Warner Bros. - The Rise and Fall...And Rise Again

[@macscotsman51]

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]

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]

Not anymore

[@GlycerinZ]

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]

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]

And the best cafeteria in the business!!!

[@TakeWalker]

That shot of the iconic WB water tower, I was legit looking for the hinge where the door opens in Animaniacs. XD

[@John231984]

They are busy running around the warner movie lot

[@Wimmle]

They got out and are running disney

[@Games_With_James350]

Hewwo :3

[@yakkowarner753]

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]

Yes yes and yes!

[@fac248]

"Warner Bros. - The Rise and Fall...And Rise Again" ""Th-Th-The, Th-Th-The, Th-Th... That's not all, folks!"

[@jj_cars99]

The Rise and Fall and Rise Again and Fall Again and Rise Again and Fall Again and Rise Again.

[@AntoinetteChanel]

😂🐷

[@bigbearkat2010]

@@TheFalseShepphard I imagine it has to do with the major PR problems they've been dealing with the last year or so

[@bigbearkat2010]

@@TheFalseShepphard I imagine it has to do with the major PR problems they've been dealing with the last year or so

[@লেফাফাদুরস্ত]

@@TheFalseShepphard Were you born an adult?

[@patrickconrad396]

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]

The Animaniacs lied to us!

[@chartle1]

Maybe they are the Warner "Bros" he's talking about. 🤣

[@WinVisten]

ANIMANIACS! YESSSS -BUT YOU STOLE MY JOKE NUUUUU D:-

[@yakkowarner753]

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]

I was literally about to comment on my disappointment of there not being Warner sister

[@DBZZNow]

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]

Tbh I hope they become independent as I think that would benefit them the most.

[@secondavenger9775]

@@Jean_Jacques148 An independent film studio wouldn't survive in the streaming era.

[@markr.7835]

@@Jean_Jacques148 yup, how much Warner Bros could do as an independent media company would be outstanding.

[@ghostcure3403]

Everything goes away eventually.

[@Justin-Hill-1987]

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]

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.

[@gersonislas]

“Warner brothers, the house that Batman built” Lego Batman

[@Santhosh_PSK]

"Warner Bros... why not Warner Brothers! I don't know"

[@OpenPhoenix]

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]

Next: MGM: the rise, fall...and rise again.

[@klizzard1691]

Does mgm still make movies?

[@stevensuarez6564]

@@klizzard1691 well considering now that's about to be aquired by Amazon, so......

[@secondavenger9775]

@@klizzard1691 They still produce movies and TV shows, but they have to rely on other studios like Columbia or Universal to distribute them.

[@cammyr12Productions]

🙌🙌

[@syxepop]

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.

[@PortugueseKeto]

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]

And they just merged with AT&T.

[@zanerich9460]

@@frank-bmtz warner bros is also a at&t owned company

[@Clay3613]

@@frank-bmtz AT&T sold them Warner.

[@cubes6351]

@@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 .

[@trevonpernell0814]

WARNER BROTHERS! Love their logo and fanfare.

[@dearyvettetn4489]

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]

@@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]

​@@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]

Not a fan of the new one. Even it is designed to celebrate their 100th anniversary.

[@toddmicky]

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

[@danielfrabotta5501]

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]

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]

I would definitely love to see a video on that. Great suggestion.

[@Merdicano]

@@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

[@cobeyc.b5946]

I could also mention that Warner is one of three major labels after many acquisitions by themselves, Universal, and Sony.

[@CivilEngineerWroxton]

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]

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]

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]

@@TheFourthWinchester Don't forget The CW!

[@mattjackson2172]

@@Merdicano Don't forget The CW!

[@jediknightjairinaiki560]

I miss the Warner Bros. Studios Stores. They had the coolest merchandise.

[@fromthehaven94]

I had a pair of t-shirts that each had mugshots of Daffy Duck and Sylvester, bought from those stores.

[@Merdicano]

Sucks that they closed them down, I really would have loved to take a great visit at them

[@alexashbourne6496]

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]

With MGM is rise and fall... the company has been mostly unremarkable for the last 50 years.

[@ScrotieJohnson]

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]

@@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]

@@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]

@@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.

[@RetailRipper]

I always think of looney tunes when I hear / see WB.

[@leroyvermilion7708]

Same

[@abandonedchannel1010]

Me too

[@jaykay-_-ok]

This and Batman the Animated series

[@hotwax9376]

I think most people do because when we're kids they're among the first introductions to WB we get.

[@moonwalker1155]

Ye

[@allenelliott2114]

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.

[@joshuajoe1419]

Now we need videos on Universal, Sony Pictures, Paramount, and Fox Pictures.

[@SlapstickGenius23]

Yes!!

