Yogi Bear
American animated television and film character / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Yogi Bear is an anthropomorphic animal character who has appeared in numerous comic books, animated television shows, and films. He made his debut in 1958 as a supporting character in The Huckleberry Hound Show.
Yogi Bear | |
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The Yogi Bear Show character | |
First appearance | "Yogi Bear's Big Break" (The Huckleberry Hound Show, 1958) |
Created by | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
Designed by | Ed Benedict[1] Kali Fontecchio (Jellystone!)[2] |
Portrayed by | Dick DeBartolo (To Tell the Truth)[3][4] |
Voiced by | List
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In-universe information | |
Species | Brown bear |
Gender | Male |
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Yogi Bear is the first breakout character in animated television; he was created by Hanna-Barbera and was eventually more popular than ostensible star Huckleberry Hound.[30] In January 1961, he was given his own show, The Yogi Bear Show, sponsored by Kellogg's, which included the segments Snagglepuss and Yakky Doodle.[31] Hokey Wolf replaced his segment on The Huckleberry Hound Show.[32] 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 collar. This allowed animators to keep his body relatively static, redrawing only his head in each frame when he spoke – one 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.[33]