Hanna-Barbera and the horror element.

[BlackLagoon]

Watching these great cartoons from the late 60's and 70's--there are alot of monster and horror elements going on.

1st--look at Scooby Doo, that speaks for itself.

Then you have things like Clue Club, which is pretty much the same thing, with many horror/monster type creeps behind the plot.

Speed Buggy--again that element is seen here and there.

Who can forget in the Flintstones, when "The Gruesomes" made their appearance--

I'm sure I'm forgetting more--just curious as to why so much of the background and storyline revolved  around ideas that clearly stem from all things classic horror.

[Gillman-Fan]

Don't forget the original Jonny Quest series.

[BlackLagoon]

Don't forget the original Jonny Quest series.

Just got done watching that...Boomerang Network and Unemployment go hand in hand.

Yep--sure enough the baddie was a take on the "Crawling Eye".

Maybe there just weren't enough "real" villians back when these things were being made.

[SmokestackJones]

Just got done watching that...Boomerang Network and Unemployment go hand in hand.

Yep--sure enough the baddie was a take on the "Crawling Eye".

Maybe there just weren't enough "real" villians back when these things were being made.

I got JQ on DVD.  My fave episode was when they took on that mummy.  Now THAT was a mummy!

-SJ

[Gillman-Fan]

While I'm thrilled to have JQ on DVD, I really wish these original episodes were not edited for content.

[The Creeper]

Don't forget Fang Face!  And the Gruesome Twosome in the Wacky Races!

[Paul L]

The Funky Phantom

[ChattyLMS]

I just loved those cartoons.  How about Hong Kong Phooey?  And don't forget Bugs Bunny and the 3 Stooges.  Violent?  So what?  We didn't all turn into ax murders.

[kklloo]

While I'm thrilled to have JQ on DVD, I really wish these original episodes were not edited for content.

   I never knew Johnny Quest was edited. I enjoyed them when I was young, what was edited on the DVD's. Really curious to know.



Sal

[ChattyLMS]

I didn't know that they were edited after we watched them.  I liked it the way it was.

[Jscareshock]

You gotta fit THE GROOVIE GOOLIES in there too!

[The Creeper]

And The Drak Pack was done by Hanna and Barbera.

[BlackLagoon]

Wow Drak Pack--forgot about that one Creeper!

It's amazing how many short lived H-B cartoons they were--and everytime I catch one, they're pretty entertaining!

What about the Impossibles? Didn't they have some robo-Frankenstein guy??

[mike c]

You gotta fit THE GROOVIE GOOLIES in there too!

I'm pretty sure the Groovie Ghoulies were Lou Scheimer/Filmation, not Hanna-Barbera... but MAN I loved that show too!

I think the Hanna-Barbera (and the Filmation Ghoulies for that matter) monster connection had everything to do with the popularity of monster fandom at the time ('60s through mid to late '70s), and not much more. I mean, yes indeed, there would have been no awesome creepy bad guys or the Gruesomes without somebody/bodies at the studios being big monster fans themselves. But they were also trying to stand atop a market that demanded monstery goodness.

Today it's boy bands and pop star adolescent girls and product-driven cartoons, but I don't know that it was terribly different then as far as 'give the people what they want' goes.

Thank goodness we had them, and that we can still watch them now on DVD.

[Monolith]

Space Ghost and The Herculoids always had monsters in them.
In the '70's Hanna Barbera did a Godzilla cartoon.And later there was another Godzilla cartoon in the '90's, I think.
Then there was the '60's King kong cartoon, although not Hanna Barbera.
And there was that Addams Family cartoon.

That "robo Frankenstein guy" was Frankenstein Jr.