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===Films===
===Films===
* ''[[Hey There, It's Yogi Bear!]]'', a 1964 animated feature released by Columbia Pictures.
* ''[[Hey There, It's douche head!]]'', a 1964 animated feature released by Columbia Pictures.
* ''[[Yogi's First Christmas]]'', a 1980 made-for-TV movie starring Yogi Bear and company
* ''[[Yogi's First Christmas]]'', a 1980 made-for-TV movie starring Yogi Bear and company
* ''[[Yogi's Great Escape]]'', a 1987 made-for-TV movie starring Yogi Bear and company
* ''[[Yogi's Great Escape]]'', a 1987 made-for-TV movie starring Yogi Bear and company
* ''[[Yogi Bear (film)|Yogi Bear]]'', a [[live-action/animated film]] released in [[3D film|3-D]] on December 17, 2010.
* ''[[Yogi Bear (film)|Yogi Bear]]'', a [[live-action/animated film]] released in [[3D film|3-D]] on December 17, 2010-


===Games===
===Games===

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This article is about the character Yogi Bear. For the original TV show, see The Yogi Bear Show. For the 2010 film, see Yogi Bear (film). For other uses, see Yogi Bear (disambiguation).

Yogi Bear
The Yogi Bear Show character
File:Yogi Bear.jpg
Yogi on The Yogi Bear Show title card
First appearanceYogi Bear's Big Break
Created byWilliam Hanna
Joseph Barbera
Ed Benedict
Portrayed byDaws Butler (1958 - 1988)
Greg Burson (1988 - 2008)
Dan Aykroyd (film)
In-universe information
SpeciesBear
GenderMale
RelativesBoo-Boo Bear (buddy)
Ranger Smith (rival)
Cindy Bear (girlfriend)

Yogi Bear is a fictional bear who appears in animated cartoons created by Hanna-Barbera Productions. He made his debut in 1958 as a supporting character in The Huckleberry Hound Show. Yogi Bear was the first breakout character created by Hanna-Barbera, and was eventually more popular than Huckleberry Hound.[1] In January 1961 he was given his own show, The Yogi Bear Show, sponsored by Kellogg's, which included the segments Snagglepuss and Yakky Doodle.[2] Hokey Wolf replaced his segment on The Huckleberry Hound Show.[3] A musical animated feature film, Hey There, It's Yogi Bear!, was produced in 1964.

Yogi was one of several Hanna-Barbera characters to have a collar, which allowed the body to be kept static and to redraw just the head in each frame when he was speaking, thus reducing the number of drawings needed for a seven-minute cartoon from 14,000 to around 2,000.[4]

In October 2008, it was announced that Warner Bros. will film a live-action/animated film similar to Fox and Bagdasarian's Alvin & the Chipmunks.[5] It will star Dan Aykroyd as the voice of Yogi Bear and Justin Timberlake as the voice of Boo Boo Bear. The movie's release date was December 17, 2010.

Personality

Like many Hanna-Barbera characters, Yogi's personality and mannerisms were based on a popular celebrity of the time. Art Carney's Ed Norton character on The Honeymooners was said to be Yogi's inspiration;[6][7] his voice mannerisms broadly mimic Carney as Norton.[8] Norton, in turn, received influence from Borscht Belt and comedians of vaudeville.[7]

Yogi's name is commonly seen as a nod to the famed baseball star Yogi Berra, though Hanna and Barbera denied this intent.[8] The plot of most of Yogi's cartoons centered on his antics in the fictional Jellystone Park, a takeoff on the famous Yellowstone National Park. Yogi, accompanied by his constant companion Boo-Boo Bear, would often try to steal picnic ("pick-a-nic") baskets from campers in the park, much to the displeasure of Park Ranger Smith. His girlfriend, Cindy Bear, sometimes appeared and usually disapproved of Yogi's antics.

The name "Jellystone Park" and the concept of a hungry bear who steals campers' food appear to have been lifted from an MGM animated short titled Barney's Hungry Cousin, a Barney Bear cartoon that debuted in 1953.

Catchphrases

Besides often speaking in rhyme, Yogi Bear is well-known for a variety of different catchphrases, including his pet name for picnic baskets ("pic-a-nic baskets") and his favorite self-promotion ("I'm smarter than the average bear!"),[9] although he often overestimates his own cleverness. Another trademark of his is the deep and silly voice that he uses. He often greets the ranger with a cordial, "Hello, Mr. Ranger, sir!" He also likes to say, "Hey there, Boo Boo!" as his preferred greeting to his humble sidekick, Boo Boo.

Portrayers

From the time of the character's debut until 1988, Yogi was voiced by voice legend Daws Butler. Butler died in 1988; his last performance as Yogi was in television film Yogi and the Invasion of the Space Bears. After Butler's death, Greg Burson stepped in to perform the role (Butler had taught Burson personally how to voice Yogi as well as his other characters). Greg Burson died in 2008. In the upcoming film Yogi Bear, the character is being portrayed by Ghostbusters notable Dan Aykroyd. In the animated stop motion sketch comedy show Robot Chicken created by Seth Green, Dan Milano voiced Yogi Bear.[10]

Daws Butler originated the character's voice.

