 Barbera 's first foray into television was a 1957 collaboration with Robert D. Buchanan , Colonel Bleep . The series , the first ever cartoon produced specifically for color television , would feature some of the futuristic designs and limited animation Barbera would later carry over to his other television productions . Barbera 's involvement in Colonel Bleep ( and with Buchanan ) was apparently short @-@ lived ; his only known credited involvement was a creator credit . 
