Showing posts with label hanna barbera. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hanna barbera. Show all posts
Hey 2010, Make Way for 1964
Before Warner Bros Pictures releases it's live action version of Hanna-Barbera's Yogi Bear this weekend, try some of the good ol' old school stuff here!
Happy 50th The Flintstones & Rubbles
Sept.30th marks the 50th Anniversary when The Flintstones aired their first episode back in 1960. Time does fly, doesn't it?http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/8033894/The-Flintstones-50th-anniversary-is-celebrated-by-Google-Doodle.html
Yogi Bear's All-Star Comedy Christmas Caper DVD
While the first Yogi Bear holiday special from 1980 was only a direct-sale MOD from "the Warner Archive" last year, Warner Home Video is releasing the 1982 holiday reunion special as a general release on December 12th.
Read more about this upcoming release here:
http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/Yogi-Bear-Yogi-Bears-All-Star-Christmas-Caper/14223
Read more about this upcoming release here:http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/Yogi-Bear-Yogi-Bears-All-Star-Christmas-Caper/14223
Aj-aj-aj Wilma: här kommer Wilma...
Here's an odd find. If you're a fan of the classic Flintstones show, you may remember this little ditty from a season three episode called "Swedish Visitors".
As it turns out, if these facts be true, the song actually existed before the episode was created and it was called "Wilma" by Owe Thörnquist. Owe was contacted by Hanna-Barbera lawyers about the song which was thought to be a copyright issue, but Owe replied that the name Wilma was very common in Sweden and "jabadabadoo" was an old Viking sound when a woman was found. Owe was asked to record his song in English for The Flintstones in 1962.
As it turns out, if these facts be true, the song actually existed before the episode was created and it was called "Wilma" by Owe Thörnquist. Owe was contacted by Hanna-Barbera lawyers about the song which was thought to be a copyright issue, but Owe replied that the name Wilma was very common in Sweden and "jabadabadoo" was an old Viking sound when a woman was found. Owe was asked to record his song in English for The Flintstones in 1962.
CN Announces New 2010 Shows
As of April 21st, Cartoon Network announced it's new 2010 lineup featuring an array of new shows.
http://www.toonzone.net/news/articles/33313/toonzone-at-the-cartoon-network-2010-upfront-updated-1145-am
12 shows have been presented and in my personal opinion, these are the ones I'm most curious to check out.
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated: yet another series featuring those meddling teenagers and their goofy dog. Seems to be a throw-back to their roots with modern cartoony-cartoonists Spike Brandt and Tony Cervone acting as supervising producers.
Young Justice: Teen superheroes have to start somewhere. Various young heroes of the DC variety prove they have what it takes to join the ranks of the Justice League.
MAD: The popular spoof magazine finally gets animated in several styles in order to poke fun at almost everything that makes up pop culture.
Sym-Bionic Titan: Genndy Tartakovsky's return to animation features alien teenagers and their giant robots. Should be awesome.
And the most-anticipated series I've been looking forward too:
The Looney Tunes Show: Those wacky Warner Bros characters are now living the suburban lifestyle in half-hour adventures made up with musical segments(?) and CG Roadrunner shorts. In the long run, this seems like a terrible idea for classic cartoon stars but at least it's a step up from Baby Looney Tunes and Loonatics. Supervising producers Spike Brandt and Tony Cervone have handled the Tunes well-enough before, so this show could live up to it's roots. For today's standards that is.
http://www.toonzone.net/news/articles/33313/toonzone-at-the-cartoon-network-2010-upfront-updated-1145-am
12 shows have been presented and in my personal opinion, these are the ones I'm most curious to check out.
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated: yet another series featuring those meddling teenagers and their goofy dog. Seems to be a throw-back to their roots with modern cartoony-cartoonists Spike Brandt and Tony Cervone acting as supervising producers.
Young Justice: Teen superheroes have to start somewhere. Various young heroes of the DC variety prove they have what it takes to join the ranks of the Justice League.
MAD: The popular spoof magazine finally gets animated in several styles in order to poke fun at almost everything that makes up pop culture.
