Caricatures -- Cartoon Celebrity Cameos

The Hanna Barbera classic, The Flintstones got interesting when they included recognizable celebrities and television characters like Darin and Samantha Stevens (from Bewitched). Animators captured Darin well, but something's off with Samantha. My favorite was probably Gina Loadabricks (after Lollobrigida).

And in the 1994 Flintstones movie, Liz Taylor played Wilma's mother, who looked nothing like the original animated version of Fred's mother-in-law.

The Cartwrights from Bonanza appeared in the Flintstones episode "Sheriff for a Day" in 1965, riding dinosaurs, of course! I can't tell whether the 2nd guy is brother Adam or the ranch hand, Candy Canaday. 

Scooby-Doo also had its fair share of celebrity guests. While I never saw these episodes, you should recognize The Three Stooges, Sonnie & Cher, Batman & Robin, and surely Don Knotts (Mr. Furley or Barney Fife?).

Apparently, Whoopi Goldberg also made an appearance as a psychic back before she grew less popular hosting The View. 

In my opinion, the best caricature of the Scooby-Doo guest stars is 'Weird Al' Yankovic. He runs an accordion camp in the mountains, and the music awakens a dinosaur from a cave. It turns out to be animatronic figure operated by 'assistants' on an archaeological dig.

Futurama was a show I never watched. It included caricatures of guests such as: (the heads of) Paula Abdul, Snoop Dogg, RGB, and Bjork. I especially enjoy seeing the Star Trek characters as animations. Sulu and Uhura are captured very well!

Paul McCartney's (and wife, Linda) animated character made an appearance on The Simpsons. Notice that the upper jawlines are similar to the artistic style of Futurama.

Ryan Reynolds is unrecognizable on Family Guy. Some celebs just don't translate well into toons!

Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter) is a bit more accurate on BoJack Horseman, but I can also see Seth Green.

One of my adult 'cartoon' favorites (though irreverent) was MTV's Celebrity Deathmatch, which originally aired in 1998, lasting four seasons and 75 episodes. It was interesting to see the 3D caricatures of the celebrity pairings. The outcome was always gory and not appropriate for displaying here. What impresses me is the sculpting of the stop-motion Claymation figures. It was like watching a wax museum come to life on TV. It wasn't the best publicity for the celebs; way more coveted to be asked to host Saturday Night Live!