Yogi Bear is a cartoon character that appears in many comic books, animated television shows and movies. He made his debut in 1958 as a supporting character on The Huckleberry Hound Show.
Yogi Bear is the first runaway character created by Hanna-Barbera and ultimately more popular than Huckleberry Hound. In January 1961, he was given his own show, The Yogi Bear Show , sponsored by Kellogg's, which belongs to the Snagglepuss and Yakky Doodle segments . Hokey Wolf replaces its segment at The Huckleberry Hound Show . An animated movie, Hey There, It's Yogi Bear! , produced in 1964.
Yogi is one of several Hanna-Barbera characters who have collars. This allows the animator to keep his body static, redrawing only his head in each frame as he speaks - a method that reduces the number of images required for a seven-minute cartoon from about 14,000 to about 2,000.
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Personality
Like many of Hanna-Barbera's characters, Yogi's personality and behavior is based on famous celebrities of the day. Ed Norton's character from Art Carney at The Honeymooners is said to be Yogi's inspiration; his voice acting widely mimicked Carney as Norton. Norton, in turn, received influence from the Borscht Belt and comedian vaudeville.
Yogi's name resembles the contemporary baseball star Yogi Berra, known for his funny quote, like "half the lies they say about me are not true." Berra sued Hanna-Barbera for defamation, but their management claimed that the name's similarity was just a coincidence. Berra revoked his lawsuit, but the defense was unreasonable. By the time Yogi Bear first hit the TV screen, Yogi Berra was a household name.
The plot of most Yogi cartoons centers on his humor in the fictitious Jellystone Park, a variant of the original Yellowstone National Park. Yogi, accompanied by his constant partner, Boo-Boo Bear, often tries to steal a picnic basket from camping in the park, much to Park Ranger Smith's displeasure. Yogi's girlfriend, Cindy Bear, occasionally appears and usually disagrees with Yogi's antics.
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In addition to his frequent poetry, Yogi Bear has a number of slogans, including the name of his pet for a picnic basket ("pic-a-nic basket") and his favorite self-promotion ("I'm smarter than average bear!"), Though he often overstay -support his own intelligence. Another characteristic of Yogi is his deep and silly voice. He often greets the forest rangers with a friendly, "Hello, Mr. Ranger, sir!" and "Hi, Boo Boo!" as a preferred greeting for his best friend, Boo Boo. Yogi also often uses words in his speech, and has a habit of saying big words with long vowels.
Analysis
The animated historian Christopher P. Lehman considers the original concept of the Yogi Bear series to contain political symbolism relative to the era of production. During the late 1950s and early 1960s, racial segregation in the United States was still legally enforced, people were restricted to living in specified social "places", and attempts to explore beyond came with serious consequences. Yogi also has a designated social place, restricted to spending his life in Jellystone Park, under a supervisor in the form of a white park guard.
Yogi lives in a social cage, but tries to take advantage of the situation. People come to the Park for a picnic and bring a picnic basket. Yogi committed theft, stole a picnic basket, and enjoyed the contents. Yogi's habitual crime and preoccupation with his own food and survival are not described as negative. He is portrayed as a sympathetic protagonist.
Yogi never really challenged the National Park's social hierarchy, did not seriously challenge the ranger's authority over him, and did not seek more autonomy in his life. Lehman contrasted Yogi's acceptance of the things that happened with activists from the contemporary Civil Rights series who were challenging as they were. They want to move beyond the designated place and integrate into the wider society. The press and politicians at the time described these activists as radical and opposed their efforts.
Voice Actors
From the time of the character's debut until 1988, Yogi was voiced by voice actor Daws Butler. Butler died in 1988; his last appearance when Yogi was in the television film Yogi and the Invasion of Space Bears.
After Butler's death, Greg Burson stepped into the role (Butler had taught Burson personally how to voice Yogi and other characters). Greg Burson died in 2008.
Jeff Bergman and Billy West also featured characters throughout the 1990s and early 2000s for various Cartoon Network advertisements and bumpers.
In the movie Yogi Bear , this character is voiced by actor Dan Aykroyd.
In the animation comedy stop motion sketch Robot Chicken created by Seth Green, And Milano voiced Yogi Bear.
The live-action/computer-animated movie titled Yogi Bear was released by Warner Bros.. in December 2010. The film features Dan Aykroyd as the voice of Yogi Bear. The film, adapting the television series, follows the adventures of Yogi Bear and his best friend Boo-Boo in Jellystone Park, as they avoid Ranger Smith trying to stop Yogi from stealing a picnic basket.