Sym-Bionic Titan: Genndy Tartakovsky's return to animation features alien teenagers and their giant robots. Should be awesome.And the most-anticipated series I've been looking forward too:
The Looney Tunes Show: Those wacky Warner Bros characters are now living the suburban lifestyle in half-hour adventures made up with musical segments(?) and CG Roadrunner shorts. In the long run, this seems like a terrible idea for classic cartoon stars but at least it's a step up from Baby Looney Tunes and Loonatics. Supervising producers Spike Brandt and Tony Cervone have handled the Tunes well-enough before, so this show could live up to it's roots. For today's standards that is.
George & Junior's Christmas Spectacular
Here's a CN What a Cartoon Show short from 1995 starring Tex Avery's bear duo: George & Junior as they help Santa out by delivering a present that's been left behind.There was a short series of George & Junior shorts produced for Hanna-Barbera by Patrick A. Ventura who used a really wild, cartoony style. The animation is very limited, but the gags and drawings make good use of it.
Yogi Bear Film Underway
Looks like Warner Bros is going through with it.
That smarter-than-average bear that premiered on Hanna-Barbera's "The Huckleberry Hound Show" way back in 1958 before spinning-off into his own series will be hitting the silver screen in a brand new film that will blend live-action with CG animation.
http://www.animationmagazine.net/article/10947
The film is currently filming in New Zealand and will feature the voices of Dan Aykroyd as Yogi Bear and Justin Timberlake as Boo Boo. I have no immediate intention on seeing this at all. I'll wait to see a trailer first, but the whole idea seems "off" to me.
That smarter-than-average bear that premiered on Hanna-Barbera's "The Huckleberry Hound Show" way back in 1958 before spinning-off into his own series will be hitting the silver screen in a brand new film that will blend live-action with CG animation.
http://www.animationmagazine.net/article/10947
The film is currently filming in New Zealand and will feature the voices of Dan Aykroyd as Yogi Bear and Justin Timberlake as Boo Boo. I have no immediate intention on seeing this at all. I'll wait to see a trailer first, but the whole idea seems "off" to me.
The Jetsons BG Artwork 1
I've always enjoyed the character designs and production artwork of the original 1960's Jetsons series.The original Hanna-Barbera series ran from September 1962 to March 1963 with a total of 24 episodes. Due to popularity after years of re-runs, the series led to further episodes being produced for syndication between 1985 and 1987.
More artwork to come! You can enjoy the original series by picking up The Jetsons: The Complete First Season on DVD available from Warner Home Video.
Snuffles' Bisquits Revealed
Talk about product placement in television shows. I was enjoying the recently released Saturday Morning Cartoons: 1960's and I noticed something familiar during the Quick Draw McGraw cartoon, "Dynamite Fright".
Quick Draw's bloodhound, Snuffles, has a role in this cartoon and has an addiction to the dog biscuits his master gives him. Quick Draw offers Snuffles the box as a reward and I thought the design of the package looked awfully familiar.
I had recently picked up a copy of Ad Boy: Vintage Advertising with Character and flipped through the pages. There was the package of T-Bone Form Dog Biscuits from 1962.
I suppose that Gro-Pup was a sponsor of the early Hanna-Barbera series?
For more classic cartoons on DVD, pick up a copy of Saturday Morning Cartoons: 1960's, available from Warner Home Video. If you like retro artwork and vintage advertising, you should also pick up a copy of Ad Boy: Vintage Advertising with Character, available from Ten Speed Press.
Quick Draw's bloodhound, Snuffles, has a role in this cartoon and has an addiction to the dog biscuits his master gives him. Quick Draw offers Snuffles the box as a reward and I thought the design of the package looked awfully familiar.
I had recently picked up a copy of Ad Boy: Vintage Advertising with Character and flipped through the pages. There was the package of T-Bone Form Dog Biscuits from 1962.
I suppose that Gro-Pup was a sponsor of the early Hanna-Barbera series?
For more classic cartoons on DVD, pick up a copy of Saturday Morning Cartoons: 1960's, available from Warner Home Video. If you like retro artwork and vintage advertising, you should also pick up a copy of Ad Boy: Vintage Advertising with Character, available from Ten Speed Press.
Happy Father's Day
I hope all you Dad's out there are having a great Father's Day today!
