Hanna-Barbera's 50th: A Yabba Dabba Doo Celebration

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Hanna-Barbera's 50th: A Yabba Dabba Doo Celebration
Also known as	A Yabba Dabba Doo Celebration: 50 Years of Hanna-Barbera
Genre	Live-action Animation Comedy Variety show
Directed by	Marshall Flaum
Starring	Host: Tony Danza Co-host: Annie Potts Guest stars Whoopi Goldberg Henry Corden (voice) Joseph Barbera Greg Burson (voice) Betty White Don Messick (voice) Sammy Davis, Jr. Mel Blanc (voice) Tommy Lasorda Penny Singleton (voice) Jonathan Winters Greg Berg (voice) William Hanna John Stephenson (voice) Phyllis Diller Casey Kasem (voice) Valerie Harper Jeff Bergman (voice) Shari Belafonte Jean Vander Pyl (voice) Joe Ferguson Tiffany
Country of origin	United States
Production
Executive producer(s)	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
Producer(s)	Marshall Flaum
Production company(s)	Hanna-Barbera Productions
Broadcast
Original channel	TNT
Original airing	July 17, 1989

Hanna-Barbera's 50th: A Yabba Dabba Doo Celebration (also known as A Yabba Dabba Doo Celebration: 50 Years of Hanna-Barbera) is a 1989 live-action/animated special for television first aired on TNT hosted by Tony Danza and Annie Potts celebrating 50 years of William Hanna and Joseph Barbera's partnership in animation.

It covers their years working for the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio, and then the history of Hanna-Barbera Productions Inc., which was set up in 1957. It features clips and scenes from the studio's classic works along with new animated/live-action material and a behind the scenes on Jetsons: The Movie.

It was dedicated to the memory of Daws Butler, who died before or during this production and it was also the last television and film project of Mel Blanc, who died seven days before the special's telecast and a year after Butler. Turner Broadcasting System, which owned TNT, would later buy Hanna-Barbera in 1991.

Cartoon characters

Among the cartoon characters that appear in this special are the following:

• Yogi Bear
• Boo Boo
• Cindy Bear
• Huckleberry Hound
• Pixie and Dixie
• Hokey Wolf
• Ding-A-Ling Wolf
• Snagglepuss
• Fred Flintstone
• Wilma Flintstone
• Barney Rubble
• Betty Rubble
• Dino
• Top Cat
• Choo-Choo
• Quick Draw McGraw
• Baba Looey
• Scooby-Doo
• Shaggy
• Scrappy-Doo
• Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy
• Ruff and Reddy
• Snooper and Blabber
• Dick Dastardly
• Muttley
• George Jetson
• Jane Jetson
• Elroy Jetson
• Judy Jetson
• Astro
• Rosie the Robot Maid
• Tom and Jerry
• Magilla Gorilla
• Wally Gator
• Peter Potamus
• Secret Squirrel
• Papa Smurf
• Smurfette
• Brainy Smurf
• Touche Turtle
• Hong Kong Phooey
• Squiddly Diddly

Celebrities

• Tony Danza (host)
• Annie Potts (co-host)
• Victor Borge
• Joseph Barbera (co-creator)
• Betty White
• Phyllis Diller
• Jonathan Winters
• William Hanna (creator)
• Whoopi Goldberg
• Valerie Harper
• Sammy Davis, Jr.
• Shari Belafonte
• Joe Ferguson
• Tommy Lasorda
• Tiffany

Voices

• Henry Corden - Fred Flintstone
• Greg Berg - Baba Looey, Augie Doggie
• Mel Blanc - Barney Rubble
• Greg Burson - Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Quick Draw McGraw
• Casey Kasem - Shaggy
• Jeff Bergman - George Jetson
• Don Messick - Boo Boo, Scooby-Doo, Muttley
• Penny Singleton - Jane Jetson
• John Stephenson - Doggie Daddy, Super Snooper
• Jean Vander Pyl - Wilma Flintstone

External links

• Hanna-Barbera's 50th: A Yabba Dabba Doo Celebration at the Internet Movie Database

v t e Quick Draw McGraw Characters Quick Draw McGraw • Baba Looey • Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy • Snooper and Blabber Television shows and specials The Quick Draw McGraw Show (1959–1961) • Yogi's Gang (1973) • Laff-A-Lympics (1977–1978) Casper's First Christmas (1979) Yogi Bear's All Star Comedy Christmas Caper (1982) • Yogi's Treasure Hunt (1985–1988) Hanna-Barbera's 50th: A Yabba Dabba Doo Celebration (1989) • Wake, Rattle, and Roll (Fender Bender segment; 1990–1991) Television films Yogi's Ark Lark (1972) • Yogi's Great Escape (1987) • Yogi Bear and the Magical Flight of the Spruce Goose (1987) • The Good, the Bad, and Huckleberry Hound (1988) See also: List of works produced by Hanna-Barbera • Book:Quick Draw McGraw