The Cat&Birdy Warneroonie PinkyBrainy Big Cartoonie Show

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The Cat&Birdy Warneroonie PinkyBrainy Big Cartoonie Show, or The Big Cartoonie Show for short, was a compilation program that aired on Kids WB! in 1999 and 2000. It followed a theme similar to previous Saturday morning cartoons featuring Looney Tunes shorts. Originally airing in an hour-length time slot, the first four episodes featured Looney Tunes shorts with newly-made title cards, as well as shorts originally featured on Tiny Toon Adventures, Animaniacs, Pinky and the Brain (and its ill-fated spin-off Pinky, Elmyra, and the Brain), and The Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries.

After the first four episodes, when Kids WB! began airing Pokémon, the show was reduced to a half-hour format and showed only Animaniacs and Pinky, Elmyra, and the Brain segments. Notably, it was through The Big Cartoonie Show that most episodes of the latter program were shown, as the episodes had already been paid for prior to its removal from the network.

Despite the fact that most of the show was made up of old material, the show was popular enough to garner a second season. In its second season, the show's full name was changed to The Cat&Bunny Warneroonie SuperLooney Big Cartoonie Show and featured shorts from Tiny Toons and Animaniacs. In this season, the show was given host segments starring Karen and Kirby.

Shortly afterward, The Big Cartoonie Show was moved to weekday afternoons, bringing back Looney Tunes shorts in the process. The show was eventually taken off altogether around 2001.