What-A-Cartoon!, also known as World Premiere Toons or WAC for short, was the mid-1990s animation showcase that appeared on the Cartoon Network. It served as the launching point for several original cartoons including Dexter's Laboratory, Johnny Bravo, Cow and Chicken, The Powerpuff Girls, and Courage the Cowardly Dog. The Big Cartoon Database cites WAC! as a "venture combining classic 1940s production methods with the originality, enthusiasm and comedy of the 1990s." Events and trends Technology The World Wide Web was born at CERN Explosive growth of the Internet; decrease in the cost of computers and other technology Reduction in size and cost of mobile phones leads to a massive surge in their popularity Year 2000 problem (commonly known as Y2K) Microsoft... Animation is the technique in which each frame of a film or movie is produced individually, whether generated as a computer graphic, or by photographing a drawn image, or by repeatedly making small changes to a model (see claymation and stop motion), and then photographing the result. ... The current Cartoon Network logo. ... A cartoon is a form of art with diverse origins and even more diverse modern meanings. ... Dexters Laboratory (Dexters Lab for short) is an American animated series which was created by Genndy Tartakovsky and first produced by Hanna-Barbera for Cartoon Network. ... Johnny Bravo is an animated series about the boorish, skirt-chasing title character who constantly searches for a woman willing to date him, but even when he seems to find one, something goes wrong. ... Cow and Chicken is a cartoon series, created by David Feiss, first broadcast on the Cartoon Network from 1997 to 1999. ... The Powerpuff Girls is an animated series starring three little girls with superpowers who have dedicated their lives to fight crime and the forces of evil, though there are criticisms about their actions. ... Courage the Cowardly Dog is an animated series about a fuschia dog named Courage and his owners Muriel, a kindly old woman, and Eustace, a mean and nasty old farmer, living in a house in the town of Nowhere. It was created by John R. Dilworth, who directed each episode... Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century Decades: 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s - 1940s - 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s Years: 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 Events and trends Technology First nuclear bomb First cruise missile, the V1 flying bomb and the first ballistic missile, the... Events and trends Technology The World Wide Web was born at CERN Explosive growth of the Internet; decrease in the cost of computers and other technology Reduction in size and cost of mobile phones leads to a massive surge in their popularity Year 2000 problem (commonly known as Y2K) Microsoft...

WAC was an animation project conceived and produced by Fred Seibert, the original creative director of MTV and Nickelodeon who served as the president of Hanna-Barbera Productions prior to founding Frederator Studios. Its mission was to return creative power to animators and artists, by going back-to-the-future and recreating the atmospheres that spawned the great cartoon characters of the mid-20th century. Each of 48 short cartoons mirrored the structure of a theatrical cartoon, with each film being based on an original storyboard drawn and written by its artist/creator. In 1997, Seibert successfully morphed his unit into the the Oh Yeah! Cartoons project at Nickelodeon. Fred Seibert (born 1951) is an entertainment executive who has held leading positions with MTV Networks and Hanna-Barbera. ... MTV (acronym for Music Television) is a cable television network which was originally devoted to music videos, especially popular rock music. ... Nickelodeon (Nick for short) is an American cable TV network for children. ... Cartoon Network Studios, formerly known as Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, Inc. ... Frederator Studios is an independent animated cartoon studio founded by Fred Seibert in 1997. ... Oh Yeah! Cartoons was a late-1990s animation showcase that appeared on the Nickelodeon cable channel. ...

The first World Premiere Toon to premiere in its entirety was The Powerpuff Girls, which made its world premiere on February 20, 1995's World Premiere Toon-In featuring the cast of Space Ghost Coast to Coast. The Toon-In aired on Cartoon Network, TBS, and TNT. February 20 is the 51st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Space Ghost at his desk Space Ghost: Coast to Coast is a spoof talk show on the cable TV channel, Cartoon Network. ... The current Cartoon Network logo. ... TBS Superstation is a popular American cable TV network that shows sports and variety programming. ... TNT is a three-letter abbreviation with multiple meanings, including: Trinitrotoluene, a chemical explosive. ...

