He's smarter than the average bear!
Original title
The Yogi Bear Show
Released
1/30/1961
Origin country
US
Genre
Animation, Comedy, Family, Kids
Production companies
Hanna-Barbera Productions
Status
Ended
Number of seasons
2
Number of episodes
97
From his home in Jellystone Park, Yogi Bear dreams of nothing more in life than to outwit as many unsuspecting tourists as he can and grab their prized picnic baskets all while staying one step ahead of the ever-exasperated Ranger Smith. Yogi's little buddy, Boo-Boo, tries to keep Yogi out of trouble but rarely succeeds. That's okay because not even Ranger Smith can stay mad for long at the lovable, irresistible Yogi Bear.
Yogi and Boo Boo are tricked by the Three Little Pigs into moving into the straw house, then the wood house, just before each is blown down by the wolf. This cartoon was originally shown on The Huckleberry Hound Show.
To avoid being ejected from the Adventurers Club, Major Minor tries to hunt Snagglepuss again, despite the fact that the lion is now in a zoo.
Unable to keep up with the other migrating ducks, Yakky falls into Chopper's water dish and meets the bulldog for the first time.
After Yogi poses as a health inspector in order to take tourists' picnic baskets, Ranger Smith sets out some booby-trapped baskets to teach Yogi a lesson.
Two hill people are competing for a woman's hand in marriage, and she says that she'll choose the one who brings her a lion fur coat; naturally, the suitors both hunt Snagglepuss.
Flying to Missouri, Yakky gets lost and finds himself in Australia, where he befriends a baby kangaroo who "adopts" him as his brother.
Ranger Smith goes on vacation in Miami Beach; Yogi and Boo Boo, mistakenly thinking that they're invited, show up at the Ranger's hotel.
Finding Yakky Doodle hiding in his mailbox, Snagglepuss contemplates eating him, but instead finds himself protecting Yakky from duck hunters.
Learning that Chopper wishes he could fly, Yakky tries to teach him, with painful results.
Boo Boo enters a mail-in puzzle contest and wins a trip for two to Paris; he takes along Yogi, who almost causes an international incident.
Snagglepuss shows up at the home of Mr. & Mrs. J. Evil Scientist, begging for food; J. Evil hires him to get rid of a mouse, which Junior had transformed into a giant.
A lady buys Yakky from a pet store as an Easter gift for her granddaughter; the lady's cat, however, has different plans for the duckling.
Ranger Smith has a system of closed-circuit cameras set up throughout Jellystone so he can keep an eye on Yogi.
In a Medieval kingdom, Snagglepuss tries to rescue the Queen, who's been kidnapped by Count Down.
Fibber Fox disguises himself as Yakky's mother as part of a plot to get at the chickens in the henhouse Chopper is guarding.
At Ranger Smith's request, a doctor tells Yogi that his health will be in jeopardy if he doesn't stick to a diet of nuts and berries.
Hungry Snagglepuss infiltrates a college because he heard they have "sheepskins," and he reasons that they must have sheep; he winds up being the quarterback of the football team.
Yakky and Chopper are traveling by train, and so is a cat who keeps trying to eat Yakky.
Yogi finds a hollow log filled with bees' honey, and trades jars of it for goodies from the tourists.
Snagglepuss gets a job as a television actor, but it turns out to be a lot rougher than he'd expected.
Duhh-glas the Dog is supposed to help his master hunt ducks, but the dog can't stand to see Yakky get shot.
An escaped circus bear trades places with Yogi; Yogi has a terrible time trying to perform dangerous acts, while the more feral circus bear proves to be impossible for the rangers to control.
Hoping to become a member of King Arthur's Round Table, Snagglepuss does battle with the Stormy Knight.
In gratitude for being released from a dog catcher's wagon, Chopper gives Yakky a whistle, which the duck uses to call for help when Fibber Fox tries to eat him.
Yogi and Boo Boo find a lamp containing a genie, and Yogi wishes for a flying carpet.
Two gangsters use Snagglepuss' cave as a hideout.
Yakky's terrible singing drives a cat to distraction.
When a boy scout troop sets up camp in Jellystone, Yogi and Boo Boo pose as scouts to get some food.
The Major's baby nephew runs away from home, and Snagglepuss brings him back.
Yakky goes to school and is picked on by a bigger kid; Chopper disguises himself as a student so he can keep an eye on Yakky.
When he inherits wealth and a mansion, Ranger Smith moves away from Jellystone.
