Yo, Yogi!

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Yo, Yogi!
On-screen title card.
Network	NBC
Production company	Hanna-Barbera
Distributor	Worldvision Enterprises
Original release	September 14—December 7, 1991
Starring	Greg Burson Don Messick Greg Berg Kath Soucie Rob Paulsen
Executive producer(s)	William Hanna Joseph Barbera Paul Sabella Mark Young
Producer(s)	Cos Anzilotti Rich Fogel Mark Seidenberg
Music composed by	Jonathan Wolff
Writer(s)	Bob Kushnell Steve Smith Earl Kress Gordon Bressack
Director(s)	Don Lusk Paul Sommer Carl Urbano Jay Sarbry Joanna Romersa Ray Patterson (supervising) Gordon Hunt (voices)
Animation director(s)	Joanna Romersa Sam Nicholson Joan Drake Allen Wilzbach Robert Tyler Zeon Davush Michael V. Bennett Rebecca Bristow Ed Love
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Yo, Yogi! is an American mystery animated comedy television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions for NBC's Saturday morning block. It ran in 1991, airing 13 episodes that spanned one season. It is the seventh Yogi Bear series after The Yogi Bear Show, which ran from 1961 to 1962.

In a retake of The Yogi Bear Show for hip young kids of the '90s, Yogi has been regressed into a pre-teen bear who leads the afterschool lost and found department at Jellystone Mall. When he's not being semi-serious, he's goofing off at the mall with his friends, Boo Boo, Cindy, Huckleberry, and Snagglepuss, which annoys Officer Smith to no end.

Throughout the series, various guest stars would recurrently make appearances, such as Augie Doggie, Doggie Daddy, Hokey Wolf, Ding-a-Ling, Atom Ant, Secret Squirrel, Quick Draw McGraw, Baba Looey, Super Snooper, Blabber Mouse, Magilla Gorilla, Squiddly Diddly, Peter Potamus and Loopy De Loop.

Music

The title song was composed and conducted by Joe Curiale. The main music was composed and conducted by Jonathan Wolff. The director of music production was Bodie Chandler.

Episodes

Episode	Number	Original air date
"Yo, Yogi!"	1x01	September 14, 1991
"Huck's Doggone Day" / "Grindhog Day"	1x02	September 21, 1991
"Jellystone Jam"	1x03	September 28, 1991
"Mall Alone"	1x04	October 5, 1991
"Tricky Dickie's Dirty Trickies"	1x05	October 12, 1991
"Super Duper Snag"	1x06	October 19, 1991
"Mellow Fellow" / "Hats Off to Yogi"	1x07	October 26, 1991
"Polly Want a Safecracker"	1x08	November 2, 1991
"Mall or Nothing" / "There's No Business Like Snow Business"	1x09	November 9, 1991
"It's All Relative" / "Bearly Working"	1x10	November 16, 1991
"Yippee-Yo, Yogi" / "Of Meeces and Men"	1x11	November 23, 1991
"Fashion Smashin!" / "To Tell the Truth, Forsooth"	1x12	November 30, 1991
"The Big Snoop"	1x13	December 7, 1991

From January 25 to April 18, 1992, NBC reaired the series with the chases redone in 3-D, touted as the first series to do this, which Yogi indicated to viewers by flipping his hat, so that the kids would know when to put on their 3-D glasses they were expected to have already received for free with their box of Kellogg's Rice Krispies.

Cast

• Greg Burson as Yogi Bear, Snagglepuss Lion and Officer Smith
• Don Messick as Boo Boo Bear and Muttley
• Greg Berg as Huckleberry Hound
• Kath Soucie as Cindy Bear
• Rob Paulsen as Dickie Dastardly

Legacy

• This was the last show starring Yogi Bear until Jellystone!, which was released in 2021 on HBO Max. Jellystone! creator, C.H. Greenblatt, used Yo, Yogi! as partial inspiration since both use Jellystone as a town setting.

Critical reception

In a 1993 interview with USA Today, William Hanna was not fond of how the show handled Yogi and the other characters, stating, "They screwed it up by re-designing him. They made him look like a whoremonger."

Merchandise

Home media

In 1992, via Kellogg's Rice Krispies mail-in order, Hanna-Barbera Home Video released a 3-D version of the pilot episode (along with scenes from 12 other episodes) called Yo, Yogi! in 3-D.

In the United Kingdom and Ireland, First Independent Films released one VHS in 1993 called Yo, Yogi!: Yo, Yogi! and the L.A.F. Squad.

Toys

Just Toys released Bend-Ems, i.e. bendable action figures, of Yogi, Boo Boo, and Huckleberry.

McDonald's released Kid's Meal toys of pull-back vehicles with Yogi and Cindy on jet skis, Huckleberry in a racecar, and Boo Boo on a skateboard, coming with a Happy Meal bag that advised kids to keep the fictitious Jellystone Park save.

Kellogg's tie-ins

To tie into the show, specifically the 3-D version, Kellogg's included free self-inking rubber stamps of Yogi, Boo Boo, Huckeberry, and Snagglepuss in Smacks, Apple Jacks, Cocoa Krispies, Fruity Marshmallows, and Frosted Krispies.

Video game

In 1992, Tiger Electronics released a handheld game.