Gothamist: Joseph Barbera, 1911-2006

Call Me Bohanna

Wed, 20 Dec 2006 01:29:25 -0500

This usually isn't my style, but since the article didn't bother to, um, "research" whether "Hanna" had a first name, I thought I'd invest 3.2 seconds and find out that he did. It was "William".

galen nyc

Tue, 19 Dec 2006 18:55:46 -0500

Lighten up, folks! This guy belongs on the Mount Rushmore of cartoonists/animators with Chuck Jones (Bugs Bunny) and others. Maybe the later stuff, post 1975, was crap, but Tom & Jerry, Yogi, and Fred Flintstone were all classics! Rest in peace, Joe . . .

matty

Tue, 19 Dec 2006 15:46:00 -0500

is it just me or was hanna barbera also responsible for making some of the worst and cheapest mass-produced cartoons ever?

banana martin

Tue, 19 Dec 2006 15:35:29 -0500

And, I swear, Gothamist edited the article after the creating-smurf uproar

bobo

Tue, 19 Dec 2006 15:31:29 -0500

A lifetime of memorys as a kid in the 60's and 70's. Thanks Joe. Rest in peace.

banana martin

Tue, 19 Dec 2006 15:30:54 -0500

but he didn't work on them, he bought the US rights to them

ed lover's Ex

Tue, 19 Dec 2006 14:26:33 -0500

#2, 3, 4: There's not one mention in this article that Barbera created the Smurfs. If you read the article with any reading comprehension skills (clearly none), it would have seen and I quote *and also worked on The Smurfs* in the first paragraph.

factual overreaction

Tue, 19 Dec 2006 14:19:38 -0500

The post didn't say he created the smurfs, it said he "worked" on it to some ambiguous capacity. And it said he produced the KISS special, not meaning it was necessarily animated. Everyone calm down.

matty

Tue, 19 Dec 2006 14:16:20 -0500

lol@factual error.

Curious

Tue, 19 Dec 2006 14:06:19 -0500

Um, just a question...Did Hanna-Barbera create the Smurfs? I'm not really sure...

factual nightmare

Tue, 19 Dec 2006 12:42:44 -0500

Hi everybody!

banana martin

Tue, 19 Dec 2006 12:40:34 -0500

Belgian artist Peyo created the Smurfs, NOT Barbera!!! "On October 23, 1958 the Smurfs made their first appearance in a story of Johan & Peewit in “Le Journal de Spirou”. Their creator Peyo had worked previously at a number of drawing jobs."

banana martin

Tue, 19 Dec 2006 12:37:50 -0500

he did NOT create the smurfs! Created in Belgium (or France, I'm not sure): On October 23, 1958 the Smurfs made their first appearance in a story of Johan & Peewit in “Le Journal de Spirou”. Their creator Peyo had worked previously at a number of drawing jobs.

anon

Tue, 19 Dec 2006 12:19:59 -0500

Barbera didn't create the Smurfs, he bought the American rights for them from Peyo (he was dutch or belgian)

fact checka

Tue, 19 Dec 2006 12:18:21 -0500

KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park was not animated. from the Wikipedia entry you cite: Filming for KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park began in May 1978[3], and it was produced by Hanna-Barbera, known primarily for cartoons such as Scooby-Doo and Yogi Bear. Most of the movie was filmed at Six Flags Magic Mountain in California, with additional filming taking place in the Hollywood Hills.