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The Flintstones' 50th anniversary: Hanna-Barbera cartoon classics

The Flintstones is celebrating its 50th anniversary. Here is a round-up of other classic Hanna-Barbera cartoons.

1) Yogi Bear
The fictional bear got his own show in 1961 after appearing in The Huckleberry Hound show in 1958. Yogi, together with collar hat, and girlfriend Cindy, is one of the pair's most popular and long-running animated characters.

Yogi gets up to most of his escapades in the fictional Jellystone Park along with his ever-present friend Boo-Boo Bear.

2) Scooby Doo
First appeared in 1969 and is still seen on television today. The dog, along with sidekick Scrappy, and friends Fred, Daphne, and Velma solve mysterious crimes.

In the penultimate scenes the mask of the bad guy is removed to reveal a real person found elsewhere in the episode.

3) The jetsons
Set in the year 2062 the animated science fiction series surrounds the lives of George Jetson and his family, including dog Astro.

The family first appeared on US television in 1962 and proved to be so popular it was reinvented in the 1980s....
Read entire article at Telegraph (UK)