World Premiere Toons
| What A Cartoon! | |
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Intertitle for What A Cartoon! in its original incarnation designed by Jesse Stagg (1995–96).
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| Genre |
Comedy Variety |
| Created by | Fred Seibert |
| Voices of | Various |
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| Composer(s) | Various |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | 82 (list of episodes) |
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| Executive producer(s) |
Buzz Potamkin Larry Huber |
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| Running time | 21–23 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Hanna-Barbera Cartoon Network Studios |
| Distributor | Cartoon Network Worldwide Distribution |
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| Picture format | SD (480i/576i) |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | February 20, 1995 – November 28, 1997 |
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| Related shows | Oh Yeah! Cartoons |
What A Cartoon! (later known as The What A Cartoon! Show and The Cartoon Cartoon Show), is an American animation showcase series created for and aired on Cartoon Network by Fred Seibert, who which is produced by Hanna-Barbera; the already founded Cartoon Network Studios began to produce some of the shorts as its division. The project consisted of 82 short cartoons, intended to return creative power to animators and artists, by recreating the atmospheres that spawned the iconic cartoon characters of the mid-20th century. Each of the shorts mirrored the structure of a theatrical cartoon, with each film being based on an original storyboard drawn and written by its artist or creator.
The series first aired on February 20, 1995, and the shorts were promoted as World Premiere Toons. During the original run of the shorts, the series was retitled to The What a Cartoon! Show and later to The Cartoon Cartoon Show until the final shorts aired on August 23, 2002. The project served as the launching point for multiple Cartoon Network series, including The Powerpuff Girls, Dexter's Laboratory, Johnny Bravo, Cow and Chicken, Courage the Cowardly Dog, Mike, Lu & Og, Sheep in the Big City, Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones?, Codename: Kids Next Door, Grim and Evil, Megas XLR as well as Fox's Family Guy.
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