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The What A Cartoon Show
| The What A Cartoon Show | |
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| Premiere | February 20, 1995 |
| Finale | August 25, 2000 |
| Network/Provider | Cartoon Network |
| Style | 30-minute animated anthology |
| Company | Hanna-Barbera Productions |
| Seasons | 1 |
| Episodes | 63 |
| Origin | USA |
The What A Cartoon Show was the idea of Fred Seibert, who then was president of the Hanna-Barbera cartoon studio. At the time, he initiated a program for up-and-coming animators to create their own cartoon short subjects the way they used to be made--by the creators. Among the creators were Craig McCracken, David Feiss, Van Partible, Bill Hanna, Joseph Barbera, Don Jurwich, Tom Warburton, Genndy Tartakovsky and Bill Kopp.
Clips from some of the first cartoons were aired on the World Premiere Toons, a competition shown on Cartoon Network, TNT and Superstation TBS, hosted by Space Ghost and judged by the Council Of Evil. The only cartoon screened in its entirety was Craig McCracken's Meat Fuzzy Lumkins, the very first broadcast short starring The Powerpuff Girls. The What A Cartoon Show debuted in earnest on March 12, 1995. Some shorts (including the Powerpuffs) were received well enough to warrant a second short subject and a subsequent series.
What A Cartoon Shorts Subjects
| Title | Star | Original broadcast | Director, Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meat Fuzzy Lumkins | The Powerpuff Girls | 2/20/95 | Craig McCracken |
| Dexter's Laboratory | Dexter, Dee Dee | 2/26/95 | Genndy Tartakovsky; greenlit as series |
| Short Orders | Yuckie Duck | 3/5/95 | Pat Ventura |
| Stay Out! | Dino (The Flintstones) | 3/19/95 | Joseph Barbera |
| Out and About | Sledgehammer O'Possum | 3/19/95 | Pat Ventura |
| Johnny Bravo | Johnny Bravo | 3/26/95 | Van Partible; greenlit as series |
| Look Out Below | George & Junior | 4/9/95 | Pat Ventura; based on Tex Avery characters |
| Hard Luck Duck | Hard Luck Duck | 4/16/95 | Bill Hanna |
| Wind-Up Wolf | Wolf, Three Pigs | 5/14/95 | Bill Hanna |
| Raw Deal In Rome | Shake & Flick | 6/19/95 | Eugene Mattos |
| A Clean Getaway | Capt. Buzz Cheeply | 6/25/95 | Meinert Hansen |
| Bow-Wow Buccaneers | Bloo's Gang | 7/2/95 | Mike Milo |
| Rat On A Hot Tin Can | O. Ratz, Dave D. Fly | 7/2/95 | Jerry Reynolds, Russ Harris |
| Short Pfuse | Pfish & Chip | 7/9/95 | Butch Hartman |
| Drip Dry Drips | Fat Cats | 7/16/95 | Jon McClenehan |
| Yoink! Of The Yukon | Yoink | 7/30/95 | Jerry Eisenberg, Don Jurwich, Jim Ryan |
| I'm On My Way | Yuckie Duck | 8/6/95 | Pat Ventura |
| George & Junior's Christmas Spectacular | George & Junior | 8/6/95 | Pat Ventura |
| Interlude With A Vampire | Mina & The Count | 11/5/95 | Rob Renzetti; subsequent shorts shown on Nickelodeon |
| No Smoking | Cow & Chicken | 11/12/95 | David Feiss; Emmy nominee; greenlit as series |
| The Chicken From Outer Space | Courage the Cowardly Dog | 12/31/95 | John L. Dilworth; Oscar nominee; greenlit as series |
| No Tip | Pizza Boy | 1/1/96 | Robert Alvarez |
| Crime 101 | The Powerpuff Girls | 1/28/96 | Craig McCracken; greenlit as series |
| The Big Sister | Dexter, Dee Dee | 3/10/96 | Genndy Tartakovsky |
| Old Man Dexter | Dexter, Dee Dee | 3/17/96 | Genndy Tartakovsky |
| Dimwit Dexter | Dexter, Dee Dee | 4/14/96 | Genndy Tartakovsky |
| Snoot's New Squat | Snoot & Al | 4/21/96 | Jeret Ochi, Victor Ortado |
| Mike, Lu & Og | Mike, Lu & Og | 4/28/96 | Mikhail Shindel; greenlit as series |
| Diseasy Does It | Kenny, Chimpy | 5/5/96 | Tom Warburton; prototype for Codename: Kids Next Door |
| Hillbilly Blue | Eustace & Mordechai | 8/21/96 | Butch Hartman |
| Gramps | Gramps | 9/1/96 | Butch Hartman |
| Mr. Monkeyman | Jungle Boy | 10/9/96 | Van Partible |
| Lost Control | Godfrey & Zeek | 10/16/96 | Zac Moncrief |
| School Daze | Tumbleweed Tex | 10/23/96 | Robert Alvarez |
| Buy One, Get One Free | Fix the Cat | 10/30/96 | Charlie Bean, Don Shank |
| Kitchen Casanova | Casanova | 11/6/96 | John McIntyre |
| Ignoramooses | Sherwood & Pomeroy | 11/13/96 | Mike Milo |
| Johnny Bravo & The Amazon Women | Johnny Bravo | 1/1/97 | Van Partible |
| Strange Things | unnamed robot | 1/22/97 | Mike Wellins |
| What's Going On Back There? | Sledgehammer O'Possum | 2/8/97 | Pat Ventura |
| Home Sweet Home | Zoonatics | 2/15/97 | Paul Parducci, James Giordano, R.J. Reiley |
| The Great Egg-scape | Dino | 3/5/97 | Joseph Barbera |
| Awfully Lucky | Luther | 3/26/97 | Davis Doi |
| Blammo The Clown | Pfish & Chip | 3/19/97 | Butch Hartman |
| Larry & Steve | Larry & Steve | 4/20/97 | Seth MacFarlane; Steve thought to be prototype of Family Guy's Brian |
| Help? | Jof the Cat | 5/6/97 | Bruno Bozzetto |
| One Step Beyond | Podunk Possum | 7/1/97 | Joseph Orrantia, Elizabeth Stonecypher |
| Boid 'N Woim | Boid and Woim | 8/13/97 | C. Miles Thompson |
| Tales Of Worm Paranoia | Johnny, Sally | 11/21/97 | Eddie Fitzgerald |
| Malcolm & Melvin | Malcolm, Melvin | 11/28/97 | Ralph Bakshi |
| Babe, He Calls Me | Malcolm, Melvin | 11/28/97 | Ralph Bakshi |
| Lost Cat | Lost Cat | 5/18/2000 | David Feiss |
| Whatever Happened To Robot Jones? | Robot Jones | 8/25/2000 | Greg Miller; greenlit as series |
In-Depth
- At a Glance: Additional information about the series
