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| Cartoon Pioneer Joe Barbera Mourned |
| 2006-12-19 |
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| Posted by:anonymous5089 |
| #8 Race Bannon. I always said when I was old enough I was gonna change my name to Race Bannon... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2006-12-19 21:52 |
| #7 I understand the funeral was nice, but the hearse kept passing the same group of buildings... |
| Posted by: Pappy 2006-12-19 21:27 |
| #6 Lovable, laughy, comically-violent "toons" are something our childrens' generation is going to be sorely lacking. They've cleaned up Road Runner cartoons for Gods' sake! It is sacrilege of the first order when you cannot see Wiley E Coyote blown up by some Acme explosives package I swear to you! The Animaniacs series tended to aim at mid-adult humor, but then Spielberg's guys were always raised in our generation. I look at Sarturday morning cartoons today, when I can find 'em, and I shudder. |
| Posted by: FOTSGreg 2006-12-19 20:47 |
| #5 I can name 52 of the characters shown. HB's artwork wasn't top-notch, but their cartoons were always more fun than the others'. They had the "most lovable, laughable, loonies by far." |
| Posted by: Jackal 2006-12-19 20:37 |
| #4 Second the RIP, but Charles Schultz still is #1 IMHO. Curse You Grim Reaper!/channeling Snoopy |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2006-12-19 14:50 |
| #3 While I always viewed the HB characters and drawing style as inferior to Warner Brothers, they still represented a day when animation was hand-crafted. Another star has dimmed in cartoon heaven. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-12-19 13:59 |
| #2 I used to walk by HB studio on my way to school when I was a kid. The artists sat in windows facing out so you could sit and watch them draw. I was late to school many times. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2006-12-19 13:07 |
| #1 RIP Joe |
| Posted by: RD 2006-12-19 12:13 |