03/16/2025
"The more you watch cartoons, the more you realize there are a lot of Boy Scouts in the Hanna-Barbera universe. In Wacky Races, Dick Dastardly, Muttley, and the Ant Hill Mob go undercover as Wood Scouts to evade law enforcement. In The Secret Squirrel Show, the Winsome Witch accidentally shrinks some Boy Scouts to the size of bugs. In The Jetsons, George chaperones Elroy's Boy Scout troop on a camping trip to the moon. Last but not least, The Flintstones has two scouting episodes, one of which Fred and Barney become scoutmasters of a local troop. Everywhere you look in the Hanna-Barbera universe, there are Boy Scouts!
Bill Hanna considered himself to be a personal ambassador of the Boy Scouts of America. Hanna joined the Boy Scouts at the age of twelve and worked his way up to the coveted status of Eagle Scout. In his autobiography, A Cast of Friends, Hanna said "The ultimate goal most scouts endeavor to achieve through the process of promotions and earning merit badges, of course, is to be made an Eagle Scout. (My friends) and I all became Eagle Scouts and the pride of that award, like our friendships, has lasted throughout our lives. For over six decades many of the original members of Boy Scout Troop 2 of the Watts District continued to meet every year for a reunion, and I have attended nearly every gathering.""
https://metvtoons.com/stories/bill-hanna-was-the-ultimate-boy-scout
