The Not So Great Escape

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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

Legend
Character debut Speaking debut Ep. debut No lines Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character Actor
Ranger Smith Don Messick
Yogi Bear Greg Burson
Boo Boo Bear Don Messick
Yippee Coyote Pat Fraley
Mule Unavailable
Harry Houdini


Locations

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

Language Name Meaning

Home availability

  • Nothing to buy. Sorry. 😢

References