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Hanna-Barbera Home Video
Compilation by Matt Williams, Daniel DeCosta and Cameron McCaffrey
Logo capture by V of Doom
Editions by V of Doom and Bob Fish
Video capture courtesy by Macrosunshine
Background: Prior to 1987-1988, Hanna-Barbera released its product through Worldvision Home Video. During the shakeup at then owner Taft who was transformed into Great American Communications, Worldvision was sold off. Accordingly, Hanna-Barbera got its own home video line. This lasted until late 1991, when Turner bought H-B and subsequently put the video line on moratorium. Thereafter, all H-B product was distributed through Turner Home Entertainment, then Warner Home Video.
(1987-1993)
Nickname: "H-B Stars"
Logo: On a purplish background wallpapered with the “Hanna-Barbera” script logo, a picture of Huckleberry Hound, Yogi Bear, Fred Flintstone, and Scooby-Doo, all standing together and looking happy, “flips” up and moves towards the screen. When it is in position, there is a large, cheesy-looking flash, then the “Hanna-Barbera” script logo, in red and treated pretty badly, is “wiped” in from both sides with a cheesy-looking “sparkly trail” effect. Then, after that forms, the swirling star (1979-86 version) animates, as per usual, below the script logo. A long, elongated rounded rectangle with the words “HOME VIDEO” on each side, flips up so that the words flank the swirling star.
FX: A cool logo design, actually, the flipping motions, the spark trail, and the animation of the swirling star.
Cheesy Factor: This screams “shoestring budget”. The flipping is badly done, the wallpaper background looks horrible, the superimposing of the swirling star isn’t that great, and the way the Hanna-Barbera script logo is animated onto the logo is quite simply a disgrace.
Music/Sounds: A synth-piano tune that builds up into a rendition of the first few bars of the Flintstones theme. Actually quite addictive and memorable.
Availability: H-B Home Video did release a morass of product almost 200 titles, but is not in print anymore. Most of the titles are in slipcovers released after 1989; the very first titles to use this logo on the packaging (usually orange clamshell cases with a Worldvision byline) do NOT have this logo, but rather the 1986 swirling star logo.
Scare Factor: None, but you’ll be laughing at how bad it is.
Logo capture by V of Doom
Editions by V of Doom and Bob Fish
Video capture courtesy by Macrosunshine
Background: Prior to 1987-1988, Hanna-Barbera released its product through Worldvision Home Video. During the shakeup at then owner Taft who was transformed into Great American Communications, Worldvision was sold off. Accordingly, Hanna-Barbera got its own home video line. This lasted until late 1991, when Turner bought H-B and subsequently put the video line on moratorium. Thereafter, all H-B product was distributed through Turner Home Entertainment, then Warner Home Video.
(1987-1993)
Nickname: "H-B Stars"
Logo: On a purplish background wallpapered with the “Hanna-Barbera” script logo, a picture of Huckleberry Hound, Yogi Bear, Fred Flintstone, and Scooby-Doo, all standing together and looking happy, “flips” up and moves towards the screen. When it is in position, there is a large, cheesy-looking flash, then the “Hanna-Barbera” script logo, in red and treated pretty badly, is “wiped” in from both sides with a cheesy-looking “sparkly trail” effect. Then, after that forms, the swirling star (1979-86 version) animates, as per usual, below the script logo. A long, elongated rounded rectangle with the words “HOME VIDEO” on each side, flips up so that the words flank the swirling star.
FX: A cool logo design, actually, the flipping motions, the spark trail, and the animation of the swirling star.
Cheesy Factor: This screams “shoestring budget”. The flipping is badly done, the wallpaper background looks horrible, the superimposing of the swirling star isn’t that great, and the way the Hanna-Barbera script logo is animated onto the logo is quite simply a disgrace.
Music/Sounds: A synth-piano tune that builds up into a rendition of the first few bars of the Flintstones theme. Actually quite addictive and memorable.
Availability: H-B Home Video did release a morass of product almost 200 titles, but is not in print anymore. Most of the titles are in slipcovers released after 1989; the very first titles to use this logo on the packaging (usually orange clamshell cases with a Worldvision byline) do NOT have this logo, but rather the 1986 swirling star logo.
Scare Factor: None, but you’ll be laughing at how bad it is.
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