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{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Yogi's Ark Lark''}}
{{Infobox movie
{{Infobox movie
|image= [[File:YAL Title Card.png|300px]]
|image= [[File:YAL promo.png|300px]]
|caption= Title card.
|caption= Promo.
|prodcompany= [[Hanna-Barbera]]
|prodcompany= [[Hanna-Barbera]]
|distributor=  
|distributor=  
|released= September 16, 1972
|released= [[September 16]], [[1972]]
|run_time= 45 minutes
|run_time= 45 minutes
|starring= [[Daws Butler]]<br />[[Henry Corden]]<br />[[Walker Edmiston]]<br />[[Allan Melvin]]<br />[[Don Messick]]<br />[[John Stephenson (actor)|John Stephenson]]<br />[[Jean Vander Pyl]]<br />[[Lennie Weinrib]]
|starring= [[Daws Butler]]<br />[[Henry Corden]]<br />[[Walker Edmiston]]<br />[[Allan Melvin]]<br />[[Don Messick]]<br />[[John Stephenson]]<br />[[Jean Vander Pyl]]<br />[[Lennie Weinrib]]
|producers= [[William Hanna]] and [[Joesph Barbera]]
|producers= [[William Hanna]] and [[Joseph Barbera]]
|music= [[Hoyt Curtin]]
|music= [[Hoyt Curtin]]
|story= [[Bob Ogle]]<br />[[Dick Robbins]]
|story= [[Bob Ogle]]<br />[[Dick Robbins]]
|director= William Hanna and Joesph Barbera
|director= William Hanna and Joseph Barbera
|previous= Hey There, It's Yogi Bear  
|previous= Hey There, It's Yogi Bear (film)
|next= Casper's First Christmas  
|next= Yogi's First Christmas  
|title_card= [[File:YAL Title Card.png|300px]]
}}
}}
'''Yogi's Ark Lark''' is a 1972 animated TV pilot movie, setting up the ''[[Yogi's Gang (TV series)|Yogi's Gang]]'' TV series. It aired on September 16, 1972 on [[ABC]]. It was written by [[Bob Ogle]] and [[Dick Robbins]], and directed by [[William Hanna]] and [[Joseph Barbera]], the co-founders of [[Hanna-Barbera]].
'''''Yogi's Ark Lark''''' is an American animated television pilot movie, setting up the ''[[Yogi's Gang (TV series)|Yogi's Gang]]'' TV series. It aired on [[September 16]], [[1972]] on [[ABC]]. It was written by [[Bob Ogle]] and [[Dick Robbins]], and directed by [[William Hanna]] and [[Joseph Barbera]], the co-founders of [[Hanna-Barbera]].


