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"Boomerang. It's all coming back to you" That's actually a really clever name and a much more clever slogan. How stupid I was that I'm just now realizing why the channel is called Boomerang?

Roses are red Water is wet *ME AND MY FRIENDS GET NO RESPECT*

That Gorrila for sale song hit my heart everytime it came on.

Very odd to me that someone thought it'd be a good idea to _modernize_ the feeling of a channel strictly about _old animation..._

*ME AND MY FRIENDS GET NO RESPECT*

I never realized just how nostalgic Boomerang is for me until I saw this video. Those bumpers were overused, but they're also iconic!

R.I.P. cable television 1927-2017

Those old bumpers hit me in the face like a bus.

That old Josie and the Pussycats music video

me: yo hand me the aux cord friend: you better not play trash radio: ME AND MY FRIENDS GET NO RESPECT-

WHO'S GOING TO SAVE THE WORLD?! WHO'S GOING TO SAVE THE DAY?! Ahhh nostalgia

Yeah, the fact that I can quote the old bumpers by heart probably isn't a good thing

He attacc He protecc But most importantly *HE AND HE FRIENDS GET NO RESPECC*

Not gonna lie, I LOVED Boomerang as a kid, regardless of the grating repetition that, even as a kid annoyed the hell outta me at times. I'm never gonna forget that Josie and the Pussycats music video, or the Banana Splits one they aired all the time. The weird thing is that I very distinctly remember commercials airing on it at some point, but perhaps that was just me remembering incorrectly? I dunno, but all of those bumps are still engraved into my head, not to mention that I ended up discovering what became some of my favorite shows of all time on it.

"It was the same shows on repeat for over a decade." This also described the original Toonami. The same small handful of 13 episode series on repeat ad nauseam.

Boomerang: "NOW BACK TO THE SUPER FRIENDS" Me: "But it's Teen Titans right now.."

A new RebelTaxi video. I'll Like it. *NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW*

Everyone in the comments: Me and my friends get no respect. Me: Y SOY REBELDE, CUANDO NO SIGO A LOS DEMÁS

I completely forgot about the Jabberjaw music video. Now it won't leave my head. Thanks, Pan.

I wonder what happened to all those tin toys that were featured in the old Boomerang bumpers.

Very well said. When Cartoon Network started airing live-action and got a little shaky in the late 2000s, Boomerang became my go-to channel. I didn’t care that it was the same bumpers and shorts on repeat. I thought the branding was super quirky and loved that the channel had cool and unique blocks like Boomeraction, Boomeroyalty, and Boomerang Zoo. Virtually all of this was erased when it rebranded in 2015. The new look wasn’t representative of its vintage programming, recently produced shows were added to the lineup, and the blocks disappeared. The variety and more obscure older shows ceased, only leaving the bigger franchises like Scooby Doo, Tom & Jerry, and Looney Tunes. I guess people can watch DVDs or use the streaming service, but the bland schedule certainly wouldn’t want me to tune in anyway. It’d be nice for more CN classics to air because for most, either only the first few seasons or nothing at all was released.

Ah yes, the mid 2000's dark era of Boomerang here in Mexico. It was a really bad time to be alive. It tried to turn Boomerang into a hip and cool channel for "la chavisa". The funniest part is that the Mexican version of "Rebelde" was a cheap copy of the originan Argentinian version "Rebelde Way" Also i remember most of the shows that Boomerang was airing were all foreign.

Finally, that guy and his friends got respect

Damn this was a nostalgia trip. Thanks for taking me back to the past, Pan!

when I was a kid I always thought of Boomerang as a time capsule of sorts and that it would never add anything new to it. It was just a place where you could look at old memories and classics that started it all.

I remember seeing Pokémon on boomerang Me and my friends don’t deserve respect

Pans ability to be so specific about certain niches is the only thing that brings me joy anymore

"You can just watch whatever you want now at any time" This is the problem with binge culture. Sometimes I just want to watch a bunch of random shows in random order, its why I still watch Toonami Aftermath stream. I'm not going to sit down and watch all of Ed Edd n Eddy in a single go.

I kinda miss the old boomerang tbh, it was the one of the few CN channels where I could be safe from 24/7 Teen Titans Go.

"Boomerang" is supposed to be a joke on how it's like a throwback, and how memories come back to you... having new shit on it means we should rename it "Ball".

Boomerang the channel may've been forgotten by Cartoon Network, but it'll still live on as that thing that non-sit down restaurants play along with the news, and is never loud enough for you to hear it.

Boomerang is how I discovered Dexter and PPG as a gen Z elementary schooler in 2007-2009. Shame that they didn't make the cut on the app.

In Latin America (or just South America?) we currently have an oldies channel called Tooncast. Basically functions like og Boomerang but with more 90s shows

A life lesson I was taught from Boomerang in 2015. If they can't be bothered to play it, hoist anchor and set sail. Piracy is the response to bad decisions on a channel. XD

Ironic that a channel based entirely on nostalgia would eventually be forced to modernize.

so basically boomerang has become zoomerang

I really appreciate that Digimon World menu sound effect thrown in.