In celebration, here is an Augie Doggie & Doggie Daddy story from Marvel Comics' Yogi Bear #8 (1978).
In celebration, here is an Augie Doggie & Doggie Daddy story from Marvel Comics' Yogi Bear #8 (1978).
DVD Look: Saturday Morning Cartoons 1960s Vol 1
This past May saw two new releases from Warner Home Video, Saturday Morning Cartoons: 1970s Vol 1 & Saturday Morning Cartoons: 1960s Vol 1.
In an attempt to capture the retro feel and shows of the classic Saturday Morning cartoons, Warner Bros has released these new DVD collections for people who grew up watching these cartoons and to introduce them to a new generation.
"Saturday Morning Cartoons: The 60's" contains quite a bit of classic Hanna-Barbera shows, many which are making their DVD debut, plus an episode of The Porky Pig Show complete with bumpers along with an episode of an early Anime series called Marine Boy, which is presented with a crisp picture and sound which makes me wonder if Warners is planning on releasing a season set?
Along with an extra episode of The Quick Draw McGraw Show, there are 3 featurettes explaining the histories behind Quick Draw McGraw, The Herculoids, and Frankenstein Jr. & The Impossibles.
Golden Age Cartoons has a great review of the set by Jon Cooke which includes a listing of the complete contents of the 60's set:http://reviews.goldenagecartoons.com/2009/1960s/
Add this great classic cartoon set to your animation DVD collection today! Perhaps Vol 2 is in the works?
Book Look: Huck Hound 1961
When I came across the Flintstones' strips in my previous post, I actually found a great storybook as well.
Huckleberry Hound: Giant Story Book from Whitman Publishing is a great cartoon book from 1961. The book offers short stories based on 20 classic cartoons from Hanna-Barbera's The Huckleberry Hound Show.
The interior artwork is illustrated by Frank McSavage who does a great job with H-B's character designs. Here are some examples of the illustrations that are found through-out the book.
The 192 page book is also a fun, retro read since a lot of the classic cartoon action, violence and sterotypes are still intact as you read it.
For example, here's a line of text from "Wolf! Wolf!" the classic Huck Hound story that introduced early versions of Hokey Wolf & Ding-a-ling:
"Why the Indian outfit?" asked Shorty.
The wolf painted a yellow streak across Shorty's nose. Then he answered, "They always blame things on the Indians, don't they? This is the plan. You go out and give some bloodcurdling war whoops. That dumb sheepherder Huck will panic and run away! And we grab the sheep!" He shoved Shorty out of the doorway. "Go get him, Brave Eagle!"
Soon the wolf heard bloodcurdling cries. Very nice ones, he thought.
"WHOOP-WHOOP-WHOOP-WHOOP!"
Then, BLAM! BLAM! Gunshots.
And a very sad-looking Brave Eagle returned.
"Brave Eagle got blasted," said Shorty, removing his tattered feather.
Huckleberry Hound: Giant Story Book from Whitman Publishing is a great cartoon book from 1961. The book offers short stories based on 20 classic cartoons from Hanna-Barbera's The Huckleberry Hound Show.
The interior artwork is illustrated by Frank McSavage who does a great job with H-B's character designs. Here are some examples of the illustrations that are found through-out the book.
The 192 page book is also a fun, retro read since a lot of the classic cartoon action, violence and sterotypes are still intact as you read it.For example, here's a line of text from "Wolf! Wolf!" the classic Huck Hound story that introduced early versions of Hokey Wolf & Ding-a-ling:
"Why the Indian outfit?" asked Shorty.
The wolf painted a yellow streak across Shorty's nose. Then he answered, "They always blame things on the Indians, don't they? This is the plan. You go out and give some bloodcurdling war whoops. That dumb sheepherder Huck will panic and run away! And we grab the sheep!" He shoved Shorty out of the doorway. "Go get him, Brave Eagle!"
Soon the wolf heard bloodcurdling cries. Very nice ones, he thought.
"WHOOP-WHOOP-WHOOP-WHOOP!"
Then, BLAM! BLAM! Gunshots.
And a very sad-looking Brave Eagle returned.
"Brave Eagle got blasted," said Shorty, removing his tattered feather.
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