Hanna-Barbera's 50th: A Yabba Dabba Doo Celebration

Hanna-Barbera's 50th: A Yabba Dabba Doo Celebration
Also known as	'A Yabba Dabba Doo Celebration: 50 Years of Hanna-Barbera'
Genre	Live-action Animation Variety show
Written by	Marshall Flaum
Directed by	Marshall Flaum
Starring	Tony Danza (Host) Annie Potts (Co-host) Whoopi Goldberg Betty White Sammy Davis, Jr. Tommy Lasorda Jonathan Winters Phyllis Diller Valerie Harper Shari Belafonte Joe Ferguson Tiffany
Voices of	Henry Corden Greg Burson Don Messick Mel Blanc George O'Hanlon Greg Berg Casey Kasem John Stephenson Jean Vander Pyl Penny Singleton
Country of origin	United States
Production
Executive producer(s)	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
Producer(s)	Marshall Flaum
Running time	94 mins
Production company(s)	Hanna-Barbera Productions
Distributor	Warner Bros. Television Distribution
Release
Original network	TNT
Audio format	Dolby Surround
Original release	July 17, 1989

Hanna-Barbera's 50th: A Yabba Dabba Doo Celebration (also known as A Yabba Dabba Doo Celebration: 50 Years of Hanna-Barbera) is a 1989 American live-action/animated television special which premiered on TNT on July 17, 1989.

Summary

The special is hosted by Tony Danza and Annie Potts celebrating 50 years of William Hanna and Joseph Barbera's partnership in animation. This is the first animated project to be broadcast in Dolby Surround sound system.

It covers their years working for the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio and then the history of Hanna-Barbera Productions which was set up in 1957. It features footage and clips from the studio's various programs along with new animated/live-action wraparounds and a behind-the-scenes on the then-upcoming Jetsons: The Movie.

The special was dedicated to the memory of Daws Butler, who died during this production and was also the last television and film project of both Mel Blanc and George O'Hanlon, who died before the special's telecast. Turner Broadcasting System, which owned TNT, would later purchase Hanna-Barbera in 1991.

Cartoon characters

Among the cartoon characters that appear in this special are the following:

• Astro
• Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy
• Baba Looey
• Bamm-Bamm Rubble
• Barney Rubble
• Betty Rubble
• Boo Boo
• Brainy Smurf
• Breezly Bruin
• Choo-Choo
• Cindy Bear
• Dick Dastardly
• Ding-A-Ling Wolf
• Dino
• Dum Dum
• Elroy Jetson
• Fancy-Fancy
• Fluid-Man
• Fred Flintstone
• Gargamel
• George Jetson
• Hokey Wolf
• Hong Kong Phooey
• Huckleberry Hound
• Jane Jetson
• Jerry Mouse
• Judy Jetson
• Magilla Gorilla
• Mildew Wolf
• Muttley
• Papa Smurf
• Pebbles Flintstone
• Peter Potamus
• Pixie and Dixie
• Punkin' Puss
• Quick Draw McGraw
• Rosie the Robot Maid
• Ruff and Reddy
• Scooby-Doo
• Scrappy-Doo
• Secret Squirrel
• Shaggy
• Smurfette
• Snagglepuss
• Sneezly Seal
• Snooper and Blabber
• Snuffles
• Squiddly Diddly
• Tom Cat
• Top Cat
• Touché Turtle
• Wally Gator
• Wilma Flintstone
• Winsome Witch
• Yogi Bear

Celebrities

• Tony Danza (host)
• Annie Potts (co-host)
• Betty White
• Joe Ferguson
• Jonathan Winters
• Phyllis Diller
• Sammy Davis, Jr.
• Shari Belafonte
• Tiffany
• Tommy Lasorda
• Valerie Harper
• Victor Borge
• Whoopi Goldberg

Voices

• Greg Burson – Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Quick Draw McGraw
• Danny Goldman – Brainy Smurf
• Casey Kasem – Shaggy
• Don Messick – Boo Boo, Scooby-Doo, Muttley, Papa Smurf
• Greg Berg – Baba Looey, Augie Doggie
• Henry Corden – Fred Flintstone
• Jean Vander Pyl – Wilma Flintstone
• George O'Hanlon – the final role of George Jetson
• John Stephenson – Doggie Daddy, Snooper
• Mel Blanc – the final role of Barney Rubble
• Lucille Bliss – Smurfette
• Penny Singleton – Jane Jetson

External links

• Hanna-Barbera's 50th: A Yabba Dabba Doo Celebration at the Internet Movie Database
• Hanna-Barbera's 50th: A Yabba Dabba Doo Celebration at The Big Cartoon DataBase