HOME





Snorks
''Snorks'' is an animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and SEPP International S.A. in collaboration with 3M France and ran for a total of 4 seasons, consisting of a pilot episode and 65 episodes (108 segments), on NBC from September 15, 1984, to March 15, 1989. The program continued to be available in syndication from 1987 to 1989 as part of ''The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera''s third season. Origins Early years (1977–1981) In 1977, Freddy Monnickendam, a Belgian businessman and artist, first made contact with the comics industry when he negotiated the rights for the Smurfs comics to Father Abraham. He later became the head of SEPP, a branch of Dupuis, as an editor responsible for the merchandising of the Smurfs' comic series. Then he negotiated the contract between Peyo, NBC and Hanna-Barbera for the creation of a new ''Smurfs'' cartoon series; Peyo wanted the show to be as faithful as possible to his original comics, but Monnickendam wa ...
[...More Info...]      
[...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  


Freddy Monnickendam
Freddy Monnickendam is a businessman and executive producer of the animated television series ''The Smurfs'' (1981), '' Snorks'' (1984), and '' Foofur'' (1986). Biography Freddy Monnickendam came into contact with comics when he negotiated the rights to ''The Smurfs'' for Father Abraham. Afterwards, he became the head of ''SEPP International S.A.'' (SEPP stands for "La Société d'Edition, de Presse et de Publicité"), the company branch of Dupuis (the editor of ''The Smurfs'') that was responsible for the merchandising of the comic heroes. He negotiated the contract between Dupuis, Peyo, NBC and Hanna-Barbera, for the creation of a series of Smurf cartoons, and became the first executive producer of the series. Peyo wanted the Smurf cartoons to be as faithful as possible he had created in his comics, but Monnickendam preferred to make the cartoons more accessible and mainstream. This led to the fast deterioration of relations between the two men, ending in court cases about the d ...
[...More Info...]      
[...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  


Freddy Monnickendam
Freddy Monnickendam is a businessman and executive producer of the animated television series ''The Smurfs'' (1981), ''Snorks'' (1984), and '' Foofur'' (1986). Biography Freddy Monnickendam came into contact with comics when he negotiated the rights to ''The Smurfs'' for Father Abraham. Afterwards, he became the head of ''SEPP International S.A.'' (SEPP stands for "La Société d'Edition, de Presse et de Publicité"), the company branch of Dupuis (the editor of ''The Smurfs'') that was responsible for the merchandising of the comic heroes. He negotiated the contract between Dupuis, Peyo, NBC and Hanna-Barbera, for the creation of a series of Smurf cartoons, and became the first executive producer of the series. Peyo wanted the Smurf cartoons to be as faithful as possible he had created in his comics, but Monnickendam preferred to make the cartoons more accessible and mainstream. This led to the fast deterioration of relations between the two men, ending in court cases about the di ...
[...More Info...]      
[...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  


picture info

Nancy Cartwright
Nancy Jean Cartwright (born October 25, 1957) is an American actress, best known as the long-time voice of Bart Simpson on ''The Simpsons'', for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance and an Annie Award for Best Voice Acting in the Field of Animation. Cartwright also voices other characters for the show, including Maggie Simpson, Ralph Wiggum, Todd Flanders, and Nelson Muntz. She is also the voice of Chuckie Finster in the Nickelodeon series '' Rugrats'' and its spin-off '' All Grown Up!'', succeeding Christine Cavanaugh. Cartwright was born in Dayton, Ohio. She moved to Hollywood in 1978 and trained under voice actor Daws Butler. Her first professional role was voicing Gloria in the animated series '' Richie Rich'', which she followed with a starring role in the television movie '' Marian Rose White'' (1982) and her first feature film, '' Twilight Zone: The Movie'' (1983). In 1987, Cartwright auditioned for a role in a series of a ...
[...More Info...]      
[...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  


picture info

Rob Paulsen
Robert Frederick Paulsen III (born March 11, 1956) is an American voice actor and voice director, known for his roles in numerous animated television series and films. He received a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program and three Annie Awards for his role as both Yakko, Wakko, and Dot, Yakko and Pinky in the ''Animaniacs'' franchise. His other voice roles include: Hadji in ''The New Adventures of Jonny Quest'' (1986–1987) and ''The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest'' (1996–1997); Raphael (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), Raphael in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 TV series), ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' (1987–1996); P.J. Pete in ''Goof Troop'' (1992), ''A Goofy Movie'' (1995), and ''An Extremely Goofy Movie'' (2000); List of Disney's Cinderella characters#Jaq and Gus, Jaq in ''Cinderella II: Dreams Come True'' (2002) and ''Cinderella III: A Twist in Time'' (2007); and Goofy Gophers, Mac in ''The Looney Tunes Show'' (2011–2013) and ''Looney T ...
[...More Info...]      
[...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  


