Hey There, It's Yogi Bear (film)

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Hey There, It's Yogi Bear
Hey There, It's Yogi Bear poster.jpg
Theatrical poster.
Production company Hanna-Barbera Productions
Distributor Columbia Pictures
Release date June 3, 1964
Run time 1:25:32
Starring Alan Reed
Mel Blanc
Jean Vander Pyl
Gerry Johnson
Don Messick
Janet Waldo
Paul Frees
Harvey Korman
John Stephenson
June Foray
Executive producer(s) Edgar Bronfman
Producer(s) Joseph Barbera
William Hanna
Music composed by Marty Paich
Screenplay by Joseph Barbera
Warren Foster
William Hanna
Based on Yogi Bear
by William Hanna
and Joseph Barbera
Director(s) Joseph Barbera
William Hanna
Animation director(s) Charles A. Nichols
Art director(s) Richard Bickenbach
Iwao Takamoto
William Perez
Jacques W. Rupp
Willie Ito
Tony Sgroi
Ernest Nodli
Jerry Eisenberg
Zigamond Jablecki
Bruce Brushman
Title card
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Second title card
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Hey There, It's Yogi Bear is an American animated musical comedy film based on the Yogi Bear segments of The Huckleberry Hound Show and The Yogi Bear Show. The film was produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions, and distributed by Columbia Pictures on June 3, 1964. It was written by William Barbera, Warren Foster, and William Hanna, and produced and directed by Hanna and Barbera, the founders of Hanna-Barbera. It was Hanna-Barbera's first full-length theatrical film.

Detailed summary

Memorable quotes

Yogi: Corn Pone, you're almost smarter than the average bear.


Yogi's inner self: That's the spirit, Yogi. You'll be glad you took my advice because I am smarter than the average in-ner self. Hee-hee-hee.

Grifter: I gotta admit, you're pretty smart.
Yogi: Smarter than the average bear. Hey, hey.


Yogi: I got to admit, sir, you're smarter than the average ranger.

Characters

Legend
Character debut Speaking debut Ep. debut No lines Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character Actor
Boo Boo Bear Don Messick
Ernest Newton (singing)
Yogi Bear Daws Butler
James Darren (singing)
Bill Lee
Ranger Smith Don Messick
Cindy Bear Julie Bennett
Jackie Ward (singing)
Robin Hood
Friar Tuck (indirectly)
Little John
Charlie
Corn Pone Hal Smith
Moose Hal Smith
Chick Don Messick
Ranger #1 Unavailable
Wife Unavailable
Conductor bear Mel Blanc
Bear #2 Daws Butler
Mysto the Magician
Train conductor N/A
Grifter Chizzling Mel Blanc
Snively Chizzling J. Pat O'Malley
Mugger Don Messick (snickering)
Mel Blanc (talking)
Yogi's inner self Don Messick
President of the United States
Ranger #2 Allan Melvin
Pilot Daws Butler
Pilot Charlie Don Messick
Air traffic controller Don Messick
Air traffic manager Don Messick
Sheriff Unavailable
Sam (voice only) Unavailable
Mrs. Rutabaga
Goldilocks
Snow White
Barn dance woman Jean Vander Pyl
James Darren
Mack Unavailable
TV reporter Don Messick
Cameraman Charlie N/A


Organizations

Locations

Objects

  • Life balloon

Vehicles

  • Ranger Smith's Jeep
  • Ranger station truck
  • Train
  • Grifter's truck
  • Cargo plane
  • Clown car
  • Ranger Smith's helicopter

Production

Development

On June 21, 1963, the Associated Press reported that Hanna-Barbera was going to produce a full-length feature called Whistle Your Way Back Home, starring Huckleberry Hound.[1] That title became a song featured in Hey There, It's Yogi Bear.[2]

Iwao Takamoto, an art director of the film, was approached by Joseph Barbera to redesign Cindy Bear for the film, as Barbera thought that her design didn't look cute in the television shorts she appeared in. Takamoto agreed in return and instilled her design with "all the ursine sex appeal" he could.[3] Takamoto also designed the villains of the film, including Mugger, who served as a basis for Muttley in the Wacky Races television series.

Filming

Music

Main article: Hey There, It's Yogi Bear (soundtrack)

The music was composed by Marty Paich, except for the title song "Hey There, It's Yogi Bear," which was composed by David Gates. The songs were written by Ray Gilbert and Doug Goodwin. A vinyl was released by Colpix Records.

Songs

  1. "Hey There, It's Yogi Bear"
  2. "I Like You" - Jackie Ward
  3. "St. Louis" - Jonah and the Wailers
  4. "Ash Can Parade" - Bill Lee, Ernest Newton
  5. "Whistle Your Way Back Home" - Bill Lee, Ernest Newton, Jackie Ward
  6. "Ven-e, Ven-o, Ven-a - James Darren

Crew credits

Release

Dates are in order of release:

Behind the scenes

  • Ranger Smith's first name is revealed to be John, although in the Yogi Bear short "Predaterminator," he is called Francis.
  • The moose sounds no different to Quick Draw McGraw, another character voiced by Daws Butler.
  • The vanity plate of one car says "HB120."
  • Mugger was a proto-Muttley.
  • Yogi mentions Smokey the Bear.
  • Butler uses his Huckleberry Hound voice for the unnamed pilot.
  • Nordli Field is named after art director Ernie Nordli.
  • Yogi calls himself the bear with a thousand faces, which is a reference to actor Lon Chaney's nickname, "The Man of a Thousand Faces."
  • The gag of the policeman running away from a pole and yelling timber only to be hit by said pole was copied from the same gag that first happened to Spike in 1949 Droopy theatrical short Wags to Riches.
  • The Columbia Pictures logo is cut from Warner Bros.' DVD print.

Errors

  • The cats from the trash cans who react to Yogi singing in the alley, but when Boo Boo starts singing, they're gone.
  • When Yogi said "How about that?" after seeing a poster for the Chizzling Bros. Circus, he sounded more like Snagglepuss, identical, even!

Marketing and promotion

Little Golden Books published a book to coincide with the release of the film called Hey There―It's Yogi Bear! Although it only covers the Yogi and Boo discovering the poster advertising Cindy and rescuing her from the circus.

Kellogg's released a record also called "Hey There―It's Yogi Bear!"

Legacy

  • Scenes from this movie are used in the "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" musical sequence in the 1987 television film Rock Odyssey.

Critical reception

In other languages

Language Name Meaning

Home availability

Trailers

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References

  1. ^ Thomas, Bob (June 21, 1963). "Hanna, Barbera Went Far In Sixty Years." Associated Press. Retrieved November 5, 2022.
  2. ^ Yowp, Don M. (March 24, 2010). "The Hanna-Barbera". Yowp. Retrieved November 3, 2022.
  3. ^ Takamoto, Iwao (2009). Iwao Takamoto: My life with a Thousand Characters. Jackson, Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi. ISBN 978-1-60473-477-5.
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