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Quick Draw McGraw — Bullet Proof Galoot
Produced and Directed by Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera. Animation – Don Patterson, Layout - Dick Bickenbach, Backgrounds – Dick Thomas?, Story – Mike Maltese, Story Director – Alex Lovy, Titles – Art...
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Mars, 1960
Outer space and futurism go hand-in-hand. I mean, you never see astronauts land on a planet where aliens are driving something that looks like a ‘51 Nash. The Hanna-Barbera studio visualised the...
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Pixie and Dixie — Party Peeper Jinks
Produced and Directed by Joe Barbera and Bill Hanna.Credits: Animation – Dick Lundy; Layout – Tony Rivera; Backgrounds – Bob Gentle; Story – Warren Foster; Story Direction – Alex Lovy; Titles –...
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Cue the Music, Q the SL and Bracco…what?
Die-hard Hanna-Barbera fans have heard of—and maybe even seen—the 1970 summer replacement series “Where’s Huddles?” A similar question arises in thumbing through a 1963 edition of Broadcasting...
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Huckleberry Hound — Fast Gun Huck
Produced and Directed by Joe Barbera and Bill Hanna.Credits: Animation – Brad Case; Layout – Walt Clinton; Backgrounds – Dick Thomas, Written by Warren Foster; Story Director – Alex Lovy; Titles – Art...
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Flintstones Weekend Comics, April 1963
A familiar idea and some great shapes highlight the Flintstones Sunday comics (Saturday in Canada) from 50 years ago this month. Fortunately, only one of the story lines involves Pebbles. Alas, Baby...
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TC in the Mirror
Prime-time cartoons were all the rage in 1961, and the TV Radio Mirror was there to cover the story. The Mirror was a precursor to the supermarket tabloids of today. It contained newsy items of what...
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Snooper and Blabber — Big Shot Blab
Produced and Directed by Bill Hanna and Joe Barbara.Animation – Lew Marshall; Layout – ?; Backgrounds – Bob Gentle?; Story – Mike Maltese; Story Director – Alex Lovy; Titles – Art Goble; Production...
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Yogi Bear Weekend Comics, May 1963
Ranger Smith has a split personality, does he not? One minute, he’s Yogi’s friend. Next minute, he’s Mr. Rule Enforcer. That’s the impression one gets reading the Yogi comics for this month 50 years...
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Smoking Yogi and and Yoga Yogi
Cigarette smoking was deemed fashionable and sophisticated at one time. Millions upon millions of dollars were spent telling you it was. As Hanna-Barbera fans well know, even Fred, Wilma and Barney...
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Yogi Bear — Bareface Disguise
Produced and Directed by Joe Barbera and Bill Hanna.Credits: Animation – Art Davis; Layout – Tony Rivera, Backgrounds – Dick Thomas; Written by Warren Foster; Story Director – Alex Lovy; Titles – Art...
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The Continuing Hunt for Red Coffey
Before there was a Yakky Doodle played by Jimmy Weldon on the “Yogi Bear Show,” Hanna-Barbera had a similar duck with a similar voice provided by Red Coffey. The duck appeared with Yogi, Augie Doggie,...
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Augie Doggie — Horse Fathers
Produced and Directed by Joe Barbera and Bill Hanna.Credits: Animation – Don Williams, Layout – Hi Mankin, Backgrounds – Art Lozzi, Written by Mike Maltese, Story Director – Alex Lovy, Titles – Art...
View ArticlePuppets Expose Fred and Barney
So did Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera actually rip off “The Honeymooners” and turn it into “The Flintstones”? Sure, you’ve heard Joe rhetorically ask “Did ‘The Honeymooners’ have a Pola-rock camera?” as if...
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Flintstones Weekend Comics, May 1963
Comic books and comic strips have, on occasion, gone off in different directions than the animated series which gave birth to them. The Roadrunner comics had the Roadrunner talking… and in rhyme....
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Quick Draw McGraw — Gun Shy Gal
Produced and Directed by Joe Barbera and Bill Hanna.Credits: Animation – Paul Sommer; Layout – Tony Rivera; Backgrounds – Dick Thomas; Written by Mike Maltese; Story Director – Alex Lovy; Titles – Art...
View ArticleThe Bear That Wasn't
The ‘50s and early ‘60s were an era of novelty records. There were songs about itsy-bitsy bikinis, purple people eaters, witch doctors and dragon-nets. And there was one about Yogi Bear. Well, kind of....
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Pixie and Dixie — Mouse For Rent
Produced and Directed by Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera.Credits: Animation – Bob Carr; Layout – Tony Rivera; Backgrounds – Dick Thomas; Written by Warren Foster; Story Direction – Alex Lovy; Titles –...
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Yogi Bear Weekend Comics, June 1963
Attention Continuity Freaks: Ranger Smith’s first name is Charlie. Well, it is for one Sunday comic 50 years ago this month. Actually, Charlie appears to be a popular name as it appeared for characters...
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Cooking the Flintstones
How did Fred and Wilma Flintstone get their first names? Neither Bill Hanna nor Joe Barbera explain it in in their autobiographies, both of which go into detail about the evolution of “The Flintstones”...
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