num_pages: 250
description: No other studio has created more familiar &amp; beloved cartoon characters than Hanna-Barbera, &amp; just about all of them started life in the mind of Joe Barbera. This is his story. Raised in Flatbush, Brooklyn, after high school he spent 6 years on Wall Street. After he saw Walt Disney's pioneering ''Skeleton Dance,'' Barbera knew he wanted to draw animated cartoons. He worked in NY studios &amp; then went to Hollywood. There, with Bill Hanna, he created Tom &amp; Jerry, &amp; transformed MGM's cartoon studio into the envy of the industry. When MGM closed this studio in 1957, Barbera picked up the pieces &amp; used them to build a cartoon kingdom in the new world of TV.
language: English
title: My Life in 'Toons : From Flatbush to Bedrock in Under a Century
titlecomplete: My Life in 'Toons : From Flatbush to Bedrock in Under a Century
genres: Nonfiction, Biography
ratings_count: 50
publisher: Diane Pub Co