Episode 90: The Silver Age of Hanna-Barbera

Summary: Hanna-Barbera’s OTHER out-of-time family comedy.Tonight’s episode is dedicated to the Hanna-Barbera explosion of the 70s. Hanna-Barbera’s output ballooned exponentially during this period. They became the undisputed kings of Saturday morning. There is so much content from this era that it alone was enough to fuel the early days of Cartoon Network and later Boomerang. Joining us tonight is the always delightful Kittyhawk, artist and writer of Sparkling Gneration Valkyrie Yuuki. For seventy minutes, the three of us sit and compare notes from our favorite cartoons from this era. There is so much that we each brought stuff to the table that nobody else had heard of. We talk about: The All-New… Boomerang Cartoons based on sitcoms Wait Till Your Father Gets Home The Roman Holidays Blue Falcon & Dynomutt Jabberjaw Speed Buggy All-Star Laff-A-Lympics Help! It’s The Hair Bear Bunch! The Pebbles & Bamm-Bamm Show/The Flinstone Comedy Hour Captain Caveman & The Teen Angels Mutley/Mumbly Robonic Stooges Pac-Man Devlin and Godzookiiiiiii …IN SPACE!!!You jumped over some of my buses! No wonder Kittyhawk calls this the drug era. Hmm… This setting looks familiar! Well, at least Hanna-Barbera kept its star roster active. Even if it was in the Laff-A-Lympics. I don’t even remember this episode.