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Atom Ant
Atom Ant is a cartoon ant and superhero, created by Hanna-Barbera in 1965. Atom costarred in The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show (sharing top billing with Secret Squirrel). In syndication, Atom Ant aired alongside Precious Pupp and The Hillbilly Bears.
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Barney Rubble
Barnard "Barney" Rubble is the deuteragonist in the television animated series The Flintstones. He is the diminutive blonde-haired caveman husband of Betty Rubble and father of Bamm-Bamm Rubble. His best friends are his next door neighbors, Fred and Wilma Flintstone.
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Bugs Bunny
Bugs Bunny is an American fictional character who starred in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of animated films produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions, which became Warner Bros. Cartoons in 1944. In 2002, he was named by TV Guide as the greatest cartoon character of all time. Bugs starred in 163 shorts in the Golden Age of American animation, and made cameos in three others along with a few appearances in non-animated films.
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Esther Williams
Esther Jane Williams (born August 8, 1921, although some sources cite 1922) is a retired American competitive swimmer and MGM movie star. Williams set multiple national and regional swimming records in her late teens as part of the Los Angeles Athletic Club swim team. Unable to compete in the 1940 Summer Olympics because of the outbreak of World War II, Williams joined Billy Rose's Aquacade, where she took on the role vacated by Eleanor Holm after the show's move from New York City to San Francisco. There, she spent five months swimming alongside Olympic swimmer and Tarzan star, Johnny Weissmuller.
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Fred Quimby
Frederick C. "Fred" Quimby (July 31, 1886 – September 16, 1965) was an American cartoon producer, best known as a producer of Tom and Jerry cartoons, for which he won seven Academy Awards. He was the producer in charge of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio, which included Tex Avery and the team of William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, creators of Tom and Jerry.
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Gene Kelly
Eugene Curran "Gene" Kelly (August 23, 1912 – February 2, 1996) was an American dancer, actor, singer, film director and producer, and choreographer. A major exponent of 20th century filmed dance, Kelly was known for his energetic and athletic dancing style, his good looks and the likeable characters that he played on screen.
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Harman and Ising
Hugh Harman (August 31, 1903 – November 25, 1982) and Rudolf "Rudy" Ising (August 7, 1903 – July 18, 1992) were an American animation team best known for founding the Warner Bros. and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer animation studios. They are particularly celebrated for their 1939 antiwar MGM cartoon Peace on Earth and won an Oscar for the MGM cartoon The Milky Way in 1940.
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Joseph Barbera
Joseph Roland "Joe" Barbera ( ; March 24, 1911 – December 18, 2006) was an influential American animator, director, producer, storyboard artist, and cartoon artist, whose movie and television cartoon characters entertained millions of fans worldwide for much of the twentieth century. Through his young adult years, Barbera lived, attended college, and began his career in New York City.
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Katzenjammer Kids
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Leon Schlesinger
Leon Schlesinger (May 20, 1884 – December 25, 1949) was an American film producer, most noted for founding , which later became the Warner Bros. Cartoons studio, during the golden age of Hollywood animation.
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Leonard Maltin
Leonard Maltin (born December 18, 1950) is an American film critic and film historian. He has written several mainstream books on the cinema, focusing on nostalgic, celebratory narratives.
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Phil Silvers
Phil Silvers (May 11, 1911 – November 1, 1985) was an American entertainer and comedy actor, known as "The King of Chutzpah." He is best known for starring in The Phil Silvers Show, a 1950s sitcom set on a U.S. Army post in which he played Sergeant Bilko.
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Tex Avery
Frederick Bean "Fred/Tex" Avery (February 26, 1908 – August 26, 1980) was an American animator, cartoonist, voice actor and director, famous for producing animated cartoons during The Golden Age of Hollywood animation. He did his most significant work for the Warner Bros. and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios, creating the characters of Daffy Duck, Bugs Bunny, Droopy, Screwy Squirrel, and developing Porky Pig and Chilly Willy (this last one for the Walter Lantz Studio) into the personas for which they are remembered.
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The Flintstones
The Flintstones is an animated American television sitcom that ran from September 30, 1960 to April 1, 1966 on ABC. Produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions, The Flintstones is about a working class Stone Age man's life with his family and his next door neighbor and best friend. It has since been re-released on both DVD and VHS. The show is 50 years old as of September 30, 2010.
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Walt Disney
Walter Elias "Walt" Disney (December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966) was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur, entertainer, international icon, and philanthropist. Disney is famous for his influence in the field of entertainment during the 20th century. As the co-founder (with his brother Roy O. Disney) of Walt Disney Productions, Disney became one of the best-known motion picture producers in the world. The corporation he co-founded, now known as The Walt Disney Company, today has annual revenues of approximately U.S. $35 billion.
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Baker City, Oregon
Baker City is a city in and the county seat of Baker County, Oregon, United States. This city was named after its county. The population was 9,860 at the 2000 census, with an estimated population of 10,140 in 2008.
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Compton, California
Compton is a city in southern Los Angeles County, California, United States, southeast of downtown Los Angeles. The City of Compton is one of the oldest cities in the county and in 1889 was the eighth city to incorporate. It is often considered part of the south side by residents of Los Angeles. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 93,493. It is known as the "Hub City" because of its location in nearly the exact geographical center of Los Angeles County.
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Logan, Utah
Logan is a city in Cache County, Utah. As of the 2000 U.S. Census, its population was about 42,670. By 2009, its population is estimated to have increased to about 49,534. Logan is the county seat of Cache County, and the principal city of the Logan, UT-ID Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Cache County and Franklin County, Idaho. The Logan metropolitan area contains an estimated 127,945 residents. In 2005 and 2007 Morgan Quitno declared the Logan metropolitan area the safest in the United States.
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Melrose, New Mexico
Melrose is a village in Curry County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 736 at the 2000 census. The town is losing population due to rural exodus. Melrose is served by Melrose Elementary School and Melrose High School.
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- Jonny Quest (2012)
- Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes (2010)
- Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo (2010)
