Yo Yogi! and Boomerang.

[Mad Monkey 7]

Has Boomerang ever aired Yo Yogi?

[Blackstar]

Has Boomerang ever aired Yo Yogi?

No. To my knowledge, Yo, Yogi! Hasn't seen the light the light of day since it originally aired on NBC back in 1991.

[Mad Monkey 7]

No. To my knowledge, Yo, Yogi! Hasn't seen the light the light of day since it originally aired on NBC back in 1991.

Shoot! I was hoping to do some research on the show and want to see it again. Hey if the Gary Coleman show can air on Adult Swim, Yo Yogi can air once in a blue moon.

[Tobias]

Yo Yogi! Ran on the Funtastic World of Hanna Barbera for a year after NBC canceled it, then disappeared.

I'm surprised no one's made a block with that, Flintstone Kids, A Pup Named Scooby Doo, and Baby Looney Tunes.

[Ultra8]

If your looking for Yo Yogi they have a clip from it on youtube.
http://youtube.com/results?search_query=yo%21++yogi&search=Search

That's the closest I've seen to the show in a long time.

[Mad Monkey 7]

If your looking for Yo Yogi they have a clip from it on youtube.
http://youtube.com/results?search_query=yo%21++yogi&search=Search

That's the closest I've seen to the show in a long time.

Thank you. I have seen that one before. I have not seen this show since 1991 on NBC. I know it is a bad show but I still have memories of it.

[Hiya Animation]

I found this:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=fpUVwA34XsE

This is about the "best" example of TV execs trying to be "hip" and "cool" :lol:

"The radical new way!"

[DrTooth]

Shoot! I was hoping to do some research on the show and want to see it again. Hey if the Gary Coleman show can air on Adult Swim, Yo Yogi can air once in a blue moon.

Yeah, but then again, Gary Coleman has a nice little campy idiocy behind it that fits in perfect with the AS crowd. Yo Yogi is pretty much reguarded as a mistake, and I'm going to guess HB/Warners/Turner etc. want to completely forget about it. And if that's the case, did Yogi's Space Race ever air on B! ?

[Zen Man]

Sadly it was Yogi's last original show. He deserved better.

[Tobias]

Yeah, but then again, Gary Coleman has a nice little campy idiocy behind it that fits in perfect with the AS crowd. Yo Yogi is pretty much reguarded as a mistake, and I'm going to guess HB/Warners/Turner etc. want to completely forget about it. And if that's the case, did Yogi's Space Race ever air on B! ?

Every Yogi Show BUT Yo Yogi! has aired on CN/Boomerang.

[Dub]

To this day I have never been able to decide which one is worse - Yo Yogi or Yogi's Ark. Both are perfect examples of some of the worst things Hanna Barbera has ever done with its characters.

However - I REALLY REEEEEEEEEEAAAALLY miss Yogi's Treasure Hunt - which is what I consider to be the best of the Yogi related modern shows. I'm surprised the 80's Yogi Bear Show doesn't air in tandem with the classic shorts like they used to.

[Blackstar]

I have memories of Yo, Yogi!, none of them fond. I recall one episode had Magilla Gorilla as a pop star called "Magilla Ice"! Oh, the pain, the pain!

Honestly, I'd rather see The Super Mario Brothers Super Show come to the Boom before Yo, Yogi!.

[Jave]

However - I REALLY REEEEEEEEEEAAAALLY miss Yogi's Treasure Hunt - which is what I consider to be the best of the Yogi related modern shows. I'm surprised the 80's Yogi Bear Show doesn't air in tandem with the classic shorts like they used to.Yogi's Treasure Hunt was brilliant. I still remember that episode where Dastardly captured Yogi and the Gang and tortured them by forcing them to watch their "Stop the Pigeon" cartoons. That was absolutely hilarious.

[Nexonius]

Yo Yogi! felt like a lamer version of A Pup Named Scooby Doo.

