The Yogi Bear Show


The Yogi Bear Show is an American animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions that centered around the misadventures of forest dwelling bear Yogi in Jellystone Park. The show debuted in syndication on January 30, 1961, and ran for 33 episodes until January 6, 1962. Two other segments for the show were Snagglepuss and Yakky Doodle. The show had a two-year production run.

Segments

Yogi Bear

and Boo-Boo Bear reside in Jellystone Park and would often try to steal picnic baskets while evading Ranger Smith. Yogi also has a relationship with his girlfriend Cindy Bear.

Snagglepuss

the Mountain Lion tries to make his life hospitable while occasionally evading a hunter named Major Minor.

Yakky Doodle

is a duck who lives with his best friend Chopper the Bulldog. Chopper would usually protect Yakky from being eaten by Fibber Fox or Alfy Gator.

Characters

Yogi Bear

Yogi Bear and Boo Boo Bear reside in Jellystone Park and would often try to steal picnic baskets while evading Ranger Smith. Yogi also has a relationship with his girlfriend Cindy Bear.

Boo-Boo Bear

Boo-Boo Bear is Yogi's diminutive sidekick who tries, and never succeeds to warn Yogi that "Mr. Ranger" wouldn't like Yogi to steal picnic baskets. He only wears a purple bowtie.

Ranger Smith

The head ranger who argues with Yogi stealing picnic baskets. He wears a traditional ranger costume.

Cindy Bear

Cindy Bear is the girlfriend of Yogi Bear. She speaks with a pronounced Southern accent and carries a parasol.

Voice cast

Main voices
Additional voices
Following the show's cancellation in 1962, many spin-off incarnations, feature-length movies and specials first appeared.
Additionally, reruns of the original series were aired on the USA Network from the mid-1980s through the early 1990s as part of their USA Cartoon Express animation block, while Nickelodeon also aired these same episodes, plus Yogi's Gang, Yogi's Space Race and the latter's spinoff series, Galaxy Goof-Ups, during the early 1990s under the umbrella title Nickelodeon's Most Wanted: Yogi Bear.

Home media

On November 15, 2005, Warner Home Video released the complete series on region 1 DVD. However, the episodes in the R1 H-B Golden Collection Complete Series DVD set were the edited-for-syndication versions, instead of the original, uncut network broadcast masters due to cost issues. A Region 2 DVD was later released on January 31, 2011. A Region 4 DVD was later released on September 6, 2011.
The earlier Yogi Bear cartoons from the first season of The Huckleberry Hound Show can be found on The Huckleberry Hound Show - Volume 1.
TitleEp #Release dateNotes
The Yogi Bear Show - The Complete Series33November 15, 2005
  • Collectible animation cel
  • Original episode with bridges and bumpers
  • Never-before-seen animation sketches come to life
  • Yogi Gets Global: One episode in a variety of languages
  • Featurette on the art of Hanna-Barbera sound