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  1. Hanna-Barbera may have usurped Disney as the most successful animation studio in the world, with its characters becoming ubiquitous across different types of media and myriad consumer products. [3] [4] [5] By the 1980s, however, the studio's fortunes were in decline, as the profitability of Saturday-morning cartoons was eclipsed by weekday ...

  2. Over the years, Gold Key lost several properties, including the King Features Syndicate characters (Popeye, Flash Gordon, The Phantom, etc.), to Charlton Comics in 1966, numerous, but not all, Hanna-Barbera characters also to Charlton Comics in 1970, and Star Trek to Marvel Comics in 1979.

    • 1984
    • Lance Linderman, Adam Brooks, Mike Dynes, Arnold Guerrero
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  4. History of involvement in theme parks. Taft Broadcasting purchased Hanna-Barbera Productions, a television animation studio, in 1967. Two years later, it purchased Cincinnati's Coney Island amusement park, moving it and expanding it on a larger allotment of land, reopening it in 1972 as Kings Island.

  5. 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.

  6. Born in 1910 in Melrose, New Mexico, Hanna began his professional career at age 20, working as a story editor, lyricist, and composer for an independent studio; Barbera, born in New York City in 1911, was an accountant and a freelance magazine cartoonist. The two men met at MGM in 1937, the year they both joined the studio and, with Fred Quimby ...

  7. Animation studio founded by William Hanna (1910-2001) and Joseph Barbera (1911-2006) in 1957 (initially as H-B Enterprises), following the closure of the MGM cartoon studio for which they had created the classic Cat versus mouse series Tom & Jerry ( 1940 -current). The studio was bought by Taft Broadcasting in 1966, then by Turner Broadcasting ...

  8. A Legacy of Iconic Characters. Hanna-Barbera’s creative genius extended to the creation of memorable characters. “The Flintstones,” set in the prehistoric town of Bedrock, introduced viewers to the lovable Fred and Wilma Flintstone, along with their neighbors, the Rubbles. Meanwhile, “The Jetsons” offered a futuristic vision with the ...

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