Yogi Bear

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The Yogi Bear Show
Yogi Bear
Genre	Cartoon series
Created by	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
Directed by	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
Voices of	Julie Bennett Mel Blanc Greg Burson Daws Butler Vance Colvig June Foray Don Messick Hal Smith Bill Thompson Jean Vander Pyl Jimmy Weldon Doug Young
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	35
Production
Running time	30 min.
Broadcast
Original run	January 30, 1961 – December 30, 1961
Chronology
Related shows	The Huckleberry Hound Show
External links
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

Yogi Bear is a fictional anthropomorphic bear with brown fur who appears in animated cartoons created by Hanna-Barbera Studios. He made his debut in 1958 as a supporting character in The Huckleberry Hound Show. In 1961 he was given his own show, The Yogi Bear Show, which also included the segments Snagglepuss and Yakky Doodle. Hokey Wolf replaced his segment on The Huckleberry Hound Show. There was a musical animated feature film, Hey There, It's Yogi Bear!, in 1964.

Yogi was one of several Hanna-Barbera characters to have a collar, which allowed the body to be kept static and to redraw just the head in each frame when he was speaking, thus reducing the number of drawings needed for a seven-minute cartoon from 14,000 to around 2,000.^[1] Yogi Bear was voiced by Daws Butler and much later by Greg Burson.

[edit] Spin offs and other appearances

Over the years he appeared in many other spin-off series as well, including:

• Yogi's Gang (1973-1975)
• Yogi's Space Race (1978-1979)
• Galaxy Goof-Ups (1978-1979)
• Yogi's Treasure Hunt (1985-1988)
• The New Yogi Bear Show (1988-1989)
• Wake, Rattle, and Roll (1990-1991)
• Yo Yogi! (1991-1992)

In 1999, animator John Kricfalusi's Spümcø company created and directed two Yogi cartoons, which were "A Day in the Life of Ranger Smith" and "Boo Boo Runs Wild". Both shorts aired that year on the Cartoon Network as part of a Yogi Bear special. "Boo Boo Runs Wild" features a fight between Yogi and Ranger Smith, which was heavily edited for broadcast for both violence and suggestive situations. A third Yogi cartoon from Spumco was planned and storyboarded, but was not finished.

In 2003, Spumco created another Boo Boo cartoon, "Boo Boo and the Man", which was made with Macromedia Flash and released on Cartoon Network's website.

[edit] Personality

Like many Hanna-Barbera characters, Yogi's personality and mannerisms were based on a popular celebrity of the time. Art Carney's Ed Norton character on The Honeymooners was said to be Yogi's inspiration. Yogi's name is a nod to the famed baseball star Yogi Berra.

The plot of most of Yogi's cartoons centered around his antics in the fictional Jellystone Park, a takeoff on the famous Yellowstone National Park. There had been a 1941 Bugs Bunny cartoon, Wabbit Twouble, that used the more obvious name "Jellostone" Park, a play on both the name of the national park and the dessert Jell-O. Yogi, accompanied by his reluctant best friend Boo Boo, would often try to steal picnic baskets from campers in the park, much to the chagrin of Park Ranger Smith. A girlfriend, Cindy Bear, turned up sometimes, and usually disapproved of Yogi's antics.

[edit] Catchphrases

Besides often speaking in rhymes, Yogi Bear is well-known for a variety of different catchphrases, including his pet name for picnic baskets ("pic-a-nic baskets") and his favorite self-promotion ("I'm smarter than the average bear!"), although he often overestimates his own cleverness. He often greets the ranger with a cordial, "Hello, Mr. Ranger, sir!" He also liked to say, "Hey there, Boo Boo!" as his preferred greeting to his humbler sidekick.

[edit] Broadcasts

Yogi Bear is currently aired by Cartoon Network's sister channel, Boomerang, worldwide.

There was also a Hanna-Barbera Personal Favorites video where William Hanna and Joseph Barbera picked their favorite Yogi Bear episodes, including the very first one, "Yogi Bear's Big Break", and Yogi meeting some storybook friends: The Three Little Pigs, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Little Red Riding Hood.

[edit] Episodes

1. Yogi Bear's Big Break
2. Slumber Party Smarty
3. Pie Pirates
4. Big Bad Bully
5. Fox Hound Dog
6. Big Brave Bear
7. Tally Ho-Ho-Ho
8. High Fly Guy
9. Baffled Bear
10. The Brave Little Brave
11. The Stout Trout
12. The Buzzin' Bear
13. The Runaway Bear
14. Do or Diet
15. Be My Guest Pest
16. Duck In Luck
17. Bear on a Picnic
18. Prize Fight Fright
19. Brainy Bear
20. Robin Hood Yogi
21. Bears & Bees
22. Genial Genie
23. Daffy Daddy
24. Scooter Looter
25. Hide & Go Peek
26. Show Biz Bear
27. Lullabye-Bye Bear
28. Slumber Party Smarty
29. Bare Face Bear
30. Papa Yogi
31. Stranger Ranger
32. Rah Rah Bear
33. Disguise & Gals
34. Bear For Punishment
35. Iron Hand Jones
36. Nowhere Bear
37. Wound Up Bear
38. Bewitched Bear
39. Hoodwinked Bear
40. Snow White Bear
41. Space Bear
42. Slap Happy Birthday
43. Gleesome Threesome
44. Missile-Bound Bear
45. Missile Bound Yogi
46. Loco Locomotive
47. A Wooin' Bruin
48. Yogi In the City
49. Queen Bee for a Day
50. Cub Scout Boo Boo
51. Batty Bear
52. Droop a Long Yogi
53. Bear Pair
54. Acrobatty Yogi
55. Ring-A-Ding Picnic Basket
56. Spy Guy
57. Biggest Show Off on Earth
58. Treadbare Bear
59. Love Bugged Bear
60. Booby Trapped Bear
61. Touch and Go Go Go
62. Ice Box Raider
63. Oinks and Boinks
64. Bear Foot Soldiers
65. Bear Face Disguise
66. Yogi's Birthday Party (Parts 1-3)

