The New Yogi Bear Show
The New Yogi Bear Show (also known as Hanna-Barbera's Yogi Bear Show) is an American animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions that aired in syndication from September 12 to November 11, 1988. It contained forty-five new episodes combined with reruns of the original 1961 series.[1] Pared down from some of the other versions (the all-star cartoons with Huckleberry Hound, Quick Draw McGraw, Top Cat, and other Hanna-Barbera characters), this series featured only Yogi, Boo-Boo, Cindy and Ranger Smith, with episodes set in Jellystone Park.
| The New Yogi Bear Show | |
|---|---|
 Title card for 1988 series | |
| Also known as | Hanna-Barbera's Yogi Bear Show |
| Genre | Animation Comedy |
| Directed by | Ray Patterson Arthur Davis Paul Sommers Jay Sarby Don Lusk Bob Goe Robert Alvarez |
| Voices of | Greg Burson Don Messick Julie Bennett Peter Cullen Frank Welker |
| Theme music composer | John Debney |
| Opening theme | Theme from Yogi Bear |
| Ending theme | Theme from Yogi Bear |
| Composer | Hoyt Curtin |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 45 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| Producers | Alex Lovy Don Jurwich |
| Running time | 24 minutes (three 7-minute cartoons) |
| Production company | Hanna-Barbera Productions |
| Distributor | Worldvision Enterprises |
| Release | |
| Original network | Syndicated |
| Original release | September 12 – November 11, 1988 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Yogi's Treasure Hunt |
| Followed by | Yo Yogi! |
| Related shows | The Hillbilly Bears Wacky Races |
New characters were introduced for the series, such as, Ranger Roubideux (Ranger Smith's assistant who is chubby and tiny-sized), Ninja Raccoon (a Japanese raccoon cub who wears a kimono), and Yogi's mother. The series marked the debut of Greg Burson as the voice of Yogi following Daws Butler's death on May 18, 1988, four months prior to the series' debut.
Episodes
| No. | Title | Written by | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Kahuna Yogi" | Kristina Mazzotti | September 12, 1988 | |
| Yogi and Boo Boo get on a game show and end up winning a trip to Hawaii. | ||||
| 2 | "Grin & Bear It" | Lisa Maliani | September 13, 1988 | |
| Yogi tries to make Ranger Smith feel guilty by pretending that the ranger ran him over. | ||||
| 3 | "Board Silly" | Jack Hanrahan and Eleanor Burian-Mohr | September 14, 1988 | |
| Yogi Bear enters a skateboarding competition. The only catch is no bears are allowed. | ||||
| 4 | "Shine on Silver Screen" | Jack Hanrahan and Eleanor Burian-Mohr | September 15, 1988 | |
| A director visits Jellystone Park to capture the life of a bear. | ||||
| 5 | "Buffalo'd Bear" | Alan Swayze | September 16, 1988 | |
| With his Robin Hood antics and endlessly inventive schemes, Yogi sets his eyes on the "pic-a-nic" baskets of Jellstone Park and sets out to frustrate the comic straight man, Park Ranger Smith. | ||||
| 6 | "The Yolks on Yogi" | Lisa Maliani | September 19, 1988 | |
| Yogi and Boo-Boo find a giant egg in Jellystone Park and can't believe their eyes when it hatches a baby dinosaur. | ||||
| 7 | "Yogi De Beargerac" | Barry Blitzer | September 20, 1988 | |
| Yogi helps a tongue-tied Boo-Boo woo Buttercup by supplying the right romantic words. | ||||
| 8 | "Bearly Sick" | Earl Kress | September 21, 1988 | |
| Ranger Smith is hospitalized for tonsillitis. Yogi tries to cheer him up. | ||||
| 9 | "Bear Exchange" | TBA | September 22, 1988 | |
| Pandas visit Jellystone Park to entertain the tourists and get free food. Yogi and Boo-Boo see this as a way to end their begging ways. | ||||
| 10 | "To Bear is Human" | Jack Hanrahan and Eleanor Burian-Mohr | September 23, 1988 | |
| Animal behaviorist Cynthia Sweetwater tries to win Yogi's trust by imitating bear behavior. | ||||
| 11 | "Slim & Bear It" | TBA | September 26, 1988 | |
| A transmission from the Head Ranger about the bears in Jellystone Park gets interrupted due to a storm, so Ranger Smith thinks the message was about him. | ||||
| 12 | "Old Biter" | Lisa Maliani | September 27, 1988 | |
