What a Cartoon!
| What a Cartoon! | |
|---|---|
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| Created by | Fred Seibert |
| Network | Cartoon Network |
| Production company | Hanna-Barbera Cartoons |
| Distributor | Turner Entertainment Company Warner Bros. Television Distribution |
| Original release | February 20, 1995—November 28, 1997 |
| Run time | 7 minutes |
| Starring | Catherine Cavadini Kath Soucie E.G. Daily Jeff Glen Bennett Bill Kopp |
| Executive producer(s) | Buzz Potamkin |
| Music composed by | Gary Lionelli |
| Writer(s) | Craig McCracken Genndy Tartakovsky Van Partible Pat Ventura |
| Director(s) | Craig McCracken Genndy Tartakovsky Van Partible Pat Ventura |
What a Cartoon!, also known as The What a Cartoon! Show, is an American animated anthology television series created by Fred Seibert. It was produced by Hanna-Barbera Cartoons for Cartoon Network. It ran from 1995 to 1997, airing 48 episodes that spanned one season. Between 1998 and 2002, it was revived by Sam Register as The Cartoon Cartoon Show, for 34 more shorts, although only seven of those were produced by Hanna-Barbera. In 2021, it was revived for a second time, but this time none of the shorts were produced by Hanna-Barbera.
Each segment was made as a backdoor pilot to a full-length series, and those that were picked up led to successful runs, such as The Powerpuff Girls, Dexter's Laboratory, Johnny Bravo, and Cow and Chicken. Courage the Cowardly Dog also came from What a Cartoon!, although the series was produced by the creator's own independent studio. The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy and Whatever Happened to Robot Jones?, which came out of The Cartoon Cartoon Show were produced by Cartoon Network Studios, as Hanna-Barbera folded soon after the pilots was made.
It's also notable for giving Dino, the Flintstones' family pet from The Flintstones, his own shorts, and reviving MGM's George and Junior theatrical shorts. Seth MacFarlane also turned his own project Larry & Steve into Family Guy.
Production
Development
Casting
Music
The music was composed by Gary Lionelli.
Episodes
| Title | Number | Original air date |
|---|---|---|
| The Powerpuff Girls: "Meat Fuzzy Lumpkins" | 1x01 | February 20, 1995 |
| Dexter's Laboratory: "Changes" | 1x02 | February 26, 1995 |
| Johnny Bravo: "Johnny Bravo" | 1x03 | March 5, 1995 |
| Dino: "Stay Out!" | 1x04 | March 19, 1995 |
| Yuckie Duck: "Short Orders" | 1x05 | March 26, 1995 |
| Sledgehammer O'Possum: "Out and About" | 1x06 | April 2, 1995 |
| George and Junior: "Look Out Below" | 1x07 | April 9, 1995 |
| "Hard Luck Duck" | 1x08 | April 16, 1996 |
| Shake & Flick: "Raw Deal in Rome" | 1x09 | June 18, 1995 |
| The Adventures of Captain Buzz Cheeply: "A Clean Getaway" | 1x10 | June 25, 1995 |
| O. Ratz with Dave D. Fly: "Rat in a Hot Tin Can" | 1x11 | July 2, 1995 |
| Pfish and Chip: "Short Pfuse" | 1x12 | July 9, 1995 |
| The Fat Cats: "Drip Dry Drips" | 1x13 | July 16, 1995 |
| George and Junior: "George and Junior's Christmas Spectacular" | 1x14 | July 23, 1995 |
| "Yoink! of the Yukon" | 1x15 | July 30, 1995 |
| Yuckie Duck: "I'm On My Way" | 1x16 | August 6, 1995 |
| Mina and the Count: "Interlude with a Vampire" | 1x17 | November 5, 1995 |
| Cow and Chicken: "No Smoking" | 1x18 | November 12, 1995 |
| "Boid 'n' Woim" | 1x19 | January 1, 1996 |
| Jof: "Help?" | 1x20 | January 14, 1996 |
| Podunk Possum: "One Step Beyond" | 1x21 | January 21, 1996 |
| The Powerpuff Girls: "Crime 101" | 1x22 | January 28, 1996 |
| "Wind-Up Wolf" | 1x23 | February 4, 1996 |
| "Hillybilly Blue" | 1x24 | February 11, 1996 |
| Courage the Cowardly Dog: "The Chicken from Outer Space" | 1x25 | February 18, 1996 |
| Pizza Boy: "No Tip" | 1x26 | February 25, 1996 |
| "Gramps" | 1x27 | March 3, 1996 |
| Dexter's Laboratory: "The Big Sister" | 1x28 | March 10, 1996 |
| Bloo's Gang: "Bow-Wow Buccaneers" | 1x29 | March 17, 1996 |
| Jungle Boy: "Mr. Monkeyman" | 1x30 | October 9, 1996 |
| Godfrey & Zeek: "Lost Control" | 1x31 | October 16, 1996 |
| Tumbleweed Tex: "School Daze" | 1x32 | October 23, 1996 |
| "Buy One, Get One Free" | 1x33 | October 30, 1996 |
| "The Kitchen Casanova" | 1x34 | November 6, 1996 |
| "The Ignoramooses" | 1x35 | November 13, 1996 |
| Johnny Bravo: "Johnny Bravo and the Amazon Women" | 1x36 | January 1, 1997 |
| Pfish and Chip: "Blammo the Clown" | 1x37 | January 8, 1997 |
| "Awfully Lucky" | 1x38 | January 15, 1997 |
| "Strange Things" | 1x39 | January 22, 1997 |
| "Snoot's New Squat" | 1x40 | January 29, 1997 |
| "Larry & Steve" | 1x41 | December 10, 1997 |
| Sledgehammer O'Possum: "What's Goin' on Back There!?" | 1x42 | February 12, 1997 |
| The Zoonatiks: "Home, Sweet Home" | 1x43 | February 19, 1997 |
| Swamp and Tad: "Mission Imfragable" | 1x44 | February 26, 1997 |
| Dino: "The Great Egg-Scape" | 1x45 | March 5, 1997 |
| Malcom and Melvin: "Malcolm and Melvin" | 1x46 | November 28, 1997 |
| "Tales of Worm Paranoia" | 1x47 | February 25, 1997 |
| Malcolm and Melvin: "Babe! He... Calls Me" | 1x48 | March 4, 1997 |
The Cartoon Cartoon Show
| Title | Number | Original air date |
|---|---|---|
| Kenny and the Chimp: "Diseasy Does It or Chimp 'n' Pox" | 1 | November 6, 1998 |
| King Crab: "Space Crustacean" | 2 | August 21, 1999 |
| The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy: "Meet the Reaper" | 3 | December 27, 1999 |
| "Foe Paws" | 4 | December 27, 1999 |
| Thrillseekers: "Putt 'n' Perish" | 5 | December 27, 1999 |
| "Whatever Happened to Robot Jones?" | 6 | June 16, 2000 |
| Uncle Gus: "For the Love of Monkeys" | 7 | August 11, 2000 |