[Sloppyjoetidd]

I don't know why everyone is slamming this show. I liked it. Not only that, I would MUCH rather watch this on Boom than Gerald or baby Looney Tunes.

[Silverstar]

I don't know why everyone is slamming this show. I liked it. Not only that, I would MUCH rather watch this on Boom than Gerald or baby Looney Tunes.


That's not really an accurate comparison. Most of us here would opt to switch off Gerald McBoing-Boing or Baby Looney Tunes, for the simple fact that they're both shows aimed at pre-schoolers. (Unless the fact that these shows are even on Boomerang is what annoys you.)

As for Yo, Yogi!, I have to join many of the others here: from what I remember of it, it just wasn't very good. At all. Because it came out around '90 or '91, I couldn't help but view it as a Tiny Toons ripoff, only without the former shows' clever writing, genuine humor or well executed characters. It was basically like H-B said, "Hey, let's draw Yogi Bear a little shorter, give him red high-top sneakers and a lime green '80s jacket an try to pass him off as a teenager! It worked for Tiny Toons!" 'Dickie' Dastardly was such an obvious ripoff of Montana Max that WB would've had legal grounds to sue H-B had Yo, Yogi! become a hit.

I prefer to think that Yo, Yogi! simply fell to our world via some wormhole from an alternate dimension and simply forget it ever existed. But that's just me.

[Sloppyjoetidd]

That's not really an accurate comparison. Most of us here would opt to switch off Gerald McBoing-Boing or Baby Looney Tunes, for the simple fact that they're both shows aimed at pre-schoolers. (Unless the fact that these shows are even on Boomerang is what annoys you.)

As for Yo, Yogi!, I have to join many of the others here: from what I remember of it, it just wasn't very good. At all. Because it came out around '90 or '91, I couldn't help but view it as a Tiny Toons ripoff, only without the former shows' clever writing, genuine humor or well executed characters. It was basically like H-B said, "Hey, let's draw Yogi Bear a little shorter, give him red high-top sneakers and a lime green '80s jacket an try to pass him off as a teenager! It worked for Tiny Toons!" 'Dickie' Dastardly was such an obvious ripoff of Montana Max that WB would've had legal grounds to sue H-B had Yo, Yogi! become a hit.

I prefer to think that Yo, Yogi! simply fell to our world via some wormhole from an alternate dimension and simply forget it ever existed. But that's just me.


I respect your opinon and agree with it to some lengh. Yes Gerald and BLT have no business on Boom. BUT, if they want something to show for young kids, I say pup named scooby and yo yogi are good examples.

I can't say it was a Tiny Toons rip off. If that's the case it was a Flintstone Kids rip off, a Pup named Scooby rip off, and a Muppet Babies (who did it BEFORE Tiny Toons) rip off. I think they just tried to make a classic charecter hip and it did not work.

Still this show, in my opinion, is better than a lot of other stuff that is put out today (what little shows they do have today that arn't all anime. YUCK)

[Silverstar]

I respect your opinon and agree with it to some lengh. Yes Gerald and BLT have no business on Boom. BUT, if they want something to show for young kids, I say pup named scooby and yo yogi are good examples.

Eh, A Pup Named Scooby-Doo already airs on CN right now, and it, like Yo, Yogi!, just plain wasn't very good, IMO. Personally, I don't have a problem with the kiddie shows airing on Boom, since I'm not a preschooler nor do I have any kids, I just don't watch them. They could start airing Big Bag, Small World and Tickle U on Boomerang and it wouldn't phase me in the least, provided they kept that programming where it belongs: on weekday mornings to early afternoons.


I can't say it was a Tiny Toons rip off. If that's the case it was a Flintstone Kids rip off, a Pup named Scooby rip off, and a Muppet Babies (who did it BEFORE Tiny Toons) rip off. I think they just tried to make a classic character hip and it did not work.

