"The Yogi Bear Show" (1961) TV series 1961-1988

User Rating:

7.1/10   

Directors:

Joseph Barbera
William Hanna

Writers:

Tony Benedict (writer)
Warren Foster (writer)
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Seasons:

1

Release Date:

30 January 1961 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Family | Comedy

Plot Keywords:

Park | Picnic Basket | Park Ranger | Yogi Bear | Bear

Cast

Daws Butler	...	Additional Voices / ... (1 episode, 1961)
Don Messick	...	Boo Boo Bear / ... (1 episode, 1961)

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Series Directed by
Joseph Barbera		(unknown episodes)
William Hanna		(unknown episodes)

Series Writing credits
Tony Benedict		(unknown episodes)
Warren Foster		(unknown episodes)
Dan Gordon		(unknown episodes)
Michael Maltese		(unknown episodes)
Charles Shows		(unknown episodes)

Series Original Music by
Hoyt Curtin		(unknown episodes)
Will Schaefer		(unknown episodes)

Series Production Management
Howard Hanson	....	production supervisor (unknown episodes)

Series Animation Department
Robert Bentley	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Richard Bickenbach	....	layout artist (unknown episodes)
Bob Carr	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Jack Carr	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Brad Case	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Walt Clinton	....	layout artist (unknown episodes)
Arthur Davis	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Ed DeMattia	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Phil Duncan	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Robert Gentle	....	background artist (unknown episodes)
Vera Hanson	....	background artist (unknown episodes)
Laverne Harding	....	animator (unknown episodes)
C.L. Hartman	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Harry Holt	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Jack Huber	....	layout artist (unknown episodes)
Bill Keil	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Hicks Lokey	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Ed Love	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Art Lozzi	....	background artist (unknown episodes)
Dick Lundy	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Clarke Mallery	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Lewis Marshall	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Neenah Maxwell	....	background artist (unknown episodes)
Fernando Montealegre	....	background artist (unknown episodes)
Kenneth Muse	....	animator (unknown episodes)
George Nicholas	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Lance Nolley	....	layout artist (unknown episodes)
Dan Noonan	....	layout artist (unknown episodes)
Ernie Nordli	....	layout artist (unknown episodes)
Jack Ozark	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Don Patterson	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Tony Rivera	....	layout artist (unknown episodes)
Don Sheppard	....	layout artist (unknown episodes)
Ralph Somerville	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Paul Sommer	....	layout artist (unknown episodes)
Ken Southworth	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Iwao Takamoto	....	layout artist (unknown episodes)
Richard H. Thomas	....	background artist (unknown episodes)
Don Towsley	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Noel Tucker	....	layout artist (unknown episodes)
Gil Turner	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Carlo Vinci	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Don Williams	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Allen Wilzbach	....	animator (unknown episodes)

Series Other crew
Arthur Davis	....	story director (unknown episodes)
John Freeman	....	story director (unknown episodes)
Alex Lovy	....	story director (unknown episodes)
Lewis Marshall	....	story director (unknown episodes)
Paul Sommer	....	story director (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• Hanna-Barbera Productions
• Screen Gems

Distributors

• Boomerang (Brazil) (TV)
• Cartoon Network (Brazil) (TV)

Runtime:

30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:TV-G | Argentina:Atp

Company:

Hanna-Barbera Productions

Trivia:

Yogi Bear made his debut on "The Huckleberry Hound Show" (1958)

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Anna Faris/Duffy (#34.3)" (2008)

A Progenitor of the Counter-Culture

Think about it. Yogi Bear is a free spirit who chafes at the rules and regulations of his limited world, and yet enjoys the comforts it offers. His swiping of picnic baskets is less to satisfy hunger than to thumb his nose at the "establishment", personified by Ranger Smith. His appearance on TV in the early 60's was fortuitous, as it coincided with the start of the Beatles' career and the beginning of the hippie movement. I wouldn't have been surprised to see Yogi wearing love beads and carrying a "Make Love, Not War" sign. LOL Trouble with Hanna-Barbera, though, is once they had a good thing going, they didn't know when to stop. After the success of Yogi, they churned out numerous, inferior copies: "Wally Gator", "Magilla Gorilla", "The Hair Bear Bunch", etc. Originality was not their forte.