| Hanna-Barbera's 50th: A Yabba Dabba Doo Celebration | |
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| Also known as | A Yabba Dabba Doo Celebration: 50 Years of Hanna-Barbera |
| Genre | Live-action Variety show |
| Based on | Characters byHanna-Barbera Productions |
| Written by | Marshall Flaum |
| Directed by | Marshall Flaum |
| Starring | Tony Danza (Host) Annie Potts (Co-host) Whoopi Goldberg Betty White Sammy Davis Jr. Tommy Lasorda Jonathan Winters Phyllis Diller Valerie Harper Shari Belafonte Joe Ferguson Tiffany |
| Voices of | Greg Burson Henry Corden Don Messick Mel Blanc George O'Hanlon Greg Berg Casey Kasem John Stephenson Jean Vander Pyl Penny Singleton |
| Country of origin | United States |
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| Executive producers | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| Producer | Marshall Flaum |
| Running time | 94 minutes |
| Production companies | Hanna-Barbera Productions Turner Entertainment Co. (Tom and Jerry andDroopy Dog) |
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| Network | TNT |
| Release | July 17, 1989 (1989-07-17) |
Hanna-Barbera's 50th: A Yabba Dabba Doo Celebration (also known asA Yabba Dabba Doo Celebration: 50 Years of Hanna-Barbera) is a 1989 Americanlive-action/animatedtelevision special written, directed and produced byMarshall Flaum, which premiered onTNT on July 17, 1989.[1] It is hosted byTony Danza, along withAnnie Potts; it also starsWhoopi Goldberg,Betty White,Sammy Davis Jr.,Tommy Lasorda,Jonathan Winters,Phyllis Diller,Valerie Harper,Shari Belafonte,Joe Ferguson andTiffany.
The special is hosted by that night's guest starsTony Danza andAnnie Potts celebrating 50 years ofWilliam Hanna andJoseph Barbera'spartnership in animation. This is the first animated project to be broadcast inDolby Surround sound system.
It covers their years working for theMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio and then the history ofHanna-Barbera, which was set up in 1957. It features footage and clips from the studio's various cartoons along with new animated/live-actionwraparounds and a behind-the-scenes segment on the then-upcomingJetsons: The Movie.
The special was dedicated to the loving memory ofDaws Butler, who died during its production, and it was also the last television and film project of bothMel Blanc andGeorge O'Hanlon, who died before the special's telecast.Turner Broadcasting System, which owned TNT, would later purchase Hanna-Barbera in 1991.
Among the cartoon characters that appear in this special are the following:
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