Yogi's Birthday Party

Yogi's Birthday Party
Yogi surrounded by his friends on his special day.
Premiere date	week of October 1, 1961
Run time	22:25
Writer(s)	Warren Foster Harvey Eisenberg
Director(s)	William Hanna and Joseph Barbera
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"Yogi's Birthday Party" is the seventeenth episode of Yogi Bear season four, and the twenty-eighth and final 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

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Ranger Smith	Don Messick
Director	Unavailable
The Sponsor
Yogi Bear	Daws Butler
George	Unavailable
George's wife	Unavailable
Chef	Unavailable
Fisherman	Unavailable
Boo Boo Bear	Don Messick
Cindy Bear	Julie Bennett
Fred	Unavailable
Boppy Barrin	Unavailable
Lee B. Rocky	Unavailable
Misc Rangers	Unavailable
Dogs	Unavailable
Ranger Jones	Unavailable
Men	Unavailable
Huckleberry Hound	Daws Butler
Quick Draw McGraw	Daws Butler
Mr. Jinks	Daws Butler
Pixie	Don Messick
Dixie	Daws Butler
Super Snooper	Daws Butler
Blabber Mouse	Daws Butler
Snagglepuss	Daws Butler
Hokey Wolf	Daws Butler
Ding-a-Ling	Doug Young
Augie Doggie	Daws Butler
Doggie Daddy	Doug Young
Yakky Doodle	Jimmy Weldon
Baba Looey	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 score was composed by Hoyt Curtin.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: October 1, 1961 in syndication

Behind the scenes

• 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 Looey, whom of which, has not been introduced before then.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • November 15, 2005: 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.
• In the United Kingdom:
  • January 31, 2011: Warner Home Video releases The Yogi Bear Show: The Complete Series on DVD.