Top reasons why CBS/Paramount hardly cared about the cartoons they owned
For years, Paramount has been a leading name in movies and entertainment. Movies such as Grease, Godfather, Ten Commandments, Transformers, and the Bob Hope and Bing Crosby road pictures. On the side, they even put out many cartoons with talented artists and writers. Cartoons like Popeye, Betty Boop, Casper the Friendly Ghost, and theatrical issues to Nickelodeon shows and some Peanuts movies. However, the way Paramount has treated these cartoons they have owned over the years were not very kind (save for a few exceptions like Nickelodeon, although there are current issues over there too). Here are the top reasons why Paramount spells trouble for cartoons and animation. 1. They ousted the Fleischers The Max Fleischer Studio in New York (later Miami, FL) was the Walt Disney Studio in the east coast having success with cartoon series such as Popeye the Sailor and Betty Boop in the 1930's. The studio did technical innovations such as inventing ...