Joe Barbera Dies
Posted by Slobokan @ 20:05 · 166 words · print
Joe Barbera, half of the Hanna-Barbera animation team that produced such beloved cartoon characters as Tom and Jerry, Yogi Bear and the Flintstones, died Monday, a Warner Bros. spokesman said. He was 95.
Barbera died of natural causes at his home with his wife Sheila at his side, Warner Bros. spokesman Gary Miereanu said.
With his longtime partner, Bill Hanna, Barbera first found success creating the highly successful Tom and Jerry cartoons. The antics of the battling cat and mouse went on to win seven
Academy Awards, more than any other series with the same characters.The partners, who teamed up while working at MGM in the 1930s, then went on to a whole new realm of success in the 1960s with a witty series of animated TV comedies, including "The Flintstones," "The Jetsons," "Yogi Bear," "Scooby-Doo" and "Huckleberry Hound and Friends."
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Funeral arrangements were pending, Miereanu said. In addition to his wife, the animator is survived by three children from a previous marriage, Jayne, Neal and Lynn.
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Posted by Eric
December 18, 2006 @ 22:26
Why aren't you boycotting him instead?
He was a tool of the tobacco industry to get our kids hooked on tobacco, donchaknow? He allowed his characters to try to sell Winston's to children back in the day…
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ntrsMAlIQWA
Posted by Slobokan
December 18, 2006 @ 23:54
You are kidding right? You have to be.
The Flintstones was a prime time cartoon aimed at an adult audience. It wasn't until after the second or third season, that the writers began changing things up for a younger audience.
Plus, just about every television show and movie of that era featured someone who smoked, as smoking was considered "cool", and the harmful effects of smoking were not known like they are today.
Posted by Marten
December 19, 2006 @ 17:33
I'm always amazed at all the deaths that occur right toward the end of the year. This is the big one (well, Peter Boyle was close.) Could be a holiday thing.
As for the tobacco industry… I don't see it. It's like saying that James Bond promoted alcoholism with his "shaken, not stirred" tag-line or claiming Scooby Doo and Shaggy were posterboys for marijuana acceptance.