tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post7392923817972185917..comments2024-03-28T21:16:57.556-07:00Comments on Yowp: Thumbs Up For Quick DrawYowphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-38354701132465553182012-03-14T17:00:06.395-07:002012-03-14T17:00:06.395-07:00A big western parody. And also one of the big clas...A big western parody. And also one of the big classicals from Hanna-Barbera.rodineisilveirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07751345474415214163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-35948529061072452192012-03-14T10:17:21.735-07:002012-03-14T10:17:21.735-07:00The problem for critics with 'The Flintstones&...The problem for critics with 'The Flintstones' was two-fold. Barbera et al sold it as an "adult" show; the word "adult" was used constantly. Critics didn't see it that way. And they seemed to think the animation would be improved from the Kellogg's shows.Yowphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-86305789098590700242012-03-14T09:14:00.473-07:002012-03-14T09:14:00.473-07:00It seems as though as long as Bill & Joe's...It seems as though as long as Bill & Joe's shows were being aired as part of the pre-prime time line-up, even the critics who by the late 50s were looking aghast at the "dumbing down" of network TV could review the cartoons without an air of condescension. Once you get Hanna-Barbera into the prime time line-up in 1960, coming in the wake of the demise of the critics' beloved prime-time live dramas in 1958-59, the long knives start to come out and the reviews come across in general as not just negative, but viciously so.J Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15175515543694122729noreply@blogger.com