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Boomerang owned by Cartoon Network: Boomerang, a Cartoon Network owned television network was launched on April 1, 2000. This company was one of the two real spin-offs of Cartoon Network that used to telecast classic animated cartoons and television series from the archives of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Hanna-Barbara and Warner Bros. Other channels of Boomerang are located in United Kingdom, Spain, Brazil, Latin America, Germany, Australia, France and some Eastern European countries. A shift in the time slot of Boomerang was a common feature. Earlier it used to come on Saturday moving but it shifted to Saturday afternoons. Later it changed again from Sunday block moving to Sunday evenings. The shift continued till its timings were changed to once a week on Saturday as well as its duration was also shortened by an hour. During the looping format, program days for Cartoon Network owned Boomerang started at 8 am according to the Eastern Time. It used to telecast a number of half-hour and an hour-long cartoon programs from Mondays to Thursdays. ‘Monthly feature’ cartoons were telecast for the whole day on Fridays. One cartoon character was selected for every Friday. A banner saying “monthly character of the month” had also come on January 22, 2005. Now it is shown on weekends at 2-4 pm eastern. Saturdays were fixed for cartoons of the year ranging from approximately 1963 to 1983 in a sequence of one year per week. While on Sundays, Boomerang used to feature the theme of ‘Boomeraction’. It used to feature action as well as adventure like Super Friends, Space Ghost and Jonny Quest. Recently, Boomerang started airing shows that belonged to recent times like Batman: The Animated Series and The Adams Family Cartoon.

Boomerang Games: Boomerang games are very interesting as it offers a range of games online. Throwing boomerangs is one of the most fascinating aspects of boomerang games. Juggling, trick catches and G-L-O-R-P are some of the popular Boomerang games.

Juggling: In order to play the juggling game you should have two boomerangs. It begins by throw the first boomerang in the air and just before you catch it, you need to throw the second one. Then throw the first while the second one is still in the air. The main idea of throwing one boomerang after the other is to keep one of the boomerangs in the air, so that the level of enthusiasm keeps increasing. The juggling game used to be a competitive event but was later dropped, as some brilliant players showed extraordinary class in this game. Some people still play it to increase their accuracy and concentration level.

Trick Catches: Trick catches is a highly entertaining game as players can enjoy catching in different ways. You can try catching the boomerang under your leg, behind your back and can also use both one-handed as well as two-handed catches. If your boomerang hovers down to the ground a lot, you may require waiting until it is low enough to kick it back up into the air and catch it. Accuracy and timing are the prerequisites of the game so as to win in trick catches. You need to check the number of times you could get your boom to bounce back to the exact spot from where you threw it without dropping the boomerang. It is essential to keep one foot planted on to the ground after throwing the boomerang and catch the boom without moving your foot.

G-L-O-R-P: Similar to the basketball game, H-O-R-S-E, G-L-O-R-P is one of the most fascinating boomerang games. In G-L-O-R-P, the first thrower applies a trick catch and all other throwers are asked to repeat the same catch trick in order to avoid getting a letter. They get a letter if they fail to complete the defined catch as per the tricks. In case the player get all the five letters i.e. G, L, O, R, P the player would be out of the game. The thrower who does not get a letter finally wins the game.