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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.
- March 12, 2001; 22 years ago
- Film, Animation, Television
- July 7, 1957; 66 years ago
Hanna and Barbera, American motion-picture animators and partners in Hanna-Barbera Productions, founded in 1957. William Hanna (in full William Denby Hanna; b. July 14, 1910, Melrose, New Mexico, U.S.—d. March 22, 2001, Hollywood, California) and Joseph Barbera (in full Joseph Roland Barbera; b.
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Jul 11, 2020 · Barbera and Hanna were fast friends, but even faster workers. Studio co-owner Louis B. Mayer was hungry for new characters, and he sent orders to every animator to bolster MGM’s stable of ...
- 1,740 VOTES. Gargamel From 'The Smurfs' Invented And Patented The First Artificial Heart. Actor and comedian Paul Winchell was a man of many talents; he was a ventriloquist and also an inventor, building and patenting a mechanical heart in 1963.
- 1,191 VOTES. The Actor Who Voiced George Jetson Had A Fatal Stroke While Recording His Lines. The Jetsons first aired in 1962, with the lead character George voiced by George O'Hanlon, who voiced the Jetson patriarch for the initial 24 episodes of the show.
- 1,124 VOTES. Most Of The Hanna-Barbera Characters Had Collars Because It Was Easier To Draw. There's a reason so many Hanna-Barbera characters have collars.
- 1,089 VOTES. Jack Nicholson Turned Down A Job As An Animator For Hanna-Barbera. When Jack Nicholson arrived in Hollywood during the mid-1950s, he applied for a job at MGM.
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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 arc of the comic 2000AD, 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-Doo. Daphne...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 Animaniacssegment "Back in Style," Thaddeus Plotz, the CEO of Warner Bros., tries to save the company by loaning off the Warner siblings to Phil and Schmoe, parodies of Bill Hanna and Joe Ba...The humans in the animated TV series Krypto the Superdog resembled the cartoonish designs of the humans used in Hanna-Barbera's cartoons such as The Flintstones and The Jetsons.When Harman and Ising's company broke up in 1937, Hanna joined MGM as a cartoon writer and director. It was there he met Joseph Barbera. The son of an Italian immigrant, Joseph Roland Barbera was born on March 24, 1911, in New York City.
Jan 19, 2017 · Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera set out to entertain children and adults and ended up creating an experience called “Saturday Morning Cartoons.”. Through laughter and imagination, they have amused and inspired millions of children for more than three generations. William Hanna and Joseph Barbera are the Architects of Saturday Morning.
