Parody and Satire

The Hanna-Barbera House went in for this big appealing to the adults as wel as the kids. there was a sportscaster on hanna-barbera (Both Jetsons and Flintstones as I recall ) called Al Mellon and as he said it(Allll Mellonnn!) was a take-off on Mel Allen of Ballantine Blast infamy! There were numerous satires of celebrities as diverse as Jack Starr (Jack Paar, antecedent of Johnny Carson), Dean Martian (Martin) it is fairly obvious the Mike Mercury character on (Supercar)-he was the lead operator or pilot, was based also on Dean Martin -Supercar an Anderson production, not Hanna-Barbera. It can be argued that Yogi Bear was a take-off on Yogi Berra and up to a point Huckleberry Hound was based on Andy Griffith. there was also a Gina Lollojupiter on one Jetsons episode, N"uff said??

1.) Exaggeration

2.) Juxtaposition

3.) Parody

4.) Dimunition

1898 onwards

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