- Tom and Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale (2007)
- Tom and Jerry in Shiver Me Whiskers (2006)
- Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry (2005)
- The Karateguard (2005)
- Scooby Doo in Where's My Mummy? (2005)
- Tom and Jerry Blast Off to Mars! (2005)
- Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004)
- Back to Hoagy's Alley: The Making of 'Top Cat' (2004)
- Tom and Jerry: The Magic Ring (2002)
- The 1st 13th Annual Fancy Anvil Award Show Program Special... Live!... in Stereo (2002)
- The 74th Annual Academy Awards (2002)
- Scooby-Doo (2002)
- Scooby-Doo (2002)
- Tom and Jerry: The Magic Ring (2002)
- Cartoon Crack-ups (2001)
- Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase (2001)
- The Flintstones: On the Rocks (2001)
- Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase (2001)
- The Mansion Cat (2000)
- Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders (2000)
- The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (2000)
- The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (2000)
- Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders (2000)
- Tom and Jerry's Greatest Chases (2000)
- The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (2000)
- Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost (1999)
- Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island (1998)
- Jonny Quest Versus the Cyber Insects (1995)
- The Flintstones: Wacky Inventions (1994)
- Scooby-Doo in Arabian Nights (1994)
- A Flintstones Christmas Carol (1994)
- The Flintstones (1994)
- The 10th TV Academy Hall of Fame (1994)
- Yogi the Easter Bear (1994)
- The Flintstones (1994)
- A Flintstone Family Christmas (1993)
- Once Upon a Forest (1993)
- I Yabba-Dabba Do! (1993)
- I Yabba-Dabba Do! (1993)
- Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby (1993)
- I Yabba-Dabba Do! (1993)
- Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby (1993)
- Jonny's Golden Quest (1993)
- Queen Esther (1992)
- The Last Halloween (1991)
- The Miracles of Jesus (1991)
- Jetsons: The Movie (1990)
- Tom & Jerry Kids Show (1990)
- The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera (1990)
- The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera (1990)
- The Adventures of Don Coyote and Sancho Panda (1990)
- The Yum Yums: The Day Things Went Sour (1990)
- Joseph and His Brothers (1990)
- Wake, Rattle & Roll (1990)
- Jetsons: The Movie (1990)
- Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue (1990)
- The Easter Story (1990)
- A Yabba-Dabba-Doo Celebration!: 50 Years of Hanna-Barbera (1989)
- A Yabba-Dabba-Doo Celebration!: 50 Years of Hanna-Barbera (1989)
- The Further Adventures of SuperTed (1989)
- Hägar the Horrible (1989)
- Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf (1988)
- Animal Follies (1988)
- Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School (1988)
- Les p'tits schtroumpfs (1988)
- The Good, the Bad, and Huckleberry Hound (1988)
- The Creation (1988)
- Yogi & the Invasion of the Space Bears (1988)
- Rockin' with Judy Jetson (1988)
- The New Yogi Bear Show (1988)
- The 40th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1988)
- The Flintstone Kids' Just Say No Special (1988)
- Fantastic Max (1988)
- Scooby-Doo Meets the Boo Brothers (1987)
- Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats (1987)
- 'Tis the Season to Be Smurfy (1987)
- Yogi Bear and the Magical Flight of the Spruce Goose (1987)
- Yogi's Great Escape (1987)
- Rock Odyssey (1987)
- Stone Fox (1987)
- Rock Odyssey (1987)
- The Nativity (1987)
- The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones (1987)
- Daws Butler: Voice Magician (1987)
- Popeye and Son (1987)
- Sky Commanders (1987)
- Ultraman: The Adventure Begins (1987)
- The Flintstones' 25th Anniversary Celebration (1986)
- GoBots: War of the Rock Lords (1986)
- David and Goliath (1986)
- Daniel and the Lion's Den (1986)
- Joshua and the Battle of Jericho (1986)
- The Flintstone Kids (1986)
- The Flintstones' 25th Anniversary Celebration (1986)
- Wildfire (1986)
- Moses (1986)
- Noah's Ark (1986)
- Samson and Delilah (1986)
- Star Fairies (1985)
- Yogi's Treasure Hunt (1985)
- The Pound Puppies (1985)
- Galtar and the Golden Lance (1985)
- The Smurfic Games (1984)
- Lucky Luke (1984)
- Snorks (1984)
- Pink Panther and Sons (1984)
- Les Dalton en cavale (1983)
- Monchhichis (1983)
- My Smurfy Valentine (1983)
- The Biskitts (1983)
- The Smurfs Springtime Special (1982)
- Christmas Comes to PacLand (1982)
- Heidi's Song (1982)
- Jokebook (1982)
- The Smurfs Christmas Special (1982)
- Yogi Bear's All-Star Comedy Christmas Caper (1982)
- Jokebook (1982)
- Laverne & Shirley with Special Guest Star the Fonz (1982)
- Mork & Mindy/Laverne & Shirley/Fonz Hour (1982)
- Ri¢hie Ri¢h (1982)
- Shirt Tales (1982)
- The Gary Coleman Show (1982)
- The Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Puppy Hour (1982)
- Smurfs (1981)
- The Flintstones: Jogging Fever (1981)
- The Kwicky Koala Show (1981)
- Space Stars (1981)
- The Flintstones: Wind-Up Wilma (1981)
- The Flintstones: Fred's Final Fling (1980)
- The Ri¢hie Ri¢h/Scooby-Doo Show (1980)
- Drak Pack (1980)
- The Flintstones' New Neighbors (1980)
- The New Adventures of Tom and Jerry (1980)
- Yogi's First Christmas (1980)
- Scooby-Doo Goes Hollywood (1979)
- Casper and the Angels (1979)
- Buford and the Galloping Ghost (1979)
- The New Fred and Barney Show (1979)
- The Flintstones Meet Rockula and Frankenstone (1979)
- Casper the Friendly Ghost: He Ain't Scary, He's Our Brother (1979)
- Casper's First Christmas (1979)
- Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1979)
- The Hanna-Barbera Hall of Fame: Yabba Dabba Doo II (1979)
- The Popeye Valentine Special: Sweethearts at Sea (1979)
- The New Shmoo (1979)
- Fred and Barney Meet the Thing (1979)
- Fred and Barney Meet the Shmoo (1979)
- The All-New Popeye Hour (1978)
- Dynomutt Dog Wonder (1978)
- Dinky Dog (1978)
- Jana of the Jungle (1978)
- The Robonic Stooges (1978)
- Godzilla (1978)
- Galaxy Goof-Ups (1978)
- Yogi's Space Race (1978)
- The Flintstones Little Big League (1978)
- C B Bears (1977)
- Scooby's All Star Laff-A-Lympics (1977)
- The Skatebirds (1977)
- Fred Flintstone and Friends (1977)
- The Great Grape Ape Show (1977)
- A Flintstone Christmas (1977)
- Fred Flintstone and Friends (1977)
- Silent Night, Holy Night (1976)
- Clue Club (1976)
- The Mumbly Cartoon Show (1976)
- Silent Night, Holy Night (1976)
- Davy Crockett on the Mississippi (1976)
- The New Tom & Jerry Show (1975)
- Devlin (1974)
- Korg: 70,000 B.C. (1974)
- Shootout in a One-Dog Town (1974)
- These Are the Days (1974)
- Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch (1974)
- Partridge Family 2200 AD (1974)
- Valley of the Dinosaurs (1974)
- Inch High, Private Eye (1973)
- The Three Musketeers (1973)
- The Count of Monte Cristo (1973)
- The Count of Monte Cristo (1973)
- Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1973)
- The Three Musketeers (1973)
- The Three Musketeers (1973)
- The Count of Monte Cristo (1973)
- Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1973)
- Butch Cassidy (1973)
- Jeannie (1973)
- Charlotte's Web (1973)
- Speed Buggy (1973)
- The Addams Family (1973)
- Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1973)
- Sealab 2020 (1972)
- The Flintstone Comedy Hour (1972)
- Josie and the Pussy Cats in Outer Space (1972)
- Josie and the Pussy Cats in Outer Space (1972)
- A Christmas Story (1972)
- The Flintstone Comedy Hour (1972)
- The Thanksgiving That Almost Wasn't (1972)
- The Thanksgiving That Almost Wasn't (1972)
- A Christmas Story (1972)
- Hardcase (1972)
- Sealab 2020 (1972)
- The Funky Phantom (1971)
- The Funky Phantom (1971)
- The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show (1971)
- Where's Huddles? (1970)
- Josie and the Pussycats (1970)
- Where's Huddles? (1970)
- Harlem Globe Trotters (1970)
- Harlem Globe Trotters (1970)
- Josie and the Pussycats (1970)
- Motormouse and Autocat (1969)
- Cattanooga Cats (1969)
- Love, American Style (1969)
- The Perils of Penelope Pitstop (1969)
- Loopy de Loop (1969)
- Loopy de Loop (1969)
- Motormouse and Autocat (1969)
- The Perils of Penelope Pitstop (1969)
- Cattanooga Cats (1969)
- Project X (1968)
- Arabian Knights (1968)
- Arabian Knights (1968)
