Peter Potamus is an animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera and first broadcast on September 16, 1964.

The voice of Peter Puck was provided by Ronnie Schell ; the animation was produced by Hanna-Barbera studios.

The brainchild of NBC executive and New York Rangers season ticket holder Donald Carswell, who conceived the idea and scripted first drafts of the initial episodes, Peter Puck was developed for the television network in partnership with Hanna-Barbera.

After the network stopped carrying NHL hockey, McFarlane purchased the rights to Peter Puck from NBC's production partner, Hanna-Barbera.

* So-So is the pet sidekick of Peter Potamus, from Hanna-Barbera.

The main story had Peter Potamus and So-so visiting a version of Bizarro World, inhabited by reverse versions of other Hanna-Barbera characters, where Yogi Bear would rather clean up Jellystone Park than steal picnic baskets, Mr. Peebles does not want to sell Magilla Gorilla, and Wally Gator wants to stay at the zoo.

* Hanna-Barbera ( merged 1996 )

* Dexter's Laboratory ( 1996 — 1998: co-production with Hanna-Barbera ; 2001 — 2003 )

A fifth CD was added in 1996, entitled Hanna-Barbera Lost Treasures, and featured more sound effects, including sounds from Space Ghost and The Impossibles.

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 ).

" Fred Seibert, president of Hanna-Barbera Cartoons from 1992 to 1996, has attested to the existence of the short.

While not renewed for a second season, the show was seen in reruns in 1996 on Cartoon Network's unnamed pre-Adult Swim-era late-night programming block, which consisted of such shows as Space Ghost: Coast to Coast, reruns of Looney Tunes cartoon shorts, and repeats of old Hanna-Barbera shows from the 1960s and ' 70s.

It was later distributed by Turner Program Services, after Turner's purchase of Hanna-Barbera ; current distributor Warner Bros. Television picked up ownership of the show following its 1996 acquisition of Turner.

The animated short was shown as one of the episodes of Cartoon Network's World Premiere Toons in 1996, a Hanna-Barbera Cartoons innovation by then-president Fred Seibert.

Turner Entertainment also distributes films from the RKO Radio Pictures, pre-May 1986 MGM and pre-1950 Warner Bros. libraries, certain films from New Line Cinema ( 1994 – 1997 ), and shows from TBS, TNT, Hanna-Barbera ( 1991 – 1997 ), Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, truTV and PBS ( 1994 – 2004 ) on home video via Turner Home Entertainment, and after 1996, Warner Home Video ( which currently operates Turner's home video subsidiary as an in-name-only division ) ( see below ).

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.

He remained at Hanna-Barbera until 1996, when H-B's parent company, Turner Broadcasting, merged with Time Warner.

* The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest ( Hanna-Barbera, 1996 ).

The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest is an American animated action-adventure television series produced by Hanna-Barbera and broadcast on Cartoon Network from August 26, 1996 to April 16, 1997.

The character reappeared in the comic Hanna-Barbera Presents # 8 published by Archie Comics in 1996.

MacFarlane's professor submitted his film to the animation studio Hanna-Barbera, where he was later hired.

After college, MacFarlane was hired at Hanna-Barbera ( then Hanna-Barbera Cartoons ) based on the writing content of The Life of Larry, rather than on cartooning ability.

During college, he created his thesis film entitled The Life of Larry, which was later submitted by his professor at RISD to Hanna-Barbera, which led to MacFarlane being hired by the company.

Although the Hanna-Barbera name remains on the copyright notices of new productions based on " classic " properties like the Flintstones, the Jetsons and others, the studio that produces these works is Warner Bros.

In 1984, Hanna-Barbera began producing new episodes specifically for syndication ; by September 1985, the 24 episodes from the first season were combined with 41 new episodes and began airing in late afternoon time slots in 80 U. S. media markets, including the 30 largest.

The new Hanna-Barbera utilized the limited animation style that UPA had pioneered.

A team of former Hanna-Barbera employees led by Tom Ruegger formed a new studio, Warner Bros.

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.

It was the beginning of the now common practice of using old Hanna-Barbera cartoon characters for new edgier productions, such as the surrealistic Sealab 2021, based on the short-lived early 1970s environmentally themed cartoon Sealab 2020.

Other roller coasters present on opening day in 1972 were the Bavarian Beetle, a small steel coaster brought over from Coney Island, and a new junior wooden coaster in the Happy Land of Hanna-Barbera originally named Scooby-Doo.

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.

However, during this time Hanna-Barbera continued to produce new episodes with the Super Friends.

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 ).

And at the last minute Marvel pulled Thor from Hanna-Barbera slate as part of this new deal.

Beginning in 1960, in addition to the original 114 Hanna-Barbera cartoons, MGM had new shorts produced by Rembrandt Films, led by Gene Deitch in Eastern Europe.

When Hanna-Barbera began making new Popeye cartoons for television in 1978, Questel auditioned for the role of Olive Oyl, and lost out to another voice-over actress.

The 16 episodes of Josie and the Pussycats in Outer Space were re-run for the 1973-1974 season until January 26, 1974, when CBS canceled it and ordered no more new Josie episodes from Hanna-Barbera.

The new show follows the same format as Scooby-Doo, Where Are You !, but is reimagined as taking place in the 21st century and is more " realistic " than the previous, more cartoony incarnations, and features music from contemporary genres and all-new, original sound effects to replace the classic Hanna-Barbera sound effects.

Loopy De Loop was the only theatrical cartoon short series produced by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera after leaving MGM and opening their new Hanna-Barbera Studios.

As Taft upgraded the programming ( much of which was distributed by new sister company Worldvision Enterprises, especially Hanna-Barbera cartoons ), WDCA gained higher ratings but still trailed WTTG overall.

Even after going through three owners within the same year, the station did not change its programming format, aside from adding more programming owned by Taft and distributed by new sister company Worldvision Enterprises, such as Hanna-Barbera cartoons.

The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera was a syndicated block of animated television programming and new original shows produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions.