggest in any way possible seems to be the strategy all companies seem to be pursuing even when the Venn diagram of these companies never comes together in anyway, but here we are in the streaming wars!
@Clay3613 3 жыл бұрын
When your owned by a dotcom startup and awful phone company, what would you expect?
@toddmicky4078 2 жыл бұрын
@@Clay3613 yup, AT&T is a horrible company, why did they even consider buying Time Warner anyway?
@marcberm 3 жыл бұрын
Great video! Although I have to say, I'm 42 years old and I don't think I've ever heard Warner Brothers' name actually spoken as the abbreviated Warner "Bros." 😁
@kingofthetrill 3 жыл бұрын
Glad you made it to a million bro. Been following you for about 4 years now
@KenLou 3 жыл бұрын
Amazingly Warner Bros locked up 3 of their stars in the water tower in the 1930's and it wasn't discovered until the 1990's when they escaped.
@NotTranquilityYT 3 жыл бұрын
Always wondered the history of Warner bros, really interesting
@anthonybradley1555 3 жыл бұрын
i like collecting warner releases on vhs as a hobby, mostly pre 90s releases as here in the uk i liked their case designs and some of my favorite movies come from that era, police academy, the goonies ,batman and of course i love the looney tunes cartoons anyone who doesnt.
@jamessneed8789 3 жыл бұрын
This is a good one. Because I'm fan of Warner Bros.
@A22DNAL 2 жыл бұрын
I've done a couple Hollywood Studio Tours and I have to say this was the best one. I knew they had their hands on a lot but man they literally are a media conglomerate with content that has touched every multi-faceted human. It is really impressive and I really appreciate that they ACTUAL Warner Brothers have not been forgotten through all this. It's a really genuine story how they formed this iconic place. Ahhhh, Burbank!
@burprobrox9134 3 жыл бұрын
You always make a top-notch video. I really appreciate it, thank you.
@pillarnexustheancientgladiator 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for another great video; there are so many other companies connected to it, it's incredible. I miss KidsWB, that block of animation was a lot of fun and made my days better. Casablanca is an awesome film and I love it.
@mreducto2 3 жыл бұрын
"Bros" is short for "Brothers". "Warner Bros" is spoken as "Warner Brothers".
@willkosak 3 жыл бұрын
Video creator isn't too smart - just reading straight off of wikipedia
@danlancaster2239 3 жыл бұрын
When I hear Warner Bros. I think of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Foghorn Leghorn.
@leroyvermilion7708 2 жыл бұрын
And harry potter?
@patriotsfan122480 3 жыл бұрын
Loved going to the Warner Bros. Store in NYC growing up. It was always so cool walking in there and staring up at so many familiar things! Superman, Bugs Bunny, the Wizard of Oz. It all seemed larger than life.
@erikdmckenzie 3 жыл бұрын
I wonder how much Christopher Nolan has contributed to Warner bros.' success in the modern era
@sanmarino8605 3 жыл бұрын
Ya and I wonder what there future will be like now that he left them
@abhinavaditya9433 3 жыл бұрын
WB is smart with their roster of directors. They also regularly collaborate with Fincher and Denis Villeneueve (for example) to ensure longevity at the box office and home video (which is now HBO Max). Nolan's box office success feels like the tip of the iceberg.
@bertboy5693 3 жыл бұрын
He made them the most money but in return they gave him a lot of freedom
@AK-47ISTHEWAY 3 жыл бұрын
I personally thought The Dark Knight was horrible. Probably the most overrated film in history.
@MusicGameFinatic999 3 жыл бұрын
@@AK-47ISTHEWAY very unpopular opinion
@blackguyofthesouth2161 3 жыл бұрын
Didn't realize there was a fall
@javierservigon 3 жыл бұрын
The last homerun of Warners that I can recall as a company, was the launch of the warner channel. At least in South America, they showed reruns of Seinfeld and Friends... then they came up with Smallville... right before the arise of streaming services, it was probably the last tv channel that you could tune into and leave it on while you did something else.
@Merdicano 3 жыл бұрын
Latin American right here as well, it definitely was a major homerun because it was the main outlet to showcase all of WB TV shows despite them being aired in different networks on the US
@franklinsalazar8430 3 жыл бұрын
Funny coincidence! Amazon acquired MGM Studios today for around $8 billion. Please make a video about that next week! 😆
@donaldmelvin4348 2 жыл бұрын
No pre 1986 MGM library for Amazon
@matthewhecht9257 3 жыл бұрын
This should be good. I love the studio.
@dwood78part23 3 жыл бұрын
Maybe my favorite of the major movie studios- & was founded by a dysfunctional family (thus the name Warner Bros)! Love me some Looney Tunes & DC Comics!
