Who is the longest running cartoon?

The single longest-running animated TV show in US history is The Simpsons with an amazing 600+ episodes (and one of the oldest, still going strong).
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What is the 2nd longest running cartoon?

List of longest-running animated TV shows in America
  • The Simpsons (1989– ) TV-14 | 22 min | Animation, Comedy. ...
  • South Park (1997– ) ...
  • Arthur (1996–2022) ...
  • Family Guy (1999– ) ...
  • SpongeBob SquarePants (1999– ) ...
  • Aqua Teen Hunger Force (2000–2015) ...
  • Fairly OddParents (2001–2017) ...
  • Dora the Explorer (2000–2019)
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Is Tom and Jerry the longest running cartoon?

Scooby-Doo, another Hanna-Barbera creation, was launched in 1969 and is still in production, making it the longest-running TV cartoon series.
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What is the longest running cartoon on Cartoon Network?

With a 10-year run, Ed, Edd n Eddy is the longest running Cartoon Network original series.
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Is Scooby-Doo the longest running cartoon?

Scooby-Doo is the longest-running American animated television series produced for Saturday morning television in several different versions from 1969 to the present.
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15 Of The Longest Running Cartoons Of All Time



Which cartoon is the oldest?

1908 – Fantasmagorie, considered by animation historians as the world's first cartoon, is released.
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Who's the oldest cartoon character?

Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (also known as Oswald the Rabbit or Oswald Rabbit) is a cartoon character created in 1927 by Walt Disney for Universal Pictures. He starred in several animated short films released to theaters from 1927 to 1938.
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How long did Tom and Jerry run?

In its original run, Hanna and Barbera produced 114 Tom and Jerry shorts for MGM from 1940 to 1958. During this time, they won seven Academy Awards for Best Animated Short Film, tying for first place with Walt Disney's Silly Symphonies with the most awards in the category.
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Is Simpsons the longest running show?

The Simpsons, for example, is the longest-running scripted American primetime show at 33 years and counting. It beats out the second-longest, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, by a decade. The longest-running American children's show was Arthur at 25 years, though it was canceled over the summer of 2021.
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What is the longest Nickelodeon show?

1 SpongeBob Squarepants - 265 Episodes

It should come as no surprise that Nickelodeon's most successful show of all time is also their longest-running show of all time. SpongeBob SquarePants first premiered in May 1999 and since then he has been making audiences around the world laugh.
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Is Spongebob the longest-running cartoon?

The single longest-running animated TV show in US history is The Simpsons with an amazing 600+ episodes (and one of the oldest, still going strong). Other animated series with significant runs include Rugrats, which ran two independent 'series' with a 2 year gap in between.
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How long did the Simpsons run?

"The Simpsons" (31 years)

The Simpson family has been a cartoon staple since 1989.
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Is Family Guy the longest running show?

Plot. Peter Griffin comes to us live at The Museum of Radio & Television, ready to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Family Guy and it's set record as the world's longest running television series.
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How long did Scooby Doo Run?

Scooby-Doo was originally broadcast on CBS from 1969 to 1976, when it moved to ABC. ABC aired various versions of Scooby-Doo until canceling it in 1985, and presented a spin-off featuring the characters as children called A Pup Named Scooby-Doo from 1988 until 1991.
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Will Simpsons ever end?

Currently in its 33rd season and being renewed through its 34th, The Simpsons is confirmed to be on the air until at least 2023, but if history is anything to go by, it'll continue long after.
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What's the oldest TV show still around?

Still Running: No

The mother of all soap operas, Guiding Light set the precedent for soap operas around the world. This American television soap even holds the Guinness World Record for the longest-running television drama in the country's history.
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How did Tom and Jerry end?

What was unusual about this episode is that most Tom and Jerry cartoons have a comical storyline, but this one has a tragic end, with Tom and Jerry's implied suicide at the end. The episode ends with Tom and Jerry sitting on the train tracks as a train whistle sounds off-screen.
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How old is Tom the cat?

Now 75 years old, Tom the cartoon cat and Jerry the house mouse are still going at each other with a stick, an axe, a bomb, a saw, a weight dropped on the head or 10,000 other forms of despatch, none of which has a fatal result.
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Is Tom and Jerry based on ww2?

It was released to theaters on June 26, 1943 by Metro-Goldwyn Mayer. The short features Tom the cat and Jerry the mouse chasing each other in a pseudo-warfare style, and makes numerous references to World War II technology such as jeeps and dive bombers, represented by clever uses of common household items.
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What was Walt Disney scared of?

Walt Disney was indeed afraid of mice. However, he did not let that fear stop him from creating the most famous and lovable cartoon character of all time. He had the genius to depict mice as sympathetic creatures with human characteristics that would appeal to everyone, especially children.
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Which is the most famous cartoon?

  • Number 9: X-Men: The Animated Series (1992)
  • Number 7: Looney Tunes (1930)
  • Number 6: The Simpsons (1989)
  • Number 5: Justice League (2001)
  • Number 4: Animaniacs (1993)
  • Number 3: Spongebob Squarepants (1999)
  • Number 2: Batman: The Animated Series.
  • Number 1: Avatar: The Last Airbender.
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Who was the first cartoon star?

Felix the Cat is widely considered the world's first animated film star. He first appeared as 'Master Tom' in an animated short titled Feline Follies, released by Paramount Studios on 9 November 1919, a full nine years before Mickey Mouse's debut in Disney's Steamboat Willie (1928).
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