Yogi Bear is an

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character who has appeared in numerous comic books, animated television shows, and films. He made his debut in 1958 as a supporting character in ''

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''. He was created by

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and was eventually more popular than ostensible star

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. In January 1961, he was given his own show, ''

The Yogi Bear Show ''The Yogi Bear Show'' is an American comedy animated television series, and the first entry of the ''Yogi Bear'' franchise, produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions. A spin-off of '' The Huckleberry Hound Show'', the show centers on the adventu ...

'', sponsored by

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, which included the segments ''

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'' and ''

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''. ''

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'' replaced his segment on ''The Huckleberry Hound Show''. A musical animated feature film, '' Hey There, It's Yogi Bear'', was released in 1964. Yogi was one of the several Hanna-Barbera characters to have a

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. This allowed animators to keep his body relatively static, redrawing only his head in each

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when he spokeone of the ways Hanna-Barbera cut costs, reducing the number of drawings needed for a seven-minute cartoon from around 14,000 to around 2,000.

Personality

Like many Hanna-Barbera characters, Yogi's personality and mannerisms were based on a popular celebrity of the time.

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's Ed Norton character on ''

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'' was said to be Yogi's inspiration;Anthony Breznican.
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. USA Today, August 24, 2010. "Yogi, as voiced by Daws Butler in the early 1960s, was a takeoff on Art Carney's Ed Norton from The Honeymoonersitself a character heavily influenced by the Borscht Belt and vaudeville comics." his voice mannerisms broadly mimic Carney as Norton.Sennett, p. 59. Carney, in turn, received influence from the

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and comedians of

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. Yogi's name was similar to that of contemporary baseball star

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, who was known for his amusing quotes, such as "half the lies they tell about me aren't true." Berra sued Hanna-Barbera for defamation, but their management claimed the similarity was just coincidence. Berra withdrew his suit, but the defense was considered implausible. At the time Yogi Bear first hit TV screens, Yogi Berra was a household name.Bradle, Laura
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''

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'' (September 23, 2015). Journalist Walter Brasch once wrote that "whether coincidence or not, it is difficult to find anyone else in the nimationindustry who believes it." Berra himself said, "I was going to sue the Yogi Bear program for using my name until somebody reminded me that Yogi isn't my real name. It's Lawrence." The plot of most of Yogi's cartoons centered on his antics in the fictional Jellystone Park, a variant of the real

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. Yogi, accompanied by his constant companion

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, would often try to steal picnic baskets from campers in the park, much to the displeasure of Park

Ranger Smith John Smith, more commonly referred to as Ranger Smith (and known as Mr. Ranger by Yogi and Boo-Boo), is a fictional park ranger first appearing in the 1958 '' Yogi Bear'' cartoon series. The character is Yogi's main antagonist, and appears in othe ...

. Yogi's girlfriend,

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, sometimes appeared and usually disapproved of Yogi's antics.

Catchphrases

Besides often speaking in

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, Yogi Bear had a number of

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s, including his famous chant of excitement and greeting ("Hey, Hey, Hey"), his

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for picnic baskets ("pic-a-nic baskets"), and his favorite self-promotion ("I'm smarter than the av-er-age bear!"), although he often overestimates his own cleverness. Another characteristic of Yogi was his deep and silly voice. He often greets the ranger with a cordial, "Hello, Mr. Ranger, sir!" and "Hey there, Boo Boo!" as his preferred greeting to his

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, Boo Boo. Yogi would also often use puns in his speech and had a habit of pronouncing large words with a long vocal flourish.

Voice actors

From the time of the character's debut until 1988, Yogi was voiced by voice actor

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. Butler died in 1988; his last performance as Yogi was in the television film ''

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''. In 1983, a Yogi Bear balloon made its first appearance in the

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, becoming the final balloon that year. That same year, he appeared on a float named ''A Hanna-Barbera Christmas'' alongside many other Hanna-Barbera characters, as they cleaned up the streets of Broadway. The performance was bookended with animated segments featuring Yogi and Boo-Boo, voiced by

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and Butler, respectively. After Butler's death in 1988,

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stepped in to perform the role; Butler had taught Burson personally how to voice Yogi as well as his other characters. Worsening alcoholism and a legal incident led to Burson's firing in 2004 and eventually his death in 2008. Yogi's current voice actor is

