Yogi the Easter Bear
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| Yogi the Easter Bear | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Animation Comedy Adventure |
| Written by | Davis Doi Jeff Holder Scott Jeralds Bob Onorato Pat Ventura |
| Directed by | Robert Alvarez |
| Voices of | Greg Burson Don Messick Ed Gilbert Jonathan Winters Rob Paulsen Jeff Doucette Marsha Clark Charlie Adler Gregg Berger |
| Composer | Steven Bramson |
| Country of origin | United States Philippines |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| Producer | Davis Doi |
| Running time | 46 minutes |
| Production companies | Hanna-Barbera Cartoons Fil-Cartoons |
| Original release | |
| Network | First-run syndication |
| Release | April 3, 1994 |
Yogi the Easter Bear is an American animated television special starring Yogi Bear, produced by Hanna-Barbera and animated by Filipino animation studio Fil-Cartoons. It was broadcast in syndication on April 3, 1994.[1] This, along with Scooby-Doo! in Arabian Nights, was one of Don Messick's last voice-over roles; he suffered a debilitating stroke in 1996 and died in 1997.
Plot
Ranger Smith's boss, the Supreme Commissioner, is attending Jellystone Park's Easter Jamboree. Concerned about making sure the event goes off perfectly, Smith picks out an Easter Bunny suit and orders a truckload of candy for the celebration, ordering his guard, Mortimer, to watch over the candy truck and keep Yogi Bear away from eating any of the candy. Mortimer, however, is legally blind and Yogi steals the Easter Bunny outfit, tricks Mortimer into thinking he is the real Easter Bunny, and eats all the candy in the truck.
Smith is furious and threatens to deport Yogi to the Siberian Circus (just as he had threatened in the previous film), but Boo Boo offers to find the real Easter Bunny and bring him to the jamboree. Smith states that he stopped believing in the Easter Bunny after he didn't get a double-decker raspberry-filled dark chocolate egg from him, but happily accepts Boo Boo's offer. Ranger Smith fears that he too will end up being transferred to Siberia by the commissioner if the jamboree fails. Yogi and Boo Boo seek out the Grand Grizzly in the mountains to see if he knows anything about the Easter Bunny's whereabouts. The cantankerous Grand Grizzly instructs Yogi and Boo Boo to seek the big ears in the sky (a hilltop resembling rabbit ears). They reach the mountain, using the park's hot air balloon, only to find that the Easter Bunny has been kidnapped.
Behind the kidnapping is a short and deranged businessman named Paulie, hellbent on replacing all of the world's Easter eggs with plastic ones, and his massive but dim-witted sidekick named Ernest. Yogi and Boo Boo follow a trail of jelly beans to the factory, where the Easter Bunny is being held captive above a vat of molten plastic. Posing as health inspectors, Yogi and Boo Boo successfully free the Easter Bunny, only to find that Millicent the Magical Easter Chicken is the one responsible for laying the Easter eggs. Yogi and Boo Boo go to the Easter Henhouse to meet her but are accosted by her guard dog, who refuses entry to anyone except Ernest, whom the dog mistakes for the real Easter Bunny. Yogi and Boo Boo, after using a giant slingshot to crash through the henhouse's roof, escape with the chicken before Paulie and Ernest can get to her and head for Jellystone Park. A madcap chase after the chicken begins, with the Easter Bunny falling off a cliff and getting seriously injured three times.
Meanwhile, back at Jellystone Park, Smith is trying in vain to impress the children and the Commissioner at the Easter Jamboree. The stunts he tries either are ridiculously lame or fail spectacularly, and the Commissioner's grandchildren show no response except a few sarcastic claps and a stern look. The boss is on the verge of firing Ranger Smith when the Easter Bunny, Millicent, Yogi, and Boo Boo fall in to save the day. The Commissioner changes his mind and instead promotes Ranger Smith, who decides to let Yogi stay at Jellystone; to thank Ranger Smith for believing, the Easter Bunny gives him what he asked for all these years: a double-decker raspberry-filled dark chocolate egg.
