Thursday, October 31, 2013

Wally Gator

Wally Gator is one of the segments from The Hanna-Barbera New Cartoon Series. The other segments that compose the trilogy are Lippy the Lion & Hardy Har Har and Touche' Turtle & Dum Dum. Wally Gator is an anthropomorphic Cajun alligator. He is more comfortable when he is at home, in the city zoo. Mr. Twiddle is the zookeeper that keeps a close watch on Wally because sometimes he escapes to check out what things are like outside.

Wally Gator is originally voiced by Daws Butler who does Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, and Snagglepuss.

Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Snagglepuss

Snagglepuss is a Hanna-Barbera cartoon character created in 1959, a pink anthropomorphic mountain lion who wears an upturned collar, shirt cuffs, and a string tie. He is the best known for the most famous catchphrase includes, "Heavens to Murgatroyd!" and "Exit, stage left!" Snagglepuss was also originally known as "Snaggletooth" (a pink lion precursor). He lives in a cavern, which he constantly tries to make more habitable for himself. No matter what he does, however, he always winds up back where he started or worse off than he was before.

Snagglepuss is voiced by Daws Butler who does Yogi Bear and Huckleberry Hound.

Huckleberry Hound

Huckleberry Hound is a fictional cartoon character, an anthropomorphic blue dog that speaks with a Southern drawl and has a relaxed, sweet, and well-intentioned personality. He first appeared in the series of The Huckleberry Hound Show. Huckleberry makes a trademark of Huck when he sings, "Oh My Darling Clementine", often used as a running gag. He also commonly used the phrase "and stuff like that there" in place of "and so on." This phrase showed up quite often in many Hanna-Barbera productions of this time, but Huckleberry said it more often than anyone else.

The original voice of Hucklerberry Hound was provided by Daws Butler who plays Yogi Bear.

Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Ranger Smith

Ranger John Francis Smith is a fictional character in the Yogi Bear cartoon series. A former US Army soldier, he is the serious and stern authority figure in Jellystone Park, in contrast to the anthics of the troublesome Yogi, and he greatly disapproves of Yogi's picnic basket thievery, mainly because it repels parkgoers and creates a lot of extra work for him.

The original voice of Ranger Smith was played by Don Messick who voices Boo-Boo Bear, and then Tom Cavanagh in the 2010 live action version of Yogi Bear.

Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Cindy Bear

Cindy Bear is a cartoon character created by Hanna-Barbera Productions. She is one of the primary supporting characters of the Yogi Bear franchise as well as a regular in the stable of frequently appearing Hanna-Barbera animated personality. Cindy Bear is also the love interest of Yogi Bear and a resident of Jellystone Park. She speaks with a pronounced Southern accent, and carries a parasol.

Cindy was originally portrayed by voice actress Julie Bennett, who reprised the part for her most of her appearances from the 1960s through the 1980s.

Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Yogi and Boo-Boo Bear

Welcome to the Hanna-Barbera Page. Here are the first two characters I will tell you about.

Yogi Bear is a family cartoon character, created by Hanna-Barbera Productions, who has appeared in numerous comic books, animated television shows and films. He is an anthropomorphic brown bear in a green and black hat and a green tie. In January 1961, he was given his own show, The Yogi Bear Show, which included the segments of Snagglepuss and Yakky Doodle. Yogi, accompanied by his constant companion Boo-Boo Bear, would often try to steal the picnic baskets ( often said, "pic-a-nic baskets") from campers in Jellystone Park, much to the displeasure of Park Ranger Smith. Yogi's favorite self-promotion likes to say, "I'm smarter than the av-er-age bear", although he often overestimates his own cleverness. Boo-Boo is portrayed as an anthropomorphic bear cub, wearing a purple bow tie , who tries to do the correct thing, unlike Yogi who can't help himself grabbing picnic baskets and eating lots of food.

The voices of Yogi Bear and Boo-Boo Bear are Daws Butler and Don Messick, and then in the 2010 film are played by Dan Aykroyd and Justin Timberlake.

Monday, October 14, 2013

Casper the Friendly Ghost

This is it. Here's one last cartoon character from the Old Classics and one of the Halloween cartoons.

