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In 1991 Turner Broadcasting System bought Hanna-Barbera for $320 million. Fred Siebert was appointed president of the company while Scott Sassa, president of Turner Broadcasting's entertainment division, influenced long-term strategy.
TBS bought Hanna-Barbera to create new material and to use its back catalogue for their new Cartoon Network channel, which began broadcasting in 1992. TBS merged with Time Warner in 1996, with the Hanna-Barbera studios being absorbed into Warner Bros. Animation (see Warner Bros. Cartoons) in 2001, following Hanna's death.
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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 "...Dec 30, 1993 · Turner Broadcasting System Inc. has agreed to buy the Apollo Investment Fund's 50 percent stake in the Hanna-Barbera Inc. television production company for $255 million.
Aug 31, 1991 · Turner Broadcasting System Inc. has entered into exclusive negotiations to acquire Hanna-Barbera Productions Inc., the animation company that has been on the auction block for more than a year.
- ALAN CITRON
In November of that same year, the Hanna-Barbera studio and library, as well as much of the Ruby-Spears library, were acquired by a 50-50 joint venture between Turner Broadcasting—which by that time also bought the pre-May 1986 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer library—and Apollo Investment Fund for $320 million.
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