- 1967 Busch Advertisement (1967)
- Abbott & Costello (1967)
- Shutter Bugged Cat (1967)
- Moby Dick and the Mighty Mightor (1967)
- Samson & Goliath (1967)
- Jack and the Beanstalk (1967)
- Shazzan (1967)
- Shazzan (1967)
- 1967 Busch Advertisement (1967)
- We'll Take Manhattan (1967)
- Abbott & Costello (1967)
- Birdman (1967)
- Birdman (1967)
- Samson & Goliath (1967)
- Moby Dick and the Mighty Mightor (1967)
- Space Ghost (1966)
- Alice in Wonderland or What's a Nice Kid Like You Doing in a Place Like This? (1966)
- Matinee Mouse (1966)
- Frankenstein, Jr. and the Impossibles (1966)
- The Man Called Flintstone (1966)
- The Man Called Flintstone (1966)
- The Man Called Flintstone (1966)
- Frankenstein, Jr. and the Impossibles (1966)
- The Space Kidettes (1966)
- Space Ghost (1966)
- Precious Pupp (1965)
- Big Mouse-Take (1965)
- The Secret Squirrel Show (1965)
- Pork Chop Phooey (1965)
- The Secret Squirrel Show (1965)
- Horse Shoo (1965)
- Horse Shoo (1965)
- The Atom Ant Show (1965)
- Pork Chop Phooey (1965)
- Sinbad Jr. (1965)
- The Atom Ant Show (1965)
- Crow's Fete (1965)
- Big Mouse-Take (1965)
- Sinbad Jr. (1965)
- Crow's Fete (1965)
- Trouble Bruin (1964)
- Hey There, It's Yogi Bear (1964)
- Hey There, It's Yogi Bear (1964)
- Habit Troubles (1964)
- Elephantastic (1964)
- Raggedy Rug (1964)
- The Magilla Gorilla Show (1964)
- The Peter Potamus Show (1964)
- Habit Troubles (1964)
- Hey There, It's Yogi Bear (1964)
- Bear Knuckles (1964)
- Bear Hug (1964)
- The Peter Potamus Show (1964)
- Elephantastic (1964)
- Bear Hug (1964)
- Bear Knuckles (1964)
- Raggedy Rug (1964)
- Trouble Bruin (1964)
- Chicken Hearted Wolf (1963)
- Chicken Hearted Wolf (1963)
- A Fallible Fable (1963)
- Just a Wolf at Heart (1963)
- A Fallible Fable (1963)
- Crook Who Cried Wolf (1963)
- Crook Who Cried Wolf (1963)
- Habit Rabbit (1963)
- Just a Wolf at Heart (1963)
- Sheep Stealers Anonymous (1963)
- Whatcha Watchin' (1963)
- Bear Up! (1963)
- Drum-Sticked (1963)
- Not in Nottingham (1963)
- Drum-Sticked (1963)
- Not in Nottingham (1963)
- Wolf in Sheep Dog's Clothing (1963)
- Whatcha Watchin' (1963)
- Wolf in Sheep Dog's Clothing (1963)
- Sheep Stealers Anonymous (1963)
- Habit Rabbit (1963)
- Bear Up! (1963)
- Bearly Able (1962)
- Bunnies Abundant (1962)
- Chicken Fracas-See (1962)
- Bungle Uncle (1962)
- Common Scents (1962)
- Common Scents (1962)
- The New Hanna-Barbera Cartoon Series (1962)
- Rancid Ransom (1962)
- Rancid Ransom (1962)
- Slippery Slippers (1962)
- Beef for and After (1962)
- Swash Buckled (1962)
- Wally Gator (1962)
- Slippery Slippers (1962)
- Bearly Able (1962)
- Wally Gator (1962)
- Bungle Uncle (1962)
- The New Hanna-Barbera Cartoon Series (1962)
- Chicken Fracas-See (1962)
- Bunnies Abundant (1962)
- Beef for and After (1962)
- Swash Buckled (1962)
- Child Sock-Cology (1961)
- Catch Meow (1961)
- Child Sock-Cology (1961)
- Count Down Clown (1961)
- Fee Fie Foes (1961)
- Happy Go Loopy (1961)
- Kooky Loopy (1961)
- Loopy's Hare-Do (1961)
- This Is My Ducky Day (1961)
- Two Faced Wolf (1961)
- Zoo Is Company (1961)
- Catch Meow (1961)
- Count Down Clown (1961)
- Fee Fie Foes (1961)
- Happy Go Loopy (1961)
- Kooky Loopy (1961)
- Loopy's Hare-Do (1961)
- This Is My Ducky Day (1961)
- Two Faced Wolf (1961)
- Zoo Is Company (1961)
- Life with Loopy (1960)
- Snoopy Loopy (1960)
- The Do-Good Wolf (1960)
- Here, Kiddie, Kiddie (1960)
- Here, Kiddie, Kiddie (1960)
- The Do-Good Wolf (1960)
- Tale of a Wolf (1960)
- No Biz Like Shoe Biz (1960)
- Creepy Time Pal (1960)
- Tale of a Wolf (1960)
- Life with Loopy (1960)
- Snoopy Loopy (1960)
- No Biz Like Shoe Biz (1960)
- Creepy Time Pal (1960)
- Little Bo Bopped (1959)
- Wolf Hounded (1959)
- Quick Draw McGraw (1959)
- Quick Draw McGraw (1959)
- Wolf Hounded (1959)
- Little Bo Bopped (1959)
- Happy Go Ducky (1958)
- Droopy Leprechaun (1958)
- Sheep Wrecked (1958)
- Happy Go Ducky (1958)
- Royal Cat Nap (1958)
- Tot Watchers (1958)
- Robin Hoodwinked (1958)
- Mutts About Racing (1958)
- The Vanishing Duck (1958)
- The Vanishing Duck (1958)
- Royal Cat Nap (1958)
- Robin Hoodwinked (1958)
- Tot Watchers (1958)
- The Ruff & Reddy Show (1957)
- Tom's Photo Finish (1957)
- Mucho Mouse (1957)
- Scat Cats (1957)
- Blackboard Jumble (1957)
- Tops with Pops (1957)
- Grin and Share It (1957)
- Tops with Pops (1957)
- One Droopy Knight (1957)
- Mucho Mouse (1957)
- Give and Tyke (1957)
- Cat's Meow (1957)
- Scat Cats (1957)
- Give and Tyke (1957)
- Timid Tabby (1957)
- Tom's Photo Finish (1957)
- Feedin' the Kiddie (1957)
- Feedin' the Kiddie (1957)
- Timid Tabby (1957)
- Barbecue Brawl (1956)
- Busy Buddies (1956)
- Blue Cat Blues (1956)
- Barbecue Brawl (1956)
- Blue Cat Blues (1956)
- Busy Buddies (1956)
- Down Beat Bear (1956)
- Muscle Beach Tom (1956)
- Millionaire Droopy (1956)
- The Flying Sorceress (1956)
- Muscle Beach Tom (1956)
- Invitation to the Dance (1956)
- The Egg and Jerry (1956)
- The Egg and Jerry (1956)
- The Flying Sorceress (1956)
- Down Beat Bear (1956)
- That's My Mommy (1955)
- Good Will to Men (1955)
- Southbound Duckling (1955)
- Mouse for Sale (1955)
- Smarty Cat (1955)
- Pup on a Picnic (1955)
- Pecos Pest (1955)
- Designs on Jerry (1955)
- Good Will to Men (1955)
- Tom and Chérie (1955)
- That's My Mommy (1955)
- Puppy Tale (1954)
- Neapolitan Mouse (1954)
- Mice Follies (1954)
- Little School Mouse (1954)
- Baby Butch (1954)
- Touché, Pussy Cat! (1954)
- Hic-cup Pup (1954)
- Downhearted Duckling (1954)
- Pet Peeve (1954)
- Posse Cat (1954)
- Jerry and Jumbo (1953)
- That's My Pup! (1953)
- Life with Tom (1953)
- The Missing Mouse (1953)
- Dangerous When Wet (1953)
- Just Ducky (1953)
- Two Little Indians (1953)
- Johann Mouse (1952)
- Triplet Trouble (1952)
- Fit to Be Tied (1952)
- The Dog House (1952)
- The Duck Doctor (1952)
- The Flying Cat (1952)
- Little Runaway (1952)
- Push-Button Kitty (1952)
- Cruise Cat (1952)
- Smitten Kitten (1952)
- Cat Napping (1951)
- Nit-Witty Kitty (1951)
- Jerry's Cousin (1951)
- Casanova Cat (1951)
- The Two Mouseketeers (1951)
- Sleepy-Time Tom (1951)
- Slicked-up Pup (1951)
- His Mouse Friday (1951)
- Jerry and the Goldfish (1951)
- Saturday Evening Puss (1950)
- The Framed Cat (1950)
- Cue Ball Cat (1950)
- Little Quacker (1950)
- Saturday Evening Puss (1950)
- Texas Tom (1950)
- Safety Second (1950)
- Jerry and the Lion (1950)
- Tom and Jerry in the Hollywood Bowl (1950)
- The Cat and the Mermouse (1949)
- Love That Pup (1949)
- Polka-Dot Puss (1949)
- Hatch Up Your Troubles (1949)
- Heavenly Puss (1949)
- Jerry's Diary (1949)
- Tennis Chumps (1949)
- Mouse Cleaning (1948)
- Kitty Foiled (1948)
- Make Mine Freedom (1948)
- Old Rockin' Chair Tom (1948)
- Professor Tom (1948)
- The Little Orphan (1948)
- The Truce Hurts (1948)
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- Mouse in Manhattan (1945)
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- Flirty Birdy (1945)
- Tee for Two (1945)
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- Puttin' on the Dog (1944)
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- The Million Dollar Cat (1944)
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- War Dogs (1943)
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- Dog Trouble (1942)
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- Top Ten Famous Sound Effects
- Muttley Bites Dastardly on the Butt
- Jet Screamer's Entrance
- Yogi Bear's Noggin Klonks
- Fred's Hard Head Hit
- Whisker Pluck
- Tromboing
- Fred Drops the Ball
- Kabong
- Gazoo Materializing
- Scrambling Feet
- Phone Message: Fred Flintstone #1
- Phone Message: Quick Draw McGraw: El Kabong
- Phone Message: Fred Flintstone #2
- Phone Message: Snagglepuss
- Phone Message: Fred Flintstone #3
- Ba-Wong
- Bam
- Bi-i-i-i-i-ng
- Bilp
- Birthday Greeting: Fred Flintstone #1
- Birthday Greeting: Hokey Wolf
- Birthday Greeting: Fred Flintstone #2
- Birthday Greeting: Quick Draw McGraw
- Birthday Greeting: Super Snooper & Blabber Mouse
- Bite
- Bloop
- Boings: Boi-ee-oing / Sproing / Whistle & Boings
- Comic Caper: Wally Gator
- Boinks: Boink / Doink / Pixie & Dixie Boinks
- Bongo Feet & Zip
- Bonk, Zing, Crash, & Zrit
- Bonks & Conks
- Boom Crash
- Bounce (Slow to Fast)
- Bowling: Fred Flintstone / Barney Rubble
- Bronk
- Bugle Charge!