Media

Television

Yogi Bear has appeared in many series and one-off shows, including:

Films

Games

Albums

Live action feature film

On October 2, 2008, it was confirmed that a live-action/CGI Yogi Bear movie is in the works.[11][12] The movie was released on December 17, 2010[13], is distributed and financed by Warner Bros. Pictures and Hanna-Barbera Productions, and is the first movie of a Hanna-Barbera property not produced with the assistance of William Hanna or Joseph Barbera. Ash Brannon was originally scheduled to direct the film but was replaced by Eric Brevig when it was decided that the film would be produced as a 3-D project. Donald De Line is the producer and Karen Rosenfelt is the executive producer along with Jon Berg as a secondary executive producer for Warner Bros. Joshua Sternin and Jeffrey Ventimilia wrote the original script. The story was reworked in 2009, with Brad Copeland rewriting the script.[14]

The film, adapting the television series, follows the adventures of Yogi Bear and his pal Boo-Boo in Jellystone Park, as they avoid Ranger Smith who is trying to stop Yogi from stealing picnic baskets. Dan Aykroyd voiced Yogi, Justin Timberlake voiced his pal, Boo Boo, and Anna Faris plays a nature-documentary film-maker following the escapades of Yogi in Jellystone Park.[15] Tom Cavanagh plays the part of Ranger Smith. Filming began in New Zealand in November 2009, including 3 days of filming in the Central Business District of Auckland in January 2010.[16]

Spümcø Ranger Smith shorts

In 1999, animator John Kricfalusi's Spümcø company created and directed two Yogi cartoons, "A Day in the Life of Ranger Smith" and "Boo Boo Runs Wild". Both shorts aired that year on the Cartoon Network as part of a Yogi Bear special. "Boo Boo Runs Wild" features a fight between Yogi and Ranger Smith, which was edited heavily for broadcast for both violence and torture situations. A third Yogi cartoon from Spümcø was planned and storyboarded, but was never finished.

In 2003, Spümcø created another Boo Boo cartoon, "Boo Boo and the Man", which was made with Macromedia Flash and released on Cartoon Network's website. Hanna-Barbera produced an instructional comic book on earthquake preparedness called Yogi's Quakey Shakey Van.[17]

Broadcasts

Yogi Bear is currently aired by Cartoon Network's sister channel, Boomerang, worldwide.

There was also a Hanna-Barbera Personal Favorites video where William Hanna and Joseph Barbera picked their favorite Yogi Bear episodes, including the very first one, "Yogi Bear's Big Break", and Yogi meeting some storybook friends: The Three Little Pigs, Snow White and the Seven Dwarves and Little Red Riding Hood.

Cartoon Groovie

A music video (known as a Cartoon Groovie) for Yogi Bear airs on The Cartoon Network and Boomerang. It showcases clips of Yogi and Boo Boo stealing picnic baskets and annoying Ranger Smith.

Comic books

Over the years, several publishers have released Yogi Bear comic books.

  • Gold Key Comics was first, with a title that ran 33 issues from 1962–70.
  • Charlton Comics then did a title for 35 issues from 1970–77.
  • Marvel Comics did a title for 9 issues in 1977.
  • Harvey Comics then did several titles for a total of 10 issues in 1992–94.
  • Archie Comics regularly featured Yogi Bear stories in the anthology comics Hanna-Barbera All-Stars and Hanna-Barbera Presents. After the cancellation of both titles, Archie put out a separate Yogi Bear comic that got one issue.
  • DC Comics semi-regularly featured Yogi in Cartoon Network Presents.

From 1961 until 1988, there was also a Yogi Bear comic strip, created by Gene Hazelton and distributed by the McNaught Syndicate.

DVD release

On November 15, 2005, Warner Home Video released the complete series on DVD R1.

DVD Name Ep # Release Date Additional Information
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

Video games

Licensing

  • There is also one remaining restaurant from the chain bearing Yogi's name, "Yogi Bear's Honey Fried Chicken," in Hartsville, South Carolina. In the 1960s and 1970s, restaurants in this chain were found mostly within the southeastern United States, and were owned or franchised by Hardee's.

See also

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Notes

  1. ^ Mallory, Michael. Hanna-Barbera Cartoons. New York: Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, 1998. ISBN 0-88363-108-3. p. 44.
  2. ^ Sennett, Ted. The Art of Hanna-Barbera: Fifty Years of Creativity. New York: Viking Penguin, 1989. ISBN 0-670-82978-1. pp. 63–64.
  3. ^ Sennett, p. 52.
  4. ^ "Hanna Barbera's golden age of animation", BBC, December 19, 2006
  5. ^ http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081002/film_nm/us_yogi;_ylt=As861tsLsX9nrK9oc8WuFtIwFxkF, Reuters/Hollywood Reporter, October 2, 2008
  6. ^ Sennett, p. 60.
  7. ^ a b Anthony, Breznican. "Yogi Bear gets a digital makeover." USA Today n.d.: Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 9 Dec. 2010. "Yogi, as voiced by the late Daws Butler in the early 1960s, was a takeoff on Art Carney's Ed Norton from The Honeymooners -- itself a character heavily influenced by the Borscht Belt and vaudeville comics."
  8. ^ a b Sennett, p. 59.
  9. ^ Mallory, p. 44.
  10. ^ http://voicechasers.com/database/showactor.php?actorid=6895
  11. ^ http://tvseriesfinale.com/articles/the-yogi-bear-show-yogi-and-boo-boo-coming-to-movie-theaters/
  12. ^ "Yogi, Boo-Boo headed to big time". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved November 2, 2008. [dead link]
  13. ^ Yogi Bear release date
  14. ^ "Yogi Bear Cast & Crew List". www.bcdb.com Mar 29, 2010
  15. ^ http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/15608/timberlake-faris-fall-for-yogi-bear-
  16. ^ http://insidemovies.moviefone.com/2009/11/30/tom-cavanagh-joins-yogi-bear/
  17. ^ Barbera, Joseph (1994). My Life in "Toons": From Flatbush to Bedrock in Under a Century. Atlanta, GA: Turner Publishing. p. 207. ISBN 1-57036-042-1.
  18. ^ http://www.lostlevels.org/wordpress/2008/09/22/ebay-yogis-frustration-for-intellivision
  19. ^ http://www.campjellystone.com/locations.html
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