Joseph Barbera (of Hanna-Barbera fame) died today at age 95.
It’s unfortunate that most only remember Hanna-Barbera for their poorly-animated-looping-backgrounds cartoons of the 60s and 70s cartoons (“How long have we walked by that pik-a-nik basket, Boo-boo?”) or the Flintstones. In fact, their best work was Tom and Jerry, and the cross-town friendly competition with Warner Brothers in post-WWII Hollywood was where the art of animation really became legendary.
Here is the pinnacle of Barbera’s career:
If you’ve got spare time, go here to see over one and a half hours of Tom & Jerry cartoons that reside in the public domain.
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