- Ca-rrash
- Congratulations: Snagglepuss
- Congratulations: Fred Flintstone
- Crash
- Crunch, Crunch, Ding, Tinkle, Tinkle
- Door (Flintstones): Open / Slam & Rattle
- Double Takes: Ba-aa-be-oo-oo / Weee-oooo
- Drums: Acrobatic Roll With Accents / Trip & Slide Down
- Explosions: Boom / Ka-Boom
- Comic Caper: Peter Potamus
- Falling Object Whistle
- Fight: (Fred and Barney Fight)
- Fred's Flintmobile (Startup and Run)
- Fweet & Fblonk
- Fweet-Thump
- Gazoo Dematerializing
- Get Well Message: Fred Flintstone
- Get Well Message: Quick Draw McGraw
- Gun Shot
- Head Shakes: De-do-dedee-do-dedee-do / Pingitty-pingitty-ping
- Hopping: Sproings / Pixie & Dixie
- Comic Caper: Snagglepuss
- Jetson's Doorbell
- Jetson's Entrance Tube: Arrive / Depart
- Jetson's Phone Ring
- Jetson's Robot Maid (Rosey)
- Jetson's Space Capsule: Start, Run / In Flight / Pass By / Land & Stop
- Jetson's Space Traffic
- Comic Caper: Fred Flintstone
- Kablam
- Knock on Fred's Door
- Peeong
- Pops: Squish Pop / Pop Gun
- Ratchet
- Ricochet: Pchwong / Pchwaaa / Szwip-p / Whoof
- Comic Caper: Snooper & Blabber
- Running: Gallop / Blop Gallop
- Running Feet: Short / Long
- Skids: Screech / Broken Skid
- Slides: Whistle Up & Down / Silly Slide Up
- Squeaks: Scratchy Squeaks / Little Zabork / Squeak Up
- Spins: Spin & Boing / Wind Whistle Spin
- Strrretcch
- Comic Caper: Hokey Wolf
- Thunk
- Tip Toe
- Twangs: Twang-g-g-g-g / Twa-a-a-a-a-nng
- Waheep and Poof
- Walking Feet
- Whizz Klonk (Here's Your Paper, Mr. Flintstone!)
- Wind Up and Zip
- Xylophone; Long Gliss Up
- Yabba-Dabba-Doo!
- Yogi's Boink Walk
- Comic Caper: Quick Draw & Baba Looey
- Zip Scramble (Wind Whistle Scat)
- Zips: Zip In / Zip Out
- Zoom (Winnie Witch's Broom)
- Finale
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- Muttley Bites Dastardly on the Butt
- Jet Screamer's Entrance
- Yogi Bear's Noggin Klonks
- Fred's Hard Head Hit
- Whisker Pluck
- Tromboing
- Fred Drops the Ball
- Kabong
- Gazoo Materializing
- Scrambling Feet
- Phone Message: Fred Flintstone #1
- Phone Message: Quick Draw McGraw: El Kabong
- Phone Message: Fred Flintstone #2
- Phone Message: Snagglepuss
- Phone Message: Fred Flintstone #3
- Ba-Wong
- Bam
- Bi-i-i-i-i-ng
- Bilp
- Birthday Greeting: Fred Flintstone #1
- Birthday Greeting: Hokey Wolf
- Birthday Greeting: Fred Flintstone #2
- Birthday Greeting: Quick Draw McGraw
- Birthday Greeting: Super Snooper & Blabber Mouse
- Bite
- Bloop
- Boings: Boi-ee-oing / Sproing / Whistle & Boings
- Comic Caper: Wally Gator
- Boinks: Boink / Doink / Pixie & Dixie Boinks
- Bongo Feet & Zip
- Bonk, Zing, Crash, & Zrit
- Bonks & Conks
- Boom Crash
- Bounce (Slow to Fast)
- Bowling: Fred Flintstone / Barney Rubble
- Bronk
- Bugle Charge!
- Ca-rrash
- Congratulations: Snagglepuss
- Congratulations: Fred Flintstone
- Crash
- Crunch, Crunch, Ding, Tinkle, Tinkle
- Door (Flintstones): Open / Slam & Rattle
- Double Takes: Ba-aa-be-oo-oo / Weee-oooo
- Drums: Acrobatic Roll With Accents / Trip & Slide Down
- Explosions: Boom / Ka-Boom
- Comic Caper: Peter Potamus
- Falling Object Whistle
- Fight: (Fred and Barney Fight)
- Fred's Flintmobile (Startup and Run)
- Fweet & Fblonk
- Fweet-Thump
- Gazoo Dematerializing
- Get Well Message: Fred Flintstone
- Get Well Message: Quick Draw McGraw
- Gun Shot
- Head Shakes: De-do-dedee-do-dedee-do / Pingitty-pingitty-ping
- Hopping: Sproings / Pixie & Dixie
- Comic Caper: Snagglepuss
- Jetson's Doorbell
- Jetson's Entrance Tube: Arrive / Depart
- Jetson's Phone Ring
- Jetson's Robot Maid (Rosey)
- Jetson's Space Capsule: Start, Run / In Flight / Pass By / Land & Stop
- Jetson's Space Traffic
- Comic Caper: Fred Flintstone
- Kablam
- Knock on Fred's Door
- Peeong
- Pops: Squish Pop / Pop Gun
- Ratchet
- Ricochet: Pchwong / Pchwaaa / Szwip-p / Whoof
- Comic Caper: Snooper & Blabber
- Running: Gallop / Blop Gallop
- Running Feet: Short / Long
- Skids: Screech / Broken Skid
- Slides: Whistle Up & Down / Silly Slide Up
- Squeaks: Scratchy Squeaks / Little Zabork / Squeak Up
- Spins: Spin & Boing / Wind Whistle Spin
- Strrretcch
- Comic Caper: Hokey Wolf
- Thunk
- Tip Toe
- Twangs: Twang-g-g-g-g / Twa-a-a-a-a-nng
- Waheep and Poof
- Walking Feet
- Whizz Klonk (Here's Your Paper, Mr. Flintstone!)
- Wind Up and Zip
- Xylophone; Long Gliss Up
- Yabba-Dabba-Doo!
- Yogi's Boink Walk
- Comic Caper: Quick Draw & Baba Looey
- Zip Scramble (Wind Whistle Scat)
- Zips: Zip In / Zip Out
- Zoom (Winnie Witch's Broom)
- Finale
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- Ruff and Reddy (End Titles)
- Huckleberry Hound (Main Title)
- Huckleberry Hound (Opening Bumper Music)
- Huckleberry Hound (Sub-Main Title)
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- Pixie and Dixie (End Titles)
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- Yogi Bear, 1958 (End Titles)
- Hokey Wolf (Syndicated Titles with Sub-Main & End Titles)
- Huckleberry Hound (End Titles)
- Quick Draw McGraw (Main Title)
- Quick Draw McGraw (Opening Bumper Music)
- Quick Draw McGraw (Syndicated Titles with Sub-Main Title)
- Quick Draw McGraw (Underscore & Syndicated End Titles)
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- Augie Doggie (Underscore & End Titles)
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- Snooper & Blabber (Underscore & End Titles)
- Quick Draw McGraw (End Titles)
- Loopy De Loop, 1959 (Main Title, Underscore, & End Titles)
- Loopy De Loop, 1960 (Main Title, Underscore, & End Titles)
- Yogi Bear (Main Title)
- Yogi Bear (Opening Bumper Music)
- Snagglepuss (Syndicated Titles with Sub-Main & End Titles)
- Yakky Doodle (Syndicated Titles with Sub-Main & End Titles)
- Yogi Bear (Underscore)
- Yogi Bear (End Titles)
- The Flintstones (Main Title)
- Flintstones Jazz (Underscore)
- Wally Gator (Main Titles with Sub-Main & End Titles)
- Touch Turtle (Main Titles with Sub-Main & End Titles)
- Lippy the Lion & Hardy Har Har (Main Titles with Sub-Main & End Titles)
- Magilla Gorilla (Main Title)
- Magilla Gorilla (Underscore)
- Magilla Gorilla (Curtain Calls)
- Magilla Gorilla (End Titles)
- Peter Potamus (Main Title)
- Peter Potamus (Curtain Calls)
- Peter Potamus (End Titles)
- Scooby Doo, Where Are You?
