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Picks Of The Year 2004
…Hanna Barbera collections, plus contemporary and classic animation alll already on the way. Next year could end up being as expensive (or more so!) for the collector as this one!… |
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2004: Looking like a great year for animation on DVD!
…of Forbidden Planet (for which the Disney Studio provided the film’s many animated special effects in 1956). Also reported are long-rumored first season editions of the classic Hanna-Barbera shows The… |
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Warner's Academy Award Collection is here, and we have two to give away!
…On Earth: Harman-Ising’s original and the Hanna-Barbera CinemaScope remake Good Will To Men, plus other oddities and rarities – all in their original fullframe or widescreen ratios! Naturally, many of… |
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Abbott And Costello Meet Captain Kidd
…do for Hanna-Barbera and Filmation cartoons. Even mediocre Abbott and Costello is worth watching for me, and fortunately I would consider Abbott And Costello Meet Captain Kidd to be a… |
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‘Twas The Night Before Christmas: Remastered Deluxe Edition
…of labelling every cartoon retroactively a Hanna-Barbera production), though the “Deluxe Edition” moniker badly over-hypes what is actually a barebones release. Ink And Paint: The only really “deluxe” thing about… |
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Jane Jetson passes away
‘dtemplar’ in the {{link http://forums.toontitan.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=17831#post17831 DVD Toons Forum}} posted that “Penny Singleton, who brought Jane to life on Hanna-Barbera’s 1962 primetime cartoon The Jetsons, died in California Wednesday two weeks… |
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DVD dates set for Fred 'n' Scooby!
Not a day after we reported The Digital Bits’ rumor of new Hanna-Barbera season sets from Warners, the Studio has released cover art, specs and dates for The Flintstones: The… |
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The Essential Bugs Bunny
…the Hanna-Barbera Classic Collection have been able to lap up their fix of television animation with a run of five or six titles that might have otherwise never seen the… |
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Eddie Murphy to Voice Hong Kong Phooey
It’s a new Hollywood trend to revive old cartoons by turning them into movies. The cycle continues with Alcon Entertainment and their live-action/animated combo Hong Kong Phooey, the 1970s Hanna-Barbera… |
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Private Snafu Golden Classics
…each made contributions to the series, with some films also being started that were never completed. Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera reportedly worked on one (called Hot Spots) with Tex… |
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Mad: Season One, Part One
…that was eventually shown as a special, while Hanna-Barbera developed another aborted attempt in the next decade. From 1995 to 2008, Fox aired MADtv, a Saturday Night Live sketch show… |
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Pirates Of Dark Water on DVD now
Added to the exclusive line of Warner Archive Collection titles available directly from the studio, Hanna-Barbera’s Pirates Of Dark Water has just arrived on DVD this week, becoming one of… |
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12 Days of Cartoon Network’s Holiday Programming
…Christmas – Hanna-Barbera’s most beloved classic characters, including Huckleberry Hound and Snagglepuss, join Yogi at Jellystone Lodge for a Christmas celebration in this much-loved holiday movie. Encore presentations: Tuesday, Dec…. |
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Batman Beyond hits DVD
…the creative use and production of animated programming based on classic cartoon characters from the Hanna-Barbera and DC Comics libraries. WBA is one of the most-honored animation studios in history…. |
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Super Friends: Season One, Volume Two
Hanna-Barbera (1973), Warner Home Video (July 20, 2010), 2 discs, 360 mins plus supplements, 1.33:1 ratio, Dolby Digital Mono, Not Rated, Retail: $26.98 Storyboard: Wendy, Marvin, and Wonder Dog do… |
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The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo: The Complete Series
Hanna-Barbera Productions (September 7, 1985 – December 7, 1985), Warner Home Video (June 29, 2010), two discs, 307 mins plus supplements, 1.33:1 original aspect ratio, Dolby Digital 1.0, Not Rated,… |
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Robotech: Complete Original Series
…creation. Similar Americanization happened when Hanna-Barbera licensed the show Science Ninja Team Gatchaman and transformed it into Battle of the Planets. The notorious Speed Racer was Mach Go Go Go… |
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Scooby’s back from July 12
Hanna-Barbera’s immortal Great Dane and his teenage friends are back once again in an all-new animated series, Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated, premiering Monday, July 12, at 7pm on the Cartoon Network…. |
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Mad: Season One, Part Two
…previous attempts (a 1970s animated special, an embarrassing 1980s movie, and an aborted Hanna-Barbera show) didn’t really stick, and the 1995 to 2008 live-action Fox series MADtv may have run… |
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The Real Adventures Of Jonny Quest : Season One, Volume Two
Hanna-Barbera (1996), Warner Archive (March 27, 2012), 2 discs, 286 mins, 1.33:1 original full frame ratio, Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo, Not Rated, Retail: $24.99 Storyboard: Teenaged Jonny and his friends… |
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Ray Bradbury dies at 91
…writing the Hanna-Barbera’s adaptation of The Halloween Tree, in which he also voiced the narrator. In 2008, members of Animated Views team attended a Comic-con panel held with Bradbury. You… |
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The Princess And The Frog‘s Directors John Musker and Ron Clements take us to “the other side” of animation!
…at Disney, he worked for several months at Hanna-Barbera while studying life drawing in the evening at Art Center. With persistence and determination, Clements was finally accepted into Disney’s Talent… |
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Carl Urbano dead at 94
…for the Oscar-nominated \\Puss Gets The Boot\\, the first appearance of Tom and Jerry and the first “full teaming of William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, with whom Urbano was long… |
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The Heathcliff And Dingbat Show
…at least one previous Ruby-Spears release, Warner Archive has NOT incorrectly branded this one as part of the Hanna-Barbera Collection. (Of course, it would have been keen to see a… |
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Looney Tunes’ Mouse Chronicles
…by Alex Lovy in 1967, is one of those totally late-entry cartoons that plays more like a Hanna-Barbera TV segment than a theatrical short: it doesn’t feel like a classic… |
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DVD Toons on classic TV and Father Of The Pride DVDs
…on the site is a look back at Hanna-Barbera’s past, with reviews of {{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/reviews/399 Wacky Races: The Complete Series}} and both of its spin off shows: {{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/reviews/400 Dastardly… |
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Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams
…only looks more bulky rather than particularly enticing. Inside, a two-sided insert lists a chapter index and advertising for Hanna Montana on one side, and a bonus features listing on… |
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Underdog (live-action movie)
…the fact it enjoyed a fairly long run, it was rarely seen after (with stations plumping for new Hanna-Barbera product over anything else, it seems), and I also couldn’t quite… |
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Green Lantern: First Flight soars into stores in July
…Animation also oversees the creative use of, and production of animated programming based on classic animated characters from the Hanna-Barbera and DC Comics libraries. Warner Bros. Animation is one of… |
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Casper and Wendy’s Ghostly Adventures
…least successful of his cartoon incarnations: Casper and the Angels, a Hanna-Barbera spoof of Charlie’s Angels that had Casper fighting crime in space! Casper was very popular at this time… |
