Sadness...
R.I.P Joseph Barbera
You shall be exceptionally missed; by your family, your friends, and every single one of the vast number of fans all around the world. If there is a life that happens after death, then I guess that once again you shall be reunited with your longtime partner, William Hanna.
Your cartoons were a goldmine; every single one of them -- The Flinstones, Tom and Jerry, Scooby Doo, The Jetsons, Top Cat, Yogi Bear, why even old Snagglepuss and Huckleberry Hound -- were instant classics, and compared to a lot of the...how shall I put it?...crap cartoons we get these days, yours stick out like a sore thumb, and I'm sure they will be viewed by audiences for many more years to come.
LONG LIVE THE RETRO CARTOONS!