Company: | Hanna-Barbera Productions |
Genre: | Television special Variety |
Director: | Keith Mackenzie |
Producer: | George M. Cahan |
Executive Producer: | Thomas W. Sarnoff |
Presenter: | Michael Landon |
Voices: | Sammy Davis Jr. Henry Corden Casey Kasem Allen Melvin Don Messick Janet Waldo Arnold Stang |
Music: | Molly Ann Leikin |
Network: | NBC |
Runtime: | 90 minutes |
Country: | United States |
Language: | English |
The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera Arena Show is a 1981 live-action/animated variety television special produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions which premiered on NBC on June 25, 1981.
The special, hosted by guest Michael Landon and his family, was broadcast from Perth Entertainment Centre in Perth, Australia and featured costumed Hanna-Barbera characters such as Fred Flintstone, Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Scooby-Doo and Top Cat on roller skates.
The show tells the story of the search for Dino, The Flintstones's pet dinosaur; in between segments, highlights include a huge volcano spewing red-hot disco dancers, life-size dancing billiard balls and dominoes, a 32-foot-long dancing skeleton, a phantom ghost ship and a spectacular three-ring circus.