Yogi Bear's All Star Comedy Christmas Caper
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Yogi Bear's All Star Comedy Christmas Caper is an animated
television special
starring Yogi Bear
and company. It is the third and final Yogi Bear Christmas special. Produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions, it was first aired on .
and his friends Hokey Wolf
, Snagglepuss
, Quick Draw McGraw
, Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy
, and Snooper and Blabber
visit Jellystone Park for Christmas, they discover Yogi Bear and Boo Boo
have escaped from Jellystone and hidden out in a department store, where Yogi is posing as the store's Santa Claus. Along the way, he helps a little girl named Judy Jones to rediscover her faith in Christmas when her father J. Wellington Jones is too busy for her. Ranger Smith and the others look for Yogi when they learn that he's in the city. Yogi reunites with his friends and helps to look for Judy's father. In his search, Snagglepuss
encounters Fred Flintstone
and Barney Rubble
as Street Santas who tell him to ask a passing lady his question. When the old lady screams in fear of Snagglepuss, Fred and Barney attack him claiming it to be an entertainment purpose. Snooper and Blabber try to get assistance from the police. Quick Draw has no luck when Mr. Jinks
haven't seen J. Wellington Jones. Pixie and Dixie leave a present for Mr. Jinks which contains a bulldog. Yogi and Boo Boo have no luck when Magilla Gorilla
, Wally Gator
, and Yakky Doodle
haven't seen J. Wellington Jones either.
When J. Wellington Jones hears that his daughter is lost in the city, he calls the police to help find her at the same time Ranger Smith is looking for Yogi and Boo Boo. At the park, Yogi and his friends celebrate Christmas when the police arrive with J. Wellington Jones accusing Yogi Bear of kidnapping his daughter and then Mr. Jones realizes that he's never home to be with Judy and that Yogi is not guilty and let's the police let Yogi go.
videocassette in the United States
. However, as of 2009, the videocassette is now out of print
and a DVD version of the special from Warner Home Video
was released on December 7th, 2010. http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Yogi-Bear-Yogi-Bears-All-Star-Christmas-Caper/14223
Animation
Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. The effect is an optical illusion of motion due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision, and can be created and demonstrated in several ways...
television special
Television special
A television special is a television program which interrupts or temporarily replaces programming normally scheduled for a given time slot. Sometimes, however, the term is given to a telecast of a theatrical film, such as The Wizard of Oz or The Ten Commandments, which is not part of a regular...
starring Yogi Bear
Yogi Bear
Yogi Bear is a fictional bear who appears in animated cartoons created by Hanna-Barbera Productions. He made his debut in 1958 as a supporting character in The Huckleberry Hound Show. Yogi Bear was the first breakout character created by Hanna-Barbera, and was eventually more popular than...
and company. It is the third and final Yogi Bear Christmas special. Produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions, it was first aired on .
Plot
Around the time when Huckleberry HoundHuckleberry Hound
The Huckleberry Hound Show is a 1958 syndicated animated series and the second from Hanna-Barbera following The Ruff & Reddy Show, sponsored by Kellogg's. Three segments were included in the program: one featuring Huckleberry Hound; another starring Yogi Bear and his sidekick Boo Boo; and a third...
and his friends Hokey Wolf
Hokey Wolf
Hokey Wolf is a Hanna-Barbera cartoon about the adventures of a con-artist wolf who is always trying to cheat his way into the simple life...
, Snagglepuss
Snagglepuss
Snagglepuss is a Hanna-Barbera cartoon character created in 1959, a pink anthropomorphic mountain lion voiced by Daws Butler. He is best known for his famous catchphrase, "Heavens to Murgatroyd!", along with phrases such as "Exit, stage left!" Snagglepuss was originally known as "Snaggletooth"...
, Quick Draw McGraw
Quick Draw McGraw
The Quick Draw McGraw Show is the third cartoon television production created by Hanna-Barbera starring an anthropomorphic cartoon horse named Quick Draw McGraw following their success with The Ruff & Reddy Show and The Huckleberry Hound Show. The show debuted in syndication in the fall of 1959,...
, Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy
Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy
Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy are Hanna-Barbera cartoon characters who debuted on The Quick Draw McGraw Show and appeared in their own segment of that show.-Summary:The segments centered around the misadventures of a dachshund father-and-son team...