Michael Bell (actor)
Michael Bell (born July 30, 1938) is an American actor who is most active in voice over roles. He has acted in video games and animated series, including '' Legacy of Kain'', '' The Transformers'', '' G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero'', '' The Houndcats'', '' Rugrats'', '' The Smurfs'', '' The Incredible Hulk'', and '' Snorks'' and appeared on-screen in film and television, including the TV programs ''Dallas'' and ''Star Trek''. Early life Michael Bell was born on July 30, 1938, in Brooklyn, New York, to a Jewish family. Career Live-action roles His live action film career has included roles in films such as '' Thunder Alley'' (1967), ''Blue'' (1968), '' The Proud Rider'' (1971) '' Brother John'' (1971), '' Rollercoaster'' (1977), ''Fast Company'' (1979), '' How to Beat the High Cost of Living'' (1980) and '' C.H.U.D. II: Bud the C.H.U.D.'' (1989). Bell also appeared in live-action exploitation shorts and PSAs - scare films made in California during the early 1960s, ranging in co ...
[...More Info...]      
[...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  




Barry Gordon
Barry Gordon (born December 21, 1948) is an American actor and political talk show host. He was the longest-serving president of the Screen Actors Guild, having served from 1988 to 1995. He is perhaps best known as the original voice of Donatello and Bebop in the ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' franchise. He was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play in 1963 for his performance in '' A Thousand Clowns''. Early life Gordon was born in Brookline, Massachusetts, United States. Gordon is Jewish. His stepfather, Bob Manning, was a crooner of popular love songs in the 1940s and 1950s, most known for his rendition of Hoagy Carmichael's " The Nearness of You". Acting Childhood career Gordon began performing at age three; in his television debut, he won second place on Ted Mack's '' Amateur Hour'' singing Johnnie Ray's "Cry". At six, Gordon recorded " Nuttin' for Christmas". He was the youngest performer to hit a pre-Hot 100 '' Billboard'' chart whe ...
[...More Info...]      
[...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  


Brian Cummings
Brian Douglas Cummings is an American voice actor. He is known for his work in commercials, television and motion picture promos, cartoons and as the announcer on '' The All-New Let's Make a Deal'' from 1984 to 1985. Life and career Having begun the pursuit of his chosen career at a local radio station ( KSDN) in Aberdeen, South Dakota, during his senior year in high school, Brian set his sights high and has continued to "talk" a lot. Brian was the closing announcer for '' ALF'' in syndication, and he, along with Mark Elliott, has been one of the long-time voices of Buena Vista Home Entertainment (now Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment) trailers and promotions. He also did some narrations for some Sony Pictures Home Entertainment trailers, but is perhaps more known for his extensive work for Paramount Home Entertainment. Cummings has performed in multiple animated series since the 1980s. Among his most famous roles are those of Dimmy in '' The Snorks'', Morton Fizzback ...
[...More Info...]      
[...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  


Berny Wolf
Bernard "Berny" Wolf (July 18, 1911 - September 7, 2006) was an American animator and television producer. Biography Wolf was born in New York City. His career in animation started either in 1924, or 1927. He began work as an inker on Charles Mintz' Krazy Kat silent shorts as an Inker along with Dave Tendlar. The shorts were being distributed by Paramount Pictures at the time. He moved to Inkwell Studios shortly afterwards a predecessor to Fleischer Studios, where he was hired by Max Fleischer as an Inbetweener on Koko the Clown in the silent The Inkwell Imps series. In 1931 he was promoted to the position of Animator and worked with Seymour Kneitel on the Betty Boop cartoons. While much credit has been given to Grim Natwick for her creation, her transformation into the cute cartoon girl was due to the work of Berny Wolf, Seymour Kneitel, Roland Crandall, and Willard Bowsky, who continued working with her after Natwick left in early February 1931 to direct for Ub Iwerks on t ...
[...More Info...]      
[...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  


