Threadbare Bear

Threadbare Bear
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Production number	R-68
Premiere date	Week of February 5, 1962
Run time	7:16
Starring	Daws Butler Don Messick
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
Writer(s)	Warren Foster
Director(s)	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
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"Threadbare Bear" is the fourteenth episode of Yogi Bear season four, and the sixty-fifth episode overall, which came as a segment of The Yogi Bear Show. It aired in the week of February 5, 1962 in syndication. It was written by Warren Foster, and produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the founders of HB Enterprises.

A government official selects Yogi and Boo Boo to be sent to the Cincinnati Zoo. But after a misunderstanding, they soon make an escape in order to return to Jellystone Park.

Memorable quotes

Ranger Smith: I sure appreciate the way you're taking this, Yogi. Any other animal will be sore about being shipped to the Cincinnati Zoo.
Yogi: The zoo!?
Ranger Smith: I thought you knew, Yogi? I have nothing to do with it; It was orders from the top!
Yogi: I see, sir. I don't wanna stay where not I'm wanted!
Boo Boo: Mr. Ranger. If Yogi has to go, I'll go with him.
Ranger Smith: Thanks, Boo Boo! You are going with him.
Boo Boo: Oh…

Yogi: We are hundreds of miles away from Jellystone, Boo Boo. Deep in the forest! Fugitives from injustice, like Robin Hood and his Merry Men! We shall sally forth, takin' from the rich, givin' to the poor! And there's no one for it than us, Boo Boo; Yogi Hood and his Merry Boo Boo! Nyeh-hey-hey-hey!
Boo Boo: I don't feel very merry, Yogi…

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Jellystone Park

Music

The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin.

Crew credits

• Story director: Paul Sommer
• Animator artist: Ralph Sommerville
• Layout artist: Tony Rivera
• Background artist: Neenah Maxwell
• Title artist: Lawrence Goble
• Production supervisor: Howard Hanson

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: Week of February 5, 1962 in syndication

Behind the scenes

• Despite what it says on-screen, Alex Lovy, C.L. Hartman, Dan Noonan weren't the story director, animator and layout artist, respectively, but were actually Paul Sommer, Robert Bentley, and Ernest Nordli.
• According to the government official, Yogi and Boo Boo are listed as Bear 14 and Bear 37, respectively.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • August 15, 2006: 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 and Ireland:
  • January 31, 2011: Warner Home Video releases The Yogi Bear Show: The Complete Series on DVD.