, and Snooper and Blabber
Snooper and Blabber
Snooper and Blabber is one of the sequences from The Quick Draw McGraw Show . Snooper and Blabber form a pair of cat and mouse detectives. Daws Butler voiced both characters although some of the earliest episodes feature Jerry Hausner as Blabber. Michael Maltese crafted the stories...
visit Jellystone Park for Christmas, they discover Yogi Bear and Boo Boo
Boo Boo (Yogi Bear)
Boo-Boo Bear is a Hanna-Barbera cartoon character on The Yogi Bear Show. Boo-Boo is an anthropomorphic bear cub in a bow tie, who is a friend to Yogi Bear. Boo-Boo often acts as Yogi Bear's conscience. He tries to keep Yogi from doing things he should not do, and also to keep Yogi from getting...
have escaped from Jellystone and hidden out in a department store, where Yogi is posing as the store's Santa Claus. Along the way, he helps a little girl named Judy Jones to rediscover her faith in Christmas when her father J. Wellington Jones is too busy for her. Ranger Smith and the others look for Yogi when they learn that he's in the city. Yogi reunites with his friends and helps to look for Judy's father. In his search, Snagglepuss
Snagglepuss
Snagglepuss is a Hanna-Barbera cartoon character created in 1959, a pink anthropomorphic mountain lion voiced by Daws Butler. He is best known for his famous catchphrase, "Heavens to Murgatroyd!", along with phrases such as "Exit, stage left!" Snagglepuss was originally known as "Snaggletooth"...
encounters Fred Flintstone
Fred Flintstone
Frederick Joseph “Fred” Flintstone, also known as Fred W. Flintstone or Frederick J. Flintstone, is the protagonist of the animated sitcom The Flintstones, which aired during prime-time on ABC during the original series' run from 1960-66. He is the husband of Wilma Flintstone and father of Pebbles...
and Barney Rubble
Barney Rubble
Bernard "Barney" Rubble is the deuteragonist of the television animated series The Flintstones. He is the diminutive blonde-haired caveman husband of Betty Rubble and father of Bamm-Bamm Rubble...
as Street Santas who tell him to ask a passing lady his question. When the old lady screams in fear of Snagglepuss, Fred and Barney attack him claiming it to be an entertainment purpose. Snooper and Blabber try to get assistance from the police. Quick Draw has no luck when Mr. Jinks
Pixie and Dixie and Mr. Jinks
Pixie & Dixie and Mr. Jinks is a Hanna-Barbera cartoon that featured as a regular segment of the television series The Huckleberry Hound Show from 1958 to 1962.-History:...
haven't seen J. Wellington Jones. Pixie and Dixie leave a present for Mr. Jinks which contains a bulldog. Yogi and Boo Boo have no luck when Magilla Gorilla
Magilla Gorilla
The Magilla Gorilla Show is an animated series for television produced by Hanna-Barbera for Screen Gems between 1963 and 1967, and originally sponsored in syndication by Ideal Toys from 1963 through 1966. The show also had other recurring characters, including Punkin' Puss & Mushmouse, and Ricochet...
, Wally Gator
Wally Gator
Wally Gator is one of the segments from The Hanna-Barbera New Cartoon Series. The other segments that compose this trilogy are Lippy the Lion & Hardy Har Har and Touché Turtle and Dum Dum. The segment consisted of 52 episodes over two seasons....
, and Yakky Doodle
Yakky Doodle
Yakky Doodle is a fictional character created by Hanna-Barbera Productions. Yakky's name is an obvious takeoff of Yankee Doodle.-History:...
haven't seen J. Wellington Jones either.
When J. Wellington Jones hears that his daughter is lost in the city, he calls the police to help find her at the same time Ranger Smith is looking for Yogi and Boo Boo. At the park, Yogi and his friends celebrate Christmas when the police arrive with J. Wellington Jones accusing Yogi Bear of kidnapping his daughter and then Mr. Jones realizes that he's never home to be with Judy and that Yogi is not guilty and let's the police let Yogi go.
Cast
- Mel BlancMel BlancMelvin Jerome "Mel" Blanc was an American voice actor and comedian. Although he began his nearly six-decade-long career performing in radio commercials, Blanc is best remembered for his work with Warner Bros...
- Barney Rubble, Bulldog, Security Guard #2 - Daws ButlerDaws ButlerCharles Dawson "Daws" Butler was a voice actor originally from Toledo, Ohio. He worked mostly for Hanna-Barbera and originated the voices of many famous animated cartoon characters, including Yogi Bear, Quick Draw McGraw, Snagglepuss, and Huckleberry Hound.Daws Butler trained many working actors...
