Popeye On Television: 1970-1990
It is much more difficult to revive a classic animated character than studios imagine, despite the many examples to show them the error of their ways.
Tag Archives: Hanna Barbera
A “Tom & Jerry” Storybook (1949)
This little storybook from 1949 gives us not only some nice color and black and white illustrations, but a storyline based loosely on two theatrical cartoons.
Hanna Barbera 1960s Production Notes (Part 3)
Still more Hanna-Barbera material from the Hal Humphrey file at USC. This week a press release relating to Jonny Quest, a Saturday Evening Post article and Hanna-Barbera’s tenth year anniversary.
Hanna Barbera Prime-Time Production Notes (Part 2)
More material from the Hal Humphrey file at USC. This week a few things relating to the first Hanna Barbera prime time series, The Flintstones, Top Cat and The Jetsons.
Hanna Barbera Press Releases – Part 1
Amongst the archives of newspaper columnist Hal Humphrey are clippings and press releases from Hanna Barbera – and letter from Daws Butler.
Network Status Reports 1956-1964
These internal memos – I believe from the files of CBS – I post for no other reason than they’re just a few more pieces in the jigsaw puzzle of animation history.
Huck and Jim (Crow)
To be sure, television was a democratizing force in animation. It allowed African Americans to see cartoons in their homes, in contrast to being restricted to balcony seats at theaters.
Animation Anecdotes #297
“Cartoonists are unusual people. They are adults who never grow old,” said Bill Hanna. “Our employees’ ages range from the teen-aged to the white-haired, but the atmosphere is that of the young at heart.”
Comics by Warren Foster
Here are a few of the known comic book stories, that I’m aware of, written by Fleischer-Warner Bros-Hanna Barbera storyman Warren Foster.
Hanna-Barbera’s “Heidi’s Song” (1982) on Records
H-B’s last attempt at a Disney-style animated musical resulted in three soundtrack albums reflecting the film’s vocal and musical artistry as well as its sticky sweetness.