[@fromthehaven94]

Columbia Pictures, before Sony ownership

[@RobertK1993]

He did a video on Sony Group Corp few years ago

[@RobertK1993]

@@fromthehaven94 Sony saved Columbia/Tri Star Pictures from bankruptcy.

[@joshuajoe1419]

@@RobertK1993 True, I guess that’s close enough, since there’s not much to say on Sony Pictures alone.

[@hotwax9376]

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]

Yes they are good but they make big mistakes

[@hotwax9376]

​@@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]

Warner Brothers = Looney Toons.

[@laslalal8451]

Warner Bros also distributed a big chunk of Stanley Kubrick's movies

[@Big_Tex]

2025: Discovery records a $30 billion loss as it sells Warner to the newly-renamed IBM Time Warner

[@Justin-Hill-1987]

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]

A Gamestop Dogecoin Time Warner Company

[@Justin-Hill-1987]

@@MattyHervey A ChevronTexacoWarnerMediaHitachiChryslerMattelJackintheBox Company

[@rileykazama3145]

DAFQU

[@Coolsomeone234]

Lol

[@ExiILe00]

Fun Fact: Rin Tin Tin was actually from Austria.

[@goldfire1]

A German shepherd from Austria nothing ever gonna happen bad.

[@imo6927]

@@goldfire1 And he can't draw 😟

[@akselplayszgamingvlogs]

@@imo6927 Oh no

[@ultimatestoryteller]

@@imo6927 and can draw a Swastika

[@JK-gm6kk]

What a good boy

[@Justin-Hill-1987]

The Warner/Discovery Merger: Bugs Bunny is about to do it like they do on the Discovery Channel...

[@mightyfilm]

You're inviting a "double wide surprise" reference.

[@abandonedchannel1010]

Very loud choir

[@seanmckinnon4612]

Warner BROTHERS. I know the logo says Bros. but no one at WB pronounces it that way.

[@millennialpocket]

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]

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]

@@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.

[@kenyattaclay7666]

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.

[@nprnilk]

Discovery: how about fall again?

[@1anastudent]

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]

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]

@@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

[@logank3381]

Rip Sam Warner, too bad he couldn’t see his success much like Jonathan Larson. Gone too soon.

[@canggublissapartment9868]

Present day : time to screw

[@uTube486]

I think the name should be spoken as Warner Brothers.

[@sebastianabsolution655]

but the millennials wouldnt understand. 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

[@HoldandModify]

WARNER BROTHERS. ALWAYS BROTHERS. NEVER “BROS” BRAH!!!! ;)

[@oneeyewanders]

I cannot stand when bros. is said as "brohs". It's like pronouncing vs. as "viss" 🤦

[@willkosak]

OP of the video did zero research

[@HebaruSan]

@@willkosak Or he did all his research in text

[@forcetheedges]

See also: Super Mario Bros.

[@apexsensation]

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.

[@patriotsfan122480]

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.

[@A22DNAL]

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!

[@ericmack001]

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

[@averyeml]

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.

[@PJinDowntownLA]

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.

[@Scott_From_Maine]

7:12 That '72 to '84 logo is one of my favorite logos of all time.

[@markelijio6012]

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.

[@jonbaker1996]

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]

Never heard it that way until this video as well.

[@lwhite0821]

Same here! Never

[@chadschlesinger]

I didn't like it

[@chasethe808]

I love his videos but cringed every time.

[@danwells9525]

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!

[@BugsyFoga]

The looney tunes was my childhood!!!

[@Zidan07166]

Same

[@chaseman94]

Especially during 1980s.

[@Justin-Hill-1987]

@@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]

@@Justin-Hill-1987 Yep!

[@gamemaster2192]

same during the early 90s

[@javierservigon]

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]

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

[@pillarnexustheancientgladiator]

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.

[@_pascalwittwer]

Discovery merging with WarnerMedia means that If Dan vs. ever gets a reboot, then it will be an HBO Max exclusive.

[@paisleepunk]

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]

​@@paisleepunk Oh yeah... I keep forgetting that mlpfim was on the hub

[@kitofthewind]

I loved Dan vs

[@thisguy4505]

Dan VS was amazing.

[@user-dl3vn8ze9n]

@@_pascalwittwer 1. It's still on there? 2. Discovery owns the Hub?

[@Scott_From_Maine]

Yes, it's written Warner Bros., but I've never heard it said that way, always Warner Brothers.

[@cybergal99]

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 ..

[@Kell12UK]

Thanks for doing this one! I'm an employee of WarnerMedia and even I learned some new stuff from this video!

[@kingofthetrill]

Glad you made it to a million bro. Been following you for about 4 years now

[@katherinealvarez9216]

I wasn't even aware that they were in trouble.

[@sion8]

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]

When your owned by a dotcom startup and awful phone company, what would you expect?

[@toddmicky]

@@Clay3613 yup, AT&T is a horrible company, why did they even consider buying Time Warner anyway?

