Joe Barbera, half of Hanna-Barbera, died earlier this week. The Flintstones (including the occasional, completely inexplicable character, The Great Gazoo [shown above in his martian-crashing-the-stone-age getup], Huckleberry Hound, Top Cat, Yogi Bear, etc. A major part of my formative years just slipped away. (Luckily, most of the Monty Python crew is still alive.)

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