Hanna-Barbera's Pic-a-Nic Basket of Cartoon Classics [Box set] [Soundtrack]

Editorial Reviews
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Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera, one of entertainment's most unforgettable duos, go together like peanut butter and jelly, Laverne and Shirley, and Laurel and Hardy. Having made a name for themselves with MGM's Tom and Jerry, the Hanna-Barbera team made history when they ushered Ruff and Reddy, the first made-for-television cartoon, into America's consciousness in late 1957. By 1960, The Flintstones were prime-time entertainment for the whole family, and as with its Hanna-Barbera brethren, the show's musical score not only nudged the laughs, but ingratiated itself into the very fabric of contemporary American life. Inventive, lively, and utterly recognizable, the remastered Hanna-Barbera Pic-A-Nic Basket box set is the mother lode of cartoon music. Handsomely packaged, with a faux basket handle and all, these four discs ambitiously tackle the massive canon largely assembled by lyricist Hanna and composer Hoyt Curtin. Discs one and two concentrate on the classics from the earliest tunes to a slew of Yogi Bear sounds to Space Ghost's theme and the zany Hong Kong Fooey theme. Disc three, an array of woodwinds, heavy loping tuba, poppin' slap-tongue bass clarinet, and rock- and jazz-inflected drum and guitar, pays tribute to the brilliantly animated Flintstones. Disc four, excellent filler for mix tapes, contains nearly 100 tracks of sound effects, from boings, footsteps, and explosions to bits of goofy dialogue. Bright moments are found in the trumpet-happy Jetsons theme, the groovy Scooby Doo main title, and the swingin' "Car Hop Song" from the Flintstones. These sounds, together with a terrific accompanying booklet, are altogether winning. --Paige La Grone

Tracks:

Ruff And Reddy (Main Title & Sub-Main Title)
Ruff And Reddy (End Titles)
Huckleberry Hound (Main Title)
Huckleberry Hound (Opening Bumper Music)
Huckleberry Hound (Sub-Main Title)
Pixie And Dixie (Syndicated Titles With Sub-Main Titles)
Pixie And Dixie (End Titles)
Yogi Bear, 1958 (Syndicated Titles With Sub-Main Titles)
Yogi Bear, 1958 (End Titles)
Hokey Wolf (Syndicated Titles With Sub-Main & End Titles)
Huckleberry Hound (End Titles)
Quick Draw McGraw (Main Title)
Quick Draw McGraw (Opening Bumper Music)
Quick Draw McGraw (Syndicated Titles With Sub-Main Title)
Quick Draw McGraw (Underscore & Syndicated End Titles)
Augie Doggie (Syndicated Titles With Sub-Main Title)
Augie Doggie (Underscore & End Titles)
Snooper & Blabber (Syndicated Titles With Sub-Main Titles)
Snooper And Blabber (Underscore & End Titles)
Quick Draw McGraw (End Titles)
Loopy De Loop, 1959 (Main Title, Underscore & End Titles)
Loopy De Loop, 1960 (Main Title, Underscore & End Titles
Yogi Bear (Main Title)
Yogi Bear (Opening Bumper Music)
Snagglepuss (Syndicated Titles With Sub-Main & End Titles)
Yanky Doodle (Syndicated Titles With Sub-Main & End Titles)
Yogi Bear (Underscore)
Yogi Bear (End Titles)
The Flintstones (Main Title-'Meet The Flinstones')
Flintstones Jazz (Underscore)
Wally Gator (Main Title With Sub-Main & End Titles)
Touche Turtle (Main Title With Sub-Main & End Titles)
Lippy The Lion & Hardy Har Har (Main Title With Sub-Main & End Titles)
The Magilla Gorilla Show (Main Title)
The Magilla Gorilla Show (Underscore)
The Magilla Gorilla Show (Curtain Calls)
The Magilla Gorilla Show (End Titles)
Peter Potamus (Main Title)
Peter Potamus (Curtain Calls)
Peter Potamus (End Titles)
Scooby Doo, Where Are You? (Main Title)
The New Scooby Doo Movies (Main Title)
Huckleberry Hound (Main Title With Kellogg's Billboard)
Quick Draw McGraw (Main Title With Kellogg's Billboard)
Peter Potamus (Curtain Calls With Ricochet Rabbit)

Tracks:

