Joseph Barbera (of Hanna-Barbera) Dies
12-18-06, 07:39 PM
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Joseph Barbera (of Hanna-Barbera) Dies
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6191999.stm
US animator Joseph Barbera dies
Hanna and Barbera won seven Academy Awards for Tom and Jerry
Joseph Barbera, one half of the team behind such cartoon classics as The Flintstones, Yogi Bear, Scooby-Doo and Huckleberry Hound, has died, aged 95.
He died of natural causes at home with his wife, Sheila, at his side.
With William Hanna, Barbera founded Hanna-Barbera in the 1950s, after the pair had earlier worked on the Tom and Jerry cartoons at MGM studios.
"Joe will live on through his work," said Warner Brothers chairman and CEO, Barry Meyer.
"The characters he created with his late partner, William Hanna, are not only animated superstars but also a very beloved part of American pop culture," Mr Meyer said.
Cat and mouse collaboration
Barbera grew up in Brooklyn and started to pursue a career in banking.
But his amateur sketches soon became the raw material for cartoons in magazines, which then took him into animation.
He met Hanna - who died in 2001 - at the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film studio in the late 1930s and collaborated on a cartoon called Puss Gets the Boot, which led to the creation of the cat and mouse characters, Tom and Jerry.
Their 17-year partnership on the Tom and Jerry series resulted in seven Academy Awards and 14 nominations in total.
The pair left MGM and formed Hanna-Barbera Studios in 1957, where they created numerous classic characters, including The Jetsons and The Flintstones.
Following Hanna's death, Joseph Barbera remained active as an executive producer for Warner Brothers Animation on TV series such as What's New, Scooby-Doo? and Tom and Jerry Tales.
Hanna and Barbera won seven Academy Awards for Tom and Jerry
Joseph Barbera, one half of the team behind such cartoon classics as The Flintstones, Yogi Bear, Scooby-Doo and Huckleberry Hound, has died, aged 95.
He died of natural causes at home with his wife, Sheila, at his side.
With William Hanna, Barbera founded Hanna-Barbera in the 1950s, after the pair had earlier worked on the Tom and Jerry cartoons at MGM studios.
"Joe will live on through his work," said Warner Brothers chairman and CEO, Barry Meyer.
"The characters he created with his late partner, William Hanna, are not only animated superstars but also a very beloved part of American pop culture," Mr Meyer said.
Cat and mouse collaboration
Barbera grew up in Brooklyn and started to pursue a career in banking.
But his amateur sketches soon became the raw material for cartoons in magazines, which then took him into animation.
He met Hanna - who died in 2001 - at the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film studio in the late 1930s and collaborated on a cartoon called Puss Gets the Boot, which led to the creation of the cat and mouse characters, Tom and Jerry.
Their 17-year partnership on the Tom and Jerry series resulted in seven Academy Awards and 14 nominations in total.
The pair left MGM and formed Hanna-Barbera Studios in 1957, where they created numerous classic characters, including The Jetsons and The Flintstones.
Following Hanna's death, Joseph Barbera remained active as an executive producer for Warner Brothers Animation on TV series such as What's New, Scooby-Doo? and Tom and Jerry Tales.
12-18-06, 09:12 PM
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Sad to see him go, but hey, 95 years is a lot of life!
12-19-06, 10:01 AM
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The only thing people complained about Hanna-Barbera was the fact they pioneered limited animation for television in the late 1950's. But yet, Hanna-Barbera managed to create two highly-beloved series during the 1960's: The Flintstones and Jonny Quest.
We are very fortunate that the old MGM Tom & Jerry animated shorts are still around, perhaps the great legacy of Hanna and Barbera.
We are very fortunate that the old MGM Tom & Jerry animated shorts are still around, perhaps the great legacy of Hanna and Barbera.
12-19-06, 12:45 PM
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Originally Posted by JasonF
I never liked Tom & Jerry, but pretty much everything else Hanna-Barbera did was golden as far as I'm concerned.
12-19-06, 03:12 PM
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Originally Posted by JasonF
I never liked Tom & Jerry, but pretty much everything else Hanna-Barbera did was golden as far as I'm concerned.
Man, there's a lot of memories right there.
RIP
12-20-06, 10:48 AM
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When I grew up, Hanna-Barbera was the premiere TV animation studio in my eyes. At the time, WB was mainly recycling the same Looney Tunes cartoons and not producing anything new and Disney had no real animation presence on television yet. But Hanna-Barbera had everything... Scooby Doo, Flintstones, Laff-a-lympics, Captain Caveman, Dynomutt, Superfriends, and so much more. They pretty much had a stranglehold on my cartoon viewing until all the toy-based toons hit.
