barneypiccolo

I worked for their music distribution division, WEA, in the 90s, and they had been the #1 record company in America for 25 straight years. It was a cool company to work for, and my dream job.

Then they let the accountants get control, and they started cutting costs. One of the first things they did was close a bunch of branches, and thousands of people, including myself, were out of jobs. Within a year, they had fallen to #4, out of the 5 major labels at the time, and they never recovered.

Now it sounds like the accountants have come up with the idea of selling off the catalogue that has literally defined the company for decades. Every Warner Bros division had its own mascot. WEA's was the Raodrunner. Those cartoons and characters are the DNA of Warner Bros.

Never let the accountants make business suggestions or decisions. If upu own or run a company, and an accountant tries to make a suggestion, yell at them rudely, and tell them shut up and go back to their hole and count the money like they are paid to do. Nobody is interested in creative ideas from an accountant.

Try out Mongolian Metal. They combine metal and throat singing.

Okay, you are correct. I just knew it was weird corporate name, and Jellyfish sounded plausible. It turns out to be Ketchup, another oddly named production company. I could have used Google, but i was, y'know, lazy.

Oh, well, I hate to see all those talented animators losing their jobs. Some will find new work, but for many, this will be the end of their animation career, something they've peobably been dreaming of since being kids. You hate to see it.

Mike & Molly

NOT a family show, this is squarely aimed at adults. Hilariously ribald writing, and great acting by an incredibly experienced cast of older actors.

I think this was the company that bought the star-crossed animated Coyote/ Roadrunner movie that Warner Bros shelved. Its supposed to be a decent movie, and it looked like it was finally going to come out. Now? Who knows?

They see unethical behavior as their competitive advantage over their moral opponents.

Every time there's a boycott, its something I'm already boycotting because they either already behaved shitty in the past, or their product is shit. I keep getting told to boycott United for busting guitars or assaulting passengers, etc., but I boycotted them decades ago because they're expensive with the shittiest service in the biz.

I've been boycotting Coors beer since i was 21, because it's undrinkable.

We have to start somewhere, and the protests will grow steadily as people become energized, the administration's crimes grow and claim more victims, and people warm to the idea of protesting.

The real danger will be in the summer of 2026. They can't allow the Democrats to flip either chamber, and take over legislative and investigative responsibilities, so they will do ANYTHING to stop the mid-term election. Protests will be huge by then, and he will instigate violence (perhaps by using his Jan 6 goons, who owe him), then send in authorities to use more violence to suppress the violence. That will give him the excuse to declare Martial Law, and suspend elections until peace is restored. Since he cintrols the peace, that will never happen, and we'll skate right past 2028 without a presidential election.

People will scream, but the loudest voices will take up residency at the new 30,000 bed facility in Guantanamo Bay.

So Help Me Todd. It was a really amusing, well written legal mystery show, and I figured it was so good that it had to last for several seasons, but it was cancelled after only two. Too bad, it was a terrific show, and would have been a great lead in for Elsbeth. I like the Kathy Bates show that replaced it, but its not nearly as good as So Help Me Todd.

I'm rooting for the lynx.

Another beautiful country about to be ruined by NAZIs.

That was the perfect opportunity to teach the first step of The Scientific Method. The next step was the Hypothesis - what do you think will happen, based on the scientific knowledge you already have?

Then you have to Plan The Experiment, which in this case, would probably really energize the students' brain power. They'll LOVE figuring out this experiment. I would bet that EVERY student would be engaged in this one.

It's the Doing The Experiment that might be problematic, and end up with the teacher explaining themselves to the School Board: "All I can say is, it seemed like a good idea at the time. I guess you had to be there."