- The New Scooby Doo Movies
- Huckleberry Hound (Main Title with Kellogg's Billboard)
- Quick Draw McGraw (Main Title with Kellogg's Billboard)
- Peter Potamus (Curtain Calls with Ricochet Rabbit)
- Dastardly & Muttley (Main title)
- Dastardly & Muttley (End title)
- Top Cat (Main title)
- Top Cat (Underscore)
- Top Cat (End title)
- Yogi Bear (Main title)
- Yogi Bear (Sub-main title)
- Yogi Bear (End title)
- (Meet) The Flintstones (Main title)
- The Flintstones (Underscore)
- Flintstones Jazz
- The Flintstones (End title)
- Huckleberry Hound (Main title)
- Huckleberry Hound (End title)
- Perils of Penelope Pitstop (Main title)
- Perils of Penelope Pitstop (End title)
- Snooper & Blabber (Syndicated titles with sub-main title)
- Snopper & Blabber (Underscore and end title)
- The Jetsons (Main title)
- The Jetsons (Underscore)
- The Jetsons (End title)
- Hair Bear Bunch (Main title)
- Hair Bear Bunch (End title)
- Secret Squirrel (Main title)
- Hong Kong Phooey (Main title)
- Josie & The Pussycats (Main title)
- Josie & The Pussycats (End title)
- Scooby Doo, Where Are You?
- Scooby Doo (End title)
- The New Scooby Doo Movies (Main title)
- Touche Turtle (Main title)
- Touche Turtle (End title)
- Wally Gator (Main title)
- Wally Gator (End title)
- Pixie & Dixie (Main title)
- Pixie & Dixie (Sub-main title)
- Pixie & Dixie (End title)
- Quick Draw McGraw (Main title)
- Quick Draw McGraw (Sub-main title)
- Quick Draw McGraw (End title)
- Snagglepuss (Main title)
- Snagglepuss (End title)
- Hokey Wolf (Syndicated titles with sub-main title)
- Augie Doggie (Syndicated titles with sub-main title)
- Yakky Doodle (Syndicated title with sub-main title)
- Lippy the Lion & Hardy Har Har (Main, sub-main & end titles)
- Wacky Races (Main title)
- Tra La La Song (Banana Splits Theme)
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| Name | William Hanna |
|---|---|
| Image size | 190px |
| Birth date | July 14, 1910 |
| Birth place | Melrose, New Mexico, U.S. |
| Ethnicity | Irish-American |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Animator, director, producer, |
| Years active | 1930–2001 |
| Death date | March 22, 2001 |
| Death place | North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Spouse | }} |
William Denby "Bill" Hanna (July 14, 1910 – March 22, 2001) was an American animator, director, producer, and cartoon artist, whose film and television cartoon characters entertained millions of people for much of the 20th century. When he was a young child, Hanna's family moved frequently, but they settled in Compton, California, by 1919. There, Hanna became an Eagle Scout. Hanna graduated from Compton High School in 1928. He briefly attended Compton City College but dropped out at the onset of the Great Depression.
After working odd jobs in the first months of the Depression, Hanna joined the Harman and Ising animation studio in 1930. During the 1930s, Hanna steadily gained skill and prominence while working on cartoons such as ''Captain and the Kids''. In 1937, while working at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Hanna met Joseph Barbera. The two men began a collaboration that was at first best known for producing ''Tom and Jerry'' and live action films. In 1957, they co-founded Hanna-Barbera, which became the most successful television animation studio in the business, producing programs such as ''The Flintstones'', ''The Huckleberry Hound Show'', ''The Jetsons'', ''Scooby-Doo'', ''The Smurfs'', and ''Yogi Bear''. In 1967, Hanna–Barbera was sold to Taft Broadcasting for $12 million, but Hanna and Barbera remained heads of the company until 1991. At that time, the studio was sold to Turner Broadcasting System, which in turn was merged with Time Warner, owners of Hanna's first employer Warner Bros., in 1996; Hanna and Barbera stayed on as advisors.
Hanna and Barbera won seven Academy Awards and eight Emmy Awards. Their cartoons have become cultural icons, and their cartoon characters have appeared in other media such as films, books, and toys. Hanna–Barbera's shows have a global audience of over 300 million people and have been translated into more than 20 languages.
Private life
William Hanna was born to William John and Avice Joyce (Denby) Hanna in Melrose, New Mexico. The third of seven children and the only son, Hanna maintained that there was no war between the sexes nor sibling rivalry in their home. Hanna described his family as "a red-blooded, Irish-American family". His father was a construction superintendent for railroads as well as water and sewer systems throughout the western regions of America, requiring the family to move frequently. When Hanna was three years old, the family moved to Baker City, Oregon, where his father worked on the construction of the Balm Creek Dam. It was here that Hanna developed his love of the outdoors. The family moved to Logan, Utah, before moving to San Pedro, California, in 1917. During the next two years they moved several times before eventually settling in Watts, California, in 1919. In 1922, while living in Watts, he joined Scouting. He attended Compton High School from 1925 through 1928, where he played the saxophone in a dance band. This passion for music carried over into his career as he helped write songs for his cartoons, including the theme for ''The Flintstones''. Hanna became an Eagle Scout as a youth and remained active in Scouting throughout his life. As an adult, he served as a Scoutmaster and was recognized by the Boy Scouts of America with their Distinguished Eagle Scout Award in 1985. Despite his numerous career-related awards, Hanna was most proud of this Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. His interests also included sailing and singing in a barbershop quartet. Hanna studied both journalism and structural engineering at Compton City College, but had to drop out of college with the onset of the Great Depression. He married Violet Blanch Wogatzke on August 7, 1936, and they had two children, David William and Bonnie Jean, and seven grandchildren. In 1996, Hanna, with assistance from Los Angeles writer Tom Ito, published his autobiography—Joe Barbera had published his two years earlier.
Career
Film
After dropping out of college, Hanna worked briefly as a construction engineer and helped build the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood. He lost that job during the Great Depression and found another at a car wash. His sister's boyfriend encouraged him to apply for a job at Pacific Art and Title, which produced title cards for motion pictures. While working there, Hanna's talent for drawing became evident, and in 1930 he joined the Harman and Ising animation studio, which had created the ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' series. Despite a lack of formal training, Hanna soon became head of their ink and paint department. Besides inking and painting, Hanna also wrote songs and lyrics. For the first several years of Hanna's employment, the studio partnered with Pacific Art and Title's Leon Schlesinger, who released the Harman-Ising output through Warner Bros. When Hugh Harman and Rudolph Ising chose to break with Schlesinger and begin producing cartoons independently for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) in 1933, Hanna was one of the employees who followed them.Hanna was given the opportunity to direct his first cartoon in 1936; the result was ''To Spring'', part of the Harman-Ising ''Happy Harmonies'' series. The following year, MGM decided to terminate their partnership with Harman-Ising and bring production in-house. Hanna was among the first people MGM hired away from Harman-Ising to their new cartoon studio. During 1938–39, he served as a senior director on MGM's ''Captain and the Kids'' series, based upon the comic strip of the same name (an alternate version of the ''Katzenjammer Kids'' that had resulted from a 1914 lawsuit). The series did not do well; consequently, Hanna was demoted to a story man and the series was canceled. Hanna's desk at MGM was opposite that of Joseph Barbera, who had previously worked at Terrytoons. The two quickly realized they would make a good team. By 1939 they had solidified a partnership that would last 50 years. Hanna and Barbera worked alongside animation director Tex Avery, who had created Daffy Duck and Bugs Bunny for Warner Bros. and directed ''Droopy'' cartoons at MGM.
