Worst Hanna Barbara franchise?

[Laconian]

There are a lot of bad ones, but some of them are real stinkers. Which ones sucked the most?

[Northlands]

The CB Bears.




Bears with CB radios, a la mysterious Charlie's Angels-esque lady calling them to give them crimes to solve.

[Laconian]

WHAT??

[Raza]

Yeah, I've never even heard of that one.

[Laconian]

c b bears-intro(1/2 hour version)

So... many... cliches...

[GoCougs]

Looking at their list of productions I had no idea they had so many; many I've never seen and I'm sure many of those are awful (Laverne & Shirley in the Army - lol). Of those I'm aware I'm gonna go with Scooby Do when Scrappy hit the scene. Abominable.

[GoCougs]

How about best? I'm going with the original Johnny Quest and The Flintstones (which were both prime time adult shows when the first aired in the '60s).

[Raza]

How about best? I'm going with the original Johnny Quest and The Flintstones (which were both prime time adult shows when the first aired in the '60s).

Jonny Quest was fucking awesome.  I loved that show.  I have it on DVD, actually. 

[Laconian]

Looking at their list of productions I had no idea they had so many; many I've never seen and I'm sure many of those are awful (Laverne & Shirley in the Army - lol). Of those I'm aware I'm gonna go with Scooby Do when Scrappy hit the scene. Abominable.

I hate Scrappy for many reasons.

[Northlands]

WHAT??

Hanna Barbara put out a LOT of shows.... there are some odd ones out there too.

[Raza]

I hate Scrappy for many reasons.

I'd have thought you love Scrappy, since he was the first openly gay hero in cartoons.  "Let me at him!  I'll splat him!"

[Soup DeVille]

The perils of Penelope Pitstop.

[Laconian]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_works_produced_by_Hanna-Barbera_Productions

[280Z Turbo]

Sealab 2020

[Madman]

Wow, most of these I don't even remember.  But one I do recall is "Partridge Family 2200 A.D." (later renamed "The Partridge Family in Outer Space" for syndication).

It was basically the Partidge Family characters dropped into The Jetsons universe.  And yes, it was just as bad as it sounds!  Ahh, the '70s.  What a strange decade!

[Madman]

Oh, I also remember the awful 1970s-era Tom and Jerry cartoons.  I can only assume Hanna-Barbera thought the original 1940s and 1950s-era Tom and Jerry cartoons were too violent for 1970s kids and radically changed the two main characters.  Instead of trying to kill each other, Tom and Jerry were now best friends and spent each episode co-operating and helping each other and partaking in all sorts of caring and sharing nonsense.  It was so saccharine sickening, I wanted to puke!  They even gave Jerry a cute little red bow tie.  WTF?

[MX793]

Sealab 2020

But Sealab 2021 was excellent.

[cawimmer430]

Ahh, the '70s.  What a strange decade!

At least they knew how to design cars back then. 

[Eye of the Tiger]

But Sealab 2021 was excellent.

Indeed!

[MrH]

But Sealab 2021 was excellent.

+1

Love that show.  And guess what?  They're the same guys that make Archer now.  No wonder I love both shows so much.

[Raza]

+1

Love that show.  And guess what?  They're the same guys that make Archer now.  No wonder I love both shows so much.

Archer has gotten better. The second season was really weak. The first was brilliant, it's been kind of mediocre since.

[Laconian]

This isn't HB, but OMG, so bad..

Gilligan's Planet - intro (better quality)

[GoCougs]

Ha, ha, I remember! How desperate they must have been to voice that. FWIW, The Professor lives up here in the Puget Sound region somewhere (like Vashon or Bainbridge Island).

[GoCougs]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_works_produced_by_Hanna-Barbera_Productions

Wow, looking at that again there is some mega nostalgia. Here's the lesser known of what I remember/liked.

Herculoids:

The Herculoids Intro (1966)

Banana Splits:

BaNaNa SPLiTs OpeNiNg

The Adventures of Gulliver:

ADVENTURES OF GULLIVER Cartoon Intro

The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (live action) - ha. ha I was in love with Becky:

the new adventures of huckleberry finn-intro(full version)

Wacky Races:

Wacky Races

The Perils of Penelope Pitstop:

The Perils of Penelope Pitstop - Original Intro

Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines:

Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines (Intro)

Speed Buggy (a big fav - talking cars and all):

Speed Buggy intro

[Raza]

Man, the Banana Splits!  That's a very hazy memory for me.  Wacky Races is dope as fuck though, I went on that ride at one of the amusement parks as well. 

[Byteme]

I loved Ruff and Reddy in the late 50's.  That was HB's first TV production.

Reddy was a smart mouthed cat and ruff was a not so smart dog.  They did a series where they went to a metal planet, Muni Mula (aluminim spelled backwards) populated by robots.  Ruff's reading the paper and asks "whats a ufo" pronouncing it oofo. Reddy responds "not oofo you goofo, thats U-F-O, unidentified flying object".   Funny stuff for the time.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ruff_%26_Reddy_Show

[GoCougs]

I loved Ruff and Reddy in the late 50's.  That was HB's first TV production.

Reddy was a smart mouthed cat and ruff was a not so smart dog.  They did a series where they went to a metal planet, Muni Mula (aluminim spelled backwards) populated by robots.  Ruff's reading the paper and asks "whats a ufo" pronouncing it oofo. Reddy responds "not oofo you goofo, thats U-F-O, unidentified flying object".   Funny stuff for the time.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ruff_%26_Reddy_Show

Patterned after George and Lenny of Of Mice and Men fame...