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. Bergman and

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also performed the character throughout the 1990s and early to mid-2000s for various

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and

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commercials and bumpers. Australian voice actor, animation historian and impressionist Keith Scott provided Yogi's voice in a Pauls commercial and the live show ''Hanna-Barbera Gala Celebrity Night'' at the

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amusement park in Australia, where Yogi and other

characters including

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, and

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make guest appearances. In the 2010 ''

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'' film, the character is voiced by actor

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. In a

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commercial in 2011 titled "Wünderful Stuff", Lewis MacLeod performed the voice of Yogi. In the animated

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show ''

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'',

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and

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(creator of the show) voiced Yogi Bear.

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performed the voice of Yogi, along with Boo-Boo, in ''At Picnic'', ''Forest'', and ''Honey Lesson''.

Media

Television series

Other appearances

* ''

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'' (1961), Yogi along with Huck appear in front pages of comics books in "King for a Day". * ''

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'' (1963), Yogi and Boo-Boo steal

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and Wilma's "pic-a-nic basket" in "The Swedish Visitors". * ''

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'' (1972), guest cameo on the giant balloon in "The Caped Crusader Caper". * ''

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'' (1977–1978), this show had Yogi Bear as captain of the Yogi Yahooeys team, with Boo-Boo and Cindy also part of the team. * Yogi Bear and Boo-Boo made guest appearances at 3

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restaurants in 1987, voiced by Daws Butler and

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. * ''

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'' (1990–1991), he and Boo-Boo appear in the Fender Bender 500 segment. * ''

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'', guest cameo in "The Story Stick". * ''

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'', guest cameo on television in "Tyke on a Hike". * ''

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'' (1999), a random spoofed version of Yogi and Boo-Boo's appearance is seen in Season 5, Episode 3, but

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brutally kills him using a

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as a favor to the Park Ranger, before telling Boo-Boo to "Tell the other bears what you just saw". * ''

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'' (2003–2008), Yogi and Boo-Boo have a guest appearance in Season 2, Episode 7. And also, they made brief cameos in Season 4, Episode 3. * ''

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'', a crazed feral bear resembling Yogi Bear appears near the end of "Howl of the Fright Hound". * Appearing in the form of short cameos in '' Space Jam: A New Legacy'', Yogi and Boo-Boo can be seen with other

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owned characters beside them watching the basketball game between the Tune Squad and the Goon Squad. * Yogi appears with Boo-Boo in the ''

'' episode "Ban on the Fun", voiced by

. In a segment that parodies ''

'' in the style of the Munich massacre, the Really Rottens shoot the Yogi Yahooeys to death as retribution to losing to them so many times. Yogi later appeared in a movie trailer segment that parodies the ''Rambo'' franchise from the episode "President Evil", voiced by Milano once again. He was later featured in the sketch "Power Forest Rangers" of the show's 100th episode "Fight Club Paradise", voiced by series creator

. * On February 27, 2018, Yogi appeared in an ad for

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along with Boo Boo and Ranger Smith. * Yogi and Boo-Boo, along with other Hanna-Barbera and

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characters make cameo appearances in the "Suffragette City" song on the ''Animaniacs'' revival. They were previously parodied in the original show as "Calhoun Capybara and Lew-Lew" as the Warner siblings were loaned out to appear in their cartoon. * On May 10, 2021, Yogi and Boo-Boo appeared in a commercial advertisement for

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raiding a family cookout in "bear country". * ''

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'' (2013), Yogi appeared in the episode, "Warner Bros. 100th Anniversary" as a supporting character.

Animated films and specials

* '' Hey There, It's Yogi Bear'', a 1964 animated feature released by

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and

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* ''

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'', a 1972 made-for-TV movie for ''

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'' * '' Hanna-Barbera's All-Star Comedy Ice Revue'', a 1978 TV special honoring

on his 48th birthday * ''

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'', a 1979 TV special featuring the characters from ''

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'' meeting Yogi and his gang * ''

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'', a 1980 made-for-TV movie for syndication * ''

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'', a 1982 TV special starring Yogi and friends * '' Yogi's Great Escape'', a 1987 made-for-TV movie for syndication * '' Yogi Bear and the Magical Flight of the Spruce Goose'', a 1987 made-for-TV movie for syndication * ''

