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Snagglepuss in Jangled Jungle
Produced and Directed by Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera.Credits: Animation – Don Patterson, Layout – Jack Huber, Backgrounds – Fernando Montealegre, Written by Mike Maltese, Story Director – Paul Sommer,...
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Flintstones Weekend Comics, May 1967
Some good stories and nice layouts highlight the Flintstones comics from 50 years ago this month. The May 21st comic has good examples how to handle a lot of people without the panels being cluttered....
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Changing Yogi Bear
The original Yogi Bear wasn’t quite the Yogi Bear we all know today. After Warren Foster arrived at Hanna-Barbera in April 1959 and took over writing the Yogi cartoons, a decision was made to put Yogi...
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Playing With Yogi
Remember that cartoon “Scooter Looter” (March 1959), when Yogi Bear stole a Jellystone Park scooter then couldn’t figure out how to control it? That apparently inspired Louis Marx and Co. (the makers...
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Mousekeeping (Chuckle)
Maybe it’s my imagination or a faulty memory due to ancient brain cells, but it seems to me Mr. Jinks fared much better against Pixie and Dixie in those little cartoons-between-the-cartoons than in the...
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Ruff and Reddy's Crocodile Dilemma
Ruff and Reddy didn’t achieve the acclaim of Huckleberry Hound and Yogi Bear—their TV show was aimed strictly at children, for one thing—but they joined their fellow Hanna-Barbera characters on the...
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Yakky Doodle in Foxy Proxy
Produced and Directed by Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera.Credits: Animation – Dick Lundy, Layout – Dan Noonan, Backgrounds – Art Lozzi, Written by Mike Maltese, Story Director – Paul Sommer, Titles – Art...
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Yogi Bear Weekend Comics, June 1967
“How nice,” I thought. “This Yogi Bear comic has a tie-in with the 1966 Hanna-Barbera Alice special by featuring Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee.” Then I thought some more. Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee...
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Snagglepuss in Cloak and Stagger
Produced and Directed by Joe Barbera and Bill Hanna.Credits: Animation - Hicks Lokey, Layout - Dan Noonan, Backgrounds - Neenah Maxwell, Written by Mike Maltese, Story Director - Art Davis, Titles -...
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Jinks in the Comics
It isn’t often you see Mr. Jinks interact with humans in animated cartoons—a couple with a butler, one with a warehouse manager, and one with an off-screen female owner come to mind—but comic books and...
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It's Not About the Cartoons
Here I was, a kid bounding out of bed early Saturday morning to park myself in front of the TV to watch cartoons, thinking it was all about funny characters doing and saying things I could laugh at....
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Flintstones Weekend Comics, June 1967
Fred’s dad Pops (who still looks like a leprechaun to me, even though he says “thutty” like a Scotsman) makes two appearances in the Flintstones’ comics from 50 years ago this month. The June 11th...
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Fishing For Bear
A friend posted a note the other day about the late Emmy-winning cartoon writer Earl Kress, and how Earl is missed every day. As much as a tired pun that it is, I second the emotion. Earl’s been gone...
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But It Looks Like Snuffles
Imagine your disappointment when your dad goes to the trouble and expense of buying a record featuring your favourite Hanna-Barbera cartoon characters only to discover it tries to pawn off a fake as...
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Yakky Doodle in Happy Birthdaze
Produced and Directed by Joe Barbera and Bill Hanna.No credits.Voice Cast: Yakky Doodle – Jimmy Weldon; Chopper – Vance Colvig; Finnigan the Guard, Butcher, Bone Carriers – Daws Butler; Museum Boss –...
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They Made The Flintstones?
Were you one of those kids who read the credits at the end of Hanna-Barbera cartoons to learn who made them? I did, particularly on the Flintstones, so I could see and guess who the guest voices were....
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H-B Number 60 to H-B
The New York Times published a column of short blurbs from Hollywood on July 6, 1957. One of them read:George Sidney, director-producer, will serve as the president of H.B. Enterprises, a cartoon film...
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Snagglepuss in Remember the Daze
Produced and Directed by Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera.Credits: Animation – Bill Keil, Layout – Walt Clinton, Backgrounds – Dick Thomas, Written by Mike Maltese, Story Director – Paul Sommer, Titles – Art...
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Yogi Bear Weekend Comics, July 1967
Funny animal cartoonists had to know how to draw more than funny animals. Yes, there were trees, mountains, lakes and other settings. But there were other things. Cars, trucks, trains, airplanes,...
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The Jetsons – Dude Planet
Can someone explain this to me? Why is Jane Jetson, who’s been married to her husband for years, misses and loves him terribly but, at the same time, is so completely untrusting of him that she’s...
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