Joe Barbera talks about "Jonny Quest" - EMMYTVLEGENDS.ORG

[@DomenicDee]

The original Jonny Quest series was a true classic! The show should be remembered right along side Tom and Jerry, Yogi Bear, Flintstones and Scooby Doo.

[@Dominion-1]

Man, I loved to watch Jonny Q. when I was a young boy. I hope they make a movie about the adventures of Jonny Q. like the Indiana Jones series.

[@jeffmissinne3866]

The "forgotten man" in this narrative is Doug Wildey, an ex-newspaper adventure strip artist/writer who more than anyone was responsible for creating the "look" and "feel" of the Jonny Quest series. Wildey later returned to Hanna-Barbera as producer and designer of their Godzilla series and creator/producer of the unjustly forgotten Jana of the Jungle. His design work and story sense was always distinctive.

[@MrRyuHayabusaGaiden]

For over 50 years he created along side Hanna great cartoons, I think he earned his attitude, when cartoon network was still young I use to watch it for hours on end, I would wake up at 6 a.m to watch Huckleberry Hound and would fall asleep watching Top Cat. I would anticipate every time Swat Kats came on and also count the "real explosion effects" in TRA of Jonny Quest (I thought they were the coolest thing I ever saw in a cartoon). Also H-B taught me the English language.

[@DrHogfan]

Man the episode w/ the giant spider looking thing freaked me out !

[@axt947]

Imagine actually creating history, a permanent part of American culture.

[@christmasmatt21]

It reallt stinks that they hate to mention him when he was the real creative force behind the show.

[@FlamingoKicker]

actually I think a lot of that later stuff was done when Joe and Bill were alittle less in control. But yeah, a lot of the derivative stuff like Scrappy Doo was crap, don't get me started on things like Grape Ape or the Cattanooga Cats. Ugh!

[@dynagravitomagnetic]

actually it was more toward the end of it. In 1965 it was common cartoon fare for some guy to pull out a gun and shoot someone straight in the face. Inevitably the result was the person who was just shot would be covered by a smoke cloud that cleared to reveal his face blackened and charred. Rifles frequently appeared out of no where, and people would run away from a hail of bullets. This was considered humorous kiddie show stuff at the time.

[@PeterMayer]

mention Doug Joe! Oh wait.....

[@OroborusFMA]

Wasn't he also responsible for Scrappy Doo? You'd think he'd have a little more humility.