Ep.14: Hanna Barbera – Top 11 Cartoons
Intro
Hello and Welcome to this episode of the podcast, "The Mnemonic Tree", where we add a single mnemonic leaf to our Tree of Knowledge.
Today's episode will be on Hanna Barbera Cartoons, so we will take a bit of a step back to our childhood for this one.
I for one remember waking up early on a Saturday morning to watch one of my favourites, which was “The Wacky Races”, along with staples of The Flintstones, Quick Draw McGraw, Yogi Bear, and the Herculoids, which all held very fond childhood memories.
Today’s episode will be on the top 11 cartoons of Hanna Barbera.
So, with no further ado, we will begin with a summary from Wikipedia.
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Wikipedia Summary
Hanna-Barbera (/ˈhænə ˈbɑːrbɛərə/ BAR-bair-ə)[1] was an American animation studio and production company that was active from 1957 until it was absorbed into Warner Bros. Animation in 2001. It was founded on July 7, 1957, by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera following the decision of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) to close its in-house cartoon studio,[2] and was formerly headquartered on Cahuenga Boulevard from 1960 until 1998 and at the Sherman Oaks Galleria in Sherman Oaks, both in Los Angeles, California.
It produced many successful television shows, including The Huckleberry Hound Show, The Flintstones, The Yogi Bear Show, Top Cat, The Jetsons, Jonny Quest, Wacky Races, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! and The Smurfs,[3] winning Hanna-Barbera a record-breaking eight Emmy Awards[4][5] while new feature-length movies and specials were made.
The profitability of Saturday-morning cartoons was eclipsed by weekday afternoon syndication after the studio's fortunes declined by the 1980s. Taft Broadcasting acquired Hanna-Barbera in 1966 and retained ownership until 1991[6] when Turner Broadcasting System acquired the studio, using the back catalog to establish Cartoon Network the following year.[7][8][9]
Turner later merged in 1996 with Time Warner (currently Warner Bros. Discovery).[10] After Hanna died in 2001, Hanna-Barbera as a standalone company was folded into Warner Bros. Animation. Since then, the Hanna-Barbera name has been used primarily for marketing and copyright purposes.
Extracted from: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanna-Barbera]
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Mnemonic
Hanna Barbera – Top 11 Cartoons Mnemonic – High Quality FiSH FRoM the JeTY
(Picture Huckleberry Hound & Yogi Bear having a nice relaxing Sunday afternoon fishing at the end of the Jety)
1. The Huckleberry Hound Show
2. The Quick Draw McGraw Show
3. The Flintstones
4. Shazzan
5. The Herculoids
6. Fantastic Four
7. The Ruff and Reddy Show
8. The Magilla Gorilla Show
9. The Jetsons
10. Top Cat
11. The Yogi Bear Show
Five Fun Facts
1. Most of the Hanna-Barbera characters had collars and this was for a good reason. Money was extremely tight and this allowed the animators to mainly focus on the head above the collar, as the body could remain relatively static, hence less pictures.
2. Hanna-Barbera’s creation “Tom and Jerry” won a total of seven academy awards.
3. Jack Nicholson showed promise as an animator whilst working as a mailroom clerk for MGM. So much so, that he was offered a job as an animator by Hanna and Barbera, which he declined in pursuit of an acting career.
4. Some debate still exists as to where Yogi Bear got his name. Yogi Berra the legendary baseball player believed it came from him and claimed that his character was defamed and subsequently sued. The case was eventually dismissed, though the similarities in rambling speech is somewhat alike! …. apparently!
People also raise the question as to why they only made one Yogi Bear? Well in fact they tried to make a second one, but they made a little Boo Boo!
5. Though Mel Blanc was known for his association with Warner Bros. voicing such characters as Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, and Elma Fudd. Mel also voiced Barney Rubble, and Dino the Dinosaur from The Flintstones once his exclusive contract with Warner Bros. had expired.
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Three Question Quiz
Q.1. Which Scooby-Doo character is always losing their glasses?
Q.2. What was the first prime-time series from Hanna-Barbera?
Q.3. What cartoon did Yogi Bear make his first appearance on? Hint: it had a dog in it.
Mnemonic Recap
Hanna Barbera – Top 11 Cartoons Mnemonic – High Quality FiSH FRoM the JeTY
(Picture Huckleberry Hound & Yogi Bear having a nice relaxing Sunday afternoon fishing at the end of the Jety)
1. The Huckleberry Hound Show
2. The Quick Draw McGraw Show
3. The Flintstones
4. Shazzan
5. The Herculoids
6. Fantastic Four
7. The Ruff and Reddy Show
8. The Magilla Gorilla Show
9. The Jetsons
10. Top Cat
11. The Yogi Bear Show
Three Question Quiz Answers
Q.1. Which Scooby-Doo character is always losing their glasses?
A. Velma
Q.2. What was the first prime-time series from Hanna-Barbera?
A. The Flintstones– Apparently, they don’t like The Flintstones in Dubai, but those in Abudabi do!
Q.3. What cartoon did Yogi Bear make his first appearance on? Hint: it had a dog in it.
A. Huckleberry Hound Show
Word of the Week
toujours perdrix
[ too-zhoor per-dree ]
too much of a good thing.
Example
Growing up watching cartoons in the morning seemed like a toujours perdrix.
Extracted from: [https://www.dictionary.com/]
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References
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanna-Barbera
https://www.ranker.com/list/whoa-hanna-barbera-cartoon-facts/melissa-sartore
https://www.usefultrivia.com/tv_trivia/hanna_barbera_trivia.html