Today's news of the death of Joseph Barbera brought back many cartoon memories. It seems just yesterday that I was sitting in front of my folks TV watching The Flintstones - it aired in the evening back then. I loved that show and can still see that 'cat' lock Fred out of the house. I think that the Fred and Barney relationship must have been modeled after the Ralph/Norton one from The Honeymooners.Hanna-Barbera also created some of my other favorites: Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound and The Jetsons. They also created Jonny Quest, Wacky Races, Scooby-Doo, and Smurfs which I never got around to watching ... I remember my kids liking Smurfs and Scooby. So, what are your favorite cartoons? Do you still watch them?
I am the perfect age for those Hanna-Barbera cartoons and they evoke childhood memories of sitting on the floor at a special distance my mother picked, because there was a scare at the time that sitting too close would cause brain lesions.
ReplyDeleteI like the Flintstones and Jetsons a lot, and once was Huckleberry Hound for Halloween, but HH and Quick Draw McGraw and whoever else just aren't shown enough to get an adult opinion on them. Yogi Bear you can have.
Therese Z