Hanna-Barbera

Hanna-Barbera was a prolific animation studio which, between 1957 and 2001, produced scores of animated television series and specials, as well as a few forays into theatrical films. The company took its name from William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, who first teamed as co-directors of the Tom and Jerry theatrical shorts for MGM. When MGM closed its doors, Hanna and Barbera struck out on their own, producing limited animation television product which came to dominate network Saturday morning slots for decades. Their earliest series was Ruff and Reddy, followed by Huckleberry Hound, Yogi Bear, The Flintstones, The Jetsons, and Scooby-Doo, amongst others. One of their more notable successes in the 1980s came from licensing a group of popular Belgian comic characters for a long-running animated series, The Smurfs.

In 1990, Hanna Barbera was one of several companies which collaborated on Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue, with the Smurfs sharing screentime with the Muppet Babies.

Connections
Several voice actors in Hanna-Barbera series were also heard in Sesame Street inserts.


 * Daws Butler voiced Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Elroy Jetson, Augie Doggie, QuickDraw McGraw, and dozens of others for Hanna-Barbera; on Sesame Street, he was heard in two inserts, as "The Man Who Hated Frogs" and in a short about words that rhyme with "ball."
 * Casey Kasem voiced Shaggy on Scooby Doo, Alexander Cabot in Josie and the Pysscats, and Robin in The Superfriends
 * Howard Morris voiced Atom Ant, Mushmouse and Mr. Peebles on The Magilla Gorilla Show, Grandpa Jetson, Jet Screamer, and others on The Jetsons, and various roles on The Flintstones, amongst others
 * Gary Owens voiced Space Ghost, The Blue Falcon, and various announcers
 * Hal Smith voiced several roles on The Flintstones Yappy and the king in Yippee Yappy and Yahooey, Santa Claus in multiple HB specials and series episodes, Coil Man in The Impossibles, and others; on Sesame Street, he voiced a bear, ant, and alephant in a short about co-operation and taking turns.
 * Arnold Stang voiced Top Cat; on Sesame Street, he was heard as a mad scientist who invents the letter H.

Other actors who lent their voices or appeared in Muppet/Creature Shop productions also had Hanna-Barbera connections.
 * Rob Paulsen voiced Corky in The Snorks, Hadji in The New Adventures of Jonny Quest, and Dickie Dastardly in Yo Yogi!
 * John Stephenson voiced Mr. Slate in The Flintstones. Dr. Benton Quest in Jonny Quest, various villains in Scooby Doo, Doggie Daddy in several productions, and others
 * Frank Welker voiced Fred on Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? and its spinoffs, Jabberjaw, Bandit in The New Adventures of Jonny Quest, Puppy and Hefty Smurf in The Smurfs, and many others.