Tuesday, December 19, 2006
Now here's something we hope you REALLY like
Two pieces of sad news in the history of animation:
(1) Joseph Barbera (of Hanna-Barbera) dead at 95.
Barbera and his partner William Hanna were responsible for creating the most endearing cartoon characters of all time. From their first major creation, Tom and Jerry, they went on to create memorable characters like Yogi Bear, The Flinstones, The Jetsons, Huckleberry Hound, Scooby-Doo, and Jabberjaw. I remember being a little kid at the restaurant Ground Round, eating peanuts, throwing the shells on the floor (it was encouraged!) and watching Hanna-Barbera cartoons.
(2) Emmy-winning television writer Chris Hayward is dead at 81.
Chris Hayward, known to cartoon fans as the creator of Dudley Do-right and to others as the co-creator of The Munsters passed away on November 20 at the age of 81. Hayward wrote for Jay Ward Productions, starting with Crusader Rabbit and later writing for Rocky and Bullwinkle, the show where Dudley Do-Right, a moral Canadian Mountie whose love interest was more interested in his horse than him, first appeared.
(1) Joseph Barbera (of Hanna-Barbera) dead at 95.
Barbera and his partner William Hanna were responsible for creating the most endearing cartoon characters of all time. From their first major creation, Tom and Jerry, they went on to create memorable characters like Yogi Bear, The Flinstones, The Jetsons, Huckleberry Hound, Scooby-Doo, and Jabberjaw. I remember being a little kid at the restaurant Ground Round, eating peanuts, throwing the shells on the floor (it was encouraged!) and watching Hanna-Barbera cartoons.(2) Emmy-winning television writer Chris Hayward is dead at 81.
Chris Hayward, known to cartoon fans as the creator of Dudley Do-right and to others as the co-creator of The Munsters passed away on November 20 at the age of 81. Hayward wrote for Jay Ward Productions, starting with Crusader Rabbit and later writing for Rocky and Bullwinkle, the show where Dudley Do-Right, a moral Canadian Mountie whose love interest was more interested in his horse than him, first appeared.# posted by smacky @ 8:45 AM 
