Guest JMT Posted December 19 Report Share Posted December 19 a true master of his craft. his cartoons were a fixture of my childhood.thanks for a lifetime of great work. RIP------------------------------------------------------------------------ Animation King Barbera Dead at 95Animation legend Joseph Barbera has died at his home in Studio City, California. He was 95. The co-founder of Hanna-Barbera Studios, Barbera was born in New York in 1911 and began his career as a banker before teaming up with William Hanna in the late 1930s to create beloved cartoon characters like Tom & Jerry, The Jetsons and The Flintstones during their 60-year partnership. The pair's first collaboration was entitled Puss Gets The Boot, which became the first outing for Tom & Jerry. Hanna and Barbera picked up seven Oscars for their Tom & Jerry cartoons. The acclaimed animators then created one of the first independent animation studios to produce TV series in 1957 and the hits kept coming with The Huckleberry Hound Show and Quick Draw McGraw. But the duo landed one of their most beloved shows in 1960 when The Flintstones debuted - the first animated series to air in primetime. The show, about a stone age community, ran for six years and went on to become the top-ranking animated program. Other hits for Barbera and his partner included Top Cat, Scooby-Doo and Smurfs, which earned the pair two Daytime Emmy Awards in 1982 and in 1983 for Outstanding Children's Entertainment Series and a Humanitas Award in 1987. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lulamishka Posted December 19 Report Share Posted December 19 his cartoons were a fixture of my childhood.:'( Mine, too. RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bling Posted December 19 Report Share Posted December 19 damn that sucks.. a piece of my childhood dies with himhe will be missed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest durrtylexx Posted December 19 Report Share Posted December 19 rip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LeVeL Posted December 19 Report Share Posted December 19 That sucks... :'( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryan2772 Posted December 19 Report Share Posted December 19 i never did figure out what spacely's sprockets were. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Electric Eel Posted December 21 Report Share Posted December 21 i never did figure out what spacely's sprockets were.They were the same thing that cogswell cogs were, geez Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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