Hanna-Barbera's Yogi Bear has proven to be one of the most successful and enduring animated characters ever created. He first appeared as a supporting character on The Huckleberry Hound Show in 1958, but quickly became the star of his own series, The Yogi Bear Show, which premiered in 1961. This series also featured supporting segments with Snagglepuss and Yakky Doodle.
Yogi, the famous resident of Jellystone National Park, kept park rangers on their toes with his mischievous antics. Driven by boredom, hunger, and the threat of hunters, Yogi spent much of his time conning campers out of their "picnic" baskets and snatching unguarded treats. While he occasionally tried to protect other woodland creatures from hunters, Yogi often boasted that he was "smarter than the average bear" – a claim that didn't always hold true. At times, Yogi even attempted to escape the confines of the park, only to realize that life within the protected boundaries was far easier than the unforgiving habitat beyond.
Among the park rangers responsible for curbing Yogi's mischief and enforcing park rules, Ranger Smith stood out as Yogi's primary adversary. He was the only ranger developed as a distinct character throughout the series. Yogi's constant companion was Boo Boo, a small, bow-tie-wearing bear who often served as the voice of reason, trying to restrain Yogi's impulsive behavior.
Even after his own series ended, Yogi remained a major star. For decades, he was prominently featured in numerous Hanna-Barbera cartoons that included characters from other popular shows.
Yogi appeared in a variety of Hanna-Barbera productions over the years, including the specials *Yogi's Gang* (1973), *Yogi's Space Race* (1978) and its spin-off *Galaxy Goof-Ups* (1978), *Yogi's Treasure Hunt* (1985), *The New Yogi Bear Show* (1988), and *Yo Yogi!* (1991).
Additionally, Yogi served as the team leader of the Yogi Yahooeys in the 1977 series *Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics*.
**Yogi Bear**
Yogi Bear, voiced by Daws Butler in the style of Art Carney, and his sidekick Boo-Boo Bear, voiced by Don Messick, reside in Jellystone Park. This mischievous duo often attempts to steal picnic baskets while evading the park ranger, Mr. Smith, who is also voiced by Don Messick. Yogi is romantically linked to his girlfriend, Cindy Bear, voiced by Julie Bennett.
**Snagglepuss**
Snagglepuss, a mountain lion voiced by Daws Butler imitating Bert Lahr, tries to make his living conditions comfortable while occasionally evading a hunter named Major Minor, voiced by Don Messick.
**Yakky Doodle**
Yakky Doodle, voiced by Jimmy Weldon in the style of Donald Duck, is a duck who lives with his best friend, Chopper the Bulldog, voiced by Vance Colvig in the style of Wallace Beery. Chopper typically protects the hapless Yakky from being captured by the villainous Fibber Fox, voiced by Daws Butler in the style of Shelley Berman, or the menacing Alfy Gator, who is also voiced by Daws Butler, this time in the style of Alfred Hitchcock.
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With his Robin Hood antics and endlessly inventive schemes, Yogi Bear sets his eyes on the "pic-a-nic" baskets of Jellstone Park and sets out to frustrate the comic straight man, Park Ranger Smith, whose tireless but futile attempts to enforce Jellystone's "Do Not Feed the Bears" rule were always stymied by the industrious critter.
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