Max has dropped the original Warner Bros. cartoons from its lineup, which our TV critic says leaves us with the pastiche and is similar to removing books from a library.

If Looney Tunes is the ever-revolving sign switching between Bugs Bunny’s “duck season” and Daffy Duck’s “rabbit season,” Warner Bros. Discovery is the befuddled hunter pulling the trigger on those wascally old shorts.

Warner Brothers has officially removed its entire catalog of original Looney Tunes shorts from its streaming service, HBO Max. The legendary shorts spanned nearly 40 years, from 1930 to 1969, during what is considered to be a “golden age” for animation — and it should go without saying that they made Warner Brothers what it is today.