No, Yo, Yogi! was not a Flintstone Kids ripoff, nor was it a Muppet Babies ripoff. If I can go SAT here, Yo, Yogi! was to Tiny Toons what Flintstone Kids was to Muppet Babies. In each case, one was created (not so coincidentally) in the wake of another successful show: Jim Henson's Muppet Babies debuted in 1985, then Flintstone Kids came along in 1986. Tiny Toon Adventures debuted in 1990, then Yo, Yogi! came along in 1991. There's the math. From there, I'll let you draw your own conclusions.

As for their objective of making a classic character hip, it didn't work on Yo, Yogi! because the hipness was forced and the changes were superficial. Too many suits think that "ushering a classic character into a new era" is as simple as putting them in high-tops and strapping an electric guitar around their waist. Tiny Toons (a far better show, IMO) succeeded not because of the adolescent characters, but because of the talented writing, clever execution and genuine care for the product and keeping in the spirit of Looney Tunes, just with a 90's sensibility. Yo, Yogi! just came off like the soulless by-product of committee thinking. Jellystone Mall? Come on.


Still this show, in my opinion, is better than a lot of other stuff that is put out today (what little shows they do have today that arn't all anime. YUCK)

I admit that there aren't too many animated shows worth going out of your way to watch right now, but as was said previously by Blackstar, there are at least 10 shows I'd want to see on Boom before Yo, Yogi! Yo, Yogi!'s not even on my Top 20 list of shows I'd like to see on Boom.

As for the "Anime YUCK!" remark, it really depends on which anime you mean. It's unfair, not to mention inaccurate, to make a pat summation of an entire genre of programming in a single sentence. Anime is just like everything else: it has its' fair share of diamonds and duds. We can't say an entire genre is bad just because of a few sub-par shows that we may have seen, since there are literally thousands of anime falling into a wide range of genres (comedy, drama, action, romance, fantasy, sci-fi, history), all produced by different studios and creators, so unless you've seen every single anime ever made, I doubt anyone can accurately say that all anime is bad. I've seen plenty of crappy anime, but I've seen plenty of good anime as well, just like with every other form of entertainment. Saying all anime sucks is like saying that all books suck or all movies suck: a generalization.

[Zen Man]

Does anyone know the total number of episodes produced?

[Tobias]

Does anyone know the total number of episodes produced?

13 half hour episodes, but each half hour (barring the first episode, which was a full half hour episode. setting up the premise) consisted of two 11 minute shorts.

[Ace Goodheart]

I don't think this "Yo Yogi!" even aired on classic Cartoon Network during the '90's, because I never saw it. Even during the early days when CN needed as much varied programming. And they aired even the bottom of the barrel stuff like "Gary Coleman"........though never during the day.

From what I've heard, didn't the series have "3-D" segments (viewed with 3-D glasses) that would prevent it from being re-run?

If not, guess that "Yo Yogi" is indeed one of the handful of cartoons in Turner's library that have been banned from being aired again, along with (admittenly decent) stuff like "Don Coyote" and "Young Robin Hood"........I haven't seen those since mid-'90's Cartoon Network!!! What gives?

[Zen Man]

13 half hour episodes, but each half hour (barring the first episode, which was a full half hour episode. setting up the premise) consisted of two 11 minute shorts.

Yeah I figured that.

[Blackstar]

I don't think this "Yo Yogi!" even aired on classic Cartoon Network during the '90's, because I never saw it. Even during the early days when CN needed as much varied programming. And they aired even the bottom of the barrel stuff like "Gary Coleman"........though never during the day.

From what I've heard, didn't the series have "3-D" segments (viewed with 3-D glasses) that would prevent it from being re-run?

If not, guess that "Yo Yogi" is indeed one of the handful of cartoons in Turner's library that have been banned from being aired again, along with (admittenly decent) stuff like "Don Coyote" and "Young Robin Hood"........I haven't seen those since mid-'90's Cartoon Network!!! What gives?

Nope. Yo, Yogi! Never aired on CN or Boomerang at all. And it's unlikely that CN ever would now, since CN doesn't care about retro anymore.

