Classic HB toons are coming in a new weekday 11am-1pm timeslot beginning February 17 while the Sunday-afternoon 1-3pm block begins February 23.
This month, MeTV Toons will launch ‘The House of Hanna-Barbera,’ a weekday and Sunday-afternoon programming block that showcases the cartoons of the Hanna-Barbera animation studio. Featured characters include Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Secret Squirrel, Snagglepuss, Pixie and Dixie, Wally Gator, and Touché Turtle.
“These cartoons are the cream of the crop,” said animation historian Jerry Beck. “The characters are the backbone of the studio - the personalities, the character designs, the whole Hanna Barbera aesthetic. The lines, written by their top writers, formerly of Warner Bros. and Disney, with quotes we all remember: ‘How much is that gorilla in the window’, ‘Touche away!’ ‘I hate those meeces to pieces!’
Beck continued, “These cartoons are filled with the voices that became the soundtrack of our childhood,” Beck added. “Daws Butler, Mel Blanc, June Foray, Don Messick on and on - the theme songs by Hoyt Curtin - all classic. The H and B cartoons became the inspiration for other artists and future studios, and pretty much all television animation that followed. And here’s the best news - they are still funny. In fact, they seem to have gotten better over time - I’m laughing at jokes that went way over my head when I saw them as a kid.”
MeTV Toons will welcome the block with a special three-hour, primetime sneak peek on Sunday, February 16 from 8-11pm ET/PT, before the block lands in its regular Monday-Friday timeslot of 11am-1pm ET/PT, beginning on Monday, February 17. The block will also air regularly on Sunday afternoons from 1-3pm ET/PT beginning February 23.
Source: MeTV
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