Cartoon creator Joe Barbera dies

Yahoo - AP ^ | 12/19/06

[dfwgator]

If they had done nothing but 'Tom and Jerry' they would still be immortal.

And their's were the only good "Tom and Jerry" episodes, the Gene Deitch ones (which were produced in Communist Czechoslovakia) and the later Chuck Jones ones, could not compare.

[unkus]

I haven't ever heard.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Jane Jetson/Magilla Gorilla/Betty Rubble/Gilgamesh/Pixie & Dixie

A heck of a try...but Gilgamesh was a Sumerian king.

The character you tried to name is Gargamel.

[dfwgator]

The one sitting to the right of Yogi Bear looks like a cartoon version of Jack Nicholson.

[unkus]

I named a Teddy Bear Boo Boo. (wet eyes; I had forgotten till now)

[lowbridge]

As a TV reviewer called it 35 years ago, "The Hanna-Barbera garbage factory. He was right.

No he wasnt. That tv reviewer was a moron.

Whoever he was.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Andf the "Don't know!" before Shaggy is named "Snoop". His sidekick was named "Blab"....your other "Don't know!".

[fieldmarshaldj]

Good long run. Rest in peace to Mr. Barbera and a thanks for your creations !

[paudio]

I grew up with Tom and Jerry. I didn't believe when I read that it actually won many Oscars.

Anyway, Hanna-Barbera is always a name I remember (didn't think it was 2-person name).

[verity]

Ditto.

[DJ Frisat]

Does it matter whether he was conservative or liberal? People of all ilk are capable of producing good work, and ideology doesn't should not have to be inextricably linked to everything.

Rest in peace, Joe Barbera and Bill Hanna. Thanks for the entertainment.

[michigander]

I believe that is a rendering of the gentleman that just passed away.

[WestVirginiaRebel]

Excuse me?!? The Flintstones were "Garbage?!?"

No disrepect to Bugs Bunny and friends, but Hanna Barbera defined TV animation in the Sixties and Seventies. In a time of turmoil their cartoons were an oasis of laughter. And Johnny Quest kicked butt.

[Blue Jays]

Hi All-

I always found something funny about that "Hurricane Hippo Holler!"from that one cartoon.

~Blue Jays ~

[FlyVet]

RIP, Mr. Barbera.

Tom and Jerry was my favorite. The Saturday morning cartoons these days are unwatchable to me.

Maybe because I'm getting old ? :(

[WhiteGuy]

yeah, me too when I was just a little kid.

[WestVirginiaRebel]

Papa Smurf and Smurfette.

I couldn't stand Scrappy.

[unkus]

May our Boo Boo's be happy, wherever they are.

[michigander]

It appears that 'BOOM' (channel 297 on DirectTV) is playing a number of these old 'toons for the next few hours.

[Blue Jays]

Hi DJ Frisat-

I don't know anything about the political ideology of the man, that's why I'm asking. At the same time, will you be overcome with grief when Barbra Streisand and Michael Moore kick the bucket?

~ Blue Jays ~