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What's the Story Behind Hanna-Barbera Records?
When you think of Hanna-Barbera and music, you probably think of Hoyt Curtin and those terrific background pieces he wrote for Jonny Quest and Top Cat. Personally, I also think of those great stock...
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Cop and Saucer Storyboard
“Cop and Saucer” is among my least favourite Huckleberry Hound cartoons. Instead of being naïve, Huck is just plain stupid. Yes, he’s slow and a little gullible but I have trouble believing he is so...
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Yogi Bear Weekend Comics, January 1966
It’s winter in Jellystone Park and four of the five comics that appeared in weekend newspapers 50 years ago this month reflect that. Three are on the ice and two involve ice fishing. One featuring...
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Yakky Doodle – Duck the Music
Produced and Directed by Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera.Credits: Animation – C.L. Hartman, Layout – Paul Sommer, Backgrounds – Bob Gentle, Written by Mike Maltese, Story Director – Paul Sommer, Titles –...
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Folly That Car!
Extreme continuity was never important in the world of television until maybe the 1980s when fans could tape their favourite programmes at home and obsess over every little detail. Before then, who...
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Jetsons – The Good Little Scouts
The Flintstones had a cub scout episode. Yogi Bear had a cub scout episode. And the Jetsons had one, too. Whether it had to do with the fact that Bill Hanna was a lifelong supporter of the Boy Scouts,...
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Flintstones Weekend Comics, January 1966
Winter plays a role in all five Flintstones comics that appeared in newspapers on weekends 50 years ago this month. Pebbles is in four of them, presumably she didn’t appear in the fifth one because it...
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Snagglepuss – Major Operator
Produced and Directed by Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera.Credits: Animation – Lew Marshall, Layout – Paul Sommer, Backgrounds – Dick Thomas, Written by Mike Maltese, Story Director – Alex Lovy, Titles – Art...
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If I Knew You Were Comin'...
Anyone familiar with the hit parade in 1950 would be able to complete the song lyric in the title of this post. You may have noticed there’s one Yogi Bear cartoon we have yet to review here—the...
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Sorry, D.C., I'm Not Interested
You’re friends with your next door neighbour. He’s a nice guy, someone who invites you over to watch the game on TV and have a beer. You go out and have some laughs together. What would you think if...
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A Word From Our Sponsor
Hanna-Barbera’s cartoon work around 1960 wasn’t limited to those great half-hours shows we used to see at home in the late afternoon or early evening. There was the lacklustre Loopy De Loop theatrical...
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Yogi Bear Weekend Comics, February 1966
That Yogi! He’s one hep-cat bear. Oh, we didn’t say “hep-cat” in the 1960s, did we? Well, you get what I mean. Yogi’s got all the latest dance and skateboard moves, as he demonstrates in the weekend...
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Yakky Doodle – Judo Ex-Expert
Produced and Directed by Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera.Credits: Animation – Harry Holt, Layout – Walt Clinton, Backgrounds – Art Lozzi, Written by Mike Maltese, Story Director – Art Davis, Titles – Howard...
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People Are Sick of People
How many feature newspaper stories do you see today about the big names in cartoon voice acting? Right. And it was just as rare 60-or-so years ago. More improbably, too. Today, kids of at three...
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Jetsons – The Coming of Astro
The human characters in the Jetsons were never too over-the-top, so Astro was a welcome part to the cast. Being a dog, the studio treated him as a much broader character than any human on the show, and...
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Flintstones Weekend Comics, February 1966
Pebbles is in all four of the Flintstones newspaper comics from 50 years ago this month, though she only drives the plot in three. The layouts and expressions are top-notch as usual. I don’t understand...
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Snagglepuss – Don't Know It Poet
Produced and Directed by Bill Hanna and Joe Barbara.Credits: Animation – Allen Wilzbach, Layout – Don Sheppard, Backgrounds – Bob Gentle, Written by Mike Maltese, Story Director – John Freeman, Titles...
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The Book of Huck
Have you seen some of your favourite cartoon characters that are victims of too much airbrushing? I have. I prefer the painting that makes them as flat as you see on screen, but I do like some of the...
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Genial Genie Storyboard
Thank you to Mark Kausler for scanning and sending a number of Hanna-Barbera storyboards from his collection. Genial Genie is the last one. Mark believes the board is by Alex Lovy, who was the story...
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Yogi Bear Weekend Comics, March 1966
The winsome tykes, Mrs. Ranger Smith and native Indians are back in Jellystone Park in the Sunday newspaper comics 50 years ago this month. Unfortunately, our source of nicely scanned comics ran dry so...
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