60s Cartoons: 20 Classic Shows From the 1960s
The 1960s changed what a television cartoon could be. At the beginning of the decade, many viewers still associated animation with theatrical…
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Is Jellystone Park Real? The Cartoon Park and Campgrounds
Jellystone Park is real and fictional at the same time. The park where Yogi Bear steals picnic baskets is a cartoon setting…
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Why Do Astro and Scooby Sound the Same?
The resemblance is real. Astro and Scooby-Doo sound alike because Don Messick voiced both dogs and used the same basic speech technique…
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Who Voiced Fred Flintstone? Every Major Voice Explained
The short answer begins with two names. Alan Reed created the Fred Flintstone voice heard in the original television series. After Reed…
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13 Black-and-White Anime You Need to Watch
Black-and-white anime is easy to overlook because many famous titles were later remade in color. Search for Dororo, Cyborg 009, or Astro…
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Did Dino Ever Talk? Yes, Once (The Snorkasaurus Story)
Yes, Dino talked. In one episode of the original Flintstones series, the normally barking family pet speaks in complete sentences, outsmarts Fred…
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Why Is Top Cat Popular in Mexico? The Don Gato Story
In the United States, Top Cat is remembered as a clever but short-lived Hanna-Barbera sitcom from 1961. In Mexico, Don Gato became…
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What Happened to Screwy Squirrel? MGM’s Strangest Ending
Most cartoon characters disappear quietly. Screwy Squirrel went out with what looked like a death scene. In the final short of his…
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Did the Pink Panther Ever Talk?
Yes, the Pink Panther talked. In the original theatrical cartoon series, he spoke in exactly two shorts, both released in 1965. The…
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The Kirward Derby: Did Durward Kirby Sue Bullwinkle?
Cartoon lawsuit stories have a habit of growing in the retelling. A celebrity gets angry. A lawyer sends papers. The studio panics.…
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Space Ghost: How a Canceled Hero Built Adult Swim
Most cancelled superheroes disappear into reruns. Space Ghost received a second career. In 1966, he was a straight-faced Hanna-Barbera action hero who…
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The Funky Phantom: Hanna-Barbera’s Ghostly Scooby-Doo Clone
Some forgotten Saturday morning cartoons deserve a second look. The Funky Phantom is near the top of that list. The premise sounds…
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Hanna-Barbera’s Scooby-Doo Clones: How the Formula Worked
After Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! became a hit in 1969, Hanna-Barbera returned to the same basic idea again and again. The teenagers…
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Did Yogi Berra Sue Hanna-Barbera Over Yogi Bear?
The story has circulated for decades. Yogi Berra supposedly sued Hanna-Barbera because Yogi Bear borrowed his famous nickname. Depending on the version,…
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Harlem Globetrotters Cartoon: How It Made TV History
On September 12, 1970, CBS scheduled two quiet milestones only thirty minutes apart. At 9:00 a.m., Josie and the Pussycats introduced Valerie…
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