Yogi Bear's Big Break

"Yogi Bear's Big Break" is the first episode of Yogi Bear season one, and came as a segment of The Huckleberry Hound Show. It aired in the week of September 29, 1958 on NBC. It was written by Charles Shows and Dan Gordon, and produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the founders of HB Enterprises.

Yogi, tired of kids shouting "Look at the bears!," decides to escape from Jellystone Park.

Memorable quotes
Yogi: Every day it's the same. "Look at the bears, look at the bears, look at the bears!" sheesh. Kids in car: Hey, pop, look at the bears, look at the bears, look at the bears!

Characters

 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Narrator
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Daws Butler
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Yogi Bear
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Daws Butler
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Boo Boo Bear
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Kid in car 1
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Daws Butler
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Kid in car 2
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Ranger
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Daws Butler
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Man in car
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Gopher
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Ranger
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Daws Butler
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Man in car
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Gopher
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Gopher
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * Jellystone Park

Vehicles

 * Police car

Music
The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin and Jack Shaindlin.

Crew credits

 * Production supervisor: Howard Hanson
 * Animator: Kenneth Muse, Michael Lah
 * Layout artist: Dick Bickenbach
 * Background artist: Montealegre
 * Title artist: Lawrence Goble
 * Story sketch artists: Charles Shows, Dan Gordon

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: Week of September 29, 1958 on NBC

Behind the scenes

 * According to the Yowp blog, Michael Lah was also an animator, but he was uncredited.

Home availability

 * In the United States:
 * November 15, 2005: Warner Home Video releases The Huckleberry Hound Show: Volume 1 on DVD.