Joe Barbara, one half of the animation team Hanna/Barbara, is Yabba-dabba-done.

Joe Barbera, half of the Hanna-Barbera animation team that produced such beloved cartoon characters as Tom and Jerry, Yogi Bear and the Flintstones, died Monday, a Warner Bros. spokesman said. He was 95.

The partners, who had first teamed up while working at MGM in the 1930s, then went on to a whole new realm of success in the 1950s and '60s with a witty series of animated TV comedies, including "The Flintstones," "The Jetsons," "Yogi Bear," "Scooby-Doo" and "Huckleberry Hound and Friends."

These two gentlemen were responsible for so many of my Saturdy morning memories. I have probably watched every single episode of Tom & Jerry half a dozen times and they still make me laugh out loud.

Their cartoons were joyful and silly and a hell of a great way to spend a seven year olds Saturday mornings.

Thank you for the laughter Mr. Barbara.