@hotwax9376 2 жыл бұрын
My favorite of the major studios too, for reasons I explained in other comments.
@mechasentai 3 жыл бұрын
Hi Company Man, it would be both great and fitting if you did a follow-up video explaining the history of Discovery. Before now I never imagined they would have enough money to buy WB.
@Kell12UK 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for doing this one! I'm an employee of WarnerMedia and even I learned some new stuff from this video!
@Lark 3 жыл бұрын
I let out a big "ohhhhhhhhhh" when you mentioned the Time and Warner merger 😂 TimeWarner makes sense now
@7riple7s 2 жыл бұрын
I work in the studio lot and it’s so amazing to see the history and it’s changes. I do miss the old logo better but what can we do haha
@magusxxx 3 жыл бұрын
New WB logo: "People say I'm the worst logo change ever." GM: "Hold my beer."
@MatthewNash 3 жыл бұрын
It's not even the worst logo Warner Bros. has had.
@sydguitar99 3 жыл бұрын
Warner Bros. has the best movies and properties of all time. Goodfellas, the Harry Potter series, Lord of the Rings series, Joker, Gone with the Wind, Casablanca, The Departed, The Shining, The Shawshank Redemption, I can literally go on forever.
@mrcweepa5581 3 жыл бұрын
Do a video on Service Merchandise, they were a very innovative company back in the day, and they closed in 2002...
@benvanasdale6273 3 жыл бұрын
I loved service merchandise. I got so many NES and Genesis games there
@mrcweepa5581 3 жыл бұрын
Too bad I wasn't alive to go :(
@Scott_From_Maine 3 жыл бұрын
7:12 That '72 to '84 logo is one of my favorite logos of all time.
@markelijio6012 7 ай бұрын
As of July 6, 1984, after a series of unsuccessful bombs in the past few years...Warner Bros Pictures has brought their 11th logo with the classic WB shield under Warner Communications whose first film was "Gremlins," the second film was "Cannonball Run 2" opens on July 13. "Swing Shift" opens on July 20. "Electric Dreams" opens on August 3. Wolfgang Petersen's "The Neverending Story" opens on August 10. "Purple Rain" opens on September 14. "Cal" opens on September 21. "Greystoke" opens on September 28. "Tightrope" opens on October 5.
@Coyotek4 3 жыл бұрын
Awesome video (as always) ... I'm a bit surprised there was no mention of the beginnings of their animation department, though that could be its own video.
@DarthBoardBVE 3 жыл бұрын
Is it a pet peeve for anyone else hearing KZfaqrs pronouncing Bros. (with a period) as “BROS” rather than “BROTHERS”? No? Just me then? Thought so.
@Bill_Woo 3 жыл бұрын
No, I wrote a long rant in the comments just now. I fear that he saw "Bros." one hundred and four times in the Jokipedia article, and concluded that's what the company is called. Either that or he's messing with the audience, like a psy-op.
@inkoalawetrust 3 жыл бұрын
@@Bill_Woo LMFAO big fucking deal, people and Wikipedia are using the shorthand for Brothers instead of the full word how will Warner Bros ever recover. Also LMFAO x2 a fucking psyop ?
@Bill_Woo 3 жыл бұрын
@@inkoalawetrust And The Internet does what the Internet does. You're a walking, talking cliche` Jasper. Derrrrr.
@inkoalawetrust 3 жыл бұрын
@@Bill_Woo What are you even talking about.
@KyleEvra 3 жыл бұрын
I get like that to. Internet talk changed English language.
@stepawayful 3 жыл бұрын
Whether or not there is a grammar rule that dictates how to pronounce "brothers" when written abbreviated ("bros"), it's a proper name of a company which is and always has been pronounced BROTHERS. Do you think Jack would have EVER pronounced it "broze?" @companyman also pronounces Super Mario Bros as "broze" - u ok @companyman? 🤯
@joycecostello6902 3 жыл бұрын
I was going to point that out, too...but you did it so much better than I would have!
@stepawayful 3 жыл бұрын
@@joycecostello6902 Thanks. I also worked there in the early 90s and nobody EVER called it Warner Broze.
@pulaski1 3 жыл бұрын
@@stepawayful Thank you - I was wondering about that too, though I have sometimes heard it pronounced "Bross", but I think that is usually an ironic pronunciation.
@KibblezanBitz 3 жыл бұрын
Warner Bruhs amirite?
@user-dl3vn8ze9n 3 жыл бұрын
Warner Bruhs.
@Richie016 3 жыл бұрын
Other than their business fluctuations WB's entertainment content is always fine.
