Hanna-Barbera is best known for its popular animated characters and numerous TV series. But the studio also created iconic sound effects and music that have become the soundtrack of our lives – powerful sounds that were created to guide the studio’s visual storytelling. These incredible elements added to their remarkable success – not to mention […]
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Hanna-Barbera: The Recorded History From Modern Stone Age to Meddling Kids
August 30th, 2024 
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Going For The Gold: Cartoons That Celebrated The Winter Olympics
February 25th, 2022 Michael Lyons The Winter Olympics have just past, but excitement of winter sports go on forever – at least in cartoons. In fact there is much comfort to be had during uncertain times and we thought it would be worth looking back at some of the classic cartoon shorts that celebrate many of the sports featured in […]
Both Creatures Were Stirring: The 80th Anniversary of Tom & Jerry’s “The Night Before Christmas”
December 24th, 2021 Michael Lyons There is Peace on Earth in the 1941 MGM cartoon short The Night Before Christmas. Well, if not on Earth, then at least in the world of Tom & Jerry. While the pair do their share of sparring in this Christmas-themed short, there is a moment of truce between the two, adding a break from […]
Thanksgiving “Cat”-astrophe: Tom & Jerry in “The Little Orphan”
November 27th, 2020 Michael Lyons Even during this socially distant Thanksgiving we just experienced, the trope of unwelcome guests still surfaced (after all, they could still always arrive via video conference!). This aspect of the holiday even surfaced in a classic Tom & Jerry cartoon from 1948 entitled The Little Orphan, in which the cat and mouse team welcome the […]
TRAILER: Warner Bros. New Hybrid “Tom & Jerry” Movie
November 17th, 2020 Jerry Beck Coming to theaters in 2021 – a live action/animation Tom & Jerry theatrical feature. Directed by Tim Story (Fantastic Four, Think Like a Man, Barbershop) and produced by Chris DeFaria (The LEGO Movie 2, Ready Player One, Gravity). A Warner Animation Group presentation, Tom & Jerry will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures. Here’s […]
