The Not So Great Escape
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| Premiere date | November 10, 1988 |
| Starring | Greg Burson Don Messick Pat Fraley |
| Music composed by | Hoyt Curtin |
| Writer(s) | Earl Kress |
| Director(s) | Gordon Hunt (voices) |
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"The Not So Great Escape" is the forty-fourth episode of Yogi Bear season five, and the hundred and twelfth episode overall, and came as a segment of The New Yogi Bear Show. It first aired on November 10, 1988 in first-run syndication. It was written by Earl Kress, and voice directed by Gordon Hunt.
Yippee gets Yogi to perform dangerous stunts for the public, after Yogi tricks Yippee into thinking that he is the next Houdini.
Detailed summary
Memorable quotes
Ranger Smith: It's against regulations for bears to use hang gliders. Come down at once!
Yogi: Not to worry, sir. I'm smarter than the average (crashes into a tree) bear.
Characters
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Locations
- Earth
- United States
- North Pole
- South America (indirectly mentioned)
- Argentina (mentioned)
Objects
- Nothing of importance
Vehicles
- Helicopter
Production
Development
Filming
Music
The main title music was composed by John Debney. The rest of the episode's music was composed by Hoyt Curtin.
Crew credits
Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: November 10, 1988 in syndication
Behind the scenes
- The episode title is a play on the 1963 film The Great Escape.
- Yippee originally appeared in the 1961 Quick Draw McGraw segment "Yippee Coyote."
- Yogi mentions Svengali, a character in the 1894 novel Trilby.
Errors
Critical reception
In other languages
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Home availability
- Nothing to buy. Sorry. 😢
