Sufferin’ Succotash! Where Can You Stream ‘Looney Tunes’ Classics Now?
Max, youuuuuuuu’re despicable!
The Warner Bros. Discovery streaming service Max has removed all of its classic Looney Tunes episodes, multiple sources have reported.
This makes me angry. Very, very angry.
My family subscribed to the Boomerang streaming service, which had a nearly complete library of the old Looney Tunes shorts. When WBD shuttered that service last year, we relied on Max’s large but not complete selection.
Some of our favorite cartoons — like “Hillbilly Hare” — were missing from Max, so I used some Amazon digital credits to buy that episode, which came paired with the also excellent “Long-Haired Hare.” I’ll likely have shell out for more Bugs on Prime … and less on Max.
So aside from purchasing individual digital episodes or seasons, where are we supposed to (legally) stream Looney Tunes now? It appears the only place is on the Warner Bros. Classics YouTube channel. The channel hosts several themed compilation videos (like the Daffy/Porky video below), but they don’t include the episodes in their entirety. The WB Kids YouTube channel has short Looney Tunes clips, but not full episodes.
What’s wrong with WBD? Do they not want our money? About half of what we watched on Max just vanished, and I’m wondering if what’s left on the service is worth paying for.
It’s just another in a long list of head-scratching, cost-cutting, quality-decaying moves that the merger of Warner. Bros and Discovery has delivered to consumers.
Feel free to unload in the comments.
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