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Hanna-Barbera and Ruby-Spears
In 1991, Turner Broadcasting System bought animation studio Hanna-Barbera Productions, and much of the back catalog of both Hanna-Barbera and Ruby-Spears Productions from Great American Broadcasting, and three years later, Turner bought New Line Cinema and Castle Rock Entertainment.
Twenty-one half-hour episodes were produced by Ruby-Spears Productions, an animation house formed by former Hanna-Barbera head writers Joe Ruby and Ken Spears, from October 1980 to September 1982, when the show went off the air.
** Not included are most of the libraries of Hanna-Barbera and Ruby-Spears Productions, which were sold off to Turner Broadcasting System in 1991 ( along with the H-B studio itself ); these are also owned by Time Warner
In 1991, Turner Entertainment's parent Turner Broadcasting purchased Hanna-Barbera and its extensive animated library including The Jetsons, Yogi Bear, Scooby-Doo, The Flintstones, Huckleberry Hound, Top Cat, and Quick Draw McGraw ( along with most of the Ruby-Spears library up to 1991 ).
A 90-minute block of series from Hanna-Barbera and / or Ruby-Spears, all of which follow the formula of a group of mystery-solving teens or young adults ( e. g. Scooby-Doo, Josie and the Pussycats, Fangface, Clue Club, Speed Buggy, etc.
The Ruby-Spears studio was purchased in 1978 by Filmways Television and was sold in late 1981 to Taft Broadcasting, becoming a sister company to Hanna-Barbera Productions.
In 1991, Ruby-Spears was spun off into RS Holdings while most of the original Ruby-Spears library ( its pre-1991 library ) was sold along with Hanna-Barbera to Turner Broadcasting System, which in turn merged with Time Warner in 1996.
**** Note: This does not include distribution rights to most of the Hanna-Barbera and Ruby-Spears backlogs, which are controlled by Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. ( any H-B or R-S shows that are controlled by CBS are from libraries of co-production companies that were later absorbed into what became CTS, an example being The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang, which CBS owns as part of the Happy Days franchise, originally by Paramount Television )
Certain Hanna-Barbera and Ruby-Spears shows co-produced by other companies were also not distributed by Worldvision.
The Hanna-Barbera library and most Ruby-Spears material are now owned by Time Warner, and syndicated by Warner Bros. Television Distribution ( previously Telepictures ).
TBS, in turn, had purchased Hanna-Barbera and most of the Ruby-Spears library in 1991.
* Most of the Hanna-Barbera shows are distributed on DVD by Warner Home Video, which also holds rights to a number of Ruby-Spears shows ( but has not released any of those shows on DVD ).
It was owned, operated and maintained by Cincinnati-based Taft Broadcasting Corporation and Tulsa, Oklahoma-based Satellite Syndicated Systems ( SSS ), in cooperation with cable / satellite TV station Superstation WTBS ( now TBS Superstation ), who carried Electra's data on their VBI ( WTBS was in turn owned by Turner Broadcasting System, which would purchase the Hanna-Barbera animation studio, and most shows from sister company Ruby-Spears, from Taft successor Great American Broadcasting in 1991 ; Turner is now part of Time Warner ).

