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Wasn't Hanna-Barbera the guys who made the Brady Bunch Kids and other sit-com spin-offs? =[ As a kid I never noticed how commercial it all really was. After r
by ourmandave 8y ago
Wasn't Hanna-Barbera the guys who made the Brady Bunch Kids and other sit-com spin-offs? =[
As a kid I never noticed how commercial it all really was.
After reading some of the history you can see they've all been doing the exact same tried and true things since forever.
Merchandising, spin-offs, episodes written around new album releases, copy-cats of successful shows (e.g. Bewitched and I Dream of Jeannie), etc.
So you end up with minimal janky animation, Disney child actors, and 1/2 hour toy commercials.
- jerf 8y agoSturgeon's Law isn't a new thing. The key has always been to find the best stuff. I think that's easier than ever. I have to agree that virtually nothing Hanna Barbara has done has stood the test of time. Despite being so politically incorrect a lot of it has been buried, I can think of a few Looney Tunes that are still pretty good (Bugs Bunny conducting the orchestra is quite popular, I'm also a fan of a particular Bugs Bunny cartoon in which he stays overnight in Dracula's castle), and Disney's stuff is still generally watchable and enjoyable, but I'm sitting here racking my brains and despite having seen some of those shows as a kid, I literally can not relate to you a single episode of any of them.