"Mommy! Who is that funny cartoon man on the container of these funny shaped different colored gummy vitamins you keep giving me?"

*M E A N D M Y F R I E N D S G E T N O R E S P E C T*

I was introduced to all the Hanna Barbera, Tom and Jerry, and the Looney Tunes cartoons through Boomerang, So I can't describe how much appreciated the Channel. Though it was pretty obvious that it wasn't given enough care, back then and now.

*_Pan, you didn't have to hit me with and Ora Ora Ora of nostalgia._*

Funny enough, seeing the old boomerang bumps gave me a wave of nostalgia, like it was supposed to do for our parents

I heard that old Boomerang theme and shed tears of nostalgic joy.

Also I hate all the networks starting to segregate and make you pay for each one.

*Neat, sweet, a groovy song, you're invited come along...*

The shorts were arguably the best part of Boomerang. That's how I found out about Soul Coughing, one of my favorite bands, from that Betty Boop short they used to air on it.

When he said "it's all coming back to you" I had a resurgence of my life force as all those memories came back and that banger commercial song echoed through my head. Now I know why they called it boomerang.

A dartboard... I'LL STEAL IT! NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW!

Martian Queen is the best character from Duck Dodgers.

Imagine waking up in the middle of the night, and you can faintly hear “Me and my friends get no respect” from behind your door

I wish that Boomerang would go back to the way it was in 2009-2012. It had all of the old cartoons, but also played Batman the Animated Series, Swat Kats, and Teen Titans occasionally. It served its purpose of airing classic cartoons, while also airing those great shows, and newer Looney Tunes shorts.

ME AND MY FRIENDS-

You know it's time like these I'm reminded how much i genuinely miss watching Hannah Barbera cartoons on Boomerang before it went down the toilet by mostly showing either old CN shows or Brand New Ones that they completely abandon there , anyone else?😟

The thing that I loved the most was one of the promos, where Doggie Daddy sang to Augie Doggie "Young at Heart", with the original audio sang by Jimmy Durante. It was beautiful, my dad loved it, and it reflected the moments that we both watched TV and enjoyed all of it. That was the true spirit of Boomerang.

My parents never bought a TV package that had Cartoon Network, so I was stuck with Boomerang. And I have to say that having these old cartoons as one of my only options led me to get into these older shows. Sure you can look them up nowadays, but what kid is going to search for old stuff when you can easily get new shows on streaming services any time they want. The time of Boomerang was probably limited from the start, but I felt like it always served a vital purpose of allowing generations of kids to see soo many old classics.

The only time I ever watched Boomerang was at the dentist so I associate it with anxiety

Death by neglect. So that thing came full circle. In the 60s and 70s, children's programming consisted of the station owners put something on for their kids or an eager wannabe TV exec exiled to the farm report and kids program for getting to handsy with said station owner's mistress. It wasn't until the mid 70s that corporate America realized parents bought stuff for their kids and kids were easier to pitch. Boomerang suffered the same neglect as Cartoon Network, it just had a shorter fall. The saddest part is that enormous library is rarely used. There are a dozen Flintstones clones they never used like the Roman Holidays. Even more mystery solving clones like Scooby Doo and so many video game cartoons from Pacman to Dragon's Lair. Its like having the Library of Congress and only sticking to Dan Brown and John Grisham.

I swear to god that whenever I'm channel surfing, Boomerang is always showing a version of Tom and Jerry, Looney Tunes, or Scooby-Doo.

You have no idea how much I love the old Boomerang bumpers

for me, the Josie and the pussycats music video was my Jabberjaws. it was quite fun to see those ladies change styles for each era, then it just got tiresome

It'll never happen, but I would like to see Boomerang go OTA and become a broadcast digital subchannel like MeTV or Antenna. It would fill a niche (especially now that Kids Click is gone) and since it is so low cost, it works for having a low budget. Plus, since Boomerang already doesn't get a lot of viewers since it's typically only available in the highest tiers of cable/satellite packages, there's a decent chance it would get more viewers as a broadcast network. They could even use it to advertise the main CN channel.

I'm going to guess that the reason the Tom & Jerry shorts are screwed up is because it had three distinct studios working on it during its run, with multiple resurrections. That may explain why there are volumes with volumes inside them. It's not very clear but that would be my guest. -also duck dogers review when-

I’m gonna be on my deathbed 60 years from now and the last thing I’m going to hear is ME AND MY FRIENDS GET NO RESPECT

Man boomerang was so important to me while I was growing up. Seeing the PPG , Dexter's Lab, Swat Kats, and Justice Leauge was the cool as hell. Shit just blew my god damn mind

I love how they only put boomerang in on doctors offices for kids

NOW I GET WHY THEY CALLED IT BOOMERANG! It was the BOOMER Network! How did I never realize this before?