Yogi and his gang build a flying ark to sail off and find "the perfect place" after their own homes were filled up with trash. But at the same time, they have trouble finding one.
Yogi and his gang build a flying ark to sail off and find "the perfect place" after their own homes were filled up with trash. But at the same time, they have trouble finding one.
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{{CastTop}}
{{CastTop}}
|-
|-
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Yogi Bear (character)|Yogi Bear]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Huckleberry Hound (character)|Huckleberry Hound]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Daws Butler]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Daws Butler]]
|-
|-
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Boo Boo Bear]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Squiddly Diddly (character)|Squiddly Diddly]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Don Messick]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Walker Edmiston]]
|-
|-
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Snagglepuss (character)|Snagglepuss]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Wally Gator]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| Daws Butler
|style="background-color:#clear"| Daws Butler
|-
|-
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Quick Draw McGraw]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Paw Rugg]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| Daws Butler
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Henry Corden]]
|-
|-
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Lippy the Lion]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Shag Rugg]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| Daws Butler
|-
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Dinosaur
|style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
|style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
|-
|-
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Top Cat (character)|Top Cat]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Floral Rugg]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| Daws Butler
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Jean Vander Pyl]]
|-
|-
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Benny the Ball]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Maw Rugg]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[John Stephenson]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| Jean Vander Pyl
|-
|-
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Magilla Gorilla]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Ruff]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Allan Melvin]]
|-
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Hokey Wolf]]
|style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
|style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
|-
|-
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|style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
|style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
|-
|-
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Ding-a-Ling]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Doggie Daddy]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[John Stephenson]]
|-
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Augie Doggie]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| Daws Butler
|-
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Chopper]]
|style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
|style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
|-
|-
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Huckleberry Hound (character)|Huckleberry Hound]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Yakky Doodle]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| Walker Edmiston
|-
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Peter Potamus]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| Daws Butler
|style="background-color:#clear"| Daws Butler
|-
|-
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Paw Rugg]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[So-So]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Henry Corden]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Don Messick]]
|-
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Quick Draw McGraw (character)|Quick Draw McGraw]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| Daws Butler
|-
|-
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Peter Potamus]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Baba Looey]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| Daws Butler
|style="background-color:#clear"| Daws Butler
|-
|-
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Choo-Choo]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Lippy the Lion]]
|style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
|style="background-color:#clear"| Daws Butler
|-
|-
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Fancy-Fancy]]
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Garage man
|style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
|style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
|-
|-
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Augie Doggie]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Top Cat (character)|Top Cat]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| Daws Butler
|style="background-color:#clear"| Daws Butler
|-
|-
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Doggie Daddy]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Benny the Ball]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| John Stephenson
|style="background-color:#clear"| John Stephenson
|-
|-
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Touché Turtle]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Choo Choo]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| Don Messick
|style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
|-
|-
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Dum Dum]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Spook]]
|style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
|style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
|-
|-
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Baba Looey]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Yogi Bear (character)|Yogi Bear]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| Daws Butler
|style="background-color:#clear"| Daws Butler
|-
|-
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Brain]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Boo Boo Bear]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| Don Messick
|-
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Lulubelle]]
|style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
|style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
|-
|-
|style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| [[Ranger Smith]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Magilla Gorilla (character)|Magilla Gorilla]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Allan Melvin]]
|-
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Hokey Wolf]]
|style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
|-
|-
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Noah Smitty]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Ding-a-Ling]]
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Lennie Weinrib]]
|style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
|-
|-
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Sawtooth]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Fancy Fancy]]
|style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
|style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
|-
|-
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Atom Ant]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Touché Turtle]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| Don Messick
|style="background-color:#clear"| Don Messick
|-
|-
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Squiddly Diddly]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Dum Dum]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Walker Edmiston]]
|style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
|-
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Brain]]
|style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
|-
|-
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Wally Gator]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Snagglepuss Lion]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| Daws Butler
|style="background-color:#clear"| Daws Butler
|-
|-
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Maw Rugg]]
|style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| [[Ranger Smith]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Jean Vander Pyl]]
|-
|-
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Shag Rugg]]
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Noah Smitty]]
|style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Lennie Weinrib]]
|-
|-
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Floral Rugg]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Sawtooth]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| Jean Vander Pyl
|-
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Ruff]]
|style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
|style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
|-
|-
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[So-So]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Atom Ant (character)|Atom Ant]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| Don Messick
|style="background-color:#clear"| Don Messick
|-
|-
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Hardy Har Har]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Hardy Har Har]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| John Stephenson
|style="background-color:#clear"| John Stephenson
|-
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Yakky Doodle]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Walker Edmiston]]
|-
|-
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Mildred (Yogi's Ark Lark)|Mildred]]
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Mildred (Yogi's Ark Lark)|Mildred]]
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|style="background-color:#clear"| Don Messick
|style="background-color:#clear"| Don Messick
|-
|-
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Chopper]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Lambsy Divey]]
|style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
|-
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Lambsy]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| Daws Butler
|style="background-color:#clear"| Daws Butler
|-
|-
|style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| [[Mildew Wolf]]
|style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| [[Mildew Wolf]]
|-
|-
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Secret Squirrel]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Secret Squirrel (character)|Secret Squirrel]]
|style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
|-
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Spook]]
|style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
|style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
|-
|-
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==Locations==
==Locations==
* [[Earth]]
* [[Earth]]
** [[Jellystone Park]]
** [[United States]]
** Highway
*** [[Jellystone Park]]
*** City
*** Highway
*** Ocean
** [[Africa]]
*** [[Sahara Desert]]
** Snowy place
** Snowy place
** Mountainy place
** Mountainy place
* Space
* Outer space
** [[Moon|The Moon]]
** [[Moon|The Moon]]


==Objects==
==Objects==
*
==Vehicles==
==Vehicles==
* [[Yogi's Ark|Nola's Ark]]
* [[Yogi's Ark|Nola's Ark]]
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===Filming===
===Filming===
==Music==
==Music==
The music was composed by [[Hoyt Curtn]].
==Release==
==Release==
Dates are in order of release:
* United States: September 16, 1972 on NBC
==Behind the scenes==
==Behind the scenes==
* Top Cat was voiced by Daws Butler, as [[Arnold Stang]] wasn't available at the time. This was also the main reason Hokey Wolf didn't have any dialogue in the film.
==Errors==
==Errors==
* At the start of the flashback, when the gang is cheering, [[Hokey Wolf|Hokey]] is mistakenly colored like [[Hardy Har Har]].
* At the start of the flashback, when the gang is cheering, Hokey is mistakenly colored like Hardy Har Har.
* Throughout a majority of the film, although it can be speculated that they are there in-universe, the following characters become absent, only to reappear or disappear randomly:
** Lulubelle disappears after helping with building the Ark.
** Sawtooth only appears when he is helping on building the Ark and at the snowy environment.
** Hokey and Ding-a-Ling randomly disappear and reappear in the background.
** Ruff and Reddy randomly disappear and reappear in the background.
** Lambsy disappears after his first role in the film, only for him to reappear out of nowhere at the end.
** Wally Gator isn't present during a chunk of the film.
* When the gang is convinced that they landed on a beach and go out running, Fancy Fancy is mistakenly colored blue.
* When the gang finds an island on the Sahara Desert, Daws Butler mistakenly used his Peter Potamus impression for Quick Draw when saying "It's prefect!"


