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
Starring	Daws Butler Don Messick Julie Bennett Doug Young Duke Mitchell
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
Writer(s)	Warren Foster
Director(s)	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
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"Yogi's Birthday Party" is the seventeenth and final episode of Yogi Bear season four, and the sixty-eighth episode 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	Daws Butler
George's wife	Ginny Tyler
Chef	Doug Young
Fisherman	Don Messick
Boo Boo Bear	Don Messick
Cindy Bear	Julie Bennett
Fred Upstairs	Don Messick
Boppy Barrin	Duke Mitchell
Lee B. Rocky	Don Messick
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 Lion	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 music was composed by Hoyt Curtin, who is credited as musical director.

Crew credits

• Story sketch artist: Harvey Eisenberg
• Animation layout artist: Ed Benedict
• Animation supervisor: Dick Lundy
• Background artist: Richard Thomas
• Title artist: Lawrence Goble
• Production supervisor: Howard Hanson
• Camera operators: Frank Paiker, Robert Collis, Charles Flekal
• Film editors: Hank Gotzenberg, Greg Watson

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: October 1, 1961 in syndication

Behind the scenes

• This is the only episode of the Yogi Bear segments to have a half-hour runtime.
• It is also the first episode in which characters from other Hanna-Barbera cartoons join together in a crossover, not counting the bridging segments of their respective series.
• 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, whom of which, has not been introduced before then.
• Although Pixie and Dixie were the ones holding the cards with the lyrics, they appear on the couch at the very end, as if they've never moved.

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.
  • May 30, 2023: Warner Archive Collection releases Hey There, It's Yogi Bear on Blu-ray Disc.
• In the United Kingdom and Ireland:
  • January 31, 2011: Warner Home Video releases The Yogi Bear Show: The Complete Series on DVD.