[@mechasentai]

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.

[@marcberm]

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." 😁

[@7riple7s]

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

[@blackguyofthesouth2161]

Didn't realize there was a fall

[@papaguy2001]

I couldn't help but laugh every time you said "Warner Bros" instead of "Warner Brothers" LOL

[@NotTranquilityYT]

Always wondered the history of Warner bros, really interesting

[@anthonybradley1555]

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.

[@Al8101]

Thank you for updating your videos! Excellent narration!

[@KenLou]

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.

[@Richie016]

Other than their business fluctuations WB's entertainment content is always fine.

[@mrcweepa5581]

Do a video on Service Merchandise, they were a very innovative company back in the day, and they closed in 2002...

[@benvanasdale6273]

I loved service merchandise. I got so many NES and Genesis games there

[@mrcweepa5581]

Too bad I wasn't alive to go :(

[@nyanpirethecat2257]

Do "The Rise and Fall... and Rise Again of The WB Television Network/CW"

[@matthewhecht9257]

This should be good. I love the studio.

[@Lark]

I let out a big "ohhhhhhhhhh" when you mentioned the Time and Warner merger 😂 TimeWarner makes sense now

[@franklinsalazar8430]

Funny coincidence! Amazon acquired MGM Studios today for around $8 billion. Please make a video about that next week! 😆

[@donaldmelvin4348]

No pre 1986 MGM library for Amazon

[@Gunslinger1875]

They gave me a great childhood. Thank you Warner brothers.

[@jamessneed8789]

This is a good one. Because I'm fan of Warner Bros.

[@counterfeitsaint7479]

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]

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.

[@sydguitar99]

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.

[@willkosak]

I think that Company Man doesn't realize that "Warner Bros." that the "Bros.'" is and old school short term abbreviation for "Brothers".

[@LapisPebble]

No it's just people pronounce it like that a lot, like Super Mario Bros.

[@willkosak]

@@LapisPebble maybe you do. People generally don’t.

[@LapisPebble]

@@willkosak It might be a regional thing

[@dwood78part23]

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]

My favorite of the major studios too, for reasons I explained in other comments.

[@Ziggy7800Pro]

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.

[@Arikaiden]

Didn’t know WB was huge on the development of talkies.

[@AngelPerez-dw8ou]

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.

[@capt.fuzzball8956]

This didn’t age quite so well.

[@Trystero_]

yes it did.

[@saryphx]

Like milk

[@shmookins]

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.

[@mreducto2]

"Bros" is short for "Brothers". "Warner Bros" is spoken as "Warner Brothers".

[@willkosak]

Video creator isn't too smart - just reading straight off of wikipedia

[@jdh21403]

I’m happy they’re still around, if the major studios/distributors, WB are probably my favorites

[@shadowgb]

When movies first started featuring spoken dialog they were called talkies.

[@jamesslick4790]

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]

"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]

@@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]

@@jamesslick4790 Did you maybe reply to the wrong comment?

[@jamesslick4790]

@@shadowgb Which one?

[@SOSTeraDrive]

thanks for adding Sylvester in the thumbnail he’s a radical cat

[@danlancaster2239]

When I hear Warner Bros. I think of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Foghorn Leghorn.

[@leroyvermilion7708]

And harry potter?

[@donniewebster7041]

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]

As an in-name-only unit since 1994.

[@Markimark151]

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]

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]

@@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]

@@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]

@@CivilEngineerWroxton lol that’s wrong lol

[@bullrun2772]

@@Dj.D25 lol actually cares okay whoa

[@burprobrox9134]

You always make a top-notch video. I really appreciate it, thank you.

[@MrTakaMOSHi]

Dude went the whole way and didn't mention the Animainiacs

[@PrincessAshley972]

As fun as they were/are, i dont think they're relevant to this video

[@jamalwiththe9680]

@@PrincessAshley972 exactly.

[@Hawkx10]

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]

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!

[@castlewhite1577]

Do the rise and fall of MGM next. They were the titans of the film industry in the golden age and seeing them fall so far is really interesting to me.

[@Coyotek4]

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.

[@TomGreen99]

_QUICK!_ Do a video on MGM.

[@DarthBoardBVE]

Is it a pet peeve for anyone else hearing KZbinrs pronouncing Bros. (with a period) as “BROS” rather than “BROTHERS”? No? Just me then? Thought so.

[@Bill_Woo]

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]

@@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]

@@inkoalawetrust And The Internet does what the Internet does. You're a walking, talking cliche` Jasper. Derrrrr.

[@inkoalawetrust]

@@Bill_Woo What are you even talking about.

[@Whocares158]

I get like that to. Internet talk changed English language.