Rise And Shine (Flintstone's Theme)
Flintstones Classic Underscore
Rise and Shine (End Titles)
Top Cat (Main Title)
Top Cat (Underscore)
Top Can (End Titles)
The Jetsons (Main Title)
The Jetsons (Underscore)
The Jetsons (End Titles)
Jonny Quest (Main Title)
Jonny Quest (Underscore)
Jonny Quest (End Titles)
The Atom Ant Show (Main Title)
The Secret Squirrel Show (Main Title)
Space Ghost (Main Title)
The Banana Splits Adventure Hour (Main Title)
Dastardly & Muttley In Their Flying Machines
Josie & The Pussycats (Main Title)
Pebbles & Bamm-Bamm (Main Title)
The Flintstones Comedy Show (Main Title)
Wheelie & The Chopper Bunch (Main Title)
Hong Kong Phooey (Main Title)

Tracks:

Meet The Flintstones (Main Title, 1965)
Meet The Flintstones (Original Album Version, 1961)
Rockin' Bird
Car Hop Song
Star Dust
Yabba-Dabba-Doo!
Happy Anniversary Quartet
Lucia
Rockenschpeel Jingle
Bedrock Twitch
Old Folks At Home
Softsoap Jingle
Way Outs
Surfin' Craze
Open Up Your Heart And Let The Sunshine In
Laugh, Laugh
Christmas Is My Fav'rite Time Of Year
Dino The Dinosaur
Meet The Flintstones (End Title, 1962)
The Man Called Flintstone
They'll Never Split Us Apart
Rise And Shine (Main Title, 1960)
Rise And Shine (End Title, 1960)

Tracks:

Hanna-Barbera's Top Ten Famous Sound Effects
Muttley Bites Dastardly On The Butt
Jet Screamer's Entrance (Judy Jetson's Favorite Rock Star)
Yogi Bear's Noggin Klonks
Fred's Hard Head Hit
Whisker Pluck
Tromboing
Fred Drops the Ball
Kabong
Gazoo Materializing
Scrambling Feet
Answering Machine Message: Fred Flintstone #1
Answering Machine Message: Quick Draw McGraw (El Kabong)
Answering Machine Message: Fred Flintstone #2
Answering Machine Message: Snagglepuss
Answering Machine Message: Fred Flintstone #3
Ba-Wong
Bam
Bi-i-i-i-i-ng
Bilp
Birthday Greeting: Fred Flintstone #1
Birthday Greeting: Hokey Wolf
Birthday Greeting: Fred Flintstone #2
Birthday Greeting: Quick Draw McGraw
Birthday Greeting: Super Snooper & Blabber Mouse
Bite
Bloop
Boings: Boi-ee-oing, Sproing, Whistle & Boings
Comic Caper: Wally Gator
Boings: Boink, Doink, Pixie & Dixie Boinks
Bongo Feet & Zip
Bonk, Zing, Crash & Zrit
Bonks & Conks
Boom Crash
Bounce (Slow To Fast)
Bowling: Fred Flinstone, Barney Rubble
Bronk
Bugle Charge!
Ca-rrash
Congradulations: Snagglepuss
Congradulations: Fred Flinstone
Crash
Crunch, Crunch, Ding, Tinkle, Tinkle
Door (Flinstones): Open, Slam And Rattle
Double Takes: Ba-aa-be-oo-oo, Weee-oooo
Drums: Acrobatic Roll With Accents, Trip And Slide Down
Explosions: Boom, Ka-boom
Comic Caper: Peter Potamus
Falling Object Whistle
Fight (Fred And Barney Fight)
Fred Flintmobile (Start Up And Run)
Fweet & Fblonk
Fweet-Thump
Gazoo Dematerializing
Get Well Message: Fred Flinstone
Get Well Message: Quick Draw McCraw
Gun Shot
Head Shakes: De-do-dedee-do-dedee-do, Pingitty-Pingitty-Ping
Hopping: Sproings, Pixie & Dixie
Comic Caper: Snagglepuss
Jetson's Doorbell
Jetson's Entrance Tube: Arrive, Depart
Jetson's Phone Ring
Jetson's Robot Maid (Rosey)
Jetson's Space Capsule: Start, Run, In Flight, Pass By, Land And Stop
Jetson's Space Traffic
Comic Caper: Fred Flintstone
Kablam
Knock On Fred's Door
Peeong
Pops: Squish Pop, Pop Gun
Ratchet
Ricochet: Pchwong, Pchwaa, Szwip-p, Whoof
Comic Caper: Snooper & Blabber
Running: Gallop, Blop Gallop
Running Feet: Short, Long
Skids: Screech, Broken Skid
Slides: Whistle Up And Down, Silly Slide Up
Squeaks: Scratchy Squeaks, Little Zabork, Squeak Up
Spins: Spin And Boing, Wind Whistle Spin
Strrretcch
Comic Caper: Hokey Wolf
Thunk
Tip Toe
Twangs: Twang-g-g-g-g, Twa-a-a-a-a-nng
Waheep And Poof
Walking Feet
Whizz Klonk (Here's Your Paper, Mr. Flintstone!)
Wind Up And Zip
Xylophone: Long Gliss Up
Yabba-Dabba-Doo!
Yogi's Boink Walk
Comic Caper: Quick Draw & Baba Looey
Zip Scramble (Wind Whistle Scat)
Zips: Zip In, Zip Out
Zoom (Winnie Witch's Broom)
Finale