- Yogi Bear, Augie Doggie, Blabber Mouse, Dixie, Hokey Wolf, Huckleberry Hound, Mr. Jinks, Quick Draw McGraw, Snagglepuss, Snooper, Wally Gator - Henry CordenHenry CordenHenry Corden was a Canadian-born American actor and voice artist best-known for taking over the role of Fred Flintstone after Alan Reed died in 1977. His official debut as Fred's new voice was on the 1977 syndicated weekday series Fred Flintstone and Friends for which he provided voice-overs on...
- Fred Flintstone, Security Guard #1, Policeman - Georgi IreneGeorgi IreneGeorgi Irene was an actress from the late 70s to early 90s. Her final voiceover role was as John from Garfield in Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue. She also played a character named Samantha in Married... With Children .-External links:*...
- Judy Jones - Allan MelvinAllan MelvinAllan Melvin was an American character actor who appeared in several television shows, including the roles of Corporal Henshaw on The Phil Silvers Show; Alice's boyfriend Sam the Butcher on The Brady Bunch; and Archie Bunker's friend Barney Hefner on All in the Family and Archie Bunker's...
- Magilla Gorilla, Chief Blake, Murray - Don MessickDon MessickDonald Earl "Don" Messick was an American voice actor best known for his work for Hanna-Barbera. Perhaps his most well-known voice creations include Scooby-Doo, Papa Smurf, and Dr. Benton Quest....
- Boo Boo Bear, Ranger Smith, Pixie - Hal SmithHal Smith (actor)Harold John "Hal" Smith was an American character actor and voice actor. Smith is best known as Otis Campbell, the town drunk on The Andy Griffith Show, and was the voice of many characters on various animated cartoon shorts...
- J. Wellington Jones, Sergeant, Zookeeper #1 - John StephensonJohn Stephenson (actor)John Stephenson is an American actor and voice actor. He has also been credited as John Stevenson...
- Doggie Daddy, Announcer, Butler - Janet WaldoJanet WaldoJanet Waldo is an American actress and voice artist with a career encompassing radio, television, animation and live-action films. She is best known in animation for voicing Judy Jetson, Penelope Pitstop and Josie McCoy in Josie and the Pussycats...
- Bus Depot PA Voice, Lady on the Street, Mrs. Jones, Murray's Wife - Jimmy WeldonJimmy WeldonJimmy Weldon is an American voice actor, ventriloquist, and former television host.He is best known as the voice of the Hanna-Barbera cartoon character Yakky Doodle Duck and the host and ventriloquist in the locally-produced television series, "The Webster Webfoot Show".-History:Born James Weldon...
- Yakky Doodle, Zookeeper #2
Home Release availability
On , Yogi Bear's All Star Comedy Christmas Caper was released on VHSVHS
The Video Home System is a consumer-level analog recording videocassette standard developed by Victor Company of Japan ....
videocassette in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. However, as of 2009, the videocassette is now out of print
Out of print
Out of print refers to an item, typically a book , but can include any print or visual media or sound recording, that is in the state of no longer being published....
and a DVD version of the special from Warner Home Video
Warner Home Video
Warner Home Video is the home video unit of Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., itself part of Time Warner. It was founded in 1978 as WCI Home Video . The company launched in the United States with twenty films on VHS and Betamax videocassettes in late 1979...
was released on December 7th, 2010. http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Yogi-Bear-Yogi-Bears-All-Star-Christmas-Caper/14223
See also
- List of works produced by Hanna-Barbera
- The Yogi Bear ShowThe Yogi Bear ShowThe Yogi Bear Show is an animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions about a fast-talking picnic basket stealing bear named Yogi. The show debuted in syndication on January 30 and ran for 33 episodes until December 30 in 1961 and included two segments, Snagglepuss and Yakky...
- Yogi's Treasure HuntYogi's Treasure HuntYogi's Treasure Hunt is a segment that kicked-off in 1985 as the first of the programming block, The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera. It also ran as a regular series in syndication from 1985 to 1988.-Plot:...
- Yo Yogi!Yo Yogi!Yo Yogi! is an animated series first aired on NBC on Saturday mornings during the 1991-92 season. It is, to date, the last television series to feature or star Yogi Bear. It is also the last Hanna-Barbera show to premiere on NBC to this date...
- The Yogi Bear Show
- List of Hanna-Barbera characters
External links
- Toonarific – Yogi Bear's All Star Comedy Christmas Caper at Toonarific