What is What a Cartoon!?
'''What A Cartoon!''' (later known as '''''The What A Cartoon! Show''''' and '''The Cartoon Cartoon Show''') is an [[Animation|animated]] [[United States|American]] [[Television program|television series]]. It is an [[anthology]] series created by [[Fred Seibert]] for [[Cartoon Network]]. The [[Cartoon|cartoons]] were produced by [[Hanna-Barbera Productions|Hanna Barbera Productions]]. By the end of the series, a [[Cartoon Network Studios]] logo was added to some of the cartoons. This was done to show that they were original. The series included 48 cartoons. They were meant to return creative power to [[Animator|animators]] and [[Artist|artists]]. It was believed they would do this by recreating the [[Icon|iconic]] cartoon characters of the mid-20th century. Each of the cartoons folllowed the structure of a [[Movie theater|theatrical]] cartoon. Each one was based on an original [[storyboard]] drawn and written by its artist or creator. Three of the cartoons were paired together into a half-hour [[episode]]. The series first aired on on February 20, 1995. The cartoons were promoted as ''World Premiere Toons''. During the original run, the name of the series was changed to ''The What A Cartoon! Show'' . It was later changed to ''The Cartoon Cartoon Show'' The series aired until August 23, 2002. The series helped revive television animation in the 1990s. It was a launching point for the Cartoon Network animated television series ''[[Dexter's Laboratory|Dexter’s Laboratory]], [[Johnny Bravo]], [[Courage the Cowardly Dog]], [[Cow and Chicken]], [[I Am Weasel]],'' and ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]].'' Once it had several original cartoons, those became the first [[The Cartoon Cartoon Show|Cartoon Cartoons]]. From 2005 to 2008, ''The Cartoon Cartoon Show!'' was revived as a block for reruns of older Cartoon Cartoons that had been phased out by the network. [[Category:1990s American animated television series]]