Hoyt Curtin
Hoyt Stoddard Curtin (September 9, 1922 – December 3, 2000) was an American composer, music producer and the primary musical director for Hanna-Barbera from its beginnings with '' The Ruff & Reddy Show'' from 1957 to 1965, and again from 1972 to 1986 until his retirement in 1989. Curtin composed many of the theme songs for Hanna-Barbera's cartoons, including ''The Flintstones'', '' The Jetsons'', '' The Huckleberry Hound Show'', '' The Yogi Bear Show'', '' Quick Draw McGraw'', ''Top Cat'', '' Jonny Quest'', '' Space Ghost'', '' Super Friends'', '' Josie and the Pussycats'', '' The Smurfs'', and '' The New Scooby-Doo Movies''. In 1960, Curtin also started composing the incidental music for many Hanna-Barbera animated series. During his five decade career, Curtin wrote, conducted and produced thousands of unique theme songs, musical cues and libraries of incidental music used during the production of animated cartoon shows. For instance, there are currently 2,047 of his composit ...
[...More Info...]      
[...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  




Alan Zaslove
Alan Louis Zaslove (December 9, 1927 – October 2, 2019) was an American animator, producer and director of animated series. Career He started in 1943 as an "office boy" for Leon Schlesinger Productions with no involvement in animation and went on to work for United Productions of America, where he started as an assistant animator to Bill Melendez then full animator. did animation for '' Gerald McBoing-Boing'' and '' Mr. Magoo''. Zaslove has also worked on several other cartoons in film and TV such as '' The Alvin Show'', '' Roger Ramjet'', ''Popeye the Sailor'', '' The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo'', ''A Charlie Brown Christmas'', ''The Phantom Tollbooth'', '' CBS Library'', '' A Chipmunk Christmas'', '' Freedom 2000'', '' Fractured Fairy Tales'', ''George of the Jungle'', '' Carnival of the Animals'', '' The Hoober-Bloob Highway'', ''Tom Thumb'', ''The Night Before Christmas'', '' Clerow Wilson and the Miracle of P.S. 14'' and '' Stanley, the Ugly Duckling''. At Hanna- ...
[...More Info...]      
[...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  


picture info

Hanna-Barbera
Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, Inc. ( ; formerly known as H-B Enterprises, Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc. and H-B Production Co.), simply and commonly known as Hanna-Barbera, was an American animation studio and production company, which was active from 1957 until its absorption into Warner Bros. Animation in 2001. Founded on July 7, 1957 by ''Tom and Jerry'' creators and former MGM Cartoons employees William Hanna and Joseph Barbera along with George Sidney, it was headquartered in Los Angeles at the Jim Henson Company Lot, Kling Studios from 1957 to 1960, then on Cahuenga Boulevard from 1960 to 1998, and subsequently at the Sherman Oaks Galleria in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, Sherman Oaks from 1998 to 2001. Notable among the cartoons that the company produced include ''The Huckleberry Hound Show'', the incarnations, feature films and other media of ''The Flintstones'', ''The Yogi Bear Show, Yogi Bear'' and ''Scooby-Doo'' and ''The Smurfs (1981 TV series), The Smurfs''. With the ...
[...More Info...]      
[...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  


The Funtastic World Of Hanna-Barbera
''The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera'' is an American animated syndicated programming block produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions that ran on a weekly schedule and was performed in live action. The program ran from 1985 to 1994. Overview The block premiered on Sunday, September 15, 1985, and included an array of both old and new Hanna-Barbera original cartoon shows. The show aired on Sundays in most markets, but some stations broadcast it on both weekdays and Saturdays. The 1985 to 1987 edition was hosted by legendary Hanna-Barbera mainstays, Yogi Bear, Quick Draw McGraw, Huckleberry Hound, and Snagglepuss in their live action costumed forms (all voiced by Daws Butler). Each show included HBTV segments featuring music videos of classic Hanna-Barbera cartoon clips (similar to Disney's '' D-TV'' and similar videos on MTV). It included hits like " Bad Moon Rising" by Creedence Clearwater Revival and " Somebody's Watching Me" by Rockwell. ''"It's Fun! Fun! Fun! Funtastic!"'', ...
[...More Info...]      
[...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]