Literally nobody: Not a soul: Boomerang music video: *JOSSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS LONG TAILS AND EAR FOR HATSS*

Boomerang is where I got into The Jetsons and Looney Tunes. I also watched Space Ghost and Josie & The Pussycats well before I had any idea that they were revived decades later as edgier spin-offs

I remember all of those old boomerang bumpers :( Rip old Boomerang,you will never be the same again.

Please take me back to 2008 I gotta see those bumpers in the flesh again before I die

*Yours truly and my folks with high affinity don't get the amount of general approval desired*

AND HIS NAME IS ME AND MY FRENDS GET NO RESPECT

Are we feeling nostalgic over some baby boomer’s nostalgia trip?

*Cartoon Network neglects Boomerang and makes it their dumping ground* Boomerang: Me AnD mY fRiEnDs GeT nO rEsPeCt

Literally the other day I was recommended that Jabberjaw song on Spotify. If anybody's wondering, it's called "Jabberjaw Running Under Water"

Some top stuff I want to see Pan review is House of Mouse, Duck Dodgers and possibly Action League Now

I was reeeeeeeeeeeeeally pissed when they changed Boomerang in its past incarnation. I didn't have it until about 2007, and I loved it. Idk how many summers I spent watching the channel almost all day, even leaving it on in the background all day. But what you said about "having all the shows you like ready to watch on plenty of platforms" couldn't be more true. I can watch Space Ghost for twenty hours straight, which is unhealthy, but appealing to the eyes, any time I want here on KZfaq, so I guess Boomerang in its former format is obsolete. RIP my favorite TV channel all-time, though

I remember growing up on Boomerang, because I usually had it on all the time unless there was something I wanted to watch on the main cartoon channels. It's probably my favourite channel of all time simply for the aesthetic and bumpers alone.

In Mexico, Boomerang was all about old animation, until they changed it circa 2007 to appeal to the "tween" demographic. It was recently they brought back animation, but as a mix bag of old animation, new animation and new animation named after old animation, but, to that point there was something better, TOONCAST, just like a Boomerang for Cartoon Cartoons.

Man, that Fridays opening block brings back so many memories. I'm a pissed off kid who just got home and I'm just sick and tired from all the noise from the last five days and I have that awesome intro to welcome me into the comforting entertainment of the best cartoons of Cartoon Network.

That Jabberjaw song has been stuck in my head for half a year thanks to this video.

9:28 You are so amused by yourself ain't you Mr. Pizza

My favorite thing about boomerang was watching it at other people's houses. I didn't have it, so I never ran into the "it's repeating" problem.

Fun fact: The zoo near me had a huge section themed around Boomerang. They took it down once the channel got that makeover, But it was pretty cute while it lasted. Being an avid watcher of the channel at the time it was there, I fangirled over it like crazy.

PanPizza: Makes a video on some cartoon Low effort Cartoon channels: 8:32

I'm so happy you brought up SWAT KATS. That's most of what I watched on Boomerang. Back then I didn't really notice that it only had two seasons and would repeat a lot. My kid brain just ate it up. Was also nice to see other older cartoons like the Flinstones, Jetsons, and Top Cat.

8:17 Big Chungus..? Dover Boys..? *Since when did Pan look at my search history?*

I'm glad there's someone out here talking about the Boomerang App. I really like it

Let’s be honest, even though so many of us grew up with those old Boomerang bumpers and are nostalgic, they really needed to be retired after airing for over a decade. It’s amazing Boomerang lasted for as long as they did, since you can only really see the same thing over and over so many times. And now that they’re gone, we can truly appreciate them. Some of them were goddamn nightmare fuel though

I hate it that the Yogi Bear music video by High School Jim wasn't mentioned. That was IMO the best one and it shown not very often.

I grew up watching boomerang, through DirecTV. This salesman came to the door trying to sell my dish, "We don't have boomerang but we have bloomberg, which is exactly the same" Bloomberg is a news station, and I actually got to see where they film the show at when we went to the New York headquarters.

Legend has it that on a cold winter's night in Urban Atlanta, you could hear chants of these words blowing with the wind: *M E A N D M Y F R I E N D S G E T N O R E S P E C T ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !*

When I was a kid/teen I had a strange interest in those old toys that use to show up during those Boomerang Bumpers. Never did find them anywhere in person but to this day. I kind of still want to get my hands on one. Maybe someday when I'm not flat broke.

Most of the iconic Cartoon Network shows are at HBOMax now

Those old bumpers hit me in the nostalgia gland

Hearing that Rebelde opening was the biggest hit of nostalgia for me in this whole video. I haven't thought of that opening in ages.

Boomerang? More like Zoomerang

Finally we get to talk about Boomerang! I miss it so much! It was my childhood! I hated when they changed it. 8:50 That nostalgia!

The nostalgia it hurts so good