Disney has become a media conglomerate over the years, focusing less on animation and more on big budget super hero films. Most of their animation catalog except everyone’s favorite Mouse, pretty much comes from an already known property. For me the best stable of characters in the world of animation cause from Hanna-Barbera.
The studio was founded in 1957 by Tom and Jerry creators and former MGM animation duo William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. Under the studio they created some of the most popular and longest running animated series in America like The Flintstones, The Jetsons, Yogi Bear, and Scooby Doo.
I mainly found out about the studio from the reruns Cartoon Network would show back in the day. Mainly just The Flintstones, it was not until I became older and had access to the Boomerang streaming service that I was able to dive into the back catalog.
The Flintstones will always be one of my favorites but new found favorite shows like Wacky Races and Magilla Gorilla have become some of my favorites, Atom Ant is pretty cool to. Wacky Races will always have a place in my heart because my friends would watch it in High School. Dick Dastardly and his snickering dog Muttley lose almost every race due to their tricks. Yogi’s Gang is basically the Hanna-Barbera Avengers with almost every character joining Yogi on his Ark fighting a different villain each week.
The channel had new content as well with a more modern Wacky Races series available to stream. For now not every show in the Hanna-Barbera stable is on the platform but I’m hoping shows like Wally Gator, Squiddly Diddly, and Quick Draw McGraw will find their way on the platform.