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Arf? Nino? Jinks is Who?
The beginning of the Hanna-Barbera story would seem cut and dried. It’s been told so many times. Poor Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera were tossed into the cold by MGM in 1957, formed their own studio, came...
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Augie Doggie — Growing, Growing, Gone
Produced and Directed by Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera.No credits. Layout – Tony Rivera?, Backgrounds – Dick Thomas?, Written by Mike Maltese, Titles – Art Goble, Production Supervision – Howard...
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Songs in the Key of Fake
There are three kinds of Hanna-Barbera records. One kind features music and/or voices that were in the original cartoons. That’s the best kind. Then there’s the other kind where other people pretend to...
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Quick Draw McGraw — Dynamite Fright
Produced and Directed by Joe Barbera and Bill Hanna.Credits: Animation – Hicks Lokey, Layout – Paul Sommer, Backgrounds – Vera Hanson, Written by Mike Maltese, Story Direction – Alex Lovy, Titles – Art...
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Flintstones Weekend Comics, March 1964
Life in the Stone Age was pretty primitive, so it’s no wonder things broke down. At least, that’s the fate that greeted our favourite denizens of Bedrock this this month 50 years ago. Finding an...
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Kidding Gently
The Hanna-Barbera studio was chugging along when this column dated November 15, 1959 was published.It was designed to give a little plug to the studio’s newest syndicated series, “The Quick Draw McGraw...
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Pixie and Dixie — Fresh Heir
Produced and Directed by Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera.Credits: Animation – La Verne Harding, Layout – Tony Rivera, Backgrounds – Dick Thomas, Written by Warren Foster, Story Director – Lew Marshall,...
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Wave Goodbye, Yogi
A few of the earliest Yogi Bear cartoons didn’t involve rangers, pic-a-nic baskets and non-stop hey-hey-hey-HEY dialogue. Joe Barbera, Charlie Shows and Dan Gordon combined on a spot-gag format which,...
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Huckleberry Hound — The Scrubby Brush Man
Produced and Directed by Joe Barbera and Bill Hanna.Credits: Animation – Edwin Parks, Layout – Jim Carmichael, Backgrounds – Dick Thomas, Written by Tony Benedict, Story Director – John Freeman, Titles...
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Yogi Bear Weekend Comics, April 1964
For the first time in a long time, the Hanna-Barbera “Kellogg’s” characters get together in one of the Sunday comics as we look back at 50 years ago this month. Attempts to do this sort of thing on TV...
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Snooper and Blabber — Gem Jams
Produced and Directed by Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera.Credits: Animation – John Boersma, Layout – Walt Clinton, Backgrounds – Fernando Montealegre, Written by Mike Maltese, Story Director – Lew Marshall,...
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3-D House of Huck
It was the 1960s. We had a View-Master. Who didn’t? There were slides depicting the Taj Mahal and other sites around the world. But there were cartoons, too. Only they weren’t really cartoons because...
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Yogi Bear — Acrobatty Bear
Produced and Directed by Joe Barbera, Bill Hanna.Credits: Animation – Bob Bentley, Layout – Dan Noonan, Backgrounds – Dick Thomas, Written by Warren Foster, Story Director – Paul Sommer, Titles – Art...
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A Variety of Stories
Hanna-Barbera was once the largest producer of TV animation. Thanks originally to the popularity of Huckleberry Hound, Yogi Bear and Mr Jinks (and the meeces), the studio grew gradually and steadily as...
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Augie Doggie — Dough-Nutty
Produced and Directed by Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera.Credits: Animation – C.L. Hartman, Layout – Tony Rivera, Backgrounds – Dick Thomas, Written by Mike Maltese, Story Director – Lew Marshall, Titles –...
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Flintstones Weekend Comics, April 1964
Someone at Hanna-Barbera was sure fixated on mastodons/mammoths/elephants 50 years ago this month, as one or the other is in three of the four Flintstone Sunday comics. The drawings of all of them are...
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Check Your Local Listings
Let’s look at some TV ads for some Hanna-Barbera shows. Ruff and Reddy debuted on December 14, 1957, but this ad is from 1959. Aren’t those great little cartoon characters? (In the ad, I mean)....
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Quick Draw McGraw — El Kabong Was Wrong
Produced and Directed by Joe Barbera and Bill Hanna.Credits: Animation – Hicks Lokey; Layout – Paul Sommer; Backgrounds – Vera Hanson; Written by Mike Maltese; Story Director – Alex Lovy; Titles – Art...
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How Daws Butler Played Snagglepuss
“If we hadn’t have had Daws, there may not even have been a Hanna-Barbera,” said a man who should know. The statement was made by Bill Hanna. Hanna’s right. Who else could have brought all those...
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Pixie and Dixie — Bombay Mouse
Produced and Directed by Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera.Credits: Animation – John Boersma, Layout – Tony Rivera, Backgrounds – Dick Thomas, Written by Warren Foster, Story Director – Lew Marshall, Titles –...
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