@dennisgutmann1085 2 жыл бұрын
First of all: Great video about Warner Bros.! As always very informative, THANK YOU! Could you please make a special video about the Discovery Inc.? I watched the German Discovery Channel very much back in the days and I would really know some more about the backgrounds. Have a good day!
@cybergal99 7 ай бұрын
Excellent video! I worked for Warner Cable from 1978 to 1980 and it was one of the best jobs I ever had. Gus Hauser was the CEO, he reported to Steve Ross, they had a cable TV network in Columbus, Ohio called Qube, it was a two way interactive television network for buying stuff .. it was only 30 years ahead of it's time! They also created Nickelodeon (grew out of Qube) and Oh, MTV ..
@nyanpirethecat2257 3 жыл бұрын
Do "The Rise and Fall... and Rise Again of The WB Television Network/CW"
@counterfeitsaint7479 3 жыл бұрын
That was really informative. I always though the classic movie studios ended up in sunny California mostly to get away from an outrageously litigious Edison who sued them literally thousands of times in New Jersey because he was convinced that movie cameras, which he "acquired" the patent for, should only be used for Nickelodeons and nothing more. Oh, also you forgot about the Warner sister, she's right there at the end of the name, the Dot after Bros.
@steveweinstein3222 Жыл бұрын
That's true. In the vast open spaces of LA, crews could get away from Edison's shakedown thugs. But an even bigger reason was the weather: LA is sunny almost every day, whereas NYC has New England-type winters. The main advantage to being in NYC was access to Broadway actors.
@donniewebster7041 2 жыл бұрын
They also bought the TV production company Lorimar Productions. Lorimar produced hit shows like The Waltons, Dallas, Falcon Crest, Knots Landing, Family Matters, Full House, Step by Step, ThunderCats, Eight is Enough, and many more.
@markelijio6012 7 ай бұрын
As an in-name-only unit since 1994.
@jdh21403 2 жыл бұрын
I’m happy they’re still around, if the major studios/distributors, WB are probably my favorites
@williamhild1793 3 жыл бұрын
As far as I'm concerned, the REAL Warner Brothers are Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, and Elmer Fudd.
@hotwax9376 2 жыл бұрын
Or Yakko and Wakko, plus the Warner Sister, Dot.
@willkosak 3 жыл бұрын
I think that Company Man doesn't realize that "Warner Bros." that the "Bros.'" is and old school short term abbreviation for "Brothers".
@LapisPebble 3 жыл бұрын
No it's just people pronounce it like that a lot, like Super Mario Bros.
@willkosak 3 жыл бұрын
@@LapisPebble maybe you do. People generally don’t.
@LapisPebble 3 жыл бұрын
@@willkosak It might be a regional thing
@SOSTeraDrive 2 жыл бұрын
thanks for adding Sylvester in the thumbnail he’s a radical cat
@AngelPerez-dw8ou 2 жыл бұрын
Its also good to note that they are a big publisher in the gaming industry too! Owning highly rated studios like Netherrealm, Rocksteady, TT Games, etc. They made games like Mortal Kombat, Batman, the lego games, etc.
@Markimark151 3 жыл бұрын
Do one on Viacom, also Warner Bros. success is based on their management, when the studio hires talented people they’re better than Disney! Also the AOL Time Warner merger is why they took a big hit until they hired people who knew about film and television, and not in web media!
@CivilEngineerWroxton 3 жыл бұрын
Yes, and Disney's successes feel so forced and hyped. They cram their productions down our throat and keep on for decades. It gets so tiresome. Warner Brothers, on the other hand, feels original, interesting, and draws you in of your own accord. So many films and characters in the vast production vaults of WB never seem cookie-cutter or over-hyped. Bugs Bunny, for example, just draws you in naturally and the characters associated with him all do the same. In the WB feature films the characters do the same. No hype and juke is required to totally envelop you in the world of those characters. It is what Disney always claims they have cornered the market on, and that is 'magic'. Disney lives to call their films, theme parks, and characters 'magic', but, again, it feels so forced and overhyped. Warner Brothers is refreshing and evokes every emotion in their storytelling so easily. In my opinion, WB has Disney beat by a mile.
@Markimark151 3 жыл бұрын
@@CivilEngineerWroxton yeah, WB has put out more original IPs than Disney in the past few years. I used to like Disney a decade ago, but they have put out nothing but sequels and live action remakes overall! Disney relies on buyouts of rival studios, like Lucasfilm and 20th Century Fox which has hurt creativity!
@Dj.D25 3 жыл бұрын
@@CivilEngineerWroxton Agree. Warner Bros seems to actually care about it's history and legacy. Disney lately, not so much, especially with all the changes they made to their image and what they stand for.
