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Joseph Barbera 1911-2006
I am – Hercules.
We have lost the other half of the Oscar-winning team that gave us Tom & Jerry, Huckleberry Hound, Yogi Bear, Augie Doggie, Magilla Gorilla, Top Cat, Jabberjaw, The Flintstones, The Jetsons, Dastardly and Muttley, Jonny Quest, The Banana Splits, and - of course - Shaggy and Scooby Doo.
Find more on Joseph Barbera’s life and work here.
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Another one of the legends has gone from our shores, he will be missed.
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several generations of animators how to cut corners. That, and many of my childhood favorites-especially quick draw Mcgraw
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Show a little respect will ya! None of us care you were first to post on an obituary...or any thing else for that matter. Give it a rest people. Show a little respect for once in your pitiful lives!
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Thanks for the great childhood..
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One can't help but remember those days when the Hanna-Barbera cartoons were a highlight during your childhood.
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I was one of the privillaged few to work for Mr. Barbera. He was always jovial, full of energy and sharp as a tack. This was a man who keep the animation industry alive when all of the studios were shutting there departments down. He and Mr. Hanna took a simple concept of Cat chases mouse, and managed to spin it on it's head countless times, and make funny almost every time. We shall not see his like again. "Joe, get together with Bill, Chuck, Tex, Friz, and Mel tonight, and make God laugh." -- Yaba-daba-doooooooo!!
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That guy helped build our childhoods and should rest happily knowing that.Respect..................
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Hanna-Barbera created some of my favourite cartoon characters. Their legacy will live on.
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I had the privilege of working at Hanna-Barbera on Cahuenga during it's end run in Hollywood (before it was folded into Cartoon Network). I was able to meet both Mr. Hanna & Mr. Barbera. Both were very charming. Mr. Barbera would sit me in his historic office litered with memorabilia and tell stories (often blue in color) when I was supposed to be off working. It was an honor to sit with him and listen to his memories all those years ago. Be at peace, Mr. Barbera.
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and will be missed.
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between disney and william hanna, this guy was the cartoons.
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i appear to have coax talkback alzheimers.
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there goes another piece of my childhood....
they don't make cartoons like he did....rest in peace my friend... -
he just shook his head and got up like the coyote on "Road Runner" after he falls off a mountain or gets blown up? That would be cool. Just sayin'.
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that is almost never the case. :(
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FIRST!
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Or at least ironic if he were forced to walk down an endless hallway, passing the same window, lamp, and sofa for all eternity.
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Along with all the others, big and small. Lippy the Lion, Hardy Har Har. Snagglepuss and of course the beautiful Penelope Pitstop. The list goes on forever. Check out IMDB and see just how many characters there were
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What a great guy and a great animation workshop. Fuck yes.
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Just goes to show what an idiot I am, I mean what idiots you all are. We're all idiots together posting bullshit on an obituary TB.
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BTW am I the only person who wants a Penelope Pitstop movie? Brittany Murphy as PP; Kevin Spacey as the Hooded Claw; Danny DeVito as the leader of the Ant Hill Mob. This is a hit movie, surely?
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...go to Mark Evanier's blog www.news fromme.com - he worked for the guy for years, knows everyone in showbiz and is a great storyteller.
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That was really clever. did you come up with that all on your own? Naw you must of had help. Come on admit it.
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If some studio could see fit to make an Underdog film, I don't see why they couldn't do a Penelope Pittstop film. Just add Joe Peschi and that little black guy from Bad Santa as the rest of the anthill mob.
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Real bummer. Like many others I grew up with those characters. There's no comparison to today's cartoon network crap, like Billy and Mandy, and Spongebob shitpants and all their snoty nose so-called humour.
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Used to scare the pee outta me as a kid, not to mention people actually DIED in those show. Gunshots, energy monsters, robot spiders...people always got killed in creative ways. This was before the wussification of American males, naturally.
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About 13 years ago, I was working as a "CSR" at (the horrid) Blockbuster Video in Studio City. One day, this older guy comes in with his wife and asks me if I might recommend some films to them. As we made our way around the store, he seemed surprised at my knowledge. He continued to query me for a while and finally settled on some films. When we reached the counter, he told me he didn't have a membership. I moved him over to the sign-up computer and asked for his ID. When he handed it across to me, I read the name: Joseph Barbera. A smile came to my face - "Are you... THE Joseph Barbera?" I asked. He smiled and we spoke some more as I typed in his info. I told him of how I had grown up watching his cartoons and had always wanted to sneak into the studio when it existed on Cahuenga because my dad lived nearby. Finally, i thanked him for entertaining me. He was very nice and thanked me as he left. He also asked for my name. When I came in for my next shift, my manager said something about "a guy coming in to return some films and leaving something" for me - we both thought it was a bit strange until I went back to her office and found a "Tom & Jerry" coffee cup (with the two in a kind of an Andy Warhol thing) waiting. I never saw him again because I happily escaped the Blockbuster life for one of real filmmaking, but I never forgot that, and I still have the cup. So. Thanks again, Joe. You made our childhood that much better with your work, and you made a film geeks day 13 years ago. Cheers.
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