We, Robots! (Part 15): H/B Ho Hum, and Disney’s Afternoon Automatons
The 70’s were a decidedly fallow period for robots, with Hanna-Barbera still primarily in command of the airwaves.
Tag Archives: Hanna Barbera
Josie and the Pussy Cats
Because Filmation owned the rights to the Archie characters, the Hanna-Barbera Pussycats series had to be divorced from that Archie universe and its characters.
We, Robots! (Part 12): H-B Goes Haywire
Hanna-Barbera LOVED robots! Following is an array from their later series, all taking their respective jumps onto the mechanical bandwagon.
The Birth of Hanna-Barbera’s “Smurfs”
Producer Joe Barbera said in 1982, “Even though they’re a happy little group of Smurfs, they have problems too.”
Back to the Future: The 60th Anniversary of “The Jetsons”
On July 31, 2022, the future was changed forever. That was the day that George Jetson was born. Or, at least, that’s a fan theory.
Spin Special: Happy 50th Birthday, King’s Island!
Celebrating the first home of Hanna-Barbera theme park attractions, Brady Bunch hijinks, and Partridges dancing with Banana Splits.
Make Toon For Daddy: The 50th Anniversary of “Wait Til Your Father Gets Home”
The changing face of television in the 1970s was reflected by every animation studio, including Hanna-Barbera.
Flights of Fancy (Part 25): More Airwave Air Traffic, and Flight in a New “Format”
Hanna Barbera, Format Films, King Features and other independent animation studios had pretty high flying characters during the 1960s.
Flights of Fancy (Part 24): H-B High Spots.
Writing about aviation in the television era is, to say the least, a bit daunting. (It may require that I fly in on a Navy Douglas SBD Dauntless.) By this…
Iwao Takamoto Practical Jokes
The famed artist and animator talks about his days at Disney – and the jokes animators played on each other.