| Ranger Smith trains his new dog to stop Yogi Bear from ruining the annual Mother of the Year picnic at Jellystone Park. | ||||
| 13 | "Pokey the Bear" | Barry Blitzer | September 28, 1988 | |
| Fire prevention safety expert Pokey the Bear is injured on his way to Jellystone Park. Yogi must dress up like Pokey to not disappoint the kids wanting to see Pokey. | ||||
| 14 | "Shadrak Yogi" | Alan Swayze | September 29, 1988 | |
| Yogi impersonates the Amazing Shadrak to make some money. | ||||
| 15 | "Bruise Cruise" | TBA | September 30, 1988 | |
| Ranger Smith takes a vacation on a cruise ship, and Yogi secretly follows him to make sure Ranger Smith relaxes. | ||||
| 16 | "Bear Obedience" | Jim Pfanner | October 3, 1988 | |
| Principal Pinecone visits to make Yogi and Boo-Boo obedient. | ||||
| 17 | "Come Back, Little Boo Boo" | TBA | October 4, 1988 | |
| Boo-Boo is forced to work in a carnival, but Yogi tries to save him. | ||||
| 18 | "La Bamba Bear" | TBA | October 5, 1988 | |
| La Bamba Bear is hired to perform a concert in Jellystone Park. Unfortunately, he's called away at the last minute but Yogi steps in to save the show. | ||||
| 19 | "Clucking Crazy" | Kristina Mazzotti | October 6, 1988 | |
| A scientist switches a chicken's brain with Yogi's brain. | ||||
| 20 | "Misguided Missile" | Alan Swayze | October 7, 1988 | |
| The military take over Jellystone Park to test a new missile and kick Yogi and Boo-Boo out of their cave to do so. | ||||
| 21 | "Double Trouble" | Barry Blitzer | October 10, 1988 | |
| Yogi and Boo Boo to see a movie star named Stone Malone. | ||||
| 22 | "Attack of the Ninja Raccoon" | Jack Hanrahan and Eleanor Burian-Mohr | October 11, 1988 | |
| Ninja Raccoon appears in Jellystone Park and ends up eating the cake that Ranger Smith's mother made for him and the eclairs that Yogi has swindled. Ranger Smith and Yogi Bear band together to try to trap Ninja Raccoon. | ||||
| 23 | "Biker Bear" | Candace Howerton | October 12, 1988 | |
| Cindy's relative, a little bear on a moped, is visiting Jellystone Park. Ranger Smith and a fellow ranger are pursuing the moped rider as mopeds are banned from the park. | ||||
| 24 | "Bearly Buddies" | Jack Hanrahan and Eleanor Burian-Mohr | October 13, 1988 | |
| A misunderstanding leads Yogi to believe that he's not Boo Boo's best friend, which results in him kicking Boo Boo out of their cave. | ||||
| 25 | "Predaterminator" | Barry Blitzer | October 14, 1988 | |
| Yogi builds a robot that will retrieve food whenever he commands. | ||||
| 26 | "Little Lord Boo Boo" | Kristina Mazzotti | October 17, 1988 | |
| A rich kid kidnaps Boo-Boo to keep as a pet. | ||||
| 27 | "Yogi the Cave Bear" | Wayne Kaatz | October 18, 1988 | |
| Yogi discovers a tunnel in his cave that leads Boo Boo and him to prehistoric Jellystone Park. | ||||
| 28 | "Little Big Foot" | Kristina Mazzotti | October 19, 1988 | |
| Yogi and Boo-Boo capture a Bigfoot only to find out he's a she with three little Bigfoot children left alone in the forest. | ||||
| 29 | "Top Gun Yogi" | Jack Hanrahan and Eleanor Burian-Mohr | October 20, 1988 | |
| Yogi and Boo-Boo visit a Navy flight school and cause much mischief. | ||||
| 30 | "The Hopeful Diamond" | Lisa Maliani | October 21, 1988 | |
| During a field trip to the museum, the Hope Diamond is stolen and the thief resembles Boo Boo. | ||||
| 31 | "Real Bears Don't Eat Quiche" | Alan Swayze | October 24, 1988 | |
| A major forest fire has damaged most of Grizzly Stone Wilderness Park causing most of its animals to be temporarily transferred to Jellystone National Park. Yogi ends up having to compete against a vicious bear named Growler for the attention of Cindy Bear. | ||||
| 32 | "Slippery Smith" | Earl Kress | October 25, 1988 | |
| Ranger Smith's evil twin brother arrives at Jellystone park and causes all sorts of trouble. | ||||
| 33 | "In Search of the Ninja Raccoon" | Jack Hanrahan and Eleanor Burian-Mohr | October 26, 1988 | |
| Ninja Raccoon returns and once again interferes with Yogi's picnic raids. Boo Boo ends up having Yogi train with Ninja Raccoon to master the Ninja Raccoon's moves. | ||||
| 34 | "Balloonatics" | Earl Kress | October 27, 1988 | |