Songs
"Yogi" by Ivy Three (1960), sung in a voice imitating Yogi Bear. The song reached no. 8 on Billboard Hot 100
SpÃÆ'¼mcÃÆ'¸ Short Pants Ranger Smith and Boo Boo
In 1999, animation company John Kricfalusi SpÃÆ'¼mcÃÆ'¸ created and directed two Yogi cartoons, A Day in the Life of Ranger Smith and Boo Boo Runs Wild. The two shorts show that year on Cartoon Network as part of the Yogi Bear marathon. "Boo Boo Runs Wild" features a battle between Yogi and Ranger Smith, which is heavily edited for broadcasting both for situations of violence and torture.
In 2002, SpÃÆ'¼mcÃÆ'¸ created another Boo Boo cartoon, Boo Boo and the Man , created with Macromedia Flash and released on the Cartoon Network website.
The music video (known as "Groovie Cartoons") for Yogi Bear is used to air on Cartoon Network and Boomerang. It featured clips of Yogi and Boo Boo stealing a picnic basket and annoying Ranger Smith.
Broadcast
Yogi Bear aired on Cartoon Network from 1992 to 2004 and its channel sister, Boomerang until 2014. In addition, Nickelodeon reruns the Yogi Bear Show, Yogi Gang and Galaxy Goof-Up under the title of "Nickelodeon's umbrella" Most Wanted: Yogi Bear "throughout the early 1990s. In the UK aired on Cartoon Network from 1993 to 2001, CN TOO from 2006 to 2010 and Boomerang from 2000 to 2002.
In the video of Hanna-Barbera Personal Favorites , William Hanna and Joseph Barbera chose Yogi Bear's favorite episodes, including the first episode, "Yogi Bear's Big Break", and Yogi met some book friends: The Three Pigs , Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Little Red Riding Hood.
Comics
For years, some publishers have released Yogi Bear comic books.
- Dell Comics first published the Yogi Bear comics dating back to 1959 as part of their Comic Four Color line. # 1667 Yogi Bear Goes to College (June 1, 1960), # 1162 Yogi Bear Joined with the Marines (April 1, 1961), # 1271 Yogi Bear Birthday Party (1 November 1961), # 1310 Huck and Yogi Winter Sports also featuring Huckleberry Hound) and # 1349 Yogi Bear Visiting the UN (January 1, 1962). In March 1961, Dell also published 116-page one-shot titled Huck and Yogi Jamboree (also featuring Huckleberry Hound). Beginning in September 1961, Dell began publishing a regular comic book titled Yogi Bear that ran for 6 issues, the last Dell issue was July 1962.
- Gold Key Comics took over the publication of the Yogi Bear title in October 1962, resuming the numbering problem of the last Dell problem. Gold Key published 33 issues from 1962-70.
- Charlton Comics then made the title for 35 editions of 1970-77.
- Marvel Comics performed titles for 9 issues in 1977.
- Harvey Comics then performed several titles with a total of 10 issues in 1992-94.
- Archie Comics regularly features the Yogi Bear in the anthology comic Hanna-Barbera All-Stars and Hanna-Barbera Presents . Following the cancellation of the two titles, Archie Comics released a comic edition of Yogi Bear in 1997.
- Semi-regular DC Comics features Yogi on Cartoon Network Presents .
The Yogi Bear comic strip began February 5, 1961. Created by Gene Hazelton and distributed by McNaught's Sindikat, it ran from 1961 to 1988.
Hanna-Barbera has also produced free instructional Bear yogic comics for first aid ( First Creative Assistance: Yogi's Bear Facts (1986)) and earthquake preparedness ( Yogi, Be-Prepared Bear: Earthquake Preparedness for Children (1984) and Yogi's Bear Facts: Earthquake Preparedness (1988)). This was issued in conjunction with the Yogi Bear used as a mascot for the Earthquake Preparedness Month in California, an annual campaign that runs every April for more than 10 years and also utilizes Yogi on earthquake readiness posters, advertisements, cartoons, and other promotions including the exhibition "Quakey Shakey Van "special.
DVD release
On November 15, 2005, Warner Home Video released the full series on DVD R1.
License
- Yogi Bear lends its name to the chain of recreational vehicles and camping gardens ("Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park Camp Resorts"), with its first opening in 1969 in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. In 2011, more than 70 locations have hosted the park.
- There is also a restaurant left over from the chain bearing the name Yogi, "Yogi Bear's Honey Fried Chicken," in Hartsville, South Carolina.
See also
- Boo-Boo Bear
- List of Hanna-Barbera characters
- List of Yogi Bear characters
- List of works produced by Hanna-Barbera
- Movies released theatically based on Hanna-Barbera animation
- Yogi Gang
- The New Yogi Bear Show
- Yo Yogi!
- Yogi Treasure Hunt
References
External links
- The Yogi Bear Show on IMDb
- The Yogi Bear Show on TV.com
- The Yogi Bear Show in The Big Cartoon DataBase
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