What a Cartoon! (1995)

Genre

anthology series, children's television series, adventure television series, fantasy television series, comedy television series

Country

United States

Length

3 seasons, 82 episodes

Rated

TV-Y7

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 27 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is an animated anthology series that aired short cartoon segments. Each episode features different original stories and characters created by various animators. Many of these shorts later became their own TV shows.

whimsicalplayfulenergeticvariedcreativelightheartednostalgiceclectic

What happens

What a Cartoon! (later known as The What a Cartoon! Show and The Cartoon Cartoon Show) is an American animated anthology series on Cartoon Network created by Fred Seibert and produced by Hanna-Barbera Cartoons. It consists of a total of 48 cartoons. It was conceived to return creative power to animators and artists by recreating the atmospheres that spawned the iconic cartoon characters of the mid-20th century, and premiered as three shorts aired together in a half-hour episode. The Cartoon Network production tag was added to some shorts during its run. What a Cartoon! premiered on February 20, 1995, as a segment on Space Ghost Coast to Coast called "1st Annual World Premiere Toon-In", and featured interviews with animators Craig McCracken, Pat Ventura, Van Partible, Eugene Mattos, and Genndy Tartakovsky, as well as model Dian Parkinson. During its run, the series was retitled to The What a Cartoon! Show and later to The Cartoon Cartoon Show until the final shorts aired on August 23, 2002. The series was influential for the network, helping to revive television animation in the 1990s. Many of its segments went on to be Cartoon Network animated television series, such as Dexter's Laboratory, Johnny Bravo, Courage the Cowardly Dog, Cow and Chicken, I Am Weasel, and The Powerpuff Girls. Its original shorts became the first Cartoon Cartoons. From 2005 to 2008, The Cartoon Cartoon Show was revived as a block for reruns of older Cartoon Cartoons that had been phased out by the network. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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