Yo, Yogi!
| Yo, Yogi! | |
|---|---|
 On-screen title card. | |
| Network | NBC |
| Production company | Hanna-Barbera |
| Distributor | Worldvision Enterprises |
| Original release | September 14—December 7, 1991 |
| Starring | Greg Burson Don Messick Greg Berg Kath Soucie Rob Paulsen |
| Executive producer(s) | William Hanna Joseph Barbera Paul Sabella Mark Young |
| Producer(s) | Cos Anzilotti Rich Fogel Mark Seidenberg |
| Music composed by | Jonathan Wolff |
| Writer(s) | Bob Kushnell Steve Smith Earl Kress Gordon Bressack |
| Director(s) | Don Lusk Paul Sommer Carl Urbano Jay Sarbry Joanna Romersa Ray Patterson (supervising) Gordon Hunt (voices) |
| Animation director(s) | Joanna Romersa Sam Nicholson Joan Drake Allen Wilzbach Robert Tyler Zeon Davush Michael V. Bennett Rebecca Bristow Ed Love |
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Yo, Yogi! is an American mystery animated comedy television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions for NBC's Saturday morning block. It ran in 1991, airing 13 episodes that spanned one season. It is the seventh Yogi Bear series after The Yogi Bear Show, which ran from 1961 to 1962.
In a retake of The Yogi Bear Show for hip young kids of the '90s, Yogi has been regressed into a pre-teen bear who leads the afterschool lost and found department at Jellystone Mall. When he's not being semi-serious, he's goofing off at the mall with his friends, Boo Boo, Cindy, Huckleberry, and Snagglepuss, which annoys Officer Smith to no end.
Throughout the series, various guest stars would recurrently make appearances, such as Augie Doggie, Doggie Daddy, Hokey Wolf, Ding-a-Ling, Atom Ant, Secret Squirrel, Quick Draw McGraw, Baba Looey, Super Snooper, Blabber Mouse, Magilla Gorilla, Squiddly Diddly, Peter Potamus and Loopy De Loop.
Production
Development
Music
The title song was composed and conducted by Joe Curiale. The main music was composed and conducted by Jonathan Wolff. The director of music production was Bodie Chandler.
Episodes
| Episode | Number | Original air date |
|---|---|---|
| "Yo, Yogi!" | 1x01 | September 14, 1991 |
| "Huck's Doggone Day" / "Grindhog Day" | 1x02 | September 21, 1991 |
| "Jellystone Jam" | 1x03 | September 28, 1991 |
| "Mall Alone" | 1x04 | October 5, 1991 |
| "Tricky Dickie's Dirty Trickies" | 1x05 | October 12, 1991 |
| "Super Duper Snag" | 1x06 | October 19, 1991 |
| "Mellow Fellow" / "Hats Off to Yogi" | 1x07 | October 26, 1991 |
| "Polly Want a Safecracker" | 1x08 | November 2, 1991 |
| "Mall or Nothing" / "There's No Business Like Snow Business" | 1x09 | November 9, 1991 |
| "It's All Relative" / "Bearly Working" | 1x10 | November 16, 1991 |
| "Yippee-Yo, Yogi" / "Of Meeces and Men" | 1x11 | November 23, 1991 |
| "Fashion Smashin!" / "To Tell the Truth, Forsooth" | 1x12 | November 30, 1991 |
| "The Big Snoop" | 1x13 | December 7, 1991 |
Cast
- Greg Burson as Yogi Bear, Snagglepuss Lion and Officer Smith
- Don Messick as Boo Boo Bear and Muttley
- Greg Berg as Huckleberry Hound
- Kath Soucie as Cindy Bear
- Rob Paulsen as Dickie Dastardly
Legacy
- This was the last show starring Yogi Bear until Jellystone!, which was released in 2021 on HBO Max. Jellystone! creator, C.H. Greenblatt, used Yo, Yogi! as partial inspiration since both use Jellystone as a town setting.
Critical reception
In a 1993 interview with USA Today, William Hanna claimed that he did not care for the show's updating of Yogi Bear and the other characters, stating, "they screwed it up by re-designing him. They made him look like a whoremonger."[1]
References
- ^ (2017)"Animation Anecdotes 307". Cartoon Research. Retrieved on November 5, 2022.
