Yogi Bear (segments)
- This article is about the segments. For other uses, see Yogi Bear.
Yogi Bear | |
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On-screen title card for The Yogi Bear Show. | |
Network | Syndication |
Production company | Hanna-Barbera Syndication |
Original release | September 29, 1958—February 22, 1960; September 26, 1960—October 1, 1961; September 12—November 11, 1988 |
Starring | Daws Butler Don Messick Julie Bennett |
Producer(s) | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
Music composed by | Hoyt Curtin |
Writer(s) | Warren Foster |
Director(s) | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
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Second title card | |
Title card for The Huckleberry Hound Show. | |
Third title card | |
Title card for The New Yogi Bear Show. |
Yogi Bear is a series of animated segments as part of The Huckleberry Hound Show, The Yogi Bear Show and The New Yogi Bear Show, produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions. Airing in syndication, it originally, it ran from 1958 to 1960, airing 35 segments before being replaced by the Hokey Wolf shorts for the third season in 1961, then airing 33 segments on The Yogi Bear Show from 1960 to 1961. In 1988, 45 segments were aired for the final incarnation, The New Yogi Bear Show. In total there were 112 segments that spanned five seasons across three decades.
Proclaiming himself to be "smarter than the average bear," Yogi Bear is Jellystone Park's sneaky resident of the woods. He goes out with his friend and constant companion Boo Boo in numerous schemes, often using his wits in an attempt to steal picnic baskets from campers in the park. The two bears are usually chased down by Ranger Smith, a strict authority figure strained by Yogi's over-the-top antics.
Production
Development
Music
The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin.
Episodes
The Huckleberry Hound Show
The Yogi Bear Show
Episode | Number | Air date |
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"Biggest Show Off on Earth" | 3x08 | Week of January 23, 1961 |
"Genial Genie" | 3x09 | 1961 |
"Cub Scout Boo Boo" | 3x10 | Week of February 6, 1961 |
"Home-Sweet Jellystone" | 3x11 | Week of February 1961 |
"Love-Bugged Bear" | 3x12 | Week of February 13, 1961 |
"Bearface Disguise" | 3x13 | Week of October 31, 1960 |
"Slap Happy Birthday" | 3x14 | Week of February 1961 |
"A Bear Living" | 3x15 | 1961 |
"Disguise and Gals" | 3x16 | 1961 |
"Touch and Go-Go-Go" | 4x01 | 1961 |
"Acrobatty Yogi" | 4x02 | 1961-62 season |
"Ring-a-Ding Picnic Basket" | 4x03 | Week of April 24, 1961 |
"Iron Hand Jones" | 4x04 | 1961-62 season |
"Yogi's Pest Guest" | 4x05 | 1961-62 season |
"Missile Bound Yogi" | 4x06 | 1961-62 season |
"Loco Locomotive" | 4x07 | 1961-62 season |
"Missile-Bound Bear" | 4x08 | 1961-62 season |
"A Wooin' Bruin" | 4x09 | 1962 |
"Yogi in the City" | 4x10 | 1961-62 season |
"Queen Bee for a Day" | 4x11 | 1961-62 season |
"Batty Bear" | 4x12 | 1961-62 season |
"Droop-a-Long Yogi" | 4x13 | 1961-62 season |
"Threadbare Bear" | 4x14 | February 5, 1962 |
"Ice Box Raider" | 4x15 | 1961 |
"Bear Foot Soldiers" | 4x16 | 1961-62 season |
"Yogi's Birthday Party" | 4x17 | October 1, 1961 |
The New Yogi Bear Show
Cast
Crossover
Title | Number | Original air date |
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Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law: "Death by Chocolate" | 1 | July 14, 2002 |
Legacy
Many of the spin-off TV series and movies are based on what was created for The Yogi Bear Show. The success of The Yogi Bear Show propelled Yogi onto the big screen in his only animated theatrical film, Hey There, It's Yogi Bear, released in 1964, becoming the first Hanna-Barbera movie to be distributed by Columbia Pictures.
The popularity of Yogi Bear has also extended to its influence on National Park Service, with the character's appeal boosting visitation in most United States parks. In 1961, at the request of children inquiring about Yogi, authorities in Yellowstone National Park put out signs and flyers of the character in regards to bear safety, including cut-outs of him holding a sign warning visitors to not feed the bears. Despite these efforts, data on annual bear-related injuries in Yellowstone skyrocketed as a indirect result of Yogi's public image; Numbers rose to 69 injuries in 1960, as opposed to a drop from 37 in 1959. As one park service administrator had put it, the humorous roadside signs and flyers, such as those featuring Yogi, had "instill[ed] a sense of levity rather than one of seriousness in the visitor." In response to the criticism, Yellowstone authorities discontinued the use of Yogi Bear in their anti-bear feeding campaign.[1]
The Spümcø tributes
Former Hanna-Barbera animator John Kricfalusi, better known as John K., started up his own animation studio Spümcø in 1989, which created the referred The Ren & Stimpy Show for Nickelodeon in 1991. In 1999, Cartoon Network gave him his chance to show his "love" for old Hanna-Barbera cartoons by creating two shorts called "A Day in the Life of Ranger Smith" and "Boo Boo Runs Wild."
In popular culture
- In The Ren & Stimpy Show episode "The Big Shot!," Stimpy becomes the co-star of Muddy Mudskipper, where they reenact one of the many chase sequences between Yogi and Ranger Smith, respectively. Muddy tells Stimpy to get his hand out of the picnic basket, while Stimpy just spouts random quotes originally said by George Jetson, Elmer Fudd, and Mr. Jinks.
- In the Lucifer episode "Yabba Dabba Do Me," young Jimmy Baines watches the episode "Queen for a Day."
In other languages
Language | Name |
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Brazilian | Zé Colméia |
French | Yogi l'ours |
Spanish | El Oso Yogui |
Japanese | クマゴロウ (Kumagoro) |
References
- ^ Rumm, John (2008); McClure, Nancy (January 7, 2017). Yellowstone and Jellystone: Yogi Bear at 50, Buffalo Bill Centre of The West (2017). Retrieved January 21, 2023.