Who is Yogi Bear?
A: Yogi Bear is an anthropomorphic
animal character who has appeared in
comic books, animated television shows and films.
He made his debut in 1958 as a what?
A: A supporting character in The Huckleberry Hound Show.
Yogi Bear was the first breakout character in what?
A: Animated television.
Who created him?
A: Hanna-Barbera.
He was eventually more popular than what ostensible
star?
A: Huckleberry Hound.
In January 1961, he was given what?
A: His own show, The Yogi Bear Show.
Who sponsored the new show?
A: Kellogg's, which included the segments Snagglepuss and Yakky Doodle.
A musical animated feature film, Hey There, It's Yogi
Bear!, was released when?
A: In 1964.
Yogi was one of the several Hanna-Barbera characters to
have a what?
A: A collar.
This allowed animators to keep his body relatively
static, redrawing only his head in each frame when he did what?
A: When he spoke.
This was one of the ways Hanna-Barbera did what?
A: Cut costs, reducing the number of drawings needed for a seven-minute
cartoon from around 14,000 to around 2,000.
Like many Hanna-Barbera characters, Yogi's personality
and mannerisms were based on what?
A: A popular celebrity of the time.
Who was said to be Yogi's inspiration?
A: Art Carney's Ed Norton character on The Honeymooners.
Yogi's name was similar to that of what contemporary
baseball star?
A: Yogi Berra, 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 what?
A: Coincidence.
Berra withdrew his suit, but the defense was considered
what?
A: Implausible.
At the time Yogi Bear first hit TV screens, Yogi Berra
was a what?
A: A household name.
The plot of most of Yogi's cartoons centered on his
antics in what?
A: The fictional Jellystone Park, a variant of the real Yellowstone National
Park.
Yogi, accompanied by his constant companion Boo-Boo
Bear, would often try to do what?
A: To steal picnic baskets from campers in the park, much to the displeasure
of Park Ranger Smith.
Yogi's girlfriend, Cindy Bear, sometimes appeared and
usually disapproved of what?
A: Yogi's antics.
Besides often speaking in rhyme, Yogi Bear had a number
of catchphrases, including what famous chants of excitement and greeting?
A: "Hey, Hey, Hey", his pet name for picnic baskets "pic-a-nic baskets",
and his favorite self-promotion ("I'm smarter than the av-er-age bear!".
Another characteristic of Yogi was his what?
A: Deep and silly voice.
He often greets the ranger with what?
A: A cordial, "Hello, Mr. Ranger, sir!" and "Hey there, Boo Boo!" as his
preferred greeting to his sidekick, Boo Boo.
Yogi would also often use what in his speech?
A: Puns.
He also had a habit of pronouncing large words with
what?
A: A long vocal flourish.
From the time of the character's debut until 1988, Yogi
was voiced by whom?
A: Voice actor Daws Butler.
Butler died in 1988; his last performance as Yogi was
in what?
A: The television film Yogi and the Invasion of the Space Bears.
In 1983, a Yogi Bear balloon made its first appearance
in what?
A: The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, becoming the final balloon that year.
That same year, he appeared on a float named what?
A: A Hanna-Barbera Christmas alongside many other Hanna-Barbera characters,
as they cleaned up the streets of
Broadway.
After Butler's death in 1988, who stepped in to perform
the role?
A: Greg Burson.
Butler had taught Burson personally how to do what?
A: How to voice Yogi as well as his other characters.
Worsening alcoholism and a legal incident led to what
in 2004?
A: Burson's firing.