William Denby "Bill" Hanna was an American animator, director, producer, voice actor, and cartoon artist, whose film and television cartoon characters entertained millions of people for much of the better part of the 20th century.
After working odd jobs in the first months of the Depression, Hanna joined the Harman and Ising animation studio in 1930. During the 1930s, Hanna steadily gained skill and prominence while working on cartoons such as Captain and the Kids. In 1937, while working at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Hanna met Joseph Barbera. The two men began a collaboration that was at first best known for producing Tom and Jerry and live action/animated hybrid films. In 1957, they co-founded Hanna-Barbera, which became the most successful television animation studio in the business, producing programs such as The Flintstones, The Huckleberry Hound Show, The Jetsons, Scooby-Doo, The Smurfs, and Yogi Bear. In 1967, Hanna-Barbera was sold to Taft Broadcasting for $12 million, but Hanna and Barbera remained heads of the company until 1991. At that time, the studio was sold to Turner Broadcasting System, which in turn was merged with Time Warner in 1996; Hanna and Barbera stayed on as advisors.
Hanna and Barbera won seven Academy Awards and eight Emmy Awards. Their cartoons have become cultural icons, and their cartoon characters have appeared in other media such as films, books, and toys. Hanna-Barbera's shows had a worldwide audience of over 300 million people in their 1960s heyday, and have been translated into more than 28 languages.
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The Flintstones Season 1:The Flintstone Flyer | Hot Lips Hannigan | The Swimming Pool | No Help Wanted | The Split Personality | The Monster from the Tar Pits | The Babysitters | At the Races | The Engagement Ring | Hollyrock, Here I Come | The Golf Champion | The Sweepstakes Ticket | The Drive-In | The Prowler | The Girls' Night Out | Arthur Quarry's Dance Class | The Big Bank Robbery | The Snorkasaurus Hunter | The Hot Piano | The Hypnotist | Love Letters on the Rocks | The Tycoon | The Astra' Nuts | The Long, Long Weekend | In the Dough | The Good Scout | Rooms for Rent | Fred Flintstone: Before and After
The Flintstones Season 2:The Hit Songwriters | Droop-Along Flintstone | The Missing Bus | Alvin Brickrock Presents | Fred Flintstone Woos Again | The Rock Quarry Story | The Soft Touchables | Flintstone of Prinstone | The Little White Lie | Social Climbers | The Beauty Contest | The Masquerade Ball | The Picnic | The House Guest | The X-Ray Story | The Gambler | A Star is Almost Born | The Entertainer | Wilma's Vanishing Money | Feudin' and Fussin' | Impractical Joker | Operation Barney | The Happy Household | Fred Strikes Out | This is Your Lifesaver | Trouble-in-Law | The Mailman Cometh | The Rock Vegas Story | Divided We Sail | Kleptomaniac Caper | Latin Lover | Take Me Out to the Ball Game The Flintstones Season 3:Dino Goes Hollyrock | Fred's New Boss | Barney the Invisible | Bowling Ballet | The Twitch | Here's Snow in Your Eyes | The Buffalo Convention | The Little Stranger | Baby Barney | Hawaiian Escapade | Ladies' Day | Nuthin' But the Tooth | High School Fred | Dial 'S' for Suspicion | Flash Gun Freddie | The Kissing Burglar | Wilma the Maid | The Hero | The Surprise | Mother-in-Law's Visit | Foxy Grandma | Fred's New Job | The Dress Rehearsal | Carry On, Nurse Fred | Ventriloquist Barney | The Big Move | Swedish Visitors | The Birthday Party The Flintstones Season 4:Ann-Margrock Presents | Groom Gloom | Little Bamm-Bamm | Dino Disappears | Fred's Monkeyshines | The Flintstone Canaries | Glue for Two | Big League Freddie | Old Lady Betty | Sleep On, Sweet Fred | Kleptomaniac Pebbles | Daddy's Little Beauty | Daddies Anonymous | Peek-a-Boo Camera | Once Upon a Coward | Ten Little Flintstones | Fred El Terrifico | The Bedrock Hillbillies | Flintstone and the Lion | Cave Scout Jamboree | Room for Two | Ladies' Night at the Lodge | Reel Trouble | Son of Rockzilla | Bachelor Daze | Operation Switchover The Flintstones Season 5:Hop Happy | Monster Fred | Itty Bitty Fred | Pebbles' Birthday Party | Bedrock Rodeo Round-Up | Cinderellastone | A Haunted House is Not a Home | Dr. Sinister | The Gruesomes | The Most Beautiful Baby in Bedrock | Dino and Juliet | King for a Night | Indianrockolis 500 | Adobe Dick | Christmas Flintstone | Fred's Flying Lesson | Fred's Second Car | Time Machine | The Hatrocks and the Gruesomes | Moonlight and Maintenance | Sheriff for a Day | Deep in the Heart of Texarock | The Rolls Rock Caper | Superstone | Fred Meets Hercurock | Surfin' Fred The Flintstones Season 6:No Biz Like Show Biz | The House That Fred Built | The Return of Stony Curtis | Disorder in the Court | Circus Business | Samantha | The Great Gazoo | Rip Van Flintstone | The Gravelberry Pie King | The Stonefinger Caper | The Masquerade Party | Shinrock A Go-Go | Royal Rubble | Seeing Doubles | How to Pick a Fight with Your Wife Without Really Trying | Fred Goes Ape | The Long, Long, Long Weekend | Two Men on a Dinosaur | The Treasure of Sierra Madrock | Curtain Call at Bedrock | Boss for a Day | Fred's Island | Jealousy | Dripper | My Fair Freddy | The Story of Rocky's Raiders
Locations
Bedrock | Flintstone home | Rubble home | Bedrock Bowl | Slate Rock and Gravel Company | Water Buffalo Lodge | Bedrock Drive-In Theater | Grand Canyon
Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! • Shining Star • Scooby D • It's a Mystery • Bump in the Night • Grow Up • Here We Go • Thank You (Falletin Me Be Mice Elf Again) • Don't Wanna Think About You • Boom Shack-A-Lack • Whenever You Feel Like It • Man with the Hex • Freaks Come Out at Night • Words to Me • Thinking About You • Friends Forever • Play That Funky Music • Love Shack • Summer Feelings • On Me • I Fly
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