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Bedrock Productions (1990) Hanna-Barbera ( / ˈhænə ˈbɑːrbərə / BAR-BARE-ə) [1] was an American animation studio and production company, which was active from 1957 until its absorption into Warner Bros. Animation in 2001.
Sales: $100 million (1996 est.) SICs: 7812 Motion Picture & Video Production. Company History: Hanna-Barbera Cartoons Inc., founded by the animation team of Joseph Barbera and William Hanna in 1957, rose to prominence as the first successful producers of cartoons for television. They are perhaps best known for developing a formula for ...
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Early Beginnings
William Denby "Bill" Hanna and Joseph Roland "Joe" Barbera began their partnership when they first met at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1937. Having previous experience in the animation industry since the early 1930s, they worked at MGM's animation department and solidified themselves as workmates for the next six decades. From 1940 to until 1957, they both created and worked on the Tom and Jerry series of theatrical cartoons, centering on the madcap exploits of a cat named Tom and a mouse named Jer...
New Digs
In 1963, a larger building of the studio was built in Los Angeles, California. The building was designed by architect Arthur Froehlich in a clean Mid-Century Modern style.
Taft, the Great American
In 1987, Taft Broadcasting changed its name to Great American Broadcasting (or Great American Communications). In October 1989, David Kirschner was hired as the new president of Hanna-Barbera, to bring it back out from a state of being "moribund" as Hanna-Barbera hadn't had a hit since The Smurfs. Kirschner would make the studio a valuable asset again that could be sold for the financially troubled Great American, To do this, Kirschner announced plans for a theme park inspired by Disney, Hann...
1950s
1. Main article: 1950s 1. The Ruff and Reddy Show (1957-1960) 1.1. Ruff and Reddy 2. The Huckleberry Hound Show (1958-1962) 2.1. Huckleberry Hound 2.2. Pixie and Dixie and Mr. Jinks 2.3. Yogi Bear (1958-1961) 2.4. Hokey Wolf(1961-1962) 3. The Quick Draw McGraw Show (1959-1961) 3.1. Quick Draw McGraw 3.2. Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy 3.3. Snooper and Blabber 4. Loopy De Loop (1959-1965)
1960s
1. Main article: 1960s 1. The Flintstones(1960-1966) 2. The Yogi Bear Show (1961) 2.1. Yogi Bear 2.2. Yakky Doodle 2.3. Snagglepuss 3. Top Cat(1961-1962) 4. The Hanna-Barbera New Cartoon Series (1962-1963) 4.1. Wally Gator 4.2. Touché Turtle and Dum Dum 4.3. Lippy the Lion and Hardy Har Har 5. The Jetsons (1962-1963; 1985-1987) 6. Hey There, It's Yogi Bear(1964) 7. The Magilla Gorilla Show (1964-1967) 7.1. Magilla Gorilla 7.2. Punkin' Puss & Mushmouse 7.3. Ricochet Rabbit & Droop-a-long(1964-...
1970s
1. Main article: 1970s 1. Motormouse(1970-1971) 2. Harlem Globetrotters(1970-1971) 3. Josie and the Pussycats(1970-1971) 4. Where's Huddles?(1970) 5. The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show(1971-1972) 6. Duffy's Dozen(1971, unsold pitch) 7. Help!... It's the Hair Bear Bunch!(1971-1972) 8. The Funky Phantom(1971-1972) 9. "Love and the Private Eye" (1972) 10. Hardcase(1972) 11. "Love and the Old-Fashioned Father" (1972) 12. The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan(1972) 13. Wait Till Your Father Gets Home (19...
In the Red Razors serial of Judge Dredd: The Magazine, a group of Sov-Block mercenary enforcers called themselves the Spooky Doo Gang, due to owning a dog called Spooky who resembled a green Scooby...In the movie Adventures in Dinosaur City (aka Dinosaur), there is a parody of The Flintstones called Dino Saur. In the intro, an anthropomorphic dinosaur passes the same Dino-shaped hedge several t...In The Ren and Stimpy Show episode "Ren's Retirement," the worm who eats both Ren and Stimpy in the end wears an outfit similar to early Hanna-Barbera funny animal characters, namely Yogi Bear. His...In the letters section of Droopy Issue #1, cartoonist Scott Shaw draws an affectionate caricature of Tex Averystanding outside of his office at Hanna-Barbera, while holding a coffee mug that says "...From 1958 through the 1980s, a vast majority of those cartoons bore the Hanna-Barbera (1957-2001) imprint. Creating hit shows such as The Flintstones, Scooby-Doo, Jonny Quest, Super Friends, and The Smurfs, Hanna-Barbera was an animation powerhouse. Hanna-Barbera Productions was formed in 1957 by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, who had been ...
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Jan 19, 2017 · The following month, CBS purchased the Terrytoons cartoon library from Paul Terry, Barbera’s old employer, for $5,000,000, including characters such as Heckle and Jeckle and Mighty Mouse. Using this material, CBS began airing the first Saturday morning cartoon series.
In 1996 Warner Brothers bought Hanna-Barbera, eventually shuttering the studio and marketing its properties under the Cartoon Network brand. The 166 episodes of The Flintstones, as well as hundreds of animated shorts, continued to be broadcast around the world.
Nov 20, 2017 · Joe Barbera is 82 now. Bill Hanna is 84. The great animators are still making cartoons. (!) Although under present boss Ted Turner, who bought the Hanna-Barbera catalogue for his 24-hour cartoon channel, they are now developing projects independently.
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