An outlaw called Big Hombre orders Snagglepuss to look after his baby, Little Hombre, while he goes off to rob a bank.
Yakky visits Chopper in the animal hospital, and Fibber Fox sneaks in to try to catch Yakky.
Yogi has been struck by Cupid's arrow (literally), and he's too busy pursuing a female bear to go after picnic baskets.
Inspired by the story of Robin Hood, Snagglepuss sets out to be a champion for all in need – including an elephant who's escaped from the zoo.
Chopper's master is going duck hunting, and Chopper is trying to keep Yakky from being shot.
Ranger Smith disguises himself as a bear, hoping to catch Yogi in the act of stealing picnic baskets.
The Major's identical twin brother, Sir Clyde, believes that all animals should be free; Snagglepuss is confused when the Major keeps locking him in a cage and Sir Clyde keeps freeing him.
Yakky gets a birthday present for Chopper – a dinosaur bone from a museum.
Ranger Smith is trying to find out what Yogi is up to, not realizing that the bear is putting together a surprise birthday party for him.
When Snagglepuss tries to join the Three Musketeers, they trick him into thinking that the king is a spy.
A farmer's old plow-horse mistakenly thinks that the farmer wants to shoot him, so Yakky helps him hide.
Yogi sets up a wishing well in the park, and uses the money people throw in to buy things.
Snagglepuss finally gets to perform Shakespeare on stage, but Major Minor is sitting in the audience.
Chopper has a cold, so Yakky brings him a basket full of goodies, which Fibber Fox tries to intercept (in the style of "Little Red Riding Hood").
Two bank robbers disguised as little old ladies hide out in Jellystone and conceal their loot in a picnic basket; naturally, Yogi gets involved.
The Major and Snagglepuss are guests on a television show called This Is Your Strife (a parody of This Is Your Life), and the former chases the latter through various TV studios, including the one Yogi Bear's show is in. This cartoon also includes parodies of You Bet Your Life, western shows, game shows, Frankenstein, and science fiction shows.
When Yakky thinks that Fibber Fox is his mother, the fox finds that he can't bring himself to eat the duckling; this drives Fibber to see a psychiatrist.
The bears' fairy godmother grants Yogi the power to turn anything he touches into a picnic basket (à la Midas).
A mouse named Bigelow, whom Snagglepuss once freed from a mousetrap, is intent on freeing Snag from a zookeeper, despite the fact that the lion doesn't want to be freed. The main action takes place on a train, hence the title.
After a flea is "evicted" from a dog's hide, kind-hearted Yakky offers to let the flea live on Chopper.
Cindy Bear is in a circus, so Yogi runs off to join it; the circus owner get him a job as a lion tamer.
Sick and tired of being part of a lion taming act, Snagglepuss runs away from the circus and goes back to the jungle, expecting to be the king of the beasts.
Using a child's chemistry set, Fibber Fox creates a formula that shrinks Chopper down to Yakky's size, and the fox chases after the two of them.
Ranger Smith tries to trap Yogi with an alarm-rigged picnic basket, and fails; later Yogi mistakenly thinks the Ranger wants him shot.
A railroad company tries to put a track through Snagglepuss' cave, but Snag thwarts their efforts; the railroad then hires Major Minor to handle the situation.
Chopper and Yakky stay in an abandoned house for the night; Fibber Fox disguises himself as a ghost, hoping to scare Chopper away so he can catch Yakky.
When Ranger Smith goes on vacation, his seat is filled by Ranger "Iron Hand" Jones, who's more of a strict disciplinarian than Yogi can stand.
At the county fair, Snagglepuss is tired of being the target in an "African Dodger" type of game; he's talked into boxing with a kangaroo instead.
Chopper gives Yakky a trading stamp so his book will be completely filled, but the wind keeps blowing the stamp away from them.
A Japanese bear who's a martial artist is transferred to Jellystone, and Yogi gets him addicted to picnic baskets.
An outlaw is intent on shooting the sheriff of a western town; after their sheriff runs away, the people appoint Snagglepuss their sheriff.
Alfy Gator, in his first appearance, tries to catch Yakky so the 'gator can dine on roast duck.
The army has its war games in a sealed-off part of the park; when Yogi wanders in, he thinks Jellystone has been invaded.
Snagglepuss is being transported to the zoo on a riverboat; he escapes from his cage and poses as a riverboat gambler.
Bigelow the Mouse (from the Snagglepuss cartoon "Express Trained Lion") helps Yakky to stay out of Fibber Fox's clutches.
