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Seth MacFarlene to reboot The Flintstones
…involve a return to television and film for the beloved characters of the popular Hanna Barbara TV series. Apparently, this has been something of a dream project for MacFarlene, who’s… |
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Open Season: Scared Silly
…running about six minutes. Here, Feiss doesn’t talk about his work on the film so much as his career leading up to it, including his work at Hanna Barbara and… |
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Animated Views’ 2017 Animated Movie Guide
…cancellation of a planned third outing. Now we have a reboot of the reboot – this time much more in the style of the classic Hanna Barbara cartoon show –… |
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Scooby-Doo designer Iwao Takamoto dead at 81
…the Tramp, Sleeping Beauty and 101 Dalmatians. In mid-August of 1961, Takamoto moved to Hanna-Barbera Studios, where he helped reinvent cartoons for television. Virtually all the characters and cartoons released… |
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Comic-Con update, plus Fred 'n' Yogi's movies finally on DVD!
…back. The big news this week to squeeze through the animated grapevine is that the long-delayed US release of The Man Called Flintstone, Hanna-Barbera’s 1966 feature outing for our favorite… |
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Shazzan: The Complete Series
Hanna-Barbera (1967), Warner Archive (April 3, 2012), 2 discs, 389 mins, 4:3 ratio, Dolby Digital 1.0, Not Rated, Retail: $29.95 Storyboard: Siblings Chuck and Nancy travel the world of old… |
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The Art Of Tom And Jerry: Volume Three
…money for the same old product twice. Now that Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera had left to begin their prolific television output, the Studio decided a cheap way of continuing… |
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Rockin’ With Judy Jetson
Hanna-Barbera (1988), Warner Archive (August 9, 2011), 1 DVD-R, 92 mins, 4:3 ratio, Dolby Digital mono, Rated G, Retail: $19.95 Storyboard: Space Age teen Judy Jetson becomes embroiled in a… |
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Earthlight Pictures launches CCTV animation training
…Santa Barbara, Boise, and Earthlight’s current base of operations in Portland. The official press release for this helpful program may be viewed here: Earthlight Pictures Launches All-Live Desktop CCTV Animation… |
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Fred Grandinetti: Talking With Popeye’s No. 1 Fan
…involved. He also discusses the relative highs and lows of the Hanna-Barbera shows of the 1970s and 1980s. The book went to press before the recent CGI TV special, but… |
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The Smurfs, Vol. 1: True Blue Friends
Hanna-Barbera (1982), Warner Home Video (March 3, 2009), single disc, 103 mins plus supplements, 1.33:1 original aspect ratio, Dolby Digital Mono, Not Rated, Retail: $14.98 Storyboard: In five classic episodes… |
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Tom And Jerry: Fur Flying Adventures Vol. 2
…a series of cartoons that had a date range that stretched over fifty years. The collection starts out once more with a Spike feature, Tops With Pops from the Hanna/Barbera/MGM… |
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Super Friends: The Lost Episodes
Hanna-Barbera (1983), Warner Home Video (August 11, 2009), 2 discs, 172 mins plus supplements, 1.33:1 original full frame ratio, Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono, Not Rated, Retail: $26.98 Storyboard: A kid-friendly… |
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Joe Barbera; Gremlins and Disney's Dog
…aged 95. As many kids did, I grew up with the animated series Joe produced with his life-long partner in animation, Bill Hanna (who died March 2001), and they truly… |
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Flintstones celebrate original premiere with day-long marathon!
On September 30, 1960, Hanna-Barbera introduced America to the first-ever prime time, animated half-hour series, The Flintstones, which ran for six seasons on ABC Television. In celebration of this landmark… |
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A Fond Look Back At Filmation: Part 2
…to fight an evil queen and save Christmas. In 1980, MGM took Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera’s famous cat and mouse duo and handed them over to Hanna-Barbera’s rival Filmation,… |
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Super Friends: Season One, Volume One
Hanna-Barbera (1973), Warner Home Video (January 5, 2010), 2 discs, 360 mins plus supplements, 1.33:1 original full frame ratio, Dolby Digital Mono, Not Rated, Retail: $26.98 Storyboard: The Justice League… |
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Clutch Cargo: The Complete Series – Volume One
…And Reddy was still playing along with a couple of other Hanna-Barbera shows (one with a slow-talking dog, as I recall), but there was not much else besides repeated airings… |
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The Best Of 2010: The Year 3D Made Contact!
…so much obscure, rare and long thought never to be seen again animation to DVD. This year the Collection’s doors were kicked open for a rush of Hanna-Barbera series, including… |
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The All-New Super Friends Hour: Season One, Volume One
Hanna-Barbera (1977), Warner Home Video (January 8, 2008), 2 discs, 323 mins plus supplements, 1.33:1 original full frame ratio, Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono, Not Rated, Retail: $26.98 Storyboard: The Justice… |
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Saturday Morning Cartoons – 1960s: Volume 2
…emphasis on Looney Tunes and Hanna-Barbera subjects, we explore the golden age of Saturday morning cartoons. The Sweatbox Review: The first volume of this series was one of my favorite… |
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I want me a fur coat – we've hit 101 reviews!
…including, in respect of the recent passing of Hanna-Barbera designer Iwao Takamoto, a look at the package put together for Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?: The Complete First and Second Seasons…. |
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Jerry's new book, and Warner's Blu announcement
…with a copy of Jerry Beck’s latest book, The Hanna-Barbera Treasury. It was certainly a pleasure paging through this one during the holidays. Hopefully, no one is expecting an authoritative… |
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Legends Of The Superheroes
Hanna-Barbera (1979), Warner Archive (October 19, 2010), 1 disc, 95 mins plus supplements, 1.33:1 ratio, Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono, Not Rated, Retail: $19.95 Storyboard: The Justice League matches powers with… |
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Challenge Of The Gobots: The Original Miniseries
Hanna-Barbera (1984), Warner Archive (May 17, 2011), 1 disc, 110 mins, 4:3 ratio, Dolby Digital 1.0, Not Rated , Retail: $14.95 Storyboard: Renegades from the planet Gobotron come to Earth… |
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What’s New Scooby-Doo?: Complete 3rd Season
Hanna-Barbera (2005), Warner Home Video (January 8, 2008), 2 discs, 288 mins plus supplements, 1.33:1 original full frame ratio, Dolby Digital 2.0, Not Rated, Retail: $19.98 Storyboard: Modern Scoob and… |
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Foothill and phuuz announce strategic alliance
…in order to set Foothill and its projects apart from the crowd. The guys at phuuz can certainly do that”. Read the release here: (Los Angeles and Santa Barbara –… |
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Sister Act‘s music supervisor Michael Kosarin takes us to Heaven!
…So, we are gearing up for that as well. And then, I’ve also worked on a lot of things. I’m accompanying Barbara Cook around the world for a number of… |
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Sleeping Beauty: Platinum Edition (Blu-ray/DVD)
…Fairy Godmother), Fauna (Barbara Jo Allen, later of The Sword In The Stone) and Merryweather (Barbara Luddy, Lady herself in Lady And The Tramp and Kanga in the original Winnie… |
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Space: 1999: Season One
…Landau and Barbara Bain, the husband and wife team that had starred on the hit show Mission: Impossible, to be cast as the leads on the new space show. This,… |
