The Resume

(1937-December 18, 2001)
William Hanna (July 14, 1910-December 18, 2001), Born Melrose, NM
Joseph Barbera (March 24, 1911-December 18, 2006), Born Manhattan, NY
Joined Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to establish their animation department (1937)
Created 'Tom and Jerry' (1940)
Established Hanna-Barbera Productions to produce Saturday morning TV network cartoons (1957)
Produced 3,500 half-hour animated episodes
Created Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Quick Draw McGraw, Fred Flintstone, George Jetson, Scooby-Doo, etc.

Why they might be annoying:

Their cartoons were sub par to the quality of Disney or Warner Bros.
Their style was rather cheap, flat and tended to be cheesy.
They would overdo it on the simplistic plots, dialogue and settings just to hold down costs.
Barbera had a gambling problem.

Why they might not be annoying:

They created a number of modern successors to Mickey Mouse that can be enjoyed by a new generation of fans.
Scooby-Doo especially has become something of a cult character in recent years.
They basically kept animation viable before the movie 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit?' essentially renewed popular interest in animation.

Credit: Iludium Phosdex

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Born in Brooklyn, New York
• Born on Bastille Day [July 14th] (Ranked: 1910)
• Dual Profiles
• I Attended Pratt Institute
• I Died in 2001 (Ranked: 91)
• I Died in 2006 (Ranked: 95)
• I Drive a Jensen Interceptor
• I Have a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame[F-I]
• Illudium Phosdex's Profiles
• Members of the Television Hall of Fame (Ranked: 10)
• Profiles 3751-4000 (Ranked: 3935)
• Scooby Doo Guests
• Voices of Hanna-Barbera

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 7 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 27 Votes: 14.81% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 17 Votes: 35.29% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 12 Votes: 8.33% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 16 Votes: 56.25% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 13 Votes: 61.54% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 16 Votes: 43.75% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 20 Votes: 45.00% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 15 Votes: 46.67% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 56 Votes: 26.79% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 24 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 27 Votes: 37.04% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 32 Votes: 28.12% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 45 Votes: 35.56% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 117 Votes: 45.30% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 895 Votes: 40.89% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 390 Votes: 42.82% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 461 Votes: 45.34% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 932 Votes: 43.24% Annoying
In 2002, Out of 1468 Votes: 35.29% Annoying