Hanna-Barbera and cartoons
Jones was not a fan of much contemporary animation, terming most of it, especially television cartoons such as those of Hanna-Barbera, " illustrated radio ".
Besides their cartoons and characters, Hanna-Barbera was also noted for their large library of sound effects.
Today, like Hanna-Barbera, they are used sparingly, while some cartoons and non-animated series like Warner Bros.
By 1996, each TV series from the studio typically had its own set of sound effects, including some selected from the classic Hanna-Barbera sound library, as well as some new ones and various sounds from Disney and Warner Bros. cartoons ( this was especially true of Dexter's Laboratory and Cow and Chicken ).
* Theatrically released films based on Hanna-Barbera cartoons
Lynde also did extensive voice work on animated cartoons, particularly those of Hanna-Barbera Productions.
They began running a mix of 1960s and 1970s Hanna-Barbera cartoons weekday evenings from 6 to 7 PM known as the USA Cartoon Express, and sports programming after 7 PM and rebroadcast that on overnights.
Genndy was influenced by Hanna-Barbera, Japanese animation, Warner Bros. cartoons, and the UPA shorts.
Many of the sounds and explosion effects used in its cartoons are also very familiar, the majority of them being recycled from Hanna-Barbera ( though this was, and still is a common trait among animation companies ), though the company's DC Comics cartoons of 1966-7 used more realistic sound effects.
In 1966 Bud voiced his character in a series of 156 five-minute Abbott and Costello cartoons made by Hanna-Barbera.
With Hanna-Barbera under their belts, MGM cartoon studio was finally able to compete with Disney in the field of animated cartoons.
These cartoons were animated in his distinctive style, but they never quite matched the popularity of the Hanna-Barbera originals of the 1940s and 1950s heyday, However, they were more successful than the Gene Deitch Tom and Jerry shorts, which were produced overseas during 1961 and 1962.
The first major animation studio to produce cartoons exclusively for television was Hanna-Barbera Productions.
When MGM closed its cartoon studio in 1957, Hanna-Barbera began producing cartoons directly for television, finding an audience in the evening " family hour " time.
But after the end of The Flintstones in 1966, Hanna-Barbera largely turned its efforts to the growing market for Saturday morning cartoons, outside of isolated series for first run syndication in the 1970s such as Wait Till Your Father Gets Home.
Hanna-Barbera Productions became the leader in the production of TV cartoons for children.
A number of other studios produced TV cartoons, such as Filmation ( Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, The Archies ) and DePatie-Freleng Enterprises ( The Pink Panther ), but Hanna-Barbera had developed a virtual lock on Saturday morning cartoons by the 1970s.
However, under Fred Seibert's guidance, Hanna-Barbera's new staff ( whose ranks included Seth MacFarlane, Butch Hartman, and Genndy Tartakovsky ) created a new generation of Hanna-Barbera cartoons such as Dexter's Laboratory, Johnny Bravo, Cow and Chicken, I Am Weasel, The Powerpuff Girls and Courage the Cowardly Dog.
Ted Turner had expressed that he mainly wanted ownership of the studio's back catalog ; its launch of Cartoon Network on October 1, 1992 provided a new audience for Hanna-Barbera cartoons, both old and new.
Cartoon Network's success with original programming lead them to move the reruns of old Hanna-Barbera and Looney Tunes cartoons to their spin-off channel Boomerang.
Marilyn Schreffler replaced Mae Questel as Olive when Hanna-Barbera obtained the rights to produce new made-for-TV Popeye cartoons for The All-New Popeye Hour in 1978.
" Brutus " ( often pronounced " Brutusk " by Popeye ) appears in the 1960 – 1962 Popeye television cartoons ( with his physical appearance changed, making him morbidly obese rather than muscular ), but he is again " Bluto " ( and back to his original muscular physique ) in the 1978 Hanna-Barbera Popeye series and the 1980 live-action Popeye movie, as well as the 1987 Popeye and Son series also by Hanna-Barbera.

Hanna-Barbera and are
Most Cartoon Network shows previously produced by Hanna-Barbera are copyrighted by the channel itself.
Mystery Incorporated ) and direct-to-video movies, the Hanna-Barbera sound effects are very rarely used.
* The original 1960s episodes are distinguished by 1960s design motifs, music, and references ( similar to The Flintstones and other Hanna-Barbera shows of that period ).
His clientele, as well as most of the other characters on the show, are made up entirely of old Hanna-Barbera characters.
Also from 1967, the characters Gleep and Gloop — two protoplastic creatures from the Hanna-Barbera Saturday morning animated cartoon series The Herculoids — were clearly inspired by ( and are sometimes mistaken for ) shmoos.
Like most Hanna-Barbera shows, the rights to the Super Friends franchise are owned by DC's parent company ( Warner Bros .); as a result, the series has been under Warner Bros. control.
* Jetsons: The Movie, The Flintstones, its sequel The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas and the ride film footage of The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera are owned and controlled by NBCUniversal whereas the characters, original TV series and merchandising rights rest with Warner Bros. via Turner Broadcasting's ownership of Hanna-Barbera.
* The Godzilla segments from The Godzilla Power Hour, produced by Hanna-Barbera, are now owned by Toho Company Ltd. with Classic Media handling U. S. distribution rights ( the Godzilla segments were originally included when Turner bought Hanna-Barbera and when Time-Warner bought Turner until 2003 when WB / Turner sold the Godzilla segments to Toho, while WB / Turner still owns the Jana of the Jungle segments ).
Similarly, Harvey's clients are also primarily composed of characters taken from Hanna-Barbera cartoon series of the same era.
The four original sections are: International Street, Medieval Faire, Grande World Exposition of 1890 ( now Action Zone ), and the Happyland of Hanna-Barbera ( divided into 2 kids areas now ).
In addition, a promotional music video from Cartoon Network's Groovies featuring the Soul Coughing song " Circles " poked fun at animation loops as they are often seen in The Flintstones, in which Fred and Barney ( along with various Hanna-Barbera characters that aired on Cartoon Network ), supposedly walking in a house, wonder why they keep passing the same table and vase over and over again.
In the show, Harvey is a defense attorney, and his clients are generally classic Hanna-Barbera characters given new roles ( Fred Flintstone appears, for example, as a mafia don, and Boo-Boo Bear is accused in one episode of being a mad bomber ).
These included ( but are certainly not limited to ) Tom and Jerry, Popeye, Tex Avery cartoons, early Looney Tunes shorts, Two Stupid Dogs ( Cubby making a cameo in one segment when Brak asks if there are any questions from the audience ), shorts from the What-a-Cartoon Show ( including the pilot for Dexter's Laboratory among others ), The Flintstones, The Jetsons, and other classic Hanna-Barbera cartoons.
In the American release of Pac-Land by Bally Midway, the characters ' appearances are based on the designs from the Pac-Man animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera ( which also plays the same music from the show ), to promote the animated series, as well as the video game series.

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