High Noon Toons [SEP] original network
High Noon Toons
High Noon Toons was a 3-hour programming block of cartoons hosted by two cowboy hand puppets named Haas and Lil' Jo (a Bonanza pun) shown on Cartoon Network in the mid-1990s. The series was made by Matt Thompson and Adam Reed, who later went on to create adult-themed cartoon series such as "Sealab 2021" and "Frisky Dingo" for Adult Swim and "Archer" for FX.
Often the show had special themes, such as "Quick Draw McGraw: Pure Mustang"
-and-white cartoons (mostly from the Fleischer Studios and Walter Lantz cartoons from the 1930s, as well as black-and-white Merrie Melodies and MGM cartoons), and "ToonHeads" would show three shorts with a similar theme and provide trivia about the cartoons. There was also an afternoon cartoon block called "High Noon Toons", which was hosted by cowboy hand puppets (an example of the simplicity and imagination the network had in its early years). The majority of the classic animation that was shown