[@erikdmckenzie]

I wonder how much Christopher Nolan has contributed to Warner bros.' success in the modern era

[@sanmarino8605]

Ya and I wonder what there future will be like now that he left them

[@abhinavaditya9433]

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]

He made them the most money but in return they gave him a lot of freedom

[@AK-47ISTHEWAY]

I personally thought The Dark Knight was horrible. Probably the most overrated film in history.

[@MusicGameFinatic999]

@@AK-47ISTHEWAY very unpopular opinion

[@nslouka90]

One thing I don’t think you mentioned was that Warner also founded Warner Music which is one of the largest music labels in the world and produces nearly 1/3 of music that’s being released today.

[@Movie-Tech]

He briefly mentions WMG and its being spun off near the end of the AOL era...

[@nelsonricardo3729]

Great content as always! "Bros." is pronounced "Brothers".

[@patw.6567]

Bros sounds cooler

[@briannawaldorf8485]

Pat W. It doesn’t lol. Maybe like 15 years ago

[@GarrettWorcester]

@@patw.6567 I was waiting for the "Next time Warner Brother!" phrase (which, apparently I am alone in remembering), but instead, all I got was the tragically non-hip "Bros" pronunciation. To be honest, it kind of grated on me quickly.

[@allanbaker5945]

@SodapopTheOutsider LOL, "professor", LMFAO.

[@DarthBoardBVE]

Yep, it’s always pronounced “BROTHERS” when there is a period. That is a frequent pet peeve of mine in Super Mario videos too.

[@josefnocera4414]

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 😳

[@nitehawk86]

AOL tried really hard to sink Warner and failed.

[@hotwax9376]

And we should all be glad of that. If there's any Hollywood studio that I would not want to see disappear, it would be Warners. I might say Disney except that they're so far removed from their former glory that I wouldn't be sad to see their older film and TV library sold to another company that would take better care of them. And Warner Bros. has really proven itself to be just one such studio. After acquiring the classic MGM film library they kept the original titles instead of plastering on their own (like Disney has often done over the years) and has painstakingly worked to restore them after MGM cast them aside and forgot about them (Gone With the Wind is a good example of this). More than any other major film studio, Warner Bros. truly are white hats in the restoration of classic films and giving them the respect they deserve.

[@JTA1961]

S0L

[@jamesslick4790]

@@hotwax9376 Then....Why would you want the to "disappear"?

[@TheFourthWinchester]

WB is the only name I'd be sad to see go away forever. Disney and the rest could die and I would feel indifferent about it.

[@abandonedchannel1010]

Yeah take that AOL

[@shelbydog0911]

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!

[@MrRezRising]

Have you done Nintendo yet? Also: Hey, Drew's grandfather!

[@IftiAlam1999]

The more appropriate title should've been : "the Acquisitions, sales and Acquisition again."

[@Sketch105]

I always associate the AOL Time Warner merger with the death of the “Monday Night Wars” of professional wrestling thanks to effectively killing the biggest wrestling competition- World Championship Wrestling (WCW). Wrestling was such a hot commodity in the late 90s/early 2000s with both WWF and WCW competing against each other (even if some parts haven’t aged particularly well) but the merger caused WCW to completely lose the Monday Night time slot they had after their biggest cheerleader, Ted Turner, was removed from his position. There was lots of mismanagement and money lost too, but many people were trying to turn WCW around and relaunch it just when Warner effectively killed that idea. I highly suggest looking into it for your more casual viewers because you have so many great stories- the rise of WCW as a southern wrestling organization into a prime time player, the rise of Eric Bischoff into an exec, wrestlers jumping ship from both companies to stay fresh, Turner’s rivalry with Vince McMahon, the huge impact of wrestling on pop culture at the time, and the ending of WCW with a failed relaunch and being bought, incorporated into WWF as a “brand/faction”, then the whole library being onto WWE Network which is on Peacock now.

[@corstiger8704]

Yep, and somehow in 2021, pro wrestling found its way back on a Turner network.

[@austinmolitor7283]

That pronunciation of "Casablanca" just hurt

[@PP-xs7hu]

Stfu kid

[@PP-xs7hu]

Wubba lubba dub dub im pickle rick

[@jamalwiththe9680]

@@PP-xs7hu stop being butthurt for no reason.

[@apexsensation]

Similar to 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.

[@jonathanjeffrymulyana4390]

@@apexsensation idk, sounds like you were living under a rock, it has always been pronounced bros where i live, it's simpler that way.

[@dragonskunkstudio7582]

Nobody calls it Warner Broz. It's either WB or Warner Brothers or Warn a brother or Warner Brothers and Dot. And I just realized now that Dot was not just a random name chosen for the sister.

[@dennisgutmann1085]

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!

[@gastonville11]

I think you should refer to them as “Warner Brothers” and not “Warner Bros”…

[@Bill_Woo]

Yes. As I sense that everyone else in the world says it.

[@JK-gm6kk]

Everytime I hear company man's outro, I feel like he needs a hug