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Jay, It’s Bill. Can I Borrow An Animator?
Occasionally, an unexpected name pops up in the credits of Hanna-Barbera cartoons around 1960. Clarke Mallery, Phil Duncan and Gil Turner come to mind. Turner, for example, was at UPA and Format Films...
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Yogi Bear — Missile-Bound Bear
Produced and Directed by Joe Barbera and Bill Hanna.Credits: Animation – Bill Keil, Layout –Tony Rivera, Backgrounds – Fernando Montealegre, Written by Warren Foster, Story Director – Paul Sommer,...
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Mr. Jinks Knuckle Run
Carlo Vinci created some unique run cycles for characters, sometimes giving them more than one type of run in the cartoon, depending on the character’s mood. Here’s a great four-drawing cycle in “Mark...
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If Hanna-Barbera Had Made Posters For TV Shows...
“Yowp” is a fan site. It’s here to yowp about old Hanna-Barbera TV cartoons. It’s not here to sell you anything so it’s rare that I link to a commercial site or crowd-funding campaign (Tony Benedict’s...
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Pixie and Dixie — Home Flea
Produced and Directed by Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera.Credits: Animation – John Boersma; Layout – James Carmichael; Backgrounds – Dick Thomas; Written by Warren Foster; Story Direction – John Freeman;...
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Yogi Bear Weekend Comics, December 1964
Transportation seems to have been the recurring in the Yogi Bear comics in Sunday newspapers of 50 years ago this month. Two of the modes are stolen (being winter, there are no picnic baskets to...
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Boo Boo Surprise
Boo Boo didn’t do a lot of acting in the Yogi Bear cartoons. About all he’s known for is being the voice of caution, warning “The Ranger won’t like it, Yogi,” or words to that effect. Ah, but don’t...
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Huckleberry Hound — Huck of the Irish
Produced and Directed by Joe Barbera and Bill Hanna.Credits: Animation – La Verne Harding; Layout – Noel Tucker; Backgrounds – Bob Gentle; Written by Tony Benedict; Story Director – Paul Sommer; Titles...
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Flintstones Daily Comics, December 1964
Finding decent-looking full versions of the Flintstones Sunday comics on-line has become impossible, but I’ve stumbled on some Flintstones dailies that I’ll pass along. These are for 50 years ago this...
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How Yogi Bear Made Christmas Merry
Want to know what would have made a great half-hour Hanna-Barbera Christmas special? The story in this Yogi Bear Jellystone Jollies Gold Key comic with a cover date of January 1963. It’s a simple tale,...
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Yogi Bear — Droop-a-Long Yogi
Produced and Directed by Joe Barbera and Bill Hanna.Credits: Animation – Ralph Somerville, Layout – Tony Rivera, Backgrounds – Neena Maxwell, Written by Warren Foster, Story Director – Art Davis,...
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Santa Alan Reed
Alan Reed played Fred Flintstone playing Santa Claus in “Christmas Flintstone” in 1965. But ten years before that, the pre-Flintstone Reed had a different, real-life role—playing Santa’s helper....
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What's Under the Virtual Hanna-Barbera Tree
Your favourite Hanna-Barbera cartoon dog is in a festive mood (note the party hat in the picture of the napkin to your right sent by Rick Greene). And since this is a time for being with friends and...
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Pixie and Dixie — Magician Jinks
Produced and Directed by Joe Barbera and Bill Hanna.Credits: Animation – Ed Parks, Layout – Jerry Eisenberg, Backgrounds – Art Lozzi, Written by Warren Foster, Story Director – John Freeman, Titles –...
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Yogi Bear Weekend Comics, January 1965
The song says “Yogi Bear is smarter than the average bear.” Sometimes, the song is right. Some good examples can be found in the Yogi newspaper comics published on Sundays 50 years ago this month. And...
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Huckleberry Hound — Ben Huck
Produced and Directed by Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera.Credits: Animation – John Boersma; Layout – Tony Rivera; Backgrounds – Art Lozzi; Written by Tony Benedict; Story Director – Lew Marshall; Titles –...
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A Pageant of Daws Butler
Could the Hanna-Barbera cartoon studio have started out so successfully without Daws Butler? Daws was entrusted with almost all of H-B’s starring characters over the first three years of the studio’s...
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We featured a Daws Butler story on the Yowp blog today while next door at the Tralfaz blog today, a Groucho Marx interview appeared. So, let’s combine the two. By a complete and delightful coincidence,...
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Yogi Bear — A Wooin’ Bruin
Produced and Directed by Joe Barbera and Bill Hanna.Credits: Animation – Bob Carr; Layout – Ernie Nordli; Backgrounds – Art Lozzi; Written by Warren Foster; Story Director – Paul Sommer; Titles – Art...
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Flintstones Comics, January 1965
What’s with the snakes? Several appearances by a snake highlight the Flintstones daily comics from 50 years ago this month, starting Monday, January 4th. Pebbles keeps bugging Dino, and there’s a...
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