Developing MTV, Nick At Nite and Being President of Hanna-Barbera with Fred Seibert

Learn the fascinating stories behind the creation of MTV Music Television, why classic TV classic shows became hits again, and the challenges of being President of Hanna-Barbera from entertainment innovator FRED SEIBERT.

Stop That Pigeon—Now! A behind-the-scenes exploration the restoration of DASTARDLY & MUTTLEY IN THEIR FLYING MACHINES and how Warner Bros /Discovery Library Historian GEORGE FELTENSTEIN and his colleagues made it look and sound even better than when it first aired on CBS Saturday mornings.

To this day, actor/writer KATHY GORI still gets fan mail for creating the voice of Rosemary the telephone operator! In this encore presentation, she shares stories of Scatman Crothers, Joe Barbera, and Charles M. Schulz, as well as memories of Inch High Private Eye, Valley of the Dinosaurs, and Sesame Street.

Writer/Director BRIAN LEVANT takes us behind the scenes with Steven Spielberg, Bill Hanna, Joe Barbera, John Goodman, and the 1994 box office smash The Flintstones, its sequel and two Scooby-Doo films. (Also, Brian continues with the story of TV’s Happy Days on the POP Culture Podcast.)

Hear the Hanna-Barbera highlights from a  March BBC RADIO LIVE broadcast of THE TONY LIVESEY SHOW, a news and talk program featuring  a “World’s Greatest” segment with Tony, Nick Bright, Mark Webster, and guest Greg Ehrbar.

MeTV Toons creator NEAL SABIN returns with a“state of the station” update, and discusses the upcoming 14-hour marathon to celebrate  65 years of Yogi Bear fun since he starred in his hit 1961 show. 

Warner Archive’s GEORGE FELTENSTEIN returns to offer details about the dazzling, restored Blu-ray premieres of Hanna-Barbera’s NEW FRED & BARNEY SHOW (making its physical media debut) and LOOPY DE LOOP, H-B’s only theatrical short series, that first cartoon with background music cues by Hoyt Curtin.

Superstar critic, author, and TV commentator LEONARD MALTIN relates the history of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios when Hanna and Barbera’s animation unit was on the lot, making Tom and Jerry classics and winning Oscar after Oscar.

A detailed look at the creative partnership between Oscar-winning songwriters Richard M. and Robert B. Sherman (Mary Poppins, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Snoopy Come Home) with Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera in the making of CHARLOTTE’S WEB with ROBERT J. SHERMAN, son of Robert B. Sherman.

The inside story behind the landmark “Tom & Jerry: The Golden Era Anthology (1940-1958)”  Blu-ray/DVD set is detailed by Warner Bros Discover Library Historian GEORGE FELTENSTEIN.