In 1940, Hanna and Barbera jointly directed ''Puss Gets the Boot'', which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best (Cartoon) Short Subject. The studio wanted a diversified cartoon portfolio, so despite the success of ''Puss Gets the Boot'', Hanna and Barbera's supervisor, Fred Quimby, did not want to produce more cat and mouse cartoons. Surprised by the success of ''Puss Gets the Boot'', Hanna and Barbera ignored Quimby's resistance and continued developing the cat-and-mouse theme. By this time, however, Hanna wanted to return to working for Ising, to whom he felt very loyal. Hanna and Barbera met with Quimby, who discovered that although Ising had taken sole credit for producing ''Puss Gets the Boot'', he never actually worked on it. Quimby then gave Hanna and Barbera permission to pursue their cat-and-mouse idea. The result was their most famous creation, ''Tom and Jerry''.
Modeled after the ''Puss Gets the Boot'' characters with slight differences, the series followed Jerry, the pesky rodent who continually outwitted his feline foe, Tom. Hanna said they settled on the cat and mouse theme for this cartoon because: "We knew we needed two characters. We thought we needed conflict, and chase and action. And a cat after a mouse seemed like a good, basic thought." The revamped characters first appeared in 1941's ''The Midnight Snack''. Over the next 17 years Hanna and Barbera worked almost exclusively on ''Tom and Jerry'', directing more than 114 highly popular cartoon shorts. During World War II they also made animated training films. ''Tom and Jerry'' relied mostly on motion instead of dialog. Despite its popularity, ''Tom and Jerry'' has often been criticized as excessively violent. Nonetheless, the series won its first Academy Award for the 11th short, ''The Yankee Doodle Mouse'' (1943)—a war-time adventure. ''Tom and Jerry'' was ultimately nominated for 14 Academy Awards, winning 7. No other character-based theatrical animated series has won more awards, nor has any other series featuring the same characters. Tom and Jerry also made guest appearances in several of MGM's live-action films, including ''Anchors Aweigh'' (1945) and ''Invitation to the Dance'' (1956) with Gene Kelly, and ''Dangerous When Wet'' (1953) with Esther Williams.
Quimby accepted each Academy Award for ''Tom and Jerry's'' without inviting Hanna and Barbera onstage. The cartoons were also released with Quimby listed as the sole producer, following the same practice for which he had condemned Ising. When Quimby retired in late 1955, Hanna and Barbera were placed in charge of MGM's animation division. As the studio began to lose more revenue due to television, MGM soon realized that re-releasing old cartoons was far more profitable than producing new ones. In 1957, MGM ordered Hanna and Barbera's business manager to close the cartoon division and lay off everyone by a phone call. Hanna and Barbera found the no-notice closing puzzling because ''Tom and Jerry'' had been so successful.
Television
During his last year at MGM, Hanna branched out into television, forming the short-lived company Shield Productions with fellow animator Jay Ward, who had created the series ''Crusader Rabbit''. Their partnership soon ended, and in 1957 Hanna reteamed with his former partner Joseph Barbera to produce cartoons for television and theatrical release. The two brought different skills to the company; Barbera was a skilled gag writer and sketch artist, while Hanna had a gift for timing, story construction, and recruiting top artists. Major business decisions would be made together, though each year the title of president alternated between them. A coin toss determined that Hanna would have precedence in the naming of the new company, first called H-B Enterprises but soon changed to Hanna–Barbera Productions.The first offering from the new company was ''The Ruff & Reddy Show'', a series which detailed the friendship between a dog and cat. Despite a lukewarm response for their first theatrical venture, ''Loopy De Loop'', Hanna–Barbera soon established themselves with two successful television series: ''The Huckleberry Hound Show'' and ''The Yogi Bear Show''. A 1960 survey showed that half of the viewers of ''Huckleberry Hound'' were adults. This prompted the company to create a new animated series, ''The Flintstones''. A parody of ''The Honeymooners'', the new show followed a typical Stone Age family with home appliances, talking animals, and celebrity guests. With an audience of both children and adults, ''The Flintstones'' became the first animated prime-time show to be a hit. Fred Flintstone's signature exclamation ''"yabba dabba doo"'' soon entered everyday usage, and the show boosted the studio to the top of the TV cartoon field. though it has been erroneously reported that Sgt. Bilko was the basis for Yogi Bear. The Hanna–Barbera studio also produced ''Scooby-Doo'' (1969–1986) and ''The Smurfs'' (1981–1989). The company also produced animated specials based on Alice in Wonderland, Jack and the Beanstalk, Cyrano de Bergerac as well as the feature-length film ''Charlotte's Web'' (1973).
As popular as their cartoons were with 1960s audiences, they were disliked by artists. Television programs had lower budgets than theatrical animation, and this economic reality caused many animation studios to go out of business in the 1950s and 1960s, putting many people in the industry out of work. Hanna–Barbera was key in the development of limited animation, which allowed television animation to be more cost-effective, but often sacrificed artistic quality. Hanna and Barbera had first experimented with these techniques in the early days of ''Tom and Jerry''. To reduce the cost of each episode, shows often focused more on character dialogue than detailed animation. The number of drawings for a seven-minute cartoon decreased from 14,000 to nearly 2,000, and the company implemented innovative techniques such as rapid background changes to improve viewing. Critics criticized the change from lush, detailed animation to flat characters with repetitive motion. Barbera once said that their choice was to adapt to the television budgets or change careers. The new style did not limit the success of their animated shows, enabling Hanna–Barbera to stay in business, providing employment to many who would otherwise have been out of work. Limited animation became the standard for television animation, and continues to be used today in television programs such as ''The Simpsons'' and ''South Park''.
In 1966, Hanna–Barbera Productions was sold to Taft Broadcasting (renamed Great American Communications in 1987) for $12 million. Hanna and Barbera remained at the head of the company until 1991. At that point, the company was sold to the Turner Broadcasting System for an estimated , which itself merged with Time Warner, owners of Warner Bros., in 1996. This began a close association with the Cartoon Network. Hanna and Barbera continued to advise their former company and periodically worked on new Hanna–Barbera shows, including the ''The Cartoon Cartoon Show'' series and hit silver screen versions of ''The Flintstones'' (1994) and ''Scooby-Doo'' (2002).
Death
Hanna died of throat cancer on March 22, 2001, in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California and was interred in Ascension Cemetery in Lake Forest, California. After Hanna's death, Cartoon Network aired a 20-second segment with black dots tracing Hanna's portrait with the words "We'll miss you - Cartoon Network" fading in on the right-hand side.
Legacy
Most of the cartoons Hanna and Barbera created revolved around close friendship or partnership; this theme is evident with Tom and Jerry, Yogi Bear and Boo Boo, Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble, Ruff and Reddy, ''The Jetsons'' family and the friends in ''Scooby-Doo''. These may have been a reflection of the close business friendship and partnership that Hanna and Barbera shared for almost 60 years. Although their professional strengths, weaknesses, and personalities meshed perfectly, Leonard Maltin says the Hanna–Barbera team "held a record for producing consistently superior cartoons using the same characters year after year—without a break or change in routine their characters are not only animated superstars, but also a very beloved part of American pop culture". They are often considered the only rivals to Walt Disney in the art of making animated cartoons.Hanna and Barbera had a lasting impact on television animation. Cartoons they created often make ''greatest'' lists. Many of their characters have appeared in film, books, toys, and other media. Their shows had a global audience of over 300 million people and have been translated into more than 20 languages. The works of Hanna and Barbera have been praised not only for their animation, but for their music. ''The Cat Concerto'' (1946) and ''Johann Mouse'' (1952) have both been called "masterpieces of animation" largely because of their classical music.
In all, the Hanna–Barbera team won seven Academy Awards and eight Emmy Awards, including the 1960 award for ''The Huckleberry Hound Show'', which was the first Emmy awarded to an animated series. They also won these awards: Golden Globe for Television Achievement (1960), Golden IKE Award—Pacific Pioneers in Broadcasting (1983), Pioneer Award—Broadcast Music Incorporated (1987), Iris Award—NATPE Men of the Year (1988), Licensing Industry Merchandisers' Association Award for Lifetime Achievement (1988), Governors Award of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (1988), Jackie Coogan Award for Outstanding Contribution to Youth through Entertainment Youth in Film (1988), Frederic W. Ziv Award for Outstanding Achievement in Telecommunications—Broadcasting Division College—Conservatory of Music University of Cincinnati (1989), stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (1976), several Annie Awards, several environmental awards, and were recipients of numerous other accolades prior to their induction into the Television Hall of Fame in 1994. In March 2005 the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and Warner Bros. Animation dedicated a wall sculpture at the Television Academy's Hall of Fame Plaza in North Hollywood to Hanna and Barbera.