| Yogi and Boo-Boo see hot air balloons landing in Jellystone Park. They investigate them since they'd never seen hot air balloons before and are swept away into the clutches of outlaws wanting to rob a bank. | ||||
| 35 | "The Big Bear Ballet" | Barry Blitzer | October 28, 1988 | |
| Yogi learns ballet from a visiting Russian bear. | ||||
| 36 | "Blast Off Bears" | Joe Sandusky and Vince Trankina | October 31, 1988 | |
| Yogi mistakes NASA for Nassau and is subjected to several experiments before being blasted into outer space. | ||||
| 37 | "Battle of the Bears" | Felicia Maliani | November 1, 1988 | |
| When Yogi Bear learns that Cindy Bear is to take part in an arranged marriage, thanks to her mother, Yogi does all he can to stop the marriage. | ||||
| 38 | "Bringing Up Yogi" | Jack Hanrahan and Eleanor Burian-Mohr | November 2, 1988 | |
| Yogi dreams that he marries Cindy and they have a son who is a total handful. | ||||
| 39 | "Unbearable" | Earl Kress | November 3, 1988 | |
| Ranger Smith takes Yogi and Boo-Boo to a cabin in a remote part of the forest, where they soon start to suffer from hunger and cabin fever. | ||||
| 40 | "Banjo Bear" | Jack Hanrahan and Eleanor Burian-Mohr | November 4, 1988 | |
| Yogi's Uncle Banjo plays his banjo while Yogi tries to hibernate. | ||||
| 41 | "Boxcar Pop" | Jack Hanrahan and Eleanor Burian-Mohr | November 7, 1988 | |
| Yogi Bear's Pop stops by for a visit. | ||||
| 42 | "Yogi Meets the Mummy" | Barry Blitzer | November 8, 1988 | |
| Yogi and Boo Boo find a mummy under their cave during an archaeological dig. | ||||
| 43 | "Ninja Raccoon, The Final Shogun" | Jack Hanrahan and Eleanor Burian-Mohr | November 9, 1988 | |
| Ninja Raccoon returns to Jellystone and challenges Yogi to a showdown. Boo Boo ends up overseeing Yogi's training so that he'd be in shape to fight Ninja Raccoon. | ||||
| 44 | "The Not So Great Escape" | Earl Kress | November 10, 1988 | |
| When Yippee Wolf sees Yogi Bear escape from jail, Yippee convinces Yogi to become an escape artist for his traveling show. | ||||
| 45 | "My Buddy Blubber" | Jack Hanrahan and Eleanor Burian-Mohr | November 11, 1988 | |
| Ranger Smith makes Blubber stay with Yogi and Boo-Boo for hibernation in order to conserve energy. The problem is Blubber annoys Yogi. | ||||
Cast
- Greg Burson - Yogi Bear
- Don Messick - Boo-Boo Bear, Ranger Smith
- Julie Bennett - Cindy Bear
- Peter Cullen - Ranger Roubideux
- Frank Welker - Ninja Raccoon, Cruise Director (in "Cruise Bruise"), Slone Malone (in "Double Trouble"), Predaterminator (in "Predaterminator")
Additional voices
- David Ackroyd -
- Charlie Adler - Director Sammy Baby (in "Shine on Silver Screen"), Buffalo Billy (in "Buffalo'd Bear")
- Patricia Alice Albrecht -
- George Ball -
- Susan Blu -
- William Callaway -
- Richard Erdman -
- Chad Everett -
- Laurie Faso - Film Director (in "Double Trouble")
- Miriam Flynn - Mom (in "Old Biter")
- Pat Fraley - Yippee Wolf (in "The Not So Great Escape")
- Lauri Fraser - Bibi the Biker (in "Biker Bear")
- Teresa Ganzel - Hambo's Girl (in "Double Trouble")
- Kathy Garver -
- Dick Gautier -
- Arlene Golonka -
- Dana Hill - Tim (in "Little Lord Boo Boo")
- Peter Leeds -
- Allan Lurie -
- Tress MacNeille -
- Laurie Main -
- Allan Melvin - Growler Bear (in "Real Bears Don't Eat Quiche")
- Scott Menville - Cody (in "Pokey the Bear")
- Howard Morris - Principal Pinecone (in "Bear Obedience")
- Alan Oppenheimer -
- Rob Paulsen - Bamba Bear (in "La Bamba Bear")
- Henry Polic II - Corky Carny (in "Come Back, Little Boo Boo")
- Jan Rabson -
- Hal Smith -
- John Stephenson - The Great Shadrak (in "Shadrak Yogi")
- Cree Summer -
- B.J. Ward - Buttercup Bear (in "Yogi de Beargerac")
- Patric Zimmerman -
Home media
VHS release
In 2000, Warner Home Video included this "Attack of the Ninja Raccoon", "Biker Bear", "In Search of the Ninja Raccoon", "Balloonatics", "Board Silly", and "Kahuna Yogi" on its VHS Bumper Collection in Australia.
DVD release
No plans have been made yet for a U.S. DVD of the series from Warner Archive.
See also
References
- Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. p. 935. ISBN 978-1476665993.
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