'', a 1988 made-for-TV movie for syndication * ''

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'', a 1988 made-for-TV movie for syndication * '' Hanna-Barbera's 50th: A Yabba Dabba Doo Celebration'', a 1989 musical TV film * '' Yogi the Easter Bear'', a 1994 TV special for first-run syndication * ''

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'', a 1994 TV special for TBS (Aladdin segment) * '' Scooby-Doo! Mask of the Blue Falcon'', 2013 direct-to-DVD (cameo as picture) * '' Space Jam: A New Legacy'', a 2021 animated feature released by

(cameo)

Educational films

* '' Hanna-Barbera Educational Filmstrips'' ** ''Yogi Bear: Play it Safe'' (1979) ** ''Yogi Bear Visits His Medical Friends'' (1980) * '' Learning Tree Filmstrip Set'' ** ''Learning About Citizenship with Yogi Bear'' (1982) ** ''Learning About Groups and Rules with Yogi Bear'' (1982) * ''

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'' (1984) * '' D.A.R.E. Bear Yogi'' (1989)

Video games

* ''Yogi's Frustration'' (

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) (1983) * ''

'' (computer) (1987) * ''Yogi Bear & Friends in The Greed Monster'' (

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) (1990) * ''Yogi Bear's Math Adventures'' (

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) (1990) * '' Yogi's Great Escape'' (computer) (1990) * ''Yo Yogi Bear'' ( Tiger handheld) (1991) * ''Yogi's Big Clean Up'' (

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) (1992) * '' Adventures of Yogi Bear/ Yogi Bear's Cartoon Capers'' (

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) (

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) (1994) * '' Yogi Bear's Gold Rush'' (

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) (1994) * '' Yogi Bear: Great Balloon Blast'' (

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) (2000) * '' Yogi Bear: The Video Game'' (

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) (2010)

Albums

* ''Howl Along with Huckleberry Hound and Yogi Bear'' (1960) * ''Huckleberry Hound for President'' (1960) * Hanna-Barbera's ''Yogi Bear and His Pals'' (1961) * '' Hey There, It's Yogi Bear'', a 1964 music from the original motion picture soundtrack * ''Songs from Hey There, It's Yogi Bear'' * Y''ogi Bear and Boo-Bop Tell the Stories of Little Red Riding Hood and Jack and The Beanstalk'' (1965) * '' Yogi Bear and the Three Stooges Meet the Mad, Mad, Mad Dr. No-No'', a 1966 comedy album * ''

'', a 2010 score soundtrack by

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Live action/animated feature film

A live-action/animated film titled ''

'' was released by

in December 2010. The movie featured

as the voice of Yogi Bear. The film, adapting the television series, follows the adventures of Yogi Bear and his pal Boo-Boo in Jellystone Park, as they team up with Ranger Smith to save Jellystone Park from being shut down and logged.

Songs

"Yogi" by

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(1960), sung in a voice mimicking Yogi Bear. The song reached no.8 on the ''Billboard'' Hot100.

Spümcø Ranger Smith and Boo Boo shorts

In 1999, animator

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company created and directed two Yogi cartoons, ''

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'' and ''

Boo Boo Runs Wild ''Boo Boo Runs Wild'' is a 1999 stand-alone animated television special and a parody of the Hanna-Barbera cartoon series '' The Yogi Bear Show''. It was made by ''The Ren & Stimpy Show'' creator John Kricfalusi and his company Spümcø. ''Boo ...

''. Both shorts aired that year on the

as part of a Yogi Bear marathon. In 2002, Spümcø created another Boo Boo cartoon, ''

Boo Boo and the Man ''Boo Boo and the Man'' is a 2002 short cartoon starring Boo Boo Bear, the sidekick of Yogi Bear. It was made by ''The Ren & Stimpy Show'' creator John Kricfalusi and his company Spümcø using Macromedia Flash. The short was one of the last ...

'', which was made with Macromedia Flash and released on Cartoon Network's website. A music video (known as a "Cartoon Groovie") for Yogi Bear used to air on Cartoon Network and

. It showcases clips of Yogi and Boo Boo stealing picnic baskets and annoying Ranger Smith.

