Hanna Barbera Productions/Worldvision (1980)

OMg i remebred seeign this trhought out the 90\'s.

Two of the orignators of cartoon Mayhem along with Chuck Jones and Mel Blanc. All of them are missed very greatly.

Wow Ben you sure know your stuff.

And that cursive script dates to 1986 IIRC. It was first seen on a 1986 promo slick.

that signs brings me back memories.alot of them!!!

There\'s one that has the production company\'s name writen in cursive script underneath it. It\'s something that I\'ve never seen before.

But this one I love.

That one used to freak me out slightly as a child.

I remember seeing this one when I used to watch The Jetsons.

The executives at Cartoon Network miss him the most, though.

Yeah he will be missed.

No, Joe Barbera died of natural causes yesterday at the age of 95.

that brings me back

Bill Hanna IS dead (1910-2001). As for Joe Barbera (b. 1911), he is soon to be dead . . . he\'s 95 years old right now, will he make 96 in \'07?

Wait...I thought William Hanna was the one who had died.

Taft was the company that owned both Hanna-Barbera Productions and Worldvision Enterprises.

TAFT! who or what was TAFT?

yeah I remeber seeing this after the fred and barney show.

Yes, the Worldvision \"Radar Globe\" first debuted in 1973 (it was a blue globe and company name on a gold background... and no disclaimer, yet).

However, the one you see following H-B\'s logo dates to 1974, and it is a white globe and company name on a red background.

^ Well, the original Swirling Star was from 1979. I think the Worldvision \"Radar Globe\" was made in the 70\'s, too!

I thought this logo was from the 70s.

From what I understand after Joe Barbera died in 2001 H-B Prods defunct and is now the Cartoon Network.

As I mentioned, Hanna-Barbera was owned at the time by Taft Broadcasting, the company that owns Worldvision and Ruby-Spears. After Taft sold the H-B library, it was owned by Turner Broadcasting, Time Warner and now Warner Bros. Entertainment. I wonder if Warner Bros. released the Hanna-Barbera DVD\'s where it has the classic swirling star closing? This was the original swirling star H-B logo, not the CGI one. The CGI version of the swirling star was remade in the late 80\'s until it lasted in the early 90\'s. But in the late 90\'s, the revived H-B swirling star CGI logo was used at the end of \"The Powerpuff Girls\". Great memory.

YAYEE!!! My favorite closing logo of all time! (Hanna Barbera, not Worldvision) I love stars!!