==Marketing and promotion==
==Marketing and promotion==
==Critical reception==
==Critical reception==
==In other languages==
==In other languages==
{| class="wikitable"
! Language
! Name
! Meaning
|-
|
|
|
|}
==Home availability==
==Home availability==
* In the United States:
**
==Trailers==
==Trailers==
'''Promo:'''
{{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFOibwX8joo}}
==References==
==References==
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<references/>
[[Category:1972]]
[[Category:ABC]]
[[Category:Films]]
[[Category:The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie]]
[[Category:The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie]]
[[Category:Yogi Bear films]]
[[Category:Yogi Bear]]

Latest revision as of 07:32, 23 February 2024

Yogi's Ark Lark
YAL promo.png
Promo.
Production company Hanna-Barbera
Release date September 16, 1972
Run time 45 minutes
Starring Daws Butler
Henry Corden
Walker Edmiston
Allan Melvin
Don Messick
John Stephenson
Jean Vander Pyl
Lennie Weinrib
Producer(s) William Hanna and Joseph Barbera
Music composed by Hoyt Curtin
Story by Bob Ogle
Dick Robbins
Director(s) William Hanna and Joseph Barbera
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Title card
YAL Title Card.png

Yogi's Ark Lark is an American animated television pilot movie, setting up the Yogi's Gang TV series. It aired on September 16, 1972 on ABC. It was written by Bob Ogle and Dick Robbins, and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the co-founders of Hanna-Barbera.

Yogi and his gang build a flying ark to sail off and find "the perfect place" after their own homes were filled up with trash. But at the same time, they have trouble finding one.

Detailed summary

Memorable quotes

Characters

Legend
Character debut Speaking debut Ep. debut No lines Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character Actor
Huckleberry Hound Daws Butler
Squiddly Diddly Walker Edmiston
Wally Gator Daws Butler
Paw Rugg Henry Corden
Shag Rugg N/A
Floral Rugg Jean Vander Pyl
Maw Rugg Jean Vander Pyl
Ruff N/A
Reddy N/A
Doggie Daddy John Stephenson
Augie Doggie Daws Butler
Chopper N/A
Yakky Doodle Walker Edmiston
Peter Potamus Daws Butler
So-So Don Messick
Quick Draw McGraw Daws Butler
Baba Looey Daws Butler
Lippy the Lion Daws Butler
Garage man N/A
Top Cat Daws Butler
Benny the Ball John Stephenson
Choo Choo N/A
Spook N/A
Yogi Bear Daws Butler
Boo Boo Bear Don Messick
Lulubelle N/A
Magilla Gorilla Allan Melvin
Hokey Wolf N/A
Ding-a-Ling N/A
Fancy Fancy N/A
Touché Turtle Don Messick
Dum Dum N/A
Brain N/A
Snagglepuss Lion Daws Butler
Ranger Smith
Noah Smitty Lennie Weinrib
Sawtooth N/A
Atom Ant Don Messick
Hardy Har Har John Stephenson
Mildred Jean Vander Pyl
Henry Unavailable
Truck Driver Henry Corden
Joe Allan Melvin
Moby Dick Don Messick
Lambsy Divey Daws Butler
Mildew Wolf
Secret Squirrel N/A
Pixie Daws Butler
Dixie Don Messick


Organizations

Locations

Objects

Vehicles

Production

Development

Filming

Music

The music was composed by Hoyt Curtn.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

  • United States: September 16, 1972 on NBC

Behind the scenes

  • Top Cat was voiced by Daws Butler, as Arnold Stang wasn't available at the time. This was also the main reason Hokey Wolf didn't have any dialogue in the film.

Errors

  • At the start of the flashback, when the gang is cheering, Hokey is mistakenly colored like Hardy Har Har.
  • Throughout a majority of the film, although it can be speculated that they are there in-universe, the following characters become absent, only to reappear or disappear randomly:
    • Lulubelle disappears after helping with building the Ark.
    • Sawtooth only appears when he is helping on building the Ark and at the snowy environment.
    • Hokey and Ding-a-Ling randomly disappear and reappear in the background.
    • Ruff and Reddy randomly disappear and reappear in the background.
    • Lambsy disappears after his first role in the film, only for him to reappear out of nowhere at the end.
    • Wally Gator isn't present during a chunk of the film.
  • When the gang is convinced that they landed on a beach and go out running, Fancy Fancy is mistakenly colored blue.
  • When the gang finds an island on the Sahara Desert, Daws Butler mistakenly used his Peter Potamus impression for Quick Draw when saying "It's prefect!"

Marketing and promotion

Critical reception

In other languages

Language Name Meaning

Home availability

  • In the United States:

Trailers

Promo:

References