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Employees: 130. 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 ...
The studio was bought by Taft Broadcasting in 1966, then by Turner Broadcasting System (TBS) in 1991, when Barbera and Hanna moved from being company heads to advisory positions. 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.
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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 "...People also ask
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Hanna-Barbera was an American animation studio and production company, which was active from 1957 until its absorption into Warner Bros. Animation in 2001. Founded on July 7, 1957 by Tom and Jerry creators William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, it was headquartered on Cahuenga Blvd from 1960 to 1998, then subsequently at the Sherman Oaks Galleria in Sherman Oaks.
Mar 14, 2021 · He began collecting all things Hanna-Barbera in 1989 and has since amassed more than 500 artifacts. Meet the Experts: Hanna-Barbera will be hosted by Bradbeer’s daughter, Samantha Bradbeer, historian at Hallmark Archives and an avid Archie Comics collector. Registration is required for this FREE online event. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER.
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 ...
Viewmaster set B502 Hanna Barbera THE BANANA SPLITS. GAF. 1970. 3 reel set with the 16 page illustrated booklet; but MISSING the picture sleeve. near mint. 49.00. THE BANANA SPLITS Frame Tray Jigsaw Puzzle; Whitman #4534. 1969. Full color illus. of them in snowmobiles; racing around the North Pole. Excellent condition. 50.00