See also
References
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| Name | Joseph Barbera |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Joseph Roland Barbera |
| Ethnicity | Sicilian |
| Nationality | American |
| Birth date | March 24, 1911 |
| Birth place | |
| Death date | December 18, 2006 |
| Death place | |
| Occupation | Animator, director, producer |
| Spouse | }} |
Joseph Roland "Joe" Barbera ( ; March 24, 1911 – December 18, 2006) was an influential American animator, director, producer, storyboard artist, and cartoon artist, whose film and television cartoon characters entertained millions of fans worldwide for much of the twentieth century.
Through his young adult years, Barbera lived, attended college, and began his career in New York City. After working odd jobs and as a banker, Barbera joined Van Beuren Studios in 1932 and subsequently Terrytoons in 1936. In 1937, he moved to California and while working at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Barbera met William Hanna. The two men began a collaboration that was at first best known for producing ''Tom and Jerry'' and live action films. In 1957, after MGM dissolved their animation department, they co-founded Hanna–Barbera, which became the most successful television animation studio in the business, producing programs such as ''The Flintstones'', ''The Huckleberry Hound Show'', ''Top Cat'', ''Scooby-Doo'', ''The Quick Draw McGraw Show'', ''Yogi Bear'', ''The Smurfs'', ''Wacky Races'', and ''The Jetsons''. In 1967, Hanna–Barbera was sold to Taft Broadcasting for $12 million, but Hanna and Barbera remained head of the company until 1991. At that time, the studio was sold to Turner Broadcasting System, which in turn was merged with Time Warner, owners of Warner Bros., in 1996; Hanna and Barbera stayed on as advisors.
Hanna and Barbera won seven Academy Awards and eight Emmy Awards. Their cartoon shows have become cultural icons, and their cartoon characters have appeared in other media such as films, books, and toys. Hanna–Barbera's shows had a global audience of over 300 million people in the 1960s and have been translated into more than 20 languages.
Personal life
Joseph Barbera was born at 10 Delancey Street in the Little Italy (Lower East Side) section of Manhattan, New York, to immigrants Vincent Barbera and Frances Calvacca, of Sicilian descent, and he grew up speaking Italian. His family moved to Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York when he was four months old. He had two younger brothers, Larry and Ted, both of whom served in World War II. As a member of the United States Army, Larry participated in the invasion of Sicily. Ted was a fighter pilot with the United States Army Air Forces and served in the Aleutian Islands Campaign. Barbera's father, Vincent, was the prosperous owner of three barbershops who squandered the family fortunes on gambling. By the time Barbera was 15, his father had abandoned the family and his maternal uncle Jim became a father figure to him.Barbera displayed a talent for drawing as early as the first grade. He graduated from Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn in 1928. While in high school, Barbera won several boxing titles. He was briefly managed by World Lightweight Boxing Champion Al Singer's manager but soon lost interest in boxing. In 1935, Barbera married his high school sweetheart, Dorothy Earl. In school, they had been known as "Romeo and Juliet".
Barbera and his wife briefly separated when he went to California. They reunited but were on the verge of another separation when they discovered that Dorothy was pregnant with their first child. The marriage officially ended in 1963. Shortly after his divorce, Barbera met his second wife, Sheila Holden, at Musso & Frank's restaurant, where she worked as bookkeeper and cashier. Unlike Dorothy, who had preferred to stay at home with the children, Sheila enjoyed the Hollywood social scene that Barbera often frequented.
Career
Early career
During high school, Barbera worked as a tailor's delivery boy. During the Great Depression, he tried unsuccessfully to become a cartoonist for a magazine called ''The NY Hits Magazine''. He supported himself with a job at a bank, and continued to pursue publication for his cartoons. His magazine drawings of single cartoons, not comic strips, began to be published in ''Redbook'', ''Saturday Evening Post'', and ''Collier's''—the magazine with which he had the most success. Barbera also wrote to Walt Disney for advice on getting started in the animation industry. Disney wrote back, saying he would call Barbera during an upcoming trip to New York, but the call never took place.Barbera took art classes at the Art Students League of New York and the Pratt Institute and was hired to work in the ink and paint department of Fleischer Studios. In 1932, he joined the Van Beuren Studios as an animator and storyboard artist. He worked on cartoon series such as ''Cubby Bear'' and ''Rainbow Parades'', and ''Tom and Jerry''. This ''Tom and Jerry'' series starred two humans; it was unrelated to Barbera's later cat-and-mouse series. When Van Beuren closed down in 1936, Barbera moved over to Paul Terry's Terrytoons studio.
Film
Lured by a substantial salary increase, Barbera left Terrytoons and New York for the new Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) cartoon unit in California in 1937. He found that Los Angeles was suffering just as much from the Great Depression as Brooklyn and almost returned to Brooklyn.Barbera's desk was opposite that of William Hanna. The two quickly realized they would make a good team. By 1939, they had solidified a partnership that would last 60 years. Barbera and Hanna worked alongside animator Tex Avery, who had created Daffy Duck and Bugs Bunny for Warner Bros. and directed ''Droopy'' cartoons at MGM.
In 1940, Hanna and Barbera jointly directed ''Puss Gets the Boot'', which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best (Cartoon) Short Subject. The studio wanted a diversified cartoon portfolio, so despite the success of ''Puss Gets the Boot'', Barbera and Hanna's supervisor, Fred Quimby, did not want to produce more cat and mouse cartoons believing that there were already enough cartoons of those in existence. Surprised by the success of ''Puss Gets the Boot'', Barbera and Hanna ignored Quimby's resistance and continued developing the cat-and-mouse theme. By this time, however, Hanna wanted to return to working for Ising, to whom he felt very loyal. Barbera and Hanna met with Quimby, who discovered that although Ising had taken sole credit for producing ''Puss Gets the Boot'', he never actually worked on it. Quimby then gave Hanna and Barbera permission to pursue their cat-and-mouse idea. The result was their most famous creation, ''Tom and Jerry''.
Modeled after the ''Puss Gets the Boot'' characters with slight differences, the series followed Jerry, the pesky rodent who continuously outwitted his feline foe, Tom. Hanna said they settled on the cat and mouse theme for this cartoon because "we knew we needed two characters. We thought we needed conflict, and chase and action. And a cat after a mouse seemed like a good, basic thought." The revamped characters first appeared in 1941's ''The Midnight Snack''. Over the next 17 years, Barbera and Hanna worked exclusively on ''Tom and Jerry'', directing more than 114 popular cartoon shorts. During World War II, they also made animated training films. ''Tom and Jerry'' relied mostly on motion instead of dialog. Despite its popularity, ''Tom and Jerry'' has often been criticized as excessively violent. Nonetheless, the series won its first Academy Award for the 11th short, ''The Yankee Doodle Mouse'' (1943)—a war-time adventure. ''Tom and Jerry'' was ultimately nominated for 14 Academy Awards, winning 7. No other character-based theatrical animated series has won more awards, nor has any other series featuring the same characters. Tom and Jerry also made guest appearances in several of MGM's live-action films, including ''Anchors Aweigh'' (1945) and ''Invitation to the Dance'' (1956) with Gene Kelly, and ''Dangerous When Wet'' (1953) with Esther Williams.
Quimby accepted each Academy Award for ''Tom and Jerry's'' without inviting Barbera and Hanna onstage. The cartoons were also released with Quimby listed as the sole producer, following the same practice for which he had condemned Ising. Quimby also once took six months to give Barbera a promised raise. When Quimby retired in late 1955, Hanna and Barbera were placed in charge of MGM's animation division. As the studio began to lose more revenue due to television, MGM soon realized that re-releasing old cartoons was far more profitable than producing new ones. In 1957, MGM ordered Barbera and Hanna's business manager to close the cartoon division and lay off everyone by a phone call. Barbera and Hanna found the no-notice closing puzzling because ''Tom and Jerry'' had been so successful.
