40 years ago; Hanna Barbera Debuts 3 NEW Cartoons

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Hey guys,

40 years ago this fall;

3 NEW Hanna-Barbera Cartoons Debut on Saturday Morning Television:

The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show, Help! It's the Hair Bear Bunch and The Funky Phantom

The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show and Help! It's the Hair Bear Bunch both debut on CBS Saturday Morning

Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm was the Spin-off of the Popular Flintstones Franchise and the 2 some were Teens along with their groovy stone age friends

Pebbles Flintstone was voiced by Sally Struthers who is best known as Gloria Bunker Stivic on the Emmy Award Winning Series All in the Family and its spin-off Gloria and Babette on Gilmore Girls

She also played the voice of Rebecca Cunningham on The Disney Series TaleSpin (The Spin-off of the Film Disney's The Jungle Book) and Charlene Sinclair on Disney and Jim Henson's Dinosaurs for abc Primetime

She's also appeared on abc's Match Game w/Ross Schafer and was a Sub-Host of Win, Lose or Draw and she's also a Spokesperson for International Correspondence Schools which is now renamed Penn Foster Career School

She is currently starring in the stage production of "Hello Dolly" at the Riverside Dinner Theatre in Fredericksburg, VA

Bamm Bamm Rubble was voiced by Jay North who is best known as the title role to the CBS and Screen Gems Produced Classic Series Dennis the Menace based on the popular Comic Strip by the late Hank Ketcham

He also starred in the NBC Series called Maya during the 67/68 Season

Moonrock was voiced by the late Lennie Weinrib

Penny was voiced by Famed Actress Mitzi McCall who also appeared such Game Shows as Match Game on CBS w/the late Gene Rayburn and TattleTales w/the late Bert Convy and she's married for over 50 years to Charlie Brill

She is best known for her crazy comedy skits on the NBC Series Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In

Wiggy and Cindy were voiced by Gaye Hartwig

Fabian was voiced by Carl Esser

and Schleprock was voiced by veteran voice actor the late Don Messick

Help! It's the Hair Bear Bunch takes place @ the Wonderland Zoo where 3 of the wildest and crazy bears are always looking for that better living conditions in Cave Block #9 and they would outsmart their keeper Mr Peevly and his Assistant Botch in trying to escape from the zoo in their search for fun and antics

Hair Bear sounds like Yogi Bear and that's b/c they're both voiced by Legedary Voice Actor the late Daws Butler

Bubi Bear was voiced by the late Paul Winchell who is best known as the voice of Woofer on Clue Club and Goober on Goober and the Ghost Chasers, but he is also best remembered as the voice of Tigger on Disney's Winnie the Pooh

Square Bear was voiced by Veteran Voice Actor Bill Callaway

Mr Peevly was voiced by Famed Voice Actor John Stephenson

and Botch was voiced by the late Joe E Ross who is best remembered as the Sargent on Hong Kong Phooey and best remembered for his television work as Officer Gunther Toody on the NBC Police Sitcom Car 54 Where Are You? and Camp Cook Sgt. Rupert Ritzik on the CBS Series The Phil Silvers Show

The Funky Phantom which was another parody of the popular Scooby-Doo Series Debut on abc Saturday Morning

It was a show about 3 ordinary Teenagers-April Stewart, Augie Anderson and Skip Gilroy along with their pet Dog Elmo

While trying to get out of a storm when driving the Looney Duney, they entered an old house where the longcase clock was wrong. Upon setting the clock to midnight, it released two ghosts: a Revolutionary War-era ghost named Jonathan Wellington "Mudsy" Muddlemore and his cat, Boo. The two stumbled upon two Redcoats they stumbled upon and ended up hiding inside the clock during the Revolutionary War, but then couldn't get out and eventually died inside

Ever since being freed by their new friends, Mudsy and Boo have accompanied them on many mysteries, always giving an invisible helping hand

The voice of The Funky Phantom was voiced by the late Daws Butler and was identical to his voice work for the character Snagglepuss, even down to the use of Snagglepusses catchphrases, such as appending sentences with the word "even"

The voice of April Stewart was voiced by Kristina Holland who has done voice work for Alice Boyle on Hanna-Barbera's Wait Till Your Father Gets Home and she is best known for her acting work as Tina Rickles on the abc Series The Courtship of Eddie's Father Starring the late Bill Bixby and Brandon Cruz

She has also appeared on other TV Series such as Here Come the Brides, Laredo, Marcus Welby, M.D., The Original Love, American Style, Medical Center, The Magician, The Mod Squad, Kolchak: The Night Stalker, Harry O and The Bob Newhart Show and has voiced 2 Video Games during the mid-'90's:

Fade to Black and Fade to Black

Holland was born in Fayetteville, NC and has been a practicing psychologist since the year 2000

The voice of Augie Anderson was voiced by Tommy Cook

The of Skip Gilroy was voiced by Famed Singer/Actor Micky Dolenz best known for his role on the popular Screen Gems Series The Monkees for NBC

He's also appeared on such popular shows like Adam-12, My Three Sons, Cannon Starring the late William Conrad, The New Mike Hammer Starring Stacy Keach, Muppets Tonight and Boy Meets World Starring Ben Savage and William Daniels of St. Elsewhere and Knight Rider Fame

He's also voiced Todd Devlin on the abc Series Devlin as well as the voice of Wonder Wheels from the Skatebirds

On January 29, 2011, Dolenz appeared in the Syfy Channel movie Mega Python vs. Gatoroid alongside Famed 80's Teen Singers Deborah Gibson and Tiffany

He continues to appear on TV, Radio and Stage

and also, Kristina Holland along with Micky Dolenz would both together again on another Hanna-Barbera Series entitled Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kids for NBC

Dolenz played the voice of Comic Relief Drummer Wally and Holland played the voice of No Nonsense Bass Player Steffy

and that's your look @ the 3 Hanna-Barbera Cartoons that Debut on Television 40 years ago

and now, here are the Video Clips:

Pebbles and Bamm Bamm Show Opening


Help! It's the Hair Bear Bunch


The Funky Phantom 2nd Opening