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Subject: Hanna-Barbera Animation
Publisher: Classic Moments
Type: Animation Giclee
Paper: MT600
Year Produced: Circa 2000-2010
Size: 16" x 20"
Condition: Excellent
Licensed by Warner Bros.
Certificate Of Authenticity Included
Hanna-Barbera was an American animation studio and production company, active from 1957 until it was absorbed into Warner Bros. Animation in 2001. It was founded on July 7, 1957, by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera following Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's decision to close its in-house cartoon studio, and was formerly headquartered on Cahuenga Blvd from 1960 until 1998 and at the Sherman Oaks Galleria in Sherman Oaks, both in Los Angeles, California.
They soon debuted The Huckleberry Hound Show (the first animated series to win an Emmy), The Flintstones (the first prime time animated sitcom), The Yogi Bear Show (the first spinoff), Jonny Quest (the first action-adventure show), Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! (the first mystery program) and the Saturday morning phenomenon The Smurfs, just a few of the 3,000 half-hour cartoons Hanna-Barbera produced.
From the 1960s to the 1980s, Hanna-Barbera may have usurped Disney as the most successful animation company in the world, with its characters ubiquitous across different types of media and a myriad of consumer products. The profitability of Saturday-morning cartoons was eclipsed by weekday afternoon syndication after the studio's fortunes declined by the 1980s.
Taft Broadcasting acquired Hanna-Barbera in 1966 and retained ownership until 1991 when Turner Broadcasting System acquired the studio, using the back catalog to establish Cartoon Network the following year. Ten days before Hanna died in 2001, Hanna-Barbera as a standalone company was folded into Warner Bros. Animation. Since then, the Hanna-Barbera name has been used primarily for marketing and copyright purposes.

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