@bullrun2772 2 жыл бұрын
@@CivilEngineerWroxton lol that’s wrong lol
@bullrun2772 2 жыл бұрын
@@Dj.D25 lol actually cares okay whoa
@shadowgb 3 жыл бұрын
When movies first started featuring spoken dialog they were called talkies.
@jamesslick4790 3 жыл бұрын
And movies (silent movies or talkies..) were shot on FILM cameras, "video" cameras didn't exist before television, And video tape didn't exist before the 1950s. No one had or used "video" camera in "the early 1900s"
@harryshelton3496 3 жыл бұрын
"Bros." was an abbreviation for the word "brothers". "bros" is now a modern era colloquialism for the word "brothers". The original motion picture company was typically referred to as "Warner Brothers". Interesting how the language has changed over the past century.
@jamesslick4790 3 жыл бұрын
@@harryshelton3496 It must have changed in the last few days in this case, because I never heard ANYONE aged 8 or 80 pronounce "Warner Bros." as "Warner Broze".
@shadowgb 3 жыл бұрын
@@jamesslick4790 Did you maybe reply to the wrong comment?
@jamesslick4790 3 жыл бұрын
@@shadowgb Which one?
@Gunslinger1875 3 жыл бұрын
They gave me a great childhood. Thank you Warner brothers.
@TVandManga 3 жыл бұрын
Great episode!
@misterniceguy429 Жыл бұрын
Now it’s “The rise and fall…..and rise again……..and fall again.”
@trevonpernell0814 Жыл бұрын
Tell that to Wall Street. 50% rise in stock price since the beginning of the year.
@saryphx 9 ай бұрын
@@trevonpernell0814 Crazy how a comment can age so poorly in such little time lol
@trevonpernell0814 9 ай бұрын
@saryphx Just as poorly as the Disney-Fox merger. No way on God's green Earth can anyone convince me that WB-Discovery was worse than THAT.
@saryphx 9 ай бұрын
@@trevonpernell0814 God, I DESPISE the Disney-Fox merger.
@trevonpernell0814 9 ай бұрын
@saryphx I hated the idea of that from the get-go. But it did reveal to me just how short-sighted many comic book fans can be. 'Yeah, it doesn't matter that this sees one Hollywood major gobbling another, X-Men and Fantastic Four will finally be in the MCU.' I honestly believe Marvel will make a Fantastic Four movie even worse than Fant4stic.
@dut5725 3 жыл бұрын
I missed you company man!
@sadikovicarmin 3 жыл бұрын
Hey Company Man! You do amazing work and will stick around for as long as your here! You may never read this but if you do, would you possibly consider making a video on ITT tech? Was a college I went to. 2 classes away from graduating a 2 year and the place closed down. I would really love to see your method of video covering that scandal lol
@heramos4802 3 жыл бұрын
I really think this is your best one yet.
@Arikaiden 3 жыл бұрын
Didn’t know WB was huge on the development of talkies.
@josefnocera4414 3 жыл бұрын
I’m glad you talked about Warner Brothers ❤️ I had suggested Their Studio Store as it’s a great source of nostalgia for me 😎 There is so much here to discuss 😳
@Ziggy7800Pro 3 жыл бұрын
The AOL Time Warner deal also took WCW (World Championship Wrestling) of TV and lead to WWE to buying it. It was a huge change in the wrestling industry. Great video as always.
@shmookins 3 жыл бұрын
It would be cool if for some videos you would pick a topic and view how different companies performed relative to each other. For example, like this video touched on, talk about the rise of Hollywood and show us how the different major studios came about and how they performed over the decades. It would be like watching a horse race. This would work for many other topics as well.
@rickymartinez4389 3 жыл бұрын
WarnerMedia and Discovery need to leverage the resurgence that they will gain from streaming in the near future to acquire Six Flags which they should be able to do at a favorable price due to the pandemic. This will create an ecosystem similar to that of Disney and Comcast so that they can better position themselves for the future.
@dj1ardito 3 жыл бұрын
You need to one on grocery store like Publix down in the southeast states
@clazy8 3 жыл бұрын
Piggly Wiggly
@shelbydog0911 3 жыл бұрын
I think a fun video would be to cover Webkinz. The stuffed animals collected similarly to beanie babies but they had an online code that went with a game. Not sure if it would be considered the rise and fall and rise again but they do still have an active game apparently!
@Hawkx10 3 жыл бұрын
Could you do a "Fall of Westinghouse" video my parents used to work there so seeing the reason for their fall would be interesting
@JoseMorales-lw5nt 2 жыл бұрын
Always loved their tag line.... YOU CAN BE SURE, IF IT'S A WESTINGHOUSE. If you get a chance, look up Nikolai Tesla, he actually has an interesting connection to that famous company. Let's just say AC/DC isn't merely the name of a classic rock band!
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