Yogi's Gang

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Yogi's Gang
Genre Animation
Directed by Charles A. Nichols
Voices of Daws Butler
Don Messick
John Stephenson
Henry Corden
Allan Melvin
Country of origin Flag of the United States United States
Language(s) English
No. of episodes 17
Production
Executive
producer(s)		 William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
Running time 30 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel ABC
Original run September 8, 1973 – August 30, 1975
Chronology
Preceded by The Yogi Bear Show (1961-1963)
Followed by Yogi's Space Race (1978-1979)
External links
IMDb profile

Yogi's Gang was a 30-minute animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions which aired 16 half-hour episodes on ABC from September 8, 1973, to August 30, 1975. The show began as Yogi's Ark Lark, a special TV Movie on The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie in 1972.

Yogi's Gang has taken off in June 30, 2008 on Boomerang.

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[edit] Plot

The series featured Yogi Bear and Boo Boo accompanied by various classic Hanna-Barbera characters (Huckleberry Hound, Snagglepuss, Quick Draw McGraw & Baba Looey, Atom Ant, Wally Gator, Magilla Gorilla, Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy, Squiddly Diddly, Peter Potamus & So-So, Touché Turtle and Dum Dum, Secret Squirrel and Morocco Mole, Hokey Wolf, Pixie and Dixie, Ricochet Rabbit & Droop-a-Long, Lippy the Lion & Hardy Har Har, The Hillbilly Bears) as they travel around the world in a flying ark, searching for a paradise to call home, a place without pollution or crime.

During the course of the Yogi's Gang series, Yogi and his friends encounter a variety of villains such as Captain Swashbuckle Swipe, Smokestack Smog, Lotta Litter, the Envy Brothers, Mr. Hothead, Dr. Bigot (and his henchmen Professor Haggling and Professor Bickering), the Gossipy Witch of the West, J. Wantum Vandal, the Sheik of Selfishness, Commadore Phineas P. Fibber, I.M. Sloppy, Peter D. Cheater, Mr. Waste, Hilarious P. Prankster, and the Greedy Genie, who act as their friends, hosts, and/or guests, but they embody some of the most common human faults and vices.

15 original episodes were produced for broadcast on ABC, with the hour-long Yogi's Ark Lark thrown in as a split-in-half 2-parter. After a successful run on Saturday mornings, Yogi's Gang returned in 1977 as a segment on the syndicated weekday series Fred Flintstone and Friends. In the late 1980s, repeats were shown on USA Cartoon Express and later resurfaced on Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network and Boomerang.

[edit] Episodes

YG-1. Mr. Bigot (prod #70-1, September 8, 1973) – Yogi and his gang, stops at their friend. Mr. Cheerful, but a villain named Dr. Bigot plan to experiment on them with his Bigot ray and turn Mr. Cheerful and Yogi into bigots, discriminating everyone else.
YG-2. The Greedy Genie (prod #70-2, September 15, 1973) – A friendly hobo who’s Yogis friend find a lamp with a Greedy Genie, who ground all his wishes, however the genie convince the man to lust for more, and soon he become greedy. The Genie, soon switch his target to Snagglepus..
YG-3. Mr. Prankster (prod #70-3, September 22, 1973) – Yogi and the gang are putting a show for the orphans. Unfortunately Wally Gator don’t have any talents and have to be a courting puller. A entertainer named Hillarie P. Prankster (as a revenge for being refuse by Yogi to be the part of the show) trick Wally by offering to make him a comedian. As soon Wally start putting mean pranks on every body, he start losing his friends…
YG-4. Mr. Fibber (prod #70-4, September 29, 1973) – The long-nose “Commander” Fibber is picked by the cruse. He teach various animals to lie, and soon they start using their fibs on captain Yogi to get into their way. How ever lies soon turn against them, when a tornado is coming and Yogi wont believe them…
YG-5. Gossipy Witch (prod #70-5, October 6, 1973) – Yogi get home seek and the animals go back to Yellowstone Park, and there is a big party plan for him. Yogi. How ever the Gossipy Witch of the west, (who works for Ranger Smith with various professions) find and spread rumors over the park, including that Yogi engage to Cindy and planning to left the gang forever. At the same time the parks chief after seeing ark and animals is sure that a big float is coming.
YG-6. Mr. Sloppy/Neat (prod #70-6, October 13, 1973) – A messy man named I.M. Sloppy, can’t stand to see Yogi’s cruse clinging up their ship. He uses his book of sloppy spells to turn himself into a nice gentleman named Mr. Neat and tricks the animals to cut corneas in their jobs…
YG-7. Mr. Cheater (prod #70-7, October 20, 1973) – Peter D. Cheater makes Yogi and his gang join his School, where he teach them the “art of cheating”. Things get worse, when hi tricks Yogi into giving him his ark away…
YG-8. Mr. Waste/Plenty (prod #70-8, October 27, 1973) – After a storm animals stop on a island and need to get more supplies. They meet Mr. Waste (he actually introduce himself as “Mr. Plenty”) encourage the animals to stay on his island and use every thing as much is possible. The animals are happy thinking they found a paradise, but Atom Ant (who as an Ant, don’t believe in wasting things) soon find what Mr. Plenty is rely up to…
YG-9. Mr. Vandal (prod #70-9, November 3, 1973) – The gang is stopping on Quick Drawn McGrawn grand-pappy old town. How ever J. Wantum Vandal camp of Vandalism stops in the town and start demolishing antics. It’s up to Yogis and the gang to teach the kids the value of antic objects.
YG-10. The Sheik of Selfishness (prod #70-10, November 10, 1973) – On they way for birthday party to his friend, the Sheik of Sheering Yogi meet the Sheik of Selfishness. He give Yogi a magic box, witch can give Yogi any think he desire, but soon it make Yogi act selfish…
YG-11. Mr. Smog (prod #70-11, November 17, 1973) – The gag stops at “Smog City”, a city cover in smog of Mr. Smokestack Smog factory, who convince every body, that smog is good for them. He soon meet Gorilla Magalia, Peter Potamus and Snagglepuss who go looking for fuel for the ark and try to convince them into his way of thinking.
YG-12. Lotta Litter (prod #70-12, November 24, 1973) – The Yellowstone park is going to be declare the neatest park in the west, and animals help out Ranger Smith clean it up. But villain named Lotta Litter trick them into littering, by here power to impersonate any body.
YG-13. The Envy Brothers (prod #70-13, December 1, 1973) – Two trapeze artists named the Envy Brother use their envy rings on all the other acrobats to make them quit, since they are jealous of the owner of the circus and want to trick him into sinning the circus to them. How ever their plan may fell, when Yogi and his friends join the circus…
YG-14. Captain Swipe (prod #70-14, December 8, 1973) – Wally Gator is sad because he is the only one of the animals who doesn’t own a surfing board. However a pirate named Captain Swashbuckle Swipe who decide to teach him the “easy way” (stilling). This episode introduce a character named Mambo-Jumbo, the mask avenger. A goofy Zorro-like elephant.
YG-15. Mr. Hothead/Coolhead (prod #70-15, December 15, 1973) – Cindy get ownership of a Dude Ranch, and all the animals come to help here get it ready for the guest, but a bad guy named Mr. Hot Head (who goes under a nick name Mr. Coolhead) use his invention to make all the animals lose their temper. Since they can’t work together, they won’t finish their job in time and Mr. Hot Head will trick Cindy into selling him, here ranch.
YG-16. Yogi's Ark Lark, Part 1 (prod #70-16, December 22, 1973)
YG-17. Yogi's Ark Lark, Part 2 (prod #70-17, December 29, 1973)

