Saturday, November 15, 2025

How Yogi Bear Outsmarts the Tough New Ranger in Jellystone | Retro Saturday Morning


 Written By Ken Hulsey

Yogi and his buddy Boo Boo are having a tough time swiping picnic baskets with Ranger Smith on patrol. But little do they know, things are about to get a whole lot tougher with Iron Hand Jones stepping in! While Ranger Smith takes a well-earned vacay, his replacement, a tough-as-nails ex-army paratrooper, turns Jellystone Park into his personal boot camp. When Jones gets a bit too rough with our lovable bear, Yogi hatches a plan to fake his own demise and go incognito!
 

When Smith returns from his trip and thinks Yogi has gone to the big picnic in the sky, he’s absolutely heartbroken. But hold on to your picnic blankets! Mysterious basket disappearances start happening around the park, making Smith suspect that Yogi has figured out how to keep up his mischievous antics from “the great beyond!”

One of my all-time favorite cartoon moments is in this episode when Boo Boo gets so spooked by Jones that he leaps right out of a window! Classic! I do apologize for the less-than-stellar video quality, but it was the best I could dig up.


Yogi Bear has truly stood the test of time, emerging as one of the most iconic and beloved characters from the Hanna-Barbera vault. He first burst onto the scene as a sidekick in The Huckleberry Hound Show back in 1958, and by 1961, he was the star of his own show, The Yogi Bear Show, with pals Snagglepuss and Yakky Doodle tagging along for the fun. A true gem of nostalgia!




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