Yogi's Birthday Party

"Yogi's Birthday Party" is the seventeenth episode of Yogi Bear season four, and the twenty-eighth and final overall, and came as a segment of The Yogi Bear Show. It first aired on October 1, 1961 in first run syndication. It was written by Warren Foster, and produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the founders of Hanna-Barbera.

Yogi Bear is gonna have a big birthday TV special with all his friends, but before then Ranger Smith has to hide it from the nosy bear.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#clear"| Ranger Smith
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Director
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| The Sponsor
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Yogi Bear
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Daws Butler
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| George
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| George's wife
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Chef
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Fisherman
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Boo Boo Bear
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Cindy Bear
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Julie Bennett
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Fred
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Boppy Barrin
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Lee B. Rocky
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Misc Rangers
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Dogs
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Ranger Jones
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Men
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Huckleberry Hound
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Daws Butler
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Quick Draw McGraw
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Daws Butler
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mr. Jinks
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Daws Butler
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Pixie
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Dixie
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Daws Butler
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Super Snooper
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Daws Butler
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Blabber Mouse
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Daws Butler
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Snagglepuss
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Daws Butler
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Hokey Wolf
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Daws Butler
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Ding-a-Ling
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Doug Young
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Augie Doggie
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Daws Butler
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Doggie Daddy
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Doug Young
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Yakky Doodle
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jimmy Weldon
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Baba Looey
 * style="background-color:#FFFF00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Dixie
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Daws Butler
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Super Snooper
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Daws Butler
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Blabber Mouse
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Daws Butler
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Snagglepuss
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Daws Butler
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Hokey Wolf
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Daws Butler
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Ding-a-Ling
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Doug Young
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Augie Doggie
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Daws Butler
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Doggie Daddy
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Doug Young
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Yakky Doodle
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jimmy Weldon
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Baba Looey
 * style="background-color:#FFFF00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Daws Butler
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Doggie Daddy
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Doug Young
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Yakky Doodle
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jimmy Weldon
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Baba Looey
 * style="background-color:#FFFF00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Baba Looey
 * style="background-color:#FFFF00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#FFFF00"| N/A

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * Studio
 * Jellystone Park
 * Ranger Station
 * Kitchen
 * Fred Upstairs Dance Studio
 * Boppy Barrin Voice Studio
 * Lee B. Rocky Piano Studio

Objects

 * Yogi Bear
 * Fishing pole
 * Picnic Baskets
 * Cake

Vehicles

 * Ranger cars
 * Helicopters

Music
The score was composed by Hoyt Curtin.

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: October 1, 1961 in syndication

Behind the scenes

 * Huckleberry quickly dresses up as Mitch Miller of "Sing Along With Mitch" fame.

Errors

 * Ding-a-Ling disappears after being introduced with Hokey and is replaced with Baba Looey, whom of which, has not been introduced before then.

Home availability

 * In the United States:
 * November 15, 2005: Warner Home Video releases The Yogi Bear Show: The Complete Series on DVD.
 * June 6: 2017: Warner Home Video releases The Yogi Bear Show: The Complete Series (Hanna-Barbera Diamond Collection edition) on DVD.
 * In the United Kingdom:
 * January 31, 2011: Warner Home Video releases The Yogi Bear Show: The Complete Series on DVD.