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Ok now, be honest, how many of you had a little happy tear when you read the title of this article?

Hanna-Barbera Productions is an American animation studios which has produced timeless classics more timeless classics than I can name. Tom & Jerry, Johnny Quest, The Flintstones, The Jetsons, Scooby Doo, The Addams Family and many more!

The studio was formed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, formerly directors from the MGM Studio. They were born during the golden age of American animation as MGM shut down their animation studio, Hanna-Barbera rose from it's ashes.

The production company became super popular with it's Saturday morning cartoons. Their cartoon shorts and series filled this time slot on all major American TV channels at the time. However over time their profits started to fall as they lost this morning slot. The Turner Broadcasting System ended up buying them and so some of us growing up will remember seeing much of their toons in the channel you know as Cartoon Network.

The production company then became Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, and it's focus was primarily on producing animation cartoons. From this the Cartoon Cartoons collection of cartoons was born, so this is the age when we start seeing new series and shorts from Dexter's Lab, 2 Stupid Dogs, Cow and Chicken, I am Weasel, Courage the Cowardly Dog, Powerpuff Girls and Johnny Bravo.

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One of the best things about Hanna-Barbera, that helps to make their work timeless is their unique animation style. There is absolutely no mistaking one of their cartoons. Accompanied by their large library of sound effects, they produced some of the most memorable pieces of animation that extended it's reach well outside America. There were even CD's released with Hanna-Barbera sound effects.

The Ricky Gervais Show, paying homage to their style

After both Hanna and Barbera passed away the studio is nothing more but a name now as they do not produce animations anymore. Although it is the sad end of an era, their legacy and names will certainly never be forgotten as I am certain they have left an impression on generations of children (and adults!) .

So now that I have dragged you all down memory lane, what Hanna-Barbera series were your favourites? Any particular episodes that stood out for you?

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~Bracey100 Apr 25, 2013 Professional Digital Artist

Johnny Quest, that will always be my fave followed closely by Space Ghose and Thundar the Barbarian and Scooby Do.

*sarroora Mar 2, 2013 Hobbyist

My all-time favorite series by those 2 awesome artists is Top Cat XD

^kingmancheng Mar 2, 2013 Professional Filmographer

Hmm Top Cat!

It wasn't one of my favourites but still loved it!

*sarroora Mar 2, 2013 Hobbyist

It was very funny and very clever. I re-watched it recently and got all nostalgic!

^kingmancheng Mar 2, 2013 Professional Filmographer

It was a good show!

I wonder did you watch that movie that was released recently? I've been a bit skeptical about that...

*sarroora Mar 2, 2013 Hobbyist

The one by a Mexican studio? Yeah, I did. It's entertaining and a very good try, but of course the series is tons better.

^kingmancheng Mar 2, 2013 Professional Filmographer

Oh it could be, I had on idea it was by a Mexican Studio. Yeah that's pretty much what I gathered!

*sarroora Mar 2, 2013 Hobbyist

I had read more than once that Top Cat had been extremely popular for many years there, and I imagine the studio wanting to make a tribute to a series people loved and grew up with. Kinda like what we do with fanart, except their work is actually given the OK by Warner Bros and they can profit from it 100% legallyXXD.

What I liked about the movie was that the characters were in-character and a bunch of other little things, like the whole existence of a cat jail and a dog jail

. The thing I didn't like was that events occurred in the present day, and they had not aged at ALL. In 2012.

Dibble actually has a cell phone, so the old phone box is now useless.

^kingmancheng Mar 2, 2013 Professional Filmographer

Selective aging, haha.

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~FluidGirl82 Feb 26, 2013

Several. Here's a list (and if you're not familiar with any of them, look it up):

Yogi Bear
Huckleberry Hound
Quick Draw McGraw
Touche Turtle
Yippee, Yappee, and Yahooey
Ricochet Rabbit
Atom Ant
Precious Pupp
The Hillbilly Bears
Secret Squirrel
Winsome Witch
Squiddly Diddly
Frankenstein Jr.
The Impossibles (my all time favorite HB cartoon)
Wacky Races
The Perils of Penelope Pitstop
Josie & The Pussycats
Paw Paws
Yogi's Treasure Hunt
A Pup Named Scooby Doo (which I actually like better than the original Scooby Doo, but that's just me)

I also like the Flintstones and the Jetsons, but I wouldn't rank them up among my favorites.

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