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Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera, one of entertainment's most unforgettable duos, go together like peanut butter and jelly, Laverne and Shirley, and Laurel and Hardy. Having made a name for themselves with MGM's Tom and Jerry, the Hanna-Barbera team made history when they ushered Ruff and Reddy, the first made-for-television cartoon, into America's consciousness in late 1957. By 1960, The Flintstones were prime-time entertainment for the whole family, and as with its Hanna-Barbera brethren, the show's musical score not only nudged the laughs, but ingratiated itself into the very fabric of contemporary American life. Inventive, lively, and utterly recognizable, the remastered Hanna-Barbera Pic-A-Nic Basket box set is the mother lode of cartoon music. Handsomely packaged, with a faux basket handle and all, these four discs ambitiously tackle the massive canon largely assembled by lyricist Hanna and composer Hoyt Curtin. Discs one and two concentrate on the classics from the earliest tunes to a slew of Yogi Bear sounds to Space Ghost's theme and the zany Hong Kong Fooey theme. Disc three, an array of woodwinds, heavy loping tuba, poppin' slap-tongue bass clarinet, and rock- and jazz-inflected drum and guitar, pays tribute to the brilliantly animated Flintstones. Disc four, excellent filler for mix tapes, contains nearly 100 tracks of sound effects, from boings, footsteps, and explosions to bits of goofy dialogue. Bright moments are found in the trumpet-happy Jetsons theme, the groovy Scooby Doo main title, and the swingin' "Car Hop Song" from the Flintstones. These sounds, together with a terrific accompanying booklet, are altogether winning. --Paige La Grone

Customer Reviews:

two great tunes and the rest stink.......2006-07-13

can you guess what two tunes are the best. well if you guessed scooby doo where are you and the banana splits than you are correct. those tunes rock. all the others suck. five stars for the two tunes and no stars for the rest.

Cartoons ruined my mind.......2006-04-09

Cartoons ruined my mind, back in the 1970s. Now I'm so messed up, I can't write a proper review of this product. Excuse me while I go throw a brick at someone's head. "Boink!!"

4 stars for quantity.......1999-12-10

Let's face it: no-one in their right mind will sit down and listen to these cds in their entirety. It's not in the nature of the music. But as music to dip into when you need, it's fun.

But shame on Rhino for going only halfway with the packaging. It's a great design ruined by shoddy materials: what's the point of sticking a flimsy cardboard "picnic basket handle" on the box and warning (in tiny lettering on the box) against its use? When I went to pick it up it immediately broke.

A good compilation for both the casual fan & extreme fanatic.......1999-02-18

A wonderful and mostly thorough collection of signature themes and musical cues from the Hanna-Barbera library; with top-notch digital remastering and extensive, informative liner notes. One drawback is the omission of the slightly obscure cartoon themes, notably from the 70s and 80s, in lieu of a generous (and obsessive) compilation of 60s "cartoony" themes and needle-drops. Most of the adventure/superhero themes from the late 60s onward are noticeably absent as well. But the production values are outstanding and the cartoon sound FXs are the best available, bar none (too bad they're not public domain). Hopefully someone from HB and/or Time-Warner is reading this and would consider additional releases to make this a truly complete package.

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