Hanna-Barbera

Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc. (simply known as Hanna-Barbera and also referred to as H-B Enterprises, H-B Production Company and Hanna-Barbera Cartoons) was an American animation studio that dominated American television animation for three decades in the mid-to-late 20th century. It was founded in 1957 by former Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer animation directors William Hanna and Joseph Barbera (creators of Tom and Jerry) and live-action director George Sidney in partnership with Screen Gems, television arm of Columbia Pictures. Sold to Taft Broadcasting in late 1966, it spent the next two decades as its subsidiary. Hanna-Barbera was not only known for its variety of characters, but for building upon and popularizing the concepts and uses of limited animation. For over thirty years, many successful cartoons were produced, including The Flintstones, Yogi Bear, The Jetsons, Scooby-Doo and The Smurfs.

Also, many television movies, theatrical films and specials were made. In addition to winning seven Academy Awards, Hanna and Barbera won eight Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, a Humanitas Prize and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, among other merits. After its fortunes declined in the mid-eighties when the profitability of Saturday morning cartoons was eclipsed by weekday afternoon syndication, it was purchased from Taft (by then named Great American Broadcasting) in late 1991 by Turner Broadcasting System, who used much of its back catalog to program its new channel, Cartoon Network. After Turner purchased the company, both Hanna and Barbera continued to serve as mentors and creative consultants.

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HB

HB may refer to:

Academia

H-b index, an extension of the h-index used in determining academic impact

H-B Woodlawn, a secondary education program (from the combination of the Hoffman-Boston and Woodlawn programs) in Arlington, Virginia

Hathaway Brown School, an all-girls private school in Shaker Heights, Ohio, USA, founded in 1876

Science and medicine

Hemoglobin

Hepatitis B

Horizontal branch in astrophysics

A level in the Brinell scale hardness test

Sports

Half-back line, the positions of three players in Australian rules football

Halfback (American football), an American football position

Handball (disambiguation), a number of sports

Havnar Bóltfelag, a football team in the Faroe Islands

Locations

Hawke's Bay region, a region of New Zealand

Hermosa Beach, California, a city in southern California

Huntington Beach, California, a city in southern California

Media

Hanna-Barbera, a cartoon studio, later renamed Cartoon Network Studios

Helbreath, a 1999 massively multiplayer online role-playing game

Hebe (mythology)

Hēbē (/ˈhiːbi/; Greek: Ἥβη) in ancient Greek religion, is the goddess of youth (Roman equivalent: Juventus). She is the daughter of Zeus and Hera. Hebe was the cupbearer for the gods and goddesses of Mount Olympus, serving their nectar and ambrosia, until she was married to Heracles (Roman equivalent: Hercules); her successor was Zeus' lover Ganymede. Another title of hers, for this reason, is Ganymeda. She also drew baths for Ares and helped Hera enter her chariot.

Hebe was supposed to have the power to give eternal youth, and in art is typically seen with her father in the guise of an eagle, often offering a cup to him. This depiction is seen in classical engraved gems as well as later art and seems to relate to a belief that the eagle (like the phoenix) had the ability to renew itself to a youthful state.

Ancient literature

Her mother Hera became pregnant merely by eating a lettuce plant when dining with Apollo.

In Euripides' play Heracleidae, Hebe granted Iolaus' wish to become young again in order to fight Eurystheus. Hebe had two children with Heracles: Alexiares and Anicetus.