[edit] Production credits

  • Executive Producers: Joseph Barbera and William Hanna
  • Directed by: Charles A. Nichols
  • Creative Producer: Iwao Takamoto
  • Associate Producer: Art Scott
  • Story: Bob Ogle, Alan Dinehart, Bill Lutz, Jack Mendelsohn, Ray Parker, Neal Barbera, Neal Israel, R.T. McGee, Sloan Nibley, Dick Robbins, Paul West
  • Story Direction: Bill Ackerman, Don Christensen, Mike Kawaguchi, Ernie Terrazas, Dave Brain, George Jorgensen, Bob Ogle, John E. Walker
  • Voices: Daws Butler, Julie Bennett, Henry Corden, Virginia Gregg, Rose Marie, Don Messick, John Stephenson, Vincent Van Patten, Jesse White, Josh Albee, Tom Bosley, Walker Edmiston, Jim MacGeorge, Alan Melvin, Hal Smith, Jean Vander Pyl, Lennie Weinrib, Paul Winchell
  • Production Design: Bob Singer
  • Production Supervisor: Victor O. Shipek
  • Titles: Iraj Paran
  • Musical Director: Hoyt Curtin
  • Musical Supervisor: Paul DeKorte
  • Character Design: Jerry Eisenberg
  • Layout: Willie Ito, Dick Bickenbach, Bob Foster, Barry Goldeberg, Jaime Diaz, Bob Givens, Larry Huber, Dardo Velez
  • Animation: Dick Lundy, Tom Baron, John Garling, Marija Jursic, Ed Rehberg, Rod Scribner, Emil Carle, Marcia Holt, Joan Orbison, Veve Risto, Rich Trueblood
  • Background Styling: F. Montealegre, Richard Khim
  • Backgrounds: Marilyn Shimokochi, Peter Val Elk, Dennis Venizelos
  • Technical Supervisor: Frank Paiker
  • Ink & Paint Supervisor: Billie Kerns
  • Xerography: Robert "Tiger" West
  • Sound Direction: Richard Olson, Bill Getty
  • Supervising Film Editor: Larry Cowan
  • Music Editor: James Yaras
  • Effects Editors: Sam Gemette, Milt Krear
  • Negative Consultant: William E. DeBoer
  • Post Production Supervisor: Joed Eaton
  • Camera: George Epperson, Roy Wade, Jerry Mills, Dennis Weaver
  • A Hanna-Barbera Production
© 1973 Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc.

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Yogi Bear
Yogi Bear characters
Yogi Bear television shows
The Huckleberry Hound Show (1958-1961) • The Yogi Bear Show (1961-1963) • Yogi's Gang (1973-1975) • Yogi's Space Race (1978-1979) • Galaxy Goof-Ups (1978-1979) • Yogi's Treasure Hunt (1985-1986) • The New Yogi Bear Show (1988-1989) • Yo Yogi! (1991-1992)
Yogi Bear television specials
Yogi's First Christmas (1980) • Yogi Bear's All Star Comedy Christmas Caper (1982) • Yogi the Easter Bear (1994)
Yogi Bear television films
Yogi Bear theatrical films
Yogi Bear Amusement Rides