Hanna-Barbera Home Video

Background

Prior to 1987-1988, Hanna-Barbera released its product through Worldvision Home Video. During the shakeup at then owner Taft who was transformed into Great American Communications, Worldvision Enterprises was sold off. Accordingly, Hanna-Barbera got its own home video line (though distribution continued through Worldvision). This lasted until late 1991, when Turner bought H-B and subsequently put the video line on moratorium. Thereafter, all H-B product was distributed through Turner Home Entertainment, then Warner Home Video.

1st Logo (1987-1991)

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Variant: At the end of a promo advertising other H-B titles on VHS, the logo appears and the words "home video" are not there, so the "HANNA BARBERA" text is centered.

FX/SFX: The square, the characters, the "Swirling Star" and the words.

Music/Sounds: A strange "whoosh" sound followed by a synth-orchestra rendition of the first few notes of The Flintstones theme.

Music/Sounds Variant: The promo variant uses music from the promo and a male announcer saying, "Join the laughter, join the fun. Join the good times with the Hanna-Barbera Family. See these and all of your favorite Hanna-Barbera characters on Hanna-Barbera Home Video!"

Availability: Extremely rare. It was discovered on the 1989 VHS, Top Cat: T.C.'s Back in Town as an intermission bumper. It's unknown if any other tapes use this.

Editor's Note: None.

3rd Logo (1991)

Nicknames: "Happy Birthday Fred!", "The Flintstones 30th Anniversary logo"

Logo: Same as the Hanna-Barbera logo from this era, but with the Hanna-Barbera Home Video logo instead of the normal Hanna-Barbera logo.

Trivia: This logo was created in celebration of the 30th anniversary of The Flintstones' premiere back in 1960.

FX/SFX: Same as the Hanna-Barbera logo from that era.

Music/Sounds: Same as the Hanna-Barbera logo from that era.

Availability: Extremely rare. Seen on tapes from the Flintstones Anniversary Collection, including The Flintstones Meet Samantha and The Flintstones Meet the Great Gazoo. Surprisingly, it's seen at the end of Warner Archive's release of Yogi and the Invasion of the Space Bears. It may have appeared on other VHS tapes from this era.

Editor's Note: None.

4th Logo (1991-1993, March 1, 1994)

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Variants:

There was a variant seen on the opening of H-B cartoons on VHS. It's the same as the normal variant, except "P R E S E N T S" appears instead of "HOME VIDEO".
Another variant only shows the name of the company, and the words "home video" are omitted. One tape known to have this is the UK VHS The Flintstones: I Yabba Dabba Do.

FX/SFX: The "Hanna-Barbera" text writing out, the large flash creating "HOME VIDEO", or "P R E S E N T S" for the opening variant.

Music/Sounds: None.

Music/Sounds Variant: The VHS release of Young Robin Hood: The Wild Boar of Sherwood and the UK VHS of Hong Kong Phooey: Car Thieves use the music from the 1st logo.

Availability: The variant is seen on certain Hanna-Barbera tapes, like the 1991 VHS of Dastardly & Muttley, which can be seen on the video above and also contains the FBI warning, the Turner Home Entertainment and Turner Entertainment logo, and the normal 1991 Hanna-Barbera Home Video logo. The normal version is seen on other many different releases from the company. It also can be found on the UK VHS of Hong Kong Phooey - Car Thieves (skip to 4:30). The "Presents" variant was also seen before an airing of Jonny's Golden Quest on Boomerang some years ago.

Editor's Note: None.