[edit] Comic books

Over the years, several publishers put out Yogi Bear comic books.

• Gold Key Comics was first, with a title that ran 33 issues from 1962-70.
• Charlton Comics then did a title for 35 issues from 1970-77.
• Marvel Comics did a title for 9 issues in 1977.
• Harvey Comics then did several titles for a total of 10 issues in 1992-94.
• Archie Comics regularly featured Yogi Bear stories in the anthology comics Hanna-Barbera All-Stars and Hanna-Barbera Presents. After the cancellation of both titles, Archie put out a separate Yogi Bear comic that got one issue.
• DC Comics semi-regularly featured Yogi in Cartoon Network Presents.

[edit] DVD release

On November 15, 2005, Warner Home Video released the complete series on DVD R1.

Cover Art	DVD Name	Ep #33	Release Date	Additional Information
	The Yogi Bear Show- The Complete Series	33	November 15, 2005	Collectible animation cel Original episode with bridges and bumpers Never-before-seen animation sketches come to life Yogi gets global: One episode in a variety of languages Featurette on the art of Hanna-Barbera sound

[edit] Video games

Yogi Bear featured in at least two video games on the Commodore 64: Yogi Bear and Yogi's Great Escape. In Yogi Bear, Boo Boo has been kidnapped by a hunter and it is up to Yogi to rescue his friend. Fortunately Boo Boo has left a trail of clues in the form of toffee apples which help the player decipher a stepping stone puzzle at the end of the game. This game features Yogi's odd ability to turn into a bush when he's being pursued by one of the game's many antagonists.

Yogi's Great Escape is based on the telefilm of the same name where Yogi Bear escapes Jellystone Park as he's going to be sent to the zoo and makes his way to New York City. This was also published on the Amiga.

[edit] Parks

Yogi Bear lends his name to a chain of recreational vehicle and camping parks, "Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park Camp-Resorts", with the first opening in 1969 in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, and as of 1971, had 10 locations. There is also one remaining restaurant from the chain bearing Yogi's name, "Yogi Bear's Honey Fried Chicken", in Hartsville, South Carolina. In both cases, Hanna-Barbera licensed the name and likenesses to the respective companies.

[edit] Popular culture

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• Yogi Bear has made a cameo in The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy episode "Here Thar Be Dwarfs" voiced by Dave Foquette.
• Yogi Bear has also appeared in an episode of Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law voiced by Maurice LaMarche.
• In the Family Guy episode "Hell Comes to Quahog", Peter Griffin stabs and kills Yogi Bear as a favor for Ranger Smith.
• In the film 2006 Rocky Balboa, Rocky says "I'm smarter than the average bear (though where that came from I don't know)" to Little Marie.
• The Simpsons episode "Much Apu About Nothing" pays homage to Yogi Bear in a scene where Moe complains to Mayor Quimby, on a supposed bear outbreak, that "These bears are smarter than the av-er-age bear, they swiped my pic-a-nic basket!" (after which Mayor Quimby is seen to have taken said picnic basket). The episode "When You Dish Upon a Star" features an introductory sequence in which Homer dreams he's Yogi, with Bart as Boo Boo and Ned Flanders as the Ranger. As they walk through Jellystone Park Bart-Bart warns Homie that Ranger Ned won't like them stealing picnic baskets (for legal reasons they couldn't say "pic-a-nic"). Homie reassures his young friend that he's "smarter than the average bear!", and easily capable of dealing with Ned. When Ranger Ned does appear to reprimand him, Homie drags Ned behind a bush and viciously mauls him. When Homer wakes, he recalls it as "a beautiful dream", in which he wore "a collar and tie, with no pants!"
• A music video made for a song called "Yogi Bear" airs on Boomerang. It is made of scenes from the Yogi Bear series and is credited as being performed by "High School Jim."
• Yogi Bear appears in the Robot Chicken episode "Ban on the Fun" voiced by Dan Milano. In a segment where the Laff-A-Lympics were parodied in the style of Munich massacre, Yogi is one of the victims killed.
• In a Full House episode "The Return of Grandma," Stephanie and Joey fight over whether they should watch Bugs Bunny or Yogi Bear.

[edit] See also

• The Yogi Bear Song (a drinking song)
• Yogi Rock (a Martian rock)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• The Yogi Bear Show at the Internet Movie Database
• The Yogi Bear Show at TV.com
• The Yogi Bear Show at the Big Cartoon DataBase