William Hanna and Joseph Barbera

They may not have been the best, but I still give them some credit.

They were there for TV Viewers in the 1960's & 1970's.

Considering Will and Joe's lifespan, they have practically experienced it all.

• The Golden Age
• The Animation Fall
• The Merchandising Age
• Than Animation Revival
• The Anime Boom

They managed to make it this far, mare bigger know legends weren't that lucky.

And they definitely have some variety in cartoons, as well as their music and SFX being overly recognized.

Were they animated titles really that bad?

edited 12th Sep '12 8:15:36 PM by asiacatdogblue

To be honestly blunt, they were men with talent who just happened to sell out.

Pretty much this,when they did have good stuff though,it still stands up pretty well such as The Flintsones or Scooby Doo or The Jetsons

They were hit and miss,mostly miss at that,but they were a godsend compared to Filmation (they did Star Trek TAS as the sole good one)

I remember when I watched Cartoon Network, and their Boomerang line-up in particular, and being boggled at just how many different television series Hanna-Barbera produced—I mean, even over a few decades, it looked excessive. So yeah, they made Tom and Jerry and came up with a few decent TV shows, but mainly they appeared to spend their time oversaturating the airwaves with their own brand of cheaply made, uninspired cartoons.

Before we label Hanna and Barbera "sell outs," let's remember a few things. They began as animators, but when they started their own studio, they became businessmen, more importantly, employers. They also both grew up in the Great Depression, a time when work was frequently hard to come by. They kept more animators employed than any other studio short of Disney during some very difficult times. They made use of the markets that were available to them. There's an interview of Joe Barbera by, I think, Mark Evanier, where Evanier asks Joe why he and Bill approved some of the stuff they did, stuff that was clearly not terribly good. Joe point blank said it was to keep people employed. They produced Kwiky Koala, for instance, entirely to give Tex Avery a job...his last job, as it turned out.

Oh, but I do think Jonny Quest was pretty brilliant.