Broadcasts

''Yogi Bear'' aired on

from 1992 to 2004 and its sister channel, Boomerang until 2014, returning to the lineup in 2023. Additionally,

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re-aired ''

'', ''

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'', and ''

Galaxy Goof-Ups ''Galaxy Goof-Ups'' (also known as ''Yogi's Galaxy Goofs-Ups'') is a 30-minute American Saturday-morning cartoon, animated television series, a spin-off (media), spin-off of ''Yogi's Space Race'' and the fourth incarnation of the ''The Yogi Bear S ...

'' under the umbrella title "Nickelodeon's Most Wanted: Yogi Bear" throughout the early 1990s. In the UK it aired on

from 1993 to 2001, CN TOO from 2006 to 2010 and Boomerang from 2000 to 2002. In the Hanna-Barbera ''Personal Favorites'' video,

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and

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picked their favorite Yogi Bear episodes, including the very first one, " Yogi Bear's Big Break", and Yogi's meeting some storybook friends:

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, and

Little Red Riding Hood "Little Red Riding Hood" () is a fairy tale by Charles Perrault about a young girl and a Big Bad Wolf. Its origins can be traced back to several pre-17th-century European Fable, folk tales. It was later retold in the 19th-century by the Broth ...

Comics

Over the years, several publishers have released Yogi Bear comic books. *

Dell Comics Dell Comics was the comic book publishing arm of Dell Publishing, which got its start in pulp magazines. It published comics from 1929 to 1973. At its peak, it was the most prominent and successful American company in the medium.Evanier, Mark"Wh ...

first published Yogi Bear comics starting in 1959 as part of their

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line. The Four Color issue numbers were #1067 ''Yogi Bear'' (December 1, 1959), #1104 ''Yogi Bear Goes to College'' (June 1, 1960), #1162 ''Yogi Bear Joins the Marines'' (April 1, 1961), #1271 ''Yogi Bear's Birthday Party'' (November 1, 1961), #1310 ''Huck and Yogi Winter Sports'' (1962) (also featuring

), and #1349 ''Yogi Bear Visits the U.N.'' (January 1, 1962). In March 1961, Dell also published a 116-page

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entitled ''Huck and Yogi Jamboree'' (also featuring Huckleberry Hound). Starting in September 1961, Dell began publishing a regular comic under the title ''Yogi Bear'' which ran for six issues. The last Dell issue being July–September 1962. *

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took over publishing the ''Yogi Bear'' title in October 1962, continuing the issue numbering from the last Dell issue. Gold Key published 33 issues from 1962 to 1970. *

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next did a title for 35 issues from 1970 to 1977. *

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did a title for nine issues in 1977. *

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then did several titles for a total of ten issues in 1992–94. *

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regularly featured ''Yogi Bear'' stories in the anthology comics ''Hanna-Barbera All-Stars'' and ''Hanna-Barbera Presents''. After the cancellation of both titles, Archie Comics put out one issue of a ''Yogi Bear'' comic in 1997. *

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semi-regularly featured Yogi in '' Cartoon Network Presents''. *

''Scooby-Doo! Team-Up'' #35 (''Bear-ly Scared'') *

''Deathstroke/Yogi Bear Special'' #1 The ''Yogi Bear'' comic strip began February 5, 1961. Created by Gene Hazelton and distributed by the

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, it ran from 1961 to 1988. Hanna-Barbera has also produced giveaway instructional Yogi Bear comics on

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(''Creative First Aid: Yogi's Bear Facts'' (1986)) and

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(''Yogi, the Be-Prepared Bear: Earthquake Preparedness for Children'' (1984) and ''Yogi's Bear Facts: Earthquake Preparedness'' (1988)). These were issued in connection with Yogi Bear being used as the mascot for Earthquake Preparedness Month in California, an annual campaign that ran each April for over ten years and also utilized Yogi in earthquake preparedness posters, advertisements, a cartoon, and other promotions including a special "Quakey Shakey Van" exhibit.

Home media

On November 15, 2005,

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released the complete series on DVD.

Licensing

* Yogi Bear lends his name to a chain of

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and camping parks (" Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park Camp-Resorts"), with the first opening in 1969 in

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. As of 2019, more than eighty locations in the United States and Canada have hosted the parks. * , one restaurant remains from the chain bearing Yogi's name, " Yogi Bear's Honey Fried Chicken", in

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References

External links

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