Cartoon Network's What-A-Cartoon!, which was assembled into a half-hour series, The What-A-Cartoon! Show (later renamed to The Cartoon Cartoon Show), featured and produced over 45 brand-new seven-minute cartoons, as well as 38 new characters.

There was also a large number of animated shorts created by several cartoonists such as: Genndy Tartakovsky (Dexter's Laboratory (4 cartoon shorts)), David Feiss (No Smoking, which introduced the siblings Cow and Chicken), Van Partible (Johnny Bravo (2 cartoon shorts)), Craig McCracken (Meat Fuzzy Lumpkins, which introduced The PowerPuff Girls, and Crime 101), Butch Hartman (who did a number of one-shot shorts, including Pfish and Chip and Gramps), Seth MacFarlane (Larry and Steve, which were prototypes of Peter Griffin and Brian of Family Guy), John R. Dilworth (whose Oscar-nominated Chicken From Outer Space introduced Courage the Cowardly Dog),Zac Moncrief ("Godfrey and Zeek"), and countless others. Also included were works from veterans like William Hanna (Wind-Up Wolf and Hard Luck Duck), Joseph Barbera (shorts featuring The Flintstones' Dino), and Ralph Bakshi (Malcolm and Melvin). Animation is the technique in which each frame of a film or movie is produced individually, whether generated as a computer graphic, or by photographing a drawn image, or by repeatedly making small changes to a model (see claymation and stop motion), and then photographing the result. ... A cartoonist at work. ... Genndy Tartakovsky (born January 17, 1970) is a leading modern animator. ... Cow and Chicken is a cartoon series, created by David Feiss, first broadcast on the Cartoon Network from 1997 to 1999. ... Johnny Bravo is an animated series about the boorish, skirt-chasing title character who constantly searches for a woman willing to date him, but even when he seems to find one, something goes wrong. ... Craig McCracken (b. ... The Powerpuff Girls is an animated series starring three little girls with superpowers who have dedicated their lives to fight crime and the forces of evil, though there are criticisms about their actions. ... Butch Hartman Butch Hartman (born January 10, American animator and director who created the Nickelodeon animated cartoon series The Fairly OddParents and Danny Phantom. ... Seth MacFarlane Seth Woodbury MacFarlane (born October 26, 1973 in Kent, Connecticut) is the creator of the animated series Family Guy and American Dad!. Early career MacFarlane received his diploma at Kent School and then attended and studied animation at the Rhode Island School of Design. ... Peter Griffin is a fictional character in the Fox animated television show Family Guy. ... Brian Griffin Brian Griffin is a cartoon character on the TV show Family Guy voiced by the shows creator, Seth MacFarlane. ... Family Guy is an animated television series set in the fictional town of Quahog (pronounced KOH-hog ), Rhode Island. ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... Courage the Cowardly Dog is an animated series about a fuschia dog named Courage and his owners Muriel, a kindly old woman, and Eustace, a mean and nasty old farmer, living in a house in the town of Nowhere. It was created by John R. Dilworth, who directed each episode... Zac Moncrief left his small hometown of Montvale, New Jersey, in 1989 to go to California Institute of the Arts, a Disney funded college specializing in animation. ... William Denby Hanna (July 14, 1910 – March 22, 2001) was an animator, director, producer, and co-founder, together with Joseph Barbera, of Hanna-Barbera Productions. ... Joseph Roland Barbera (born March 24, 1911) was an animator, cartoon artist, storyboard artist, director, producer and co-founder, together with William Hanna of Hanna-Barbera (now known as Cartoon Network Studios). ... The cast of The Flintstones, from left to right: Betty, Barney, Fred, Wilma and Dino. ... Ralph Bakshi (born October 29, 1938) is a director of animation and occasionally live-action films. ...

The What-A-Cartoon! experiment introduced many of today's top animation talent and was repeated several times. A similar program was introduced on Nickelodeon, named Oh Yeah! Cartoons. Nickelodeon (Nick for short) is an American cable TV network for children. ... Oh Yeah! Cartoons was a late-1990s animation showcase that appeared on the Nickelodeon cable channel. ...

Videos and DVDs

• The Cartoon Cartoon Show: Complete Series (coming soon)