Inbetweener
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Mar 24, 2008, 11:55 AM
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Joe Barbera's Birthday
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Today's marks what would have been the 97th birthday of the late, legndary animator/producer Joseph Roland Barbera.
Barbera and partner William Denby Hanna (1910-2001) are of course remembered for an amazingly huge chunk of cartoon history: Tom and Jerry, Ruff and Reddy, Scooby-Doo, The Flintstones, Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Loopy DeLoop, Josie and The Pussy Cats, Cattanooga Cats, Harlem Globetrotters, Space Ghost. Birdman, Moby Dick and Mighty Mightor, Partridge Family 2200 A.D. The Jetsons, Top Cat, Jonny Quest, Super Friends, Hong Kong Phooey, Grape Ape, Mumbly, Jabberjaw, Dynomutt, Clue Club, Super Friends, Skatebirds, The Banana Splits, and a host of others, winning Oscars and Emmies for their magnificent efforts.
Barbera passed away on December 18, 2006 at the age of 95. However, both these magnificent, talented artists shall continue to be remembered and honored...by hundreds of millions of their fans. 
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Aaron Handy III - ah07_1999@yahoo.com
My TV Web Shrine - http://tvwebshrine.150m.com/
(This post was edited by ah3rd on Mar 24, 2008, 11:56 AM)
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Inbetweener
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Mar 25, 2008, 9:16 AM
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I was ten years old when Ruff & Reddy made its Saturday morning television debut; and
the many creations of H & B played a huge part in my early years, from grammar school
through high school and beyond. Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera (along with the incredibly
talented Daws Butler) were three of my "childhood heroes." R.I.P., Joseph Barbera ...
and thanks for so many hours (and years) of good, wholesome entertainment.
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Key Animator
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Mar 28, 2008, 11:40 AM
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They were once the backbone to Cartoon Network and Adult Swim.
They still are amissed.
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Thank God for kids who love obscure things-Lee Hazelwood (1929-2007)
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Animator
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Apr 1, 2008, 2:18 PM
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I can't even begin to explain how Hanna and Barbera have enriched my life. I thank them both dearly.
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Shaggy: Gee, Scraps, you didn't have to freak out like a jerk and kill all humanity.
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