Hanna-Barbera's House of Toons

Hanna-Barbera's House of Toons is an American animated television series, produced by Warner Bros. Animation, Hanna-Barbera Productions (in-name only) and Paramount Television Animation, that originally aired from 2001 to 2003. On September 2, 2002, an all night marathon of this show titled "Night of 1000 Toons" aired on TBS. Hanna-Barbera's House of Toons is one of the first Hanna-Barbera shows produced at Warner Bros. (in collaboration with Paramount), and featured many new made-for-TV shorts created specifically for the series. The series' showrunners are Roberts Gannaway and Tony Craig.

Premise
The basic premise is that Huckleberry Hound and his friends run a dinner theater club called the "House of Toons" in downtown California, which shows Hanna-Barbera cartoons as part of its floor shows. Located at a corner of an intersection on California's Main Street, the club is considered a very popular destination by the local populace. Some episodes have specific themes, with cartoons to fit that episode's theme. The theme is usually not beneficial to at least one character, usually Brainy Smurf.

Many characters from Hanna-Barbera shows (such as The Flintstones, The Jetsons, Scooby-Doo, The Smurfs, and many more) have appeared on House of Toons, mostly as patrons and guest star performers. The show is notable for including many relatively obscure and otherwise rarely used other companies characters (like Disney), often with speaking parts for the very first time. Notably, a few characters who had appeared very often in Hanna-Barbera comic books but never before in an animated cartoon, finally made their animated debuts on House of Toons. The show also featured some cameos by characters created for other television cartoons and theme park attractions, but these appearances were few and far between.

Each episode explores the comical mishaps of Huckleberry Hound and his associates running the club, which are used as wraparounds for Hanna-Barbera cartoons (some of which are classic theatrical cartoons from MGM and episodes from Hanna-Barbera shows, but most of which are new made-for-TV shorts).

Characters

 * Huckleberry Hound (voiced by James Arnold Taylor)
 * Yogi Bear (voiced by Maurice LaMarche)
 * Scooby-Doo (voiced by Frank Welker)
 * Dick Dastardly (voiced by Jim Cummings)
 * Yakky Doodle (voiced by Sam Kwasman)
 * Gargamel (voiced by Jim Cummings)
 * Azrael (voiced by Frank Welker)
 * Scrappy-Doo (voiced by Scott Innes)
 * Papa Smurf (voiced by Scott Innes)
 * Dreamy Smurf (voiced by Scott Innes)
 * Brainy Smurf (voiced by Danny Goldman)
 * Hefty Smurf (voiced by Frank Welker)
 * Smurfette (voiced by Lucille Bliss)
 * Jokey Smurf (voiced by June Foray)
 * Clumsy Smurf (voiced by Jeff Bennett)
 * Painter Smurf (voiced by Jeff Bennett)
 * Handy Smurf (voiced by Michael Bell)
 * Grouchy Smurf (voiced by Michael Bell)
 * Vanity Smurf (voiced by Alan Oppenheimer)
 * Farmer Smurf (voiced by Alan Young)
 * Scaredy Smurf (voiced by Alan Young)
 * Greedy Smurf (voiced by Hamilton Camp)
 * Harmony Smurf (voiced by Hamilton Camp)
 * Mike (voiced by Rod Roddy): Mike is a talking microphone and announcer. He usually assists Huck in presenting and ending events on-stage nightly.
 * Penguin waiters: The penguin waiters are the waiting staff of the club. According to an advertisement at the club, they are also available for hire on a temporary basis.
 * Animated brooms: The brooms are the janitors of the club.

Production
The show was produced by Warner Bros. Animation, Hanna-Barbera Productions (in-name only) and Paramount Television Animation, and originally aired from 2001 to 2003, running for 52 episodes. The show is one of the first Hanna-Barbera cartoon series made in the widescreen HD format.

House of Toons aired on TBS. It reran from September 3, 2002 to February 4, 2006 on Cartoon Network. The show ceased broadcast on U.S. television on February 6, 2009, after being aired for the last time on Boomerang.

The theme song is performed by Brian Setzer.

Animation
Animation of the series is outsourced to Rough Draft Korea, Toon City Animation, Wang Film Productions, Tama Productions, Saerom Animation and Sunwoo Entertainment.

Music
The music for the show is composed by Michael Tavera and Stephen James Taylor.