Cast
- Greg Burson - Yogi Bear
- Don Messick - Boo Boo Bear, Ranger Smith
- Charlie Adler - Paulie
- Gregg Berger - Guard Dog, Narrator
- Marsha Clark - Female Ranger
- Jeff Doucette - Ernest
- Ed Gilbert - Supreme Commissioner Clarence, Grand Grizzly
- Rob Paulsen - Easter Bunny, Male Ranger
- Jonathan Winters - Ranger Mortimer
Credits
- Executive Producers: Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera
- Music by: Steven Bramson
- Story by: Davis Doi, Jeff Holder, Scott Jeralds, Bob Onorato, Pat Ventura
- Produced by: Davis Doi
- Directed by: Robert Alvarez
- Story Editor: Joe Barbera
- Production Design: Davis Doi, Scott Jeralds
- Teleplay by: Jeff Holder
- Unit Production Supervisor: Victoria McCollum
- Argentina · Storyboarding: Jaime Diaz Studios
- Animation Directors: Joanna Romersa, Allen Wilzbach, Robert Alvarez, Joan Drake, Frank Andrina, Rick Bowman
- Casting and Recording Director: Kris Zimmerman
- Supervising Recording Engineer: Edwin Collins
- Recording Engineer: Alvy Dorman
- Voices: Greg Burson, Don Messick, Charlie Adler, Gregg Berger, Marsha Clark, Jeff Doucette, Ed Gilbert, Rob Paulsen, Jonathan Winters
- Design Supervisor: Bob Onorato
- Designers: Mike Takamoto, Pete Alvarado, Eric Clark, Kirk Hanson, Butch Hartman, Scott Hill, Scott Jeralds, Lew Ott, Steve Swaja
- Design Assistants: Dana Jo Granger, Donna Zeller, Jesus Rodriguez
- Layout Keys Supervisor: Drew Gentle
- Layout: Bob Givens, Dick Ung, Drew Gentle, Martin Strudler, Lew Ott, Karenia Kaminski, Dean Thompson, John Perry, Hal Mason, Chuck Jones
- Background Supervisor: Al Gmuer
- Background Color Stylist: Ron Dias
- Background Design: Gary Lund, Richard H. Thomas
- Background: Ruben Chavez, Leonard Robledo, Patricia Palmer-Phillipson, Richard H. Thomas, Flamarion Ferreira, Mike Humphries, Alison Julian, F. Monte, Andy Phillipson, Phil Phillipson, Jeff Richards, Craig Robertson, Tom Woodington
- Director of Music Production: Bodie Chandler
- Ink & Paint Supervisor: Alison Leopold
- Color Key: Suzette Darling
- Xerography: Star Wirth
- Post Production Supervisor: Tom Gleason
- Camera: John Burton Jr., Larry Hogan, Ray Lee
- Camera by: Ted Bemiller & Son's Camera, Morgan's Maxi-Cam
- Supervising Editors: Tim Iverson, Lee Gunther
- Editors: Gil Iverson
- Post Production Coordinator: Jeannine Roussel
- Track Readers: Jim Hearn, Kay Douglas, Carol Iverson, Kerry Iverson
- Negative Consultant: William DeBoer, Jr.
- Assistant to the Producer: Mary Roscoe
- Animation Production Service by: Fil-Cartoons, Inc.
- Overseas Production Manager: Jerry Smith
- Overseas Layout Director: Margaret Parkes
- Overseas Animation Directors: Chris Cuddington, Aichu So
- Production Executive: Catherine Winder
- Program Executive: Jeff Holder
- This Picture Made Under the Jurisdiction of IATSE-IA Affiliated with A.F.L.-C.I.O.
- © 1994 Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Home media releases
VHS release
On February 15, 1995, Turner Home Entertainment released Yogi the Easter Bear on VHS in Region 1 in the United States and Canada, and on VHS in Region 4 on December 22, 1995 by Roadshow Entertainment in Australia. Two years later, on February 4, 1997, Turner re-released the special as part of their Cartoon Network Video line. On March 21, 2000, it was released on VHS for the last time, distributed by Warner Home Video and Warner Bros. Family Entertainment for their Century 2000 promotion.
DVD release
Warner Home Video released Yogi the Easter Bear on DVD in Region 1 on February 8, 2005. [1] The special was re-released together with the 2010 film Yogi Bear in a limited DVD double pack on March 22, 2011.
References
- ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. p. 351. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.