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<HEAD><TITLE>Don Markstein's Toonopedia: Yogi Bear </TITLE> <script language="JavaScript"></script> <META name = "author" content = "Donald D. Markstein"> <META name = "description" content = "Hypertext encyberpedia of comics and animation"> <META name = "subject" content = "Hypertext encyberpedia of comics and animation"> <META name = "keywords" content = "comic books animated cartoons animation comics comix syndicated comic strips"> <META name = "publisher" content = "Donald D. Markstein"> <META name = "format" content = "text/html"> <META name = "language" content = "EN"> </HEAD><BODY> <body onload="if (self!= top) top.location = self.location"></body> <BODY BGCOLOR="FFFFFF" TEXT="000000" LINK="0000EE" VLINK="551A8B"> <TABLE><TR><TD WIDTH=310 VALIGN="CENTER"><IMG GALLERYIMG="NO" ALIGN="LEFT" HEIGHT=348 WIDTH=280 ALT="Yogi Bear and his favorite source of sustenance." SRC="yogi.jpg"> <TD VALIGN="CENTER"><H1>YOGI BEAR</H1><FONT SIZE=4> <B>Original Medium:</B> TV animation <BR><B>Produced by:</B> Hanna-Barbera <BR><B>First Appeared:</B> 1958<FONT SIZE=3> <! BEGIN DONATION CODE> <HR><FONT SIZE=2 COLOR="993366"><CENTER> If this site is enjoyable or useful to you, <BR>Please contribute to its necessary financial support. <BR><A HREF="http://s1.amazon.com/exec/varzea/pay/T1237L0BCY25QA" TARGET="_blank">Amazon.com</A> or <A HREF="https://www.paypal.com/xclick/business=don%40toonopedia.com&no_note=1&tax=0&currency_cod e=USD" TARGET="_blank">PayPal</A> </FONT></CENTER><HR> <! END DONATION CODE> <P><A NAME="cont"> It is quite likely that more people today know of Yogi Bear than the man he is named after, baseball's Yogi Berra. And why not? After all, does Yogi Berra have a rock on Mars  <P ALIGN="RIGHT"><A HREF="#cont"><FONT SIZE=2><I>continued below</A></FONT> </TABLE> <CENTER><! BEGIN ADSENSE "LEADERBOARD" CODE> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> <! END ADSENSE CODE></CENTER> <P><TABLE><TR><TD VALIGN="TOP"> named after him? (That honor was given to "our" Yogi, along with several other prominent cartoon characters, in 1997.) <P> Yogi Bear debuted on the <I><A HREF="huckle.htm">Huckleberry Hound</A></I> TV show in 1958, as the title character in one of its three animated segments. (That was the standard format for cartoon shows back then — the third segment, in this case, was <A HREF="pixidixi.htm">Pixie & Dixie.</A>) His range of operations was Jellystone National Park, where, to the chagrin of his constant companion, Boo-Boo, he spent his days stealing "pic-a-nic" baskets from tourists — a practice his nemesis, Ranger John Smith, was never able to break him of. It proved a popular formula, and <A HREF="hannabar.htm">Hanna-Barbera</A> repeated it in <I><A HREF="magilla.htm">Magilla Gorilla</A></I> (pet gorilla vs. pet store owner) and <I><A HREF="wallygat.htm">Wally Gator</A></I> (alligator vs. zookeeper). (Not that the formula was theirs in the first place — it was taken more-or-less intact from <A HREF="humphrey.htm">Humphrey Bear,</A> a minor <A HREF="disney.htm">Disney</A> character.) <P> Yogi's voice, provided by <A href="butler.htm">Daws Butler</A> (<A HREF="crunch.htm">Cap'n Crunch,</A> <A HREF="chilly.htm">Chilly Willie</A>), was based on that used by Art Carney for his character Ed Norton, one of the stars of the old sitcom <I>The Honeymooners.</I> (That show, by the way, also inspired the character relationships in Hanna-Barbera's later hit, <I><A HREF="flintstn.htm">The Flintstones.</A></I>) Animation veteran Don Messick (<A HREF="scooby.htm">Scooby Doo,</A> <A HREF="atomant.htm">Atom Ant</A>) did the voices of Boo-Boo and Ranger Smith. <P> Yogi's popularity quickly outstripped Huck's. In 1960 a new character, <A HREF="hokey.htm">Hokey Wolf,</A> took over his slot, and in on January 30, 1961 he got a show of his own. Yogi's co-stars in the new show were <A HREF="yakky.htm">Yakky Doodle</A> (a cloyingly cute duckling based on an occasional <A HREF="tomjerry.htm">Tom & Jerry</A> supporting character named Little Quacker) and <A HREF="snaggle.htm">Snagglepuss.</A> <P> That show ran its course in a couple of years, but it was only the beginning. Yogi returned over and over, in new series with different settings. He has been a space racer, a hip rapper, an airship captain, and even a pirate (albeit, one whose quest for booty is carried on strictly for pure and noble purposes). In 1964, he was the star of Hanna-Barbera's first feature-length animated film, <I>Hey There, It's Yogi Bear,</I> and he's been in several other features over the years. <P> Yogi has proven not just an enduring and surpringly versatile character, but also a rich source of merchandising revenue for his producers — and not just for the usual beach blankets, pajamas, etc. All over North America, you'll find tracts of land licensing his image, under the name "Yogi Bear Jellystone Park Campgrounds." <P> Yogi made his comic book debut in 1959, again as a second banana to Huckleberry Hound. But even before he got his own show, he was headlining comics of his own, starting with <A HREF="dell.htm">Dell's</A> <I>Four Color Comics</I> #1067 (1960). Since then, he has starred, or at least appeared, in comics published by <A HREF="goldkey.htm">Gold Key,</A> <A HREF="charlton.htm">Charlton,</A> <A HREF="marvel.htm">Marvel,</A> <A HREF="harvey.htm">Harvey,</A> <A HREF="mlj_arch.htm">Archie,</A> and <A HREF="dc.htm">DC.</A> Even today, scarcely a year goes by without new issues appearing. <P> On the other hand, the only comic book Yogi Berra ever starred in was a 1951 oneshot from <A href="fawcett.htm">Fawcett.</A> <P ALIGN = "RIGHT">— DDM <P><A HREF="index.htm">BACK</A> to <I>Don Markstein's Toonopedia</I> Home Page <BR><A HREF="today.htm">Today in Toons:</A> Every day's an anniversary! <P><! BEGIN ADSENSE BANNER CODE><CENTER> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </CENTER><! END ADSENSE CODE> <TD WIDTH=10><TD WIDTH=180 VALIGN="TOP"> <! 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