Yogi Bear, that clever cartoon bear from Jellystone Park, has been charming audiences since the 1950s. The franchise started with Hanna-Barbera's TV series, where Yogi and his sidekick Boo Boo constantly scheme to steal picnic baskets from unsuspecting visitors, much to the frustration of Ranger Smith. Over the years, Yogi Bear has starred in several TV shows, movies, and even a CGI/live-action film. It's all about the comic escapades of a bear who's "smarter than the average bear."
The Yogi Bear Show is a spinoff of "The Huckleberry Hound Show", in which Yogi first appeared. Yogi lived in Jellystone Park where his predilection for picnic baskets were slowly developed. His pal Boo Boo wistfully tagged along, and they both had to deal with Ranger Smith. Along with Yogi were Yakky Doodle, a naive little duck whose bulldog pal Chopper protects him from Fibber Fox; and Snagglepuss, about a stage-struck mountain lion; he first appeared in 1959 in episodes of Quick Draw McGraw.
Boo-Boo Bear wakes up from winter hibernation, excited about the new Spring. Then Yogi Bear wakes up, his only interest finding some food to eat. Cindy Bear unsuccessfully tries to woo Yogi. After Ranger Smith thwarts Yogi's latest attempts to grab some food, Yogi gets angry and convinces the Ranger to transfer him out of Jellystone National Park. Smith prepares Yogi to be sent over to the San Diego Zoo along with an identification tag. Yogi first says goodbye to everything, but tricks another bear named Corn Pone into going to California instead of him and Boo-Boo and Cindy remain unaware of this, thinking Yogi has departed for good.
Concerned about the terrible state of the environment, dozens of animals gather for a meeting in Jellystone Park, chaired by Yogi Bear. They decide to leave their homes and search for "the perfect place" — a place free of pollution, deforestation, and other forms of mankind's despoilment. Jellystone handyman Noah Smitty helps them build a flying ship (which looks like Noah's Ark with a propeller on top) for their journey, and they decide to name it after him. Because "Smitty's Houseboat" is too long to paint on the bow, they name it "Noah's Ark." With Yogi at the helm, they travel to places around the world, searching for "the perfect place."
"Yogi's Gang" is a 30-minute animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera which aired 16 half-hour episodes on ABC from September 8, 1973, to December 29, 1973. The show began as "Yogi's Ark Lark," a special TV movie on "The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie" in 1972.
Yogi's Space Race featured Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Jabberjaw and several new characters as competitors in a reworking of Wacky Races. Cameo guests included Fred Flintstone, Barney Rubble, Quick Draw McGraw and Jana of the Jungle.
Yogi's Galaxy Goof-Ups is a 30-minute Saturday morning animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions which aired on NBC from November 4, 1978 to September 1, 1979. The "Galaxy Goof-Ups" consisted of Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Scare Bear and Quack-Up as space patrolmen (under the leadership of Captain Snerdley) who always goofed-up (hence the name of the show) while on duty and spent most of their time in disco clubs.
Yogi Bear and his little pal, Boo Boo (Yogi Bear), are usually hibernating during the Christmas season, but this year they are awakened when Huckleberry Hound, Snagglepuss, Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy come to Jellystone Lodge for the holiday. They are joined by Ranger Smith, hotel manager Mr. Dingwell, Otto the chef, and lodge owner Sophie Throckmorton and her spoiled brat of a nephew, Snively. The gang is obsessed with keeping Mrs. Throckmorton happy to keep her from closing down the lodge, which has become unpopular due to activity caused by Herman the Hermit, a grumpy Christmas-hating hermit who just wants to be left alone.
This show was originally on the "Funtastic World of Hanna Barbera". The characters pair off into a couple of different groups and each group tries to find the treasure first. Top Cat gives clues along the way to aid in their hunt. Dastardley and Muttley get in the way and try to steal the treasure for themselves. Yogi's Treasure Hunt started in 1985 of September in the fall. The show focus on Yogi Bear and his friends from the Hanna Barbera family like, Quick Draw, Huckleberry Hound, Auggie Doggy and Doggy Daddy, Dasterdly and Mudley and all the memorable favorites from the past. The show explains how the gang get together to find the missing treasure. The show may be airing on Boomerang on Satelittes.
Hanna-Barbera Superstars 10 is an anthology series of ten animated made-for-television films produced by Hanna-Barbera for syndication as part of The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera's 3rd and 4th season from 1987 to 1988, featuring the studio's popular animated characters, Yogi Bear, The Flintstones, Scooby-Doo, Huckleberry Hound, The Jetsons and Top Cat, starring in feature-length adventures.
The New Yogi Bear Show was a 30-minute weekday animated series which aired in first-run syndication in 1988 and featured one of Hanna-Barbera's most classical characters, Yogi Bear. It contained 45 new shorts combined with reruns of The Yogi Bear Show from 1961-1963. Pared down from some of the other, recent incarnations of the adventures of Yogi and his friends, this series featured only Yogi, Boo Boo, Cindy and Ranger Smith, with the episodes set in Jellystone Park. This series also introduced three new characters: Ranger Roubideux (the Ranger Smith's assistant, who's chubby and tiny-sized), Ninja Raccoon (a Japanese raccoon cub, who wears a kimono) and Blubber Bear from Wacky Races (a large grizzly bear, who's taller than Yogi).
Taking place in Jellystone Town, the show features Yogi Bear and other popular Hanna-Barbera characters including his friends Boo-Boo Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Snagglepuss, and Yogi's girlfriend Cindy Bear depicted as 14-year-old crime fighters. The gang hang out at Jellystone Mall owned by "Diamond" Doggie Daddy with Augie Doggie as his heir to the mall business. Yogi and the gang work at an agency called L.A.F. (short for Lost and Found), where they act as detectives trying to solve mysteries under the supervision of the mall's security guard Officer Smith. Dickie Dastardly and his sidekick Muttley would cause trouble for Yogi and his gang. The show also introduced a teenage bear named Roxey Bear who was Cindy's rival and Yogi's competitor, as well as news reporter Chuck Toupée. The characters were never seen at home or school.
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.
Yogi Bear and Boo-Boo Bear are two brown bears who steal picnic baskets from visitors in Jellystone Park while park rangers Ranger Smith and Jones attempt to prevent the thefts. Meanwhile, Mayor R. Brown realizes that Franklin City is facing bankruptcy due to profligate spending on his part. Brown plots with his Chief of Staff to raise money for the town budget and his upcoming governmental campaign by shutting down Jellystone Park and opening the land to logging.
Welcome to Jellystone! Travel to a magical town where you’ll meet new and old friends, including Yogi Bear, Cindy Bear, Boo Boo, and Huckleberry Hound…and Jabberjaw and Top Cat and Snagglepuss and El Kabong and Wally Gator and Johnny Quest and Hadji and Shag Rugg and Captain Caveman and a whole lot more.
