The Yogi Bear Show is an animated television series about the misadventures of picnic basket stealing bear Yogi in Jellystone Park. The show debuted in syndication on January 30, 1961, and ran for 33 episodes until January 6, 1962, and included two segments, Snagglepuss and Yakky Doodle. The show had a two-year production run.
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 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 (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).
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).
Yogi's childlike 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.
The head ranger who argues with Yogi stealing picnic baskets. He wears a traditional ranger costume.
Cindy Bear (voiced by Julie Bennett) is the girlfriend of Yogi Bear. She speaks with a pronounced Southern accent and carries a parasol.
Main voices
Daws Butler - Yogi Bear, Snagglepuss, Fibber Fox, Alfy Gator
Don Messick - Boo Boo Bear, Ranger Smith, Major Minor, Narrator
Julie Bennett - Cindy Bear
Vance Colvig - Chopper
Jimmy Weldon - Yakky Doodle
Additional voices
Bea Benaderet
Mel Blanc
June Foray
Jerry Mann
Jean Vander Pyl
Hal Smith
Bill Thompson
Doug Young
Spinoffs, movies and specials
Yogi Bear's popularity led to many spinoff incarnations, feature movies and specials that starred the character.
Hey There, It's Yogi Bear, released to theaters in 1964 by Columbia Pictures.
Yogi's Gang, which spun-off from Yogi's Ark Lark, ran for one season on ABC in 1970.
Yogi's Ark Lark, a one-hour special first aired in 1972, in which Yogi and fellow Hanna-Barbera stars goes on a journey to find the perfect place.
Laff-A-Lympics, first aired on ABC in 1977.
Yogi's Space Race, featuring Yogi and friends in an outer space race, aired on NBC in 1978.
Yogi's First Christmas, a made-for-television movie, premiered in 1980.
Yogi Bear's All Star Comedy Christmas Caper, a special first aired in 1982.
Yogi's Treasure Hunt, first aired in syndication as part of The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera in 1985, featured Yogi and pals hunting for lost treasure.
Yogi's Great Escape, a 1987 television film, part of Superstars 10.
Yogi Bear and the Magical Flight of the Spruce Goose, a 1987 television film, part of Superstars 10.
Yogi and the Invasion of the Space Bears, a 1988 television film, part of Superstars 10.
The New Yogi Bear Show, a 1988 update of the 1961 original, first aired in syndication.
Wake, Rattle and Roll (Fender Bender 500 segment only), first aired in syndication and later on The Disney Channel in 1990.
Yo, Yogi!, featuring Yogi and the gang as teenagers, first aired on NBC in 1991.
Yogi the Easter Bear, first aired in 1994, syndicated.
Arabian Nights (Aliyah-Din and the Magic Lamp segment only), first aired on TBS, also in 1994.
Yogi Bear, a live action/CG movie from Warner Brothers, released on December 17, 2010.
On November 15, 2005, Warner Home Video released the complete series on DVD R1. A R2 DVD was later released on January 31, 2011. A R4 DVD was later released on September 6, 2011
The earlier Yogi Bear cartoons from Season 1 of The Huckleberry Hound Show can be found on "The Huckleberry Hound Show- Volume 1".
Produced and Directed by: William Hanna and Joseph Barbera
Starring the Voices of: Daws Butler
Copyright C MCMLXI Hanna-Barbera Productions Inc All Rights Reserved
Approved MPAA Certification 196746
RCA Sound Recording
This Picture Made Under the Jurisdiction of IATSE-IA Affiricated with A.F.L.-C.I.O.
Story: Warren Foster, Michael Maltese, Tony Benedict
Story Direction: Alex Lovy, Lewis Marshall, Paul Sommer, Art Davis, John Freeman
Other Voices: Bea Benaderet, Julie Bennett, Herschel Bernardi, Walker Edmiston, June Foray, Paul Frees, Mel Blanc, Don Messick, Vance Colvig, Hal Smith, John Stephenson, Jean Vander Pyl, Doug Young, Jimmy Weldon, Bill Thompson
Musical Direction/Composer: Theme Music: Hoyt Curtin
Animation: Robert Bentley, Art Davis, Bob Carr, Ed Demattia, Phil Duncan, LaVerne Harding, C.L. Hartman, Harry Holt, William Keil, Hicks Lokey, Ed Love, Dick Lundy, Clarke Mallery, Kenneth Muse, George Nicholas, Jack Ozark, Don Patterson, Ralph Somerville, Ken Southworth, Don Towsley, Gil Turner, Carlo Vinci, Don Williams, Allen Wilzbach
Production Supervision: Howard Hanson
Layout: Tony Rivera, Walter Clinton, Jack Huber, Dan Noonan, Lance Nolley, Paul Sommer, Dick Bickenbach, Ernest Nordli, Noel Tucker, Don Sheppard, Ed Benedict
Titles: Lawrence Goble
Background: Richard H. Thomas, Robert Gentle, Art Lozzi, Neenah Maxwell, F. Montealegre, Vera Hanson
Camera Operation: Bob Collis, Charles Flekal, Frank Paiker, Norman Stainback, Roy Wade
Film Editing: Hank Gotzenberg, Greg Watson, Warner E. Leighton, Don Douglas, Joseph Ruby, Kenneth Spears
A Hanna Barbera Presentation of Yogi Bear
A Screen Gems Film Presentation
Television Subsidiary: Columbia Pictures Corporation**
Distributed By ABC Television Network**
Italian: L'orso Yoghi
