Yogi's Birthday Party

"Yogi's Birthday Party" is the seventeenth and final episode of Yogi Bear season four, and the sixty-seventh 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"| Daws Butler
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| George's wife
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Ginny Tyler
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Chef
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Doug Young
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Fisherman
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * 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 Upstairs
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Boppy Barrin
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Duke Mitchell
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Lee B. Rocky
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * 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 Lion
 * 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"| 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 Lion
 * 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 music was composed by Hoyt Curtin, who is credited as musical director.

Crew credits

 * Story sketch artist: Harvey Eisenberg
 * Animation layout artist: Ed Benedict
 * Animation supervisor: Dick Lundy
 * Background artist: Richard Thomas
 * Title artist: Lawrence Goble
 * Production supervisor: Howard Hanson
 * Camera operators: Frank Paiker, Robert Collis, Charles Flekal
 * Film editors: Hank Gotzenberg, Greg Watson

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: October 1, 1961 in syndication

Behind the scenes

 * This is the only episode of the Yogi Bear segments to have a half-hour runtime.
 * It is also the first episode in which characters from other Hanna-Barbera cartoons join together in a crossover, not counting the bridging segments of their respective series.
 * 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, whom of which, has not been introduced before then.
 * Although Pixie and Dixie were the ones holding the cards with the lyrics, they appear on the couch at the very end, as if they've never moved.

Home availability

 * In the United States:
 * August 15, 2006: 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.
 * May 30, 2023: Warner Archive Collection releases Hey There, It's Yogi Bear on Blu-ray Disc.
 * In the United Kingdom and Ireland:
 * January 31, 2011: Warner Home Video releases The Yogi Bear Show: The Complete Series on DVD.