Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Jonny Quest

The Adventures of Jonny Quest is an American animated science fiction adventure television series about a boy who accompanies his scientist father on extraordinary adventures. It was produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions for Screen Gems, and created and designed by comic book artist Doug Wildley. The show ran on ABC in prime time on early Friday nights for onw season in 1964-1965.

The cartoon show features the voices of Tim Matheson as Jonny Quest. John Stephenson as Jonny's father, Dr. Benton C. Quest. Mike Road as Roger T. Bannon the special agent, bodyguard and pilot from Intelligence One. And Danny Bravo as Jonny's best friend, Hadji Singh the streetwise Calcutta orphan who becomes the adopted son of Dr. Benton Quest. Together, they go on mission with Jonny's white dog named Bandit who is cute.


Monday, December 9, 2013

The Jetsons

The Jetsons is an American animated sitcom produced by Hanna-Barbera, originally airing in primetime from 1962-1963, then later as part of the weekday-weekend morning programming block called The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera, until 1987. New episodes were produced from 1984-1987 as well. It was Hanna-Barbera's Space Age, very similar counterpart to The Flintstones. Very much like in The Flintstones, The Jetsons live in the year 2062 in a futuristic utopia of elaborate robotic contraptions, aliens, holograms, and whimsical inventions.

The cartoon show features the voices of George O'Hanlon as George Jetson who works at Spacely's Sprockets. Penny Singleton as Jane Jetson who is George's wife. Janet Waldo as the Jetsons' daughter Judy Jetson. Daws Butler as their son Elroy Jetson. Jean Vander Pyl as Rosie the Robot Maid. Don Messick as the Jetsons' family dog Astro. And Mel Blanc as George's boss, Cosmo Spacely.


Saturday, December 7, 2013

The Flintstones

The Flintstones is an animated, prime-time American television sitcom that was broadcast from September 30, 1960 to April 1, 1966 on ABC. The show was produced by Hanna-Barbera. The Flintstones was about a working-class Stone Age man's life with his family and his next-door neighbor and best friend. The show is set in the Stone Age town of Bedrock. In this fantasy version of the past, dinosaurs, saber-toothed tigers, wooly mammoths, and other long-extinst animals co-exist with caveman. In addition, the cars are made out of stone, wood,and animal skins, and powered by the passengers' feet as in the theme son. "Through the courtesy of Fred's two feet."

The cartoon show features the voices of Alan Reed as Fred Flintstone. Jean Vander Pyl as both Wilma and their daughter Pebbles Flintstone. Mel Blanc from the Looney Tunes plays Barney Rubble. Bea Benaderet as Barney's wife Betty Rubble. And Don Messick as Barney and Betty's son Bamm-Bamm. And together, they have a pet purple dinosaur named Dino.


Top Cat Characters

Top Cat is a Hanna-Barbera prime time animated series which ran from November 26, 1961 to April 18, 1962 for a run of 30 episodes on the ABC network. Reruns were formely played on Cartoon Network, but are now shown on its sister network Boomerang. The central character, Top Cat , known as T.C. by close friends, is the leader of a gang of Manhatten alley cats: Fancy-Fancy, Spook, Benny the Ball, Brain and Choo-Choo living in Hoagy's Alley.

The cartoon show features the voices of Arnold Stang as Top Cat the yellow cat. Maurice Gosfield as Benny the Ball, the blue-colored cat. Marvin Kaplan as Choo-Choo the pink cat with a white long-sleeve turtle-neck shirt. Leo De Lyon as both Spook the sweet talking cat and Brain the orange cat with a violet T-Shirt. John Stephenson as Fancy-Fancy the brown cat with a white scarf. And Allen Jenkins as Officer Charlie Dibble.

Friday, December 6, 2013

Punkin' Puss and Mushmouse

Punkin' Puss and Mushmouse is a cartoon produced by Hanna-Barbera and originally aired as a segment on the The Magilla Gorilla Show. The show features a hillbilly cat called Punkin' Puss who lives in a house in the woods of the southern US. Punkin' is preoccupied with a hillbilly called Mushmouse who lives there too, and Punkin' frequently tries to shoot him with his rifle.

The show features the voices of Allan melvin as Punkin' Puss and Howard Morris as Mushmouse.

Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Pixie & Dixie and Mr. Jinks

Pixie & Dixie and Mr. Jinks is a Hanna-Barbera cartoon that featured as a regular segment of the television series The Huckleberry Houns Show from 1958 to 1961. The show featured two mice, Pixie and Dixie and a cat named Mr. Jinks. In many ways the shorts resemble Hanna-Barbera's earlier better-known creation, Tom and Jerry, which is also featured a warring cat and mouse in a domestic setting. However without Tom and jerry's more lavish budget for full animation, the Jinks team had to rely on funny dialogue and voices to carry cartoon's humor.

Pixie is voiced by Don Messick, Dixie and Mr. Jinks are voiced by Daws Butler in different ways. One is in a southern accent and the other is impersonating Marlon Brando.

Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Lippy the Lion & Hardy Har Har

Lippy the Lion and Hardy Har Har are a pair of Hanna-Barbera cartoon characters, a lion in a tattered top hat and vest and a hyena in a porkpie hat and bow tie respectively. Lippy the Lion and Hardy Har Har first appeared in The Hanna-Barbera New Cartoon Series in 1962, along with Wally Gator and Touche' Turtle and Dum Dum. Mel Blanc used the same voice, personality and expressions for Hardy Har-Har that he used playing the postman on the Burns and Allen radio show.

Lippy is voiced by Daws Butler who had done Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Snagglepuss, Wally Gator, Loopy De Loop, Peter Potamus, Quick Draw McGraw, Baba Looey, and Hokey Wolf. And Hardy is voiced by Mel Blanc who did most of the Looney Tunes characters.