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Hanna-Barbera
 Short history
Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc.
(also called Hanna-Barbera
Cartoons, Inc., and Hanna-
Barbera Enterprises, Inc.), was an
American animation studio that
dominated North American television
animation during the second half of
the 20th century.
 The company was originally formed in
1944 by MGM (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
cartoon studio) animation directors
William Hanna and Joseph Barbera and
director George Sidney as Hanna-Barbera
Enterprises in order to produce sponsored
films and later television commercials.
 After MGM shut down its
animation studio in 1957,
Hanna-Barbera Enterprises
became Hanna and Barbera's
full-time job, and the company
was renamed Hanna-Barbera
Productions in 1960.
Over the next three decades,
Hanna-Barbera Productions
produced many successful
cartoon shows, including
The Huckleberry Hound Show ,
The Flintstones , Top Cat,
Tom and Jerry ,
The Yogi Bear Show , The
Jetsons , Jonny Quest , Scooby-
Doo, The Smurfs , and
Wacky Races .
 In 1994, the company was renamed Hanna-
Barbera Cartoons.
With Bill Hanna's death in 2001, Hanna-Barbera
was absorbed into Warner Bros. Animation, and
Cartoon Network Studios assumed production of
Cartoon Network output.
Joe Barbera remained with Warner Bros.
Animation until his death in 2006.
The Hanna-Barbera name is today used only to
market properties and productions associated
with Hanna-Barbera's "classic" works such as The
Flintstones and Scooby-Doo.
 The begining
Melrose, New Mexico native
William Hanna and New York City-born
Joseph Barbera first teamed together
while working at the
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio in
1939.

Their first directorial project was a

cartoon entitled Puss Gets the Boot
(1940), which served as the genesis of
the popular Tom and Jerry cartoon series.

Their professional strengths,

weaknesses, and personalities meshed
perfectly and Barbera said: "We
understood each other perfectly, and
each of us had deep respect for the
other's work."

Hanna and Barbera served as the

directors and story men for the Tom and
Jerry cartoons for seventeen years,
winning seven
Academy Awards for Best Short Subject (
Cartoons)
between 1943 and 1953 for their work.
 Hanna and Barbera hired most of their MGM unit to work for
H-B Enterprises after MGM closed their animation studio in
1957.
H-B's first TV series was The Ruff & Reddy Show, which
premiered on NBC in December 1957.
In 1958, H-B had their first big success with
The Huckleberry Hound Show, a syndicated series aired in
most markets just before primetime.
The former Hanna-Barbera building at 3400
Cahuenga Blvd. in Studio City, California, seen in a 2007
photograph.

Hanna-Barbera was one of the first

animation studios to successfully
produce cartoons especially for
television. Until then, cartoons on
television consisted primarily of
rebroadcasts of theatrical cartoons.
 WILLIAM HANNA AND JOSEPH
BARBERA

William Denby "Bill" Hanna (July 14, 1910

March 22, 2001) and Joseph Roland "Joe"
Barbera (March 24, 1911 December 18,
2006)were both influential American animators,
directors, producers, television directors,
television producers, and cartoon artists, whose
movie and television cartoon characters
entertained millions of fans worldwide for much
of the twentieth century.
Hanna and Barbera won 7 Academy Awards and
8 Emmy Awards. Their cartoons have become
cultural icons, and their cartoon characters have
appeared in other media such as films, books,
and toys. Hanna-Barbera's shows have a global
audience of over 300million people and have
been translated into more than 20 languages.
 SOUND EFFECTS

Besides their cartoons and characters, Hanna-Barbera was

also famous for their vast library of sound effects.
They had cartoon-style sound effects (such as ricochets, slide
whistles and more), but also familiar sounds used for
transportation, household items, the elements, and more.
When Hanna and Barbera started their own cartoon studio in
1957, they created a handful of sound effects, and had limited
choices. They also took some sounds from the MGM animation
studios.
By 1958, they began to expand and began adding more
sound effects to their library.
Besides creating a lot of their own effects, they also collected
sound effects from other movie and cartoon studios, such as
Universal Pictures, Warner Bros. Animation, and even Walt
Disney Productions.
Tom&Jerr
y
Tom and Jerry centered on a never-ending rivalry
between a housecat (Tom) and a mouse (Jerry)
whose chases and battles often involved comic
violence.
Hanna and Barbera ultimately wrote and directed
114 Tom and Jerry cartoons at the MGM cartoon
studio in Hollywood, California between 1940 and
1957, when the animation unit was closed.
The original series is notable for having won the
Academy Awards for Best Short Subject (Cartoons)
seven times.
Throughout the years, the term and title Tom and
Jerry became practically synonymous with never-
ending rivalry, as much as the related cat and
mouse fight metaphor has.
 Most of the cartoons Hanna and
Barbera created revolved
around close friendship or
partnership; this theme is
evident with Tom and Jerry, Yogi
Bear and Boo Boo, Fred
Flintstone and Barney Rubble,
Ruff and Reddy, The Jetsons
family, 2 Stupid Dogs, Cow and
Chicken, The Powerpuff Girls,
and the friends in Scooby-Doo .
These may have been a
reflection of the close business
friendship and partnership that
Hanna and Barbera shared for
almost 60 years.
Hanna and Barbera was also
one of the first animators to
realize the enormous potential
of television.
 Leonard Maltin says the Hanna-Barbera
team "held a record for producing
consistently superior cartoons using the
same characters year after yearwithout
a break or change in routinetheir
characters are not only animated
superstars, but also a very beloved part of
American pop culture".