The Yogi Bear Show

The Yogi Bear Show is an American animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions that centered around the misadventures of forest dwelling bear Yogi in Jellystone Park. The show debuted in syndication on January 30, 1961 and ran for 33 episodes until January 6, 1962.[1] Two other segments for the show were Snagglepuss and Yakky Doodle.[2] The show had a two-year production run.[3]

For other uses, see Yogi Bear (disambiguation).

The Yogi Bear Show
Genre
Created by
Directed by
Voices of
Theme music composerHoyt Curtin
Composer(s)Hoyt Curtin
Country of originUnited States
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes33 (list of episodes)
Production
Producer(s)
Running time24 min.
Production company(s)Hanna-Barbera Productions
DistributorScreen Gems
Release
Original networkSyndicated
Original releaseJanuary 30, 1961 (1961-01-30) –
January 6, 1962 (1962-01-06)
Chronology
Followed byYogi Bear & Friends
Related showsThe Huckleberry Hound Show

Segments
Main article: List of The Yogi Bear Show episodes

Yogi Bear
Main article: Yogi Bear

Yogi Bear (voiced by Daws Butler impersonating Art Carney) and Boo-Boo Bear (voiced by Don Messick) reside in Jellystone Park and would often try to steal picnic baskets while evading Ranger Smith (voiced by Don Messick). Yogi also has a relationship with his girlfriend Cindy Bear (voiced by Julie Bennett).

Snagglepuss
Main article: Snagglepuss

Snagglepuss the Mountain Lion (voiced by Daws Butler impersonating Bert Lahr) tries to make his life hospitable while occasionally evading a hunter named Major Minor (voiced by Don Messick).

Yakky Doodle
Main article: Yakky Doodle

Yakky Doodle (voiced by Jimmy Weldon in the style of Donald Duck) is a duck who lives with his best friend Chopper the Bulldog (voiced by Vance Colvig impersonating Wallace Beery). Chopper would usually protect Yakky from being eaten by Fibber Fox (voiced by Daws Butler impersonating Shelley Berman) or Alfy Gator (voiced by Daws Butler impersonating Alfred Hitchcock).

Characters

Yogi Bear
Main article: Yogi Bear

Yogi Bear (voiced by Daws Butler impersonating Art Carney) and Boo Boo Bear reside in Jellystone Park and would often try to steal picnic baskets while evading Ranger Smith (voiced by Don Messick). Yogi also has a relationship with his girlfriend Cindy Bear (voiced by Julie Bennett).

Boo-Boo Bear
Main article: Boo-Boo Bear

Boo-Boo Bear (voiced by Don Messick) is Yogi's diminutive sidekick who tries, and never succeeds to warn Yogi that "Mr. Ranger" wouldn't like Yogi to steal picnic baskets. He only wears a purple bowtie.

Ranger Smith
Main article: Ranger Smith

The head ranger who argues with Yogi stealing picnic baskets. He wears a traditional ranger costume.

Cindy Bear
Main article: Cindy Bear

Cindy Bear (voiced by Julie Bennett) is the girlfriend of Yogi Bear. She speaks with a pronounced Southern accent and carries a parasol.

Voice cast

Main voices

Additional voices

Spin-offs, movies and specials

Following the show's cancellation in 1962, many spin-off incarnations, feature movies and specials first appeared.

Additionally, reruns of the original series were aired on the USA Network from the mid-1980s through the early 1990s as part of their USA Cartoon Express animation block, while Nickelodeon also aired these same episodes, plus Yogi's Gang, Yogi's Space Race and the latter's spinoff series, Galaxy Goof-Ups, during the early 1990s under the umbrella title Nickelodeon's Most Wanted: Yogi Bear.

Home media

On November 15, 2005, Warner Home Video (via Hanna-Barbera Productions and Warner Bros. Family Entertainment) released the complete series on region 1 DVD. However, the episodes in the R1 H-B Golden Collection Complete Series DVD set were the edited-for-syndication versions, instead of the original, uncut network broadcast masters due to cost issues. A Region 2 DVD was later released on January 31, 2011. A Region 4 DVD was later released on September 6, 2011.

The earlier Yogi Bear cartoons from the first season of The Huckleberry Hound Show can be found on The Huckleberry Hound Show - Volume 1.

Title Ep # Release date Notes
The Yogi Bear Show - The Complete Series 33 November 15, 2005
  • Collectible animation cel
  • Original episode with bridges and bumpers
  • Never-before-seen animation sketches come to life
  • Yogi Gets Global: One episode in a variety of languages
  • Featurette on the art of Hanna-Barbera sound

See also

References
  1. Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 929–933. ISBN 978-1476665993.
  2. Sennett, Ted (1989). The Art of Hanna-Barbera: Fifty Years of Creativity. New York: Viking Penguin. pp. 63–64. ISBN 0-670-82978-1.
  3. Browne, Pat (2001). The guide to United States popular culture (Illustrated ed.). Madison, Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin Press. p. 944. ISBN 978-0-87972-821-2. Retrieved August 16, 2009.
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