Footnote #44 - Hanna-Barbera (with Jared Bahir Browsh)
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A deep dive into the U.S. animation studio Hanna-Barbera provides the focus of Footnote #44, as Chris and Alex are once again joined by Dr Jared Bahir Browsh to discuss the origins of William Hanna and Joseph Barbera’s influential and prolific production company that strengthened the cartoon’s move from theatrical exhibition to television. Topics include the studio’s origins and defining animated products; their particular application of limited animation and the relationship to elements of character and background design; the industrial and aesthetic circumstances that came to support their dominance over children’s animated television in North America; and the many challenges of researching Hanna-Barbera as a popular - yet largely under-represented - area of film, media, and animation studies.
**Fantasy/Animation theme tune composed by Francisca Araujo**
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Suggested Readings
Barrier, Michael. 1999. Hollywood Cartoons: American Animation in Its Golden Age. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Browsh, Jared Bahir. 2022. Hanna-Barbera: A History. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc.
Sandler, Kevin, ed. 1998. Reading the Rabbit: Explorations in Warner Bros. Animation. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press.
Wells, Paul. 2002. Animation and America. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.