If you've ever watched an old Hanna-Barbera cartoon and noticed a scene where a character sports a particularly toothy grin, the chances are high that it was Ed Love who animated it. An animator who worked on everything from Fantasia to The Flintstones, Love began working for HB in the late fifties and would continue to work with them in some form or another for three decades. His style was lovely, and he managed to get a lot of mileage out of the studio's limited animation style, making him one of the best animators for them. His last major work was on the DIC series The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog in the early 1990s. Love would pass away a few years later in 1996 of heart failure.
As you can expect, videos of the older Hanna-Barbera staff aren't exactly plentiful, but they are out there. Here's one of Ed Love being interviewed by Harvey Deneroff at the Golden Awards Banquet in 1984. It's a short and concise interview, but it's amazing getting to hear from one of Hanna-Barbera's most celebrated artists, who comes off as nothing short of a joy here.
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