When a kiddie train is added to the park, Yogi becomes determined to ride it.
To evade hunters, Snagglepuss disguises himself as a soldier and winds up in an army camp.
A mad scientist switches Chopper's and Yakky's brains, and the two of them drive Fibber Fox crazy.
The military builds a secret rocket-launching base in Jellystone, and Yogi, Boo Boo, and Ranger Smith all wind up inside a space-bound rocket. This cartoon contains a great deal of satire of the military.
Snagglepuss visits an old English castle, which is haunted by a pair of mischievous ghosts.
Yakky and Chopper enjoy a day at the beach, until Fibber Fox starts chasing after Yakky again.
Yogi and another bear compete for Cindy's affections by bringing her gifts, committing a rash of thefts throughout the park in the process.
Snagglepuss protects a lioness named Lila (in her first appearance) from hunters by giving her shelter in his cave, but he soon finds her company less bearable than the hunters' bullets.
Alfy Gator is hunting Yakky again; in this cartoon, Yakky is unusually self-reliant as he fights back against Alfy.
After falling asleep in a tourist's trailer, Yogi finds himself dodging cars in the big city.
A circuit judge is afraid to try a bank robber in a rough western town, so Snagglepuss steps in as judge, prosecutor, and a pair of witnesses.
Fibber Fox and Alfy Gator are both after Yakky, and the two of them fight over who's going to get him.
Yogi has Boo Boo dress up as a queen bee to lure bees away from their honey-filled hive, but an entomologist starts chasing Boo Boo.
In this takeoff of Cyrano de Bergerac, professional poet Cyril D. Snagglepuss is hired to help a suitor win a lady's heart, but something has gone wrong.
Yakky's wings are too weak to take him south for the impending winter, so Chopper tries to find him a home.
After sending in thousands of boxtops to a television show, Yogi receives a "Bat Guy" costume with functional bat-like wings, which he uses to swoop down on campers and steal their picnic baskets.
Major Minor tries again to catch Snagglepuss, this time with the aid of Snuffles.
Fibber Fox steals Chopper's dog tags and gets him captured by the dog catcher, thus leaving Yakky defenseless.
A television station is using part of Jellystone to shoot a western program, and Yogi and Ranger Smith get parts on the show.
To raise money for a trip, Snagglepuss rents out part of his cave, but his new tenant – Lila – is more than he can stand.
A witch is brewing a special recipe to celebrate her 110th birthday, and one of the ingredients is Yakky.
While being transported to the zoo, Yogi and Boo Boo escape into the woods, and start stealing food from stores and houses. The zoo they are intended to be transported to is the Cincinnati Zoo – coincidentally, Hanna-Barbera would be purchased by the Cincinnati-based Taft Broadcasting in 1967.
Major Minor uses psychology to capture Snagglepuss, by playing on his dreams of becoming an actor.
Alfy Gator invites Yakky to dinner, without mentioning that the duckling will be the main course; Yakky, however, brings his friend Chopper with him.
To prove that Yogi's been raiding his refrigerator, Ranger Smith rigs it with a practical joke; later, Yogi hatches a plan to get even.
Snagglepuss' identical twin brother Snaggletooth comes to stay for the summer, and the two of them inadvertently confuse Lila.
Lost in the desert, Yakky tries to be friends with a dangerous outlaw, and his attentions prove to be detrimental to the outlaw.
The army is playing war games in Jellystone, and one of the teams is disguising their soldiers as bears; of course, Yogi and Boo Boo get caught up in the games.
The king hires Snagglepuss to rid his castle of Bigelow the Mouse.
Yakky believes that he's now a Judo expert, and tries to fight Fibber Fox; Chopper secretly lends a hand.
In this episode-length cartoon, Yogi is told that he'll be appearing on a television program. He tries to prepare for the show by taking lessons from Fred Upstairs, Boppy Barrin, and Lee B. Rocky (spoofs of Fred Astaire, Bobby Darin, and Liberace, respectively), but the lessons don't go well. Yogi is afraid that he'll ruin the show, but at the last minute he discovers that it's actually a surprise birthday tribute for him and that he doesn't have to do anything. The "guests" who show up to honor Yogi include Ranger Smith, Huckleberry Hound, Quick Draw McGraw and Baba Looey, Pixie and Dixie and Mr. Jinks, Snooper and Blabber, Snagglepuss, Hokey Wolf and Ding-A-Ling, Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy, Cindy Bear, Boo Boo, and Yakky Doodle.
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