Capitalism's Bullies
Read this. Here's an easier-to-read article about it.

Are they the best pieces of animation on this planet? No. Are they treasured and remembered by people nation-wide? Yes. Rankin/Bass gave America such holiday specials as Rudolph, Frosty the Snowman, Santa Claus is Coming to Town, Jack Frost, Little Drummer Boy, and Here Comes Peter Cottontail. The latter was a childhood favorite of mine, and I watched it whether it was Easter or not.
They're also responsible for The Hobbit and Return of the King animated films that filled in what Ralph Bakshi didn't cover in Lord of the Rings (before Peter Jackson came along). And yes, they also produced Thundercats, which was a very popular Saturday Morning Cartoon of the 80's.



Okay, so I didn't watch Thundercats growing up. I'm a child of the 90's, and the only 80's cartoon leftover I got was Muppet Babies. But the problem at hand is that Warner Bros owes Rankin/Bass millions of dollars, and they won't give it to them because of "limitations," due to an "accounting mistake."

WTF

I think that's a little more than an accounting mistake, and I think they deserve their money, after giving America some of the most beloved animated specials, and also selling over a million copies of the Thundercats DVDs.