…the show’s classic first season. The Sweatbox Review: With the success of The Flintstones on television, the creative team of William Hanna and Joe Barbera began to think of another…

…from 1963-1966. This is classic, old-time Hanna–Barbera, with fun characters, sharp writing, and of course superb voice acting. Quickdraw’s story in this episode is Dynamite Fright (where he faces the…

…Case Study: Warner Home Video here uses the umpteenth iteration of its packaging for the Hanna–Barbera Classic Collection. Having long ago abandoned the clear slipcovers for cardboard ones (not to…

…Warner Bros. cartoons, and those from other studios for that matter, including most notably Hanna–Barbera, wouldn’t have had the kind of zippy characters they did without the vocals to match…

…the crew’s biggest star, a certain Mr Bunny. Setting the tone for the collection are his 15 classic shorts (most of which are from earlier-period Bugs): The Big Snooze (you’ll…

…shows of Hanna–Barbera, and fondly remember the likes of Scooby-Doo, The Flintstones, The Kwiki-Koala Show, The New Schmoo, the list is endless. Added to that was my interest in superheroes,…

…over the next two decades, along with their rivals Hanna–Barbera, created multiple variations of super-heroics, including The Superman/Aquaman Hour Of Adventure, The New Adventures Of Batman, The Batman/Superman Hour, Super…

…certainly has to be a high point for Hanna–Barbera. For a long-time H-B fan, seeing this show now has been a revelation. Animated Classic or Back To The Drawing Board?…

…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…

…as a result. Complicating matters further, the main cartoon studios (particularly Hanna–Barbera) got so overwhelmed by demand for product, that their talent pool was getting stretched pretty thin, in an…

…it’s like watching two consecutive ten-minute shows. This is one of those Hanna–Barbera Classic Collection releases that I looked forward to simply to revel in the obscurity of its subject….

…with colorful graphics adorning every part of the foldout digipack, the discs, and the clear outer case. As with the past couple of Hanna–Barbera releases, the “Golden Collection” tag has…

…has up their sleeves next. All in all, the Pixar Short Film Collection feels about as lightweight as Lifted. Quite why the collection has come about now is anyone’s guess,…

My childhood memories are disturbed by this send-up of classic Hanna–Barbera characters, yet I cannot help laughing….

…Collection” tag has been dropped in favor of “Classic Collection”, and the habit of numbering a release of a complete series has been wisely dropped. Inside the package, one will…

…ultra-slim digipack and slipcase, housing two discs— one one-sided, and one double-sided. The trim on the cover remakes the Hanna–Barbera Classic Collection trim by adding a leopard pattern and making…