Casper the Friendly Ghost is the protagonist of the Famous Studios theatrical animated cartoon series of the same name. As his name indicates, he is a ghost, yet he is quite personable. According to the 1995 feature film Casper, his family name is McFadden, making his full name, Casper McFadden. Casper is also published in the Harvey Comics as well as Paramount Pictures' Famous Studios. He makes friends with one of the people who is not scared of him when other people screamed and ran away in terror. It's also the same thing with his ruthless uncle called the Ghostly Trio.

The original voice of Casper was played by Mae Questel who plays Betty Boop and Olive Oyl, and then Norma MacMillan in The New Casper Cartoon Show in 1963-1969.

Sunday, October 13, 2013

Mighty Mouse and Pearl Pureheart

Mighty Mouse is an American animated anthropomorphic superhero mouse character created by the Terrytoons studio for 20th Century Fox. The character who is originally named Super Mouse made its first appearance in 1942 and subsequently appeared in 80 theatrical films produced between 1942 and 1961. Created as a parody of Superman, Mighty Mouse appeared in 1942 in a theatrical animated short titled, "The Mouse of Tomorrow". He wears a yellow costume with red trunks and a red cape, which are his most popular colors. His girlfriend Pearl Pureheart used to be object of the evil cat named Oil Can Henry, which Mighty Mouse saves her from danger, and whenever he achieves the most impossible physical tasks, the narrator exclaimed, first softly: "What a mouse!" and then loudly: "What a mouse!"

The original voices of Mighty Mouse was provided by Roy Halee, Sr.  and Diane Preshing as Pearl Pureheart in The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse in 1979.

Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Kitty Kat

Kitty Kat is Felix's girlfriend. In her first known appearance, Feline Follies, Kitty was better known as "Miss Kitty White", as a pun of her natural coloration. When she first, met Felix the Cat, it was love at first sight, even though before that day he was what many refer to as a "cat-sanova", and after all his life breaking hearts of other women. Kitty turns the tables on him, as he couldn't help playing lively music for her dancing, dating her several nights ina row when he should be a mouse hunting, and even admitting he'd live all nine lives for her.

Monday, October 7, 2013

Felix the Cat

Felix the Cat is a funny animal cartoon character created in the silent film era. The anthropomorphic black cat with his black body, white eyes, and giant grin, coupled with the surrealsim of the situations in which his cartoons place him, combine to make Felix one of the most recognized cartoon characters in film history. Felix was the first character from animation to attain a level of popularity sufficent to draw movie audiences. Felix the Cat was also drawn by Australian cartoonist/film entrepreneur Pat Sullivan, then American animator Otto Messmer, Sullivan's lead animator. The theme song of Felix went like this, "Felix the Cat, the wonderful, wonderful cat."

The original voice of Felix the Cat was Mae Questel, who played Betty Boop and Olive Oyl. And then Jack Mercer in 1958.

Friday, October 4, 2013

Olive Oyl

Olive Oyl is a cartoon character created by Elzie Crisler Segar in 1919 for his strip Thimble Theater. The strip was later renamed Popeye after the sailor character that became the most popular member of the cast; however Olive Oyl was a main character for 10 years before Popeye's 1929 appearance. Unlike most modern damsels in distress, Olive Oyl is tall and skinny, with tightly wound hair and enormous feet. In the films and later televisions cartoons, Olive Oyl is Popeye's girlfriend, although she could be extremely fickle, depending on who could woo her the best and was prone to get angry over the tiniest things. Popeye always comes to the rescue, winning her affection from his archrival Bluto in the end.

The original voice of Olive Oyl was played by Mae questel who also voiced Betty Boop and other characters.

Thursday, October 3, 2013

Popeye

Popeye the Sailor is a series of animated short films based on the fictional cartoon character created by Elzie Crisler Segar. In 1933, Max and Dave Fleischer Studios adapted Segar's characters into a series of Popeye the Sailor theatrical cartoon shorts for Paramount Pictures. The Popeye characters appear in the comic strips like: Bluto the evil villain, and his "sweetie" girl named Olive Oyl. Bluto clobbers Popeye when he eats spinach, which gives him superhuman strength and battles with him.

The original voice of Popeye was played by William "Billy" Costello.