Television
In 1957, Barbera reteamed with his former partner Hanna to produce cartoon films for television and theatrical release. As they had at MGM, the two brought their different skills to the company; Barbera was a skilled gag writer and sketch artist, while Hanna had a gift for timing, story construction, and recruiting top artists. Major business decisions would be made together, though each year the title of president alternated between them. A coin toss determined that Hanna would have precedence in the naming of the new company, first called H-B Enterprises but soon changed to Hanna–Barbera Productions.The first offering from the new company was ''The Ruff & Reddy Show'', a series which detailed the friendship between a dog and cat. Despite a lukewarm response for their first theatrical venture, ''Loopy De Loop'', Hanna–Barbera soon established themselves with two successful television series: ''The Huckleberry Hound Show'' and ''The Yogi Bear Show''. A 1960 survey showed that half of the viewers of ''Huckleberry Hound'' were adults. This prompted the company to create a new animated series, ''The Flintstones''. A parody of ''The Honeymooners'', the new show followed a typical Stone Age family with home appliances, talking animals, and celebrity guests. With an audience of both children and adults, ''The Flintstones'' became the first animated prime-time show to be a hit. Fred Flintstone's signature exclamation ''"yabba dabba doo"'' soon entered everyday usage, and the show boosted the studio to the top of the TV cartoon field. The company also produced animated specials based on ''Alice in Wonderland'', ''Jack and the Beanstalk'', and ''Cyrano de Bergerac'', as well as the feature-length films ''Charlotte's Web'' and ''Heidi's Song''.
As popular as their cartoons were with 1960s audiences, they were disliked by artists. Television programs had lower budgets than theatrical animation, and this economic reality caused many animation studios to go out of business in the 1950s and 1960s, putting many people in the industry out of work. Hanna–Barbera was key in the development of an animation technique known as limited animation, which allowed television animation to be more cost-effective, but often sacrificed artistic quality. Hanna and Barbera had first experimented with these techniques in the early days of ''Tom and Jerry''. To reduce the cost of each episode, shows often focused more on character dialogue than detailed animation. The number of drawings for a seven-minute cartoon decreased from 14,000 to nearly 2,000, and the company implemented innovative techniques such as rapid background changes to improve viewing. Critics criticized the change from lush, detailed animation to flat characters with repetitive motion. Barbera once said that their choice was to adapt to the television budgets or change careers. The new style did not limit the success of their animated shows, enabling Hanna–Barbera to stay in business, providing employment to many who would otherwise have been out of work. Limited animation paved the way for future animated series such as ''The Simpsons'' and ''South Park''.
In 1966, Hanna–Barbera Productions was sold to Taft Broadcasting (renamed Great American Communications in 1987) for $12 million. Barbera and Hanna remained at the head of the company until 1991. At that point, the company was sold to the Turner Broadcasting System for an estimated $320 million. Turner began using Hanna-Barbera's television catalog as material for its new Cartoon Network cable channel in 1992, and by the mid-1990s Hanna-Barbera was producing several original series for Cartoon Network, among them ''Dexter's Laboratory'' and ''The Powerpuff Girls''. In 1996, Turner merged with Time Warner, owners of Warner Bros., who would eventually absorb Hanna-Barbera into Warner Bros. Animation.
Barbera and Hanna continued to advise their former company and periodically worked on new Hanna–Barbera shows, including shorts for the series ''The Cartoon Cartoon Show'' and feature film versions of ''The Flintstones'' (1994) and ''Scooby-Doo'' (2002). In a new Tom and Jerry cartoon produced in 2000, ''The Mansion Cat'', Barbera voiced the houseowner.
After Hanna's death from throat cancer in March 2001, Hanna-Barbera was absorbed into Warner Bros. Animation and spun off into Cartoon Network Studios. Barbera remained active as an executive producer for Warner Bros on direct-to-video cartoon features as well as television series such as ''What's New, Scooby-Doo?'' and ''Tom and Jerry Tales''. He also wrote, co-storyboarded, co-directed and co-produced ''The Karate Guard'' (2005), the first theatrical ''Tom and Jerry'' short in more than 45 years. His final animated project was the direct-to-video feature ''Tom and Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale'' (2007).
Death
Barbera died at the age of 95 at his home from natural causes in Studio City, Los Angeles on December 18, 2006, ending a seventy-year career in animation. His wife Sheila was at his side at the end; he was also survived by three children from his first marriage: Jayne (who worked for Hanna–Barbera), Lynn, and Neal. The animated films ''Chill Out, Scooby-Doo!'' and ''Tom and Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale'' were dedicated to him.
Legacy
Most of the cartoons Barbera and Hanna created revolved around close friendship or partnership; this theme is evident with Fred and Barney, Tom & Jerry, Scooby and Shaggy, The Jetson family and Yogi & Boo-Boo. These may have been a reflection of the close business friendship and partnership that Barbera and Hanna shared for over 60 years. Although their professional strengths, weaknesses, and personalities meshed perfectly, Leonard Maltin says the Hanna–Barbera team "held a record for producing consistently superior cartoons using the same characters year after year—without a break or change in routine their characters are not only animated superstars, but also a very beloved part of American pop culture". They are often considered the only rivals to Walt Disney in the art of making animated cartoons.Barbera and Hanna had a lasting impact on television animation. Cartoons they created often make ''greatest'' lists. Many of their characters have appeared in film, books, toys, and other media. Their shows had a global audience of over 300 million people in the 1960s and have been translated into more than 20 languages. The works of Barbera and Hanna have been praised not only for their animation, but for their music. ''The Cat Concerto'' (1946) and ''Johann Mouse'' (1952) have both been called "masterpieces of animation" largely because of their classical music.
In all, the Hanna–Barbera team won seven Academy Awards and eight Emmy Awards, including the 1960 award for ''The Huckleberry Hound Show'', which was the first Emmy awarded to an animated series. They also won these awards: Golden Globe for Television Achievement (1960), Golden IKE Award—Pacific Pioneers in Broadcasting (1983), Pioneer Award—Broadcast Music Incorporated (1987), Iris Award—NATPE Men of the Year (1988), Licensing Industry Merchandisers' Association ward for Lifetime Achievement (1988), Governors Award of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (1988), Jackie Coogan Award for Outstanding Contribution to Youth through Entertainment Youth in Film (1988), Frederic W. Ziv Award for Outstanding Achievement in Telecommunications—Broadcasting Division College—Conservatory of Music University of Cincinnati (1989), stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (1976), several Annie Awards, several environmental awards, and were recipients of numerous other accolades prior to their induction into the Television Hall of Fame in 1994. In March 2005 the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and Warner Bros. Animation dedicated a wall sculpture at the Television Academy's Hall of Fame Plaza in North Hollywood to Hanna and Barbera.
In 1992, Barbera met with pop musician Michael Jackson, an avid cartoon fan, in an unsuccessful attempt to arrange for him to sing in ''Tom and Jerry: The Movie''. Barbera drew five quick sketches of ''Tom and Jerry'' for Jackson and autographed them. Jackson autographed a picture of himself and his niece Nicole for Barbera with the words: "To my hero of yesterday, today, and tomorrow, with many thanks for all the many cartoon friends you gave me as a child. They were all I had.—Michael"
See also
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Biography
Curtin was a native of Downey, California, and had one son, Chris, with his wife Elizabeth.In the 1950s Curtin was an in-demand composer for TV commercials. He first met Hanna and Barbera when he worked on a Schlitz beer commercial they were producing for MGM in 1957.
:"About two weeks later they called and had a lyric they read over the phone. Could I write a tune for it? I called back in 5 minutes and sang it to them ... silence ... uh oh, I bombed out ... the next thing I heard was a deal to record it! ''Ruff & Reddy''. At that moment they had quit at MGM and started their own company. All of our first main titles were done in that fashion. ''Huckleberry Hound'', ''Quick Draw McGraw'', etc.".
He was the composer of many of the Hanna-Barbera cartoons' popular theme songs, including ''The Flintstones'' until 1981, ''Top Cat'', ''The Jetsons'', ''Jonny Quest'', ''Superfriends'', ''Josie and the Pussycats'', and ''The New Scooby-Doo Movies'' and all its spinoffs until 1986. Beginning in 1959, Curtin also composed many of the stock tunes used as incidental music in the various Hanna-Barbera series. He also was the composer for the 1960 animated series ''Q.T. Hush'', one of the first cartoons to appear in color. He also composed two of the tunes heard in the background in Plan 9 From Outer Space, although he was embarrassed by the film's poor cinematic quality.
His other credits include the controversial score for the science-fiction film ''Mesa of Lost Women'', Ed Wood's ''Jail Bait'' (as Hoyt Kurtain), and the music for the Sandy Frank cartoon ''Battle of the Planets'' for which a soundtrack was released in 2000. It was the last project he worked on before he died in Los Angeles, California on December 3, 2000 at the age of 78. He also composed and conducted the music for ''Thrillerama Adventure'', a two-projector attempt at replicating Cinerama, in 1955 with a 38-piece orchestra.
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