William Hanna and Joseph Barbera

Thanks to Cartoon Network I discovered a lot of the early animations of Hanna-Barbera. When Cartoon Network was first established it was built around showing re-runs of old Hanna-Barbera cartoons such as Top Cat and Scooby Doo (shown below). When it comes to writing my essay I will focus a lot on Hanna-Barbera and their influence on Cartoon Network.

                                                     William Hanna (right) 1910 - 2001
                                                     Joseph Barbera (left) 1911 - 2006

 Original logo

                                                               Top Cat 1961-1962


I remember Top Cat used to be shown quite late on Cartoon Network, possibly the last cartoon before it handed over. I used to really enjoy it despite it being pretty old, not so much for the style of animation but the relationship between the characters, especially that of Top Cat and officer Dibble.

                                                            Scooby Doo 1969 - Present


Scooby Doo is one of my all time favourite cartoons and it was through Cartoon Network that i discovered it. At the time of watching them as a kid you don't realise how repetitive the episodes are with the same ending in each episode but it used to be fun guessing who the ghost/monster etc. would turn out to be. Something that really stands out to me about the original Scooby Doo cartoons is the 'grainy' style to the animation. Also the colours used weren't overly bright but more pastel shades.