Remembering Hanna-Barbera

 

Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera were the dynamic duo behind virtually every major Saturday-Morning cartoon I remember growing up, with the noteable exception of the Smurfs.  But with a resume spanning decades and including titles such as Yogi Bear, The Flintstones & Scooby Doo even the Smurfs seem a small accomplishment.

 

Joe Barbera died today.  He was 95.  His partner of so many years passed away in 2001.  The era of the cartoons created by those two men ended many years ago, but today I just wanted to be nostalgic for a bit. From the humorous to the clever, Hanna-Barbera cartoons were always entertaining and through the years and the many series the only thing that could be said to remain the same from cartoon to cartoon was the simple and effective stylings of the drawings themselves.

 

And so farewell Mr. Barbera.  Only a few men can be said to influence entire generations of children and you were one such man.  Godspeed.

 

- one