what a cartoon! (later known as the what a cartoon! show and the cartoon cartoon show) is an animated american television series. it is an anthology series created by fred seibert for cartoon network. the cartoons were produced by 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 animators and artists. it was believed they would do this by recreating the iconic cartoon characters of the mid-20th century. each of the cartoons folllowed the structure of a 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.