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Eternal Run From Kit Kit Kit
We all love how Pixie and Dixie or Mr. Jinks run past the same light socket or lamp or whatever over and over again. Well, here’s everyone’s favourite meece hater being chased by a robot cat in Kit Kat...
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The Jetsons – Uniblab
“Spacely’s a stupe!”“Jupiter Gin! Planet Poker! Five Card Satellite!” Who doesn’t love those quotes? “Uniblab” is probably my favourite Jetsons episode, though a few others come awfully close. I’ve...
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Flintstones Weekend Comics, May 1966
The idea of baby Pebbles Flintstone talking to herself isn’t something I’m all that crazy about, but I understand why that concept was used in the Flintstones newspaper strips (the TV series might have...
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Snagglepuss – Live and Lion
Produced and Directed by Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera.Credits: Animation – Lew Marshall, Layout – Tony Rivera, Backgrounds – Art Lozzi; Written by Mike Maltese, Story Director – Alex Lovy, Titles – Art...
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A Yogi Mini-Cartoon
Dick Bickenbach, if I had to guess, is the man responsible for the sheet below of Yogi Bear. It’s very clean and attractive. And, if I had to guess some more, it was used might for the little...
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Doggie Daddy Décor
The early Hanna-Barbera cartoons had a basic premise and that was about it. No one cared a lot if the Flintstones’ house looked different from episode to episode, or that Yogi Bear wasn’t always living...
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Yogi Takes a Vacation
It’s time for another Yogi Bear kids book. Yogi Takes a Vacation was published by Whitman in 1965 as part of its “Big Tell-a-Tale” series. The artwork in it is by Art Seiden, who did commercial...
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Yakky Doodle – The Most Ghost
Produced and Directed by Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera.Credits: Animation – Allen Wilzbach; Layout – Walt Clinton; Backgrounds – Dick Thomas; Written by Mike Maltese; Story Director – Paul Sommer; Titles...
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A Note To Readers in the Los Angeles area
You should be able to name all of these cartoon characters. Being cartoons, you can’t talk to them, but if you’re in the Los Angeles area tonight, you have the next best thing. You can hear from three...
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Yogi Bear Weekend Comics, June 1966
Someone had an eye for the young ladies as they appear in two of the Yogi Sunday newspaper comics from this month 50 years ago. Mrs. Ranger Smith makes an appearance as well. There are story holes here...
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The Jetsons – Astro’s Top Secret
Someone, no doubt, has a list of how many of the Jetsons prime-time cartoons featured the phrase “Jetson, you’re fired!” The number is probably smaller than people think, but because the cartoons have...
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Janet Waldo
Janet Waldo was America’s Perennial Teenager. Janet played teenager Corliss Archer on radio in the ‘40s and ‘50s. She played teenager Judy Jetson in the ‘60s. And if you heard her in interviews 50...
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Kids Say the Darndest Things ... About Huckleberry Hound
What?! Someone who grew up not liking cartoons!? Could there be such a person? Well, there was. She was a columnist for the Milwaukee Sentinel. But the errors of her youth were pointed out to her by...
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Snagglepuss – Fraidy Cat Lion
Produced and Directed by Joe Barbera and Bill Hanna.Credits: Animation – Art Davis, Layout – Paul Sommer, Backgrounds – Dick Thomas, Written by Mike Maltese, Story Director – Alex Lovy, Titles – Art...
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Flintstones Weekend Comics, June 1966
Pebbles took an awful lot of the spotlight in the Flintstones newspaper comics, but the Sunday colour ones from 50 years ago this month revolve around Fred (with one exception). Frankly, that’s the way...
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Dan Gordon's Sketches
Dan Gordon was one of the originals at Hanna-Barbera, providing story sketches for the Ruff and Reddy series in 1957. Gordon was originally an architectural draughtsman (he was employed as one...
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Acting, Cartoons and John Stephenson
The man to your right may look like an irritable boss and, in fact, he played one on TV. You wouldn’t have seen him though. That’s because John Stephenson supplied the voice for Mr. Slate on The...
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Yakky Doodle – Railroaded Duck
Produced and Directed by Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera.Credits: Animation – Bill Keil, Layout – Walt Clinton, Backgrounds – Bob Gentle, Written by Mike Maltese, Story Director – Alex Lovy, Titles – Art...
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Yogi Bear Weekend Comics, July 1966
Quick Draw McGraw rides into Yogi Bear’s life in the weekend comics of 50 years ago this month. Yes, he’s a horse that rides a horse. Don’t ask. Actually, Quick Draw rides in only one of the five...
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Bill and Joe on Tom, Jerry and Cartoon Psychology
59 years ago today, Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera took their MGM partnership, along with some money from film director George Sidney, and officially formed Hanna-Barbera Enterprises. Variety reported...
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