

During their last year at MGM, they had developed a concept for a new animated TV program about a dog and cat duo in various misadventures. While contemplating their future, Hanna and Barbera began producing additional animated television commercials. MGM decided in mid-1957 to close its cartoon studio, as it felt it had acquired a reasonable backlog of shorts for re-release. In addition to their work on the cartoons, the two men moonlighted on outside projects, including the original title sequences and commercials for I Love Lucy.
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In addition to continuing to write and direct new Tom & Jerry shorts, now in CinemaScope, Hanna and Barbera supervised the last seven shorts of Tex Avery's Droopy series and produced and directed the short-lived Spike and Tyke, which ran for two entries. With Quimby's retirement in May 1955, Hanna and Barbera became the producers in charge of the MGM animation studio's output. : 83–84 Also, the duo did sequences for Anchors Aweigh, Dangerous When Wet and Invitation to the Dance and one-shot shorts Gallopin' Gals, The Goose Goes South, Officer Pooch, War Dogs and Good Will to Men. However, they were awarded to producer Fred Quimby, who was not involved in the development of the shorts. Seven of the cartoons won 7 Oscars for Best Short Subject (Cartoons) between 19, and five additional shorts were nominated for 12 awards during this period. Hanna supervised the animation, while Barbera did the stories and pre-production. Puss Gets the Boot, released in 1940, served as the first entry in the theatrical film series Tom and Jerry. Having worked at other studios since the early 1930s, they solidified an "eight-decade" partnership. William Debney Hanna, native of Melrose, New Mexico and Joseph Roland Barbera, born of Italian heritage in New York City, first met at the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) studio in 1937, while working at its animation division. History Tom and Jerry and birth of a studio (1937–1957)

Its work won eight Emmys and earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The most notable among the 350 cartoons produced are Huckleberry Hound, The Flintstones, Yogi Bear, Top Cat, The Jetsons, Jonny Quest, Wacky Races, Scooby-Doo and The Smurfs. It was founded on July 7, 1957, by Tom and Jerry creators and former MGM cartoon studio staff William Hanna and Joseph Barbera.

( / ˈ h æ n ə b ɑːr ˈ b ɛər ə/ bar- BAIR-ə) was an American animation studio and production company that produced fully animated and live-action programming for television broadcast from 1957 until 2001. Sherman Oaks Galleria, Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
