The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera
| The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera | |
|---|---|
| Genre |
Animation Live-action |
| Theme music composer |
Gary Grant Hoyt Curtin Jerry Hey |
| Opening theme | "It's Fun! Fun! Fun! Funtastic!" by The Funtastic Singers |
| Ending theme | "It's Fun! Fun! Fun! Funtastic!" by The Funtastic Singers |
| Composer(s) | Hoyt Curtin |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| Running time | 90 minutes (1985–1986) 120 minutes (1986–1993) 60 minutes (1993–1994) |
| Production company(s) | Hanna-Barbera Productions |
| Distributor |
Taft Broadcasting (original) Worldvision Enterprises (former) Great American Broadcasting (former) Turner Broadcasting (former) Warner Bros. Television (current) |
| Release | |
| Original network | First-run syndication |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | 1985 – 1994 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Hanna–Barbera's World of Super Adventure |
The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera is an animated syndicated programming block produced by Hanna-Barbera that ran on a weekly schedule and was performed in live action.
The block made its world television premiere on Sunday, September 15th of 1985, and it included an array of new Hanna-Barbera originals. The show aired on Sundays in most markets, but some stations broadcast it on Weekdays as well as on Saturdays. The 1985 edition was hosted by legendary Hanna-Barbera mainstays, Yogi Bear, Quick Draw McGraw, Huckleberry Hound and Snagglepuss (all voiced by Daws Butler).
Each show included HBTV segments featuring music videos of classic Hanna-Barbera cartoon clips (similar to Disney's D-TV and Nickelodeon's sister network MTV). It included hits like "Bad Moon Rising" by Creedence Clearwater Revival and "Somebody's Watching Me" by Rockwell. "It's Fun! Fun! Fun! Funtastic!", was the main theme song for the first three seasons (it was also the theme for Yogi's newest series, Yogi's Treasure Hunt).
Next, The Down and Dirty Dinosaurs hosted by the 1988 edition and then the 1990 edition hosted by Kenny Ford and Jennifer Love Hewitt (while their show Kids Incorporated was off the air). The block ran from 1985 to 1994 and was three and a half hours long in 1985. However, due to the initial success, the running time increased to a four and a half hour block in 1986. With time, its popularity waned and the program's length decreased from two hours in 1987 to one hour in 1993.
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