Hiya, do you like cartoons?
Hey! Yes I love cartoons, what are your favourites?
I grew up watching Hanna-barbera, especially tom and jerry, but now a days watch the popular stuff the kiddos like.
I've never seen Hanna-barbera, maybe it was before my time... What's it about?
Well they are a production company, part of Warner Brothers.  They had Tom and Jerry, Flintstones, Huckleberry hound, Smurfs, Jetsons, etc
Oh I never knew that, do you watch any modern cartoons?
I did watch Rocko's Modern Life when I had cable that included Nichelodeon.  I'm not sure that's super modern, but came to popularity later than most of Hanna Barbera's stuff.
So if you're experience is mainly with older cartoons, what decade were these Hanna Barbera cartoons most popular?
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, Inc.) was an American animation studio founded in 1957 by "Tom and Jerry" creators and former Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer animation directors William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, in partnership with film director George Sidney. For three decades in the 20th century, it was a prominent force and leader in American television animation as it created
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History.
The series was a co-production of Hanna-Barbera and Turner Entertainment Co. (which had bought the "Tom and Jerry" franchise from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1986). Parent company Turner Broadcasting System would buy the Hanna-Barbera studios in late 1991 starting with the third season. Perhaps the most notable differences from the classic shorts are the pair's appearances (and ages). "Tom & Jerry Kids" was one of the last Saturday morning cartoons from Hanna-Barbera before