But I've seen Yo, Yogi! and H-B can keep it. It deserves to stay locked in the vaults, IMHO. Everything about YY (including it's title) was very wanna be cool. H-B wanted very much for YY to be their equivalent to Tiny Toon Adventures, but TTA trumps it at every turn. TTA did everything that YY set out to do, and did it 20 times better. As an example of "modernizing" a classic cartoon, YY was a good example of what not to do and how not to it.

Plus, it made no sense how Yogi, Boo-Boo, Cindy, Huck and Snagglepuss were teenagers, but other H-B characters like Ranger Smith, Magilla Gorilla and Doggy Daddy were still adults.

[Sloppyjoetidd]

Eh, A Pup Named Scooby-Doo already airs on CN right now, and it, like Yo, Yogi!, just plain wasn't very good, IMO. Personally, I don't have a problem with the kiddie shows airing on Boom, since I'm not a preschooler nor do I have any kids, I just don't watch them. They could start airing Big Bag, Small World and Tickle U on Boomerang and it wouldn't phase me in the least, provided they kept that programming where it belongs: on weekday mornings to early afternoons.



No, Yo, Yogi! was not a Flintstone Kids ripoff, nor was it a Muppet Babies ripoff. If I can go SAT here, Yo, Yogi! was to Tiny Toons what Flintstone Kids was to Muppet Babies. In each case, one was created (not so coincidentally) in the wake of another successful show: Jim Henson's Muppet Babies debuted in 1985, then Flintstone Kids came along in 1986. Tiny Toon Adventures debuted in 1990, then Yo, Yogi! came along in 1991. There's the math. From there, I'll let you draw your own conclusions.

As for their objective of making a classic character hip, it didn't work on Yo, Yogi! because the hipness was forced and the changes were superficial. Too many suits think that "ushering a classic character into a new era" is as simple as putting them in high-tops and strapping an electric guitar around their waist. Tiny Toons (a far better show, IMO) succeeded not because of the adolescent characters, but because of the talented writing, clever execution and genuine care for the product and keeping in the spirit of Looney Tunes, just with a 90's sensibility. Yo, Yogi! just came off like the soulless by-product of committee thinking. Jellystone Mall? Come on.



I admit that there aren't too many animated shows worth going out of your way to watch right now, but as was said previously by Blackstar, there are at least 10 shows I'd want to see on Boom before Yo, Yogi! Yo, Yogi!'s not even on my Top 20 list of shows I'd like to see on Boom.

As for the "Anime YUCK!" remark, it really depends on which anime you mean. It's unfair, not to mention inaccurate, to make a pat summation of an entire genre of programming in a single sentence. Anime is just like everything else: it has its' fair share of diamonds and duds. We can't say an entire genre is bad just because of a few sub-par shows that we may have seen, since there are literally thousands of anime falling into a wide range of genres (comedy, drama, action, romance, fantasy, sci-fi, history), all produced by different studios and creators, so unless you've seen every single anime ever made, I doubt anyone can accurately say that all anime is bad. I've seen plenty of crappy anime, but I've seen plenty of good anime as well, just like with every other form of entertainment. Saying all anime sucks is like saying that all books suck or all movies suck: a generalization.

Well it sounds like we agree that Yo Yogi (like it or not) tried to be hip and failed at that.

We can agree to disagree on the chicken or the egg issue of Tiny Toons and Yo Yogi. Bottom line is for a few years, everyone was cashing in on the "Young" charecter. I stand by the statement that the Muppet Babies craze started the whole thing. We won't even get into the whole "...and son" shows.

As far as the Anime statement goes. I think you may have taken that too personally. Is there some anime I like, sure Voltron and Robotech are ok. But for the most part 98% of it I don't care for. That is my choice. Just like everyone else has a choice. I just find the art very cheap and choppy. Not my cup of tea. Did I generalize, sure. But like I said, the better part of what I saw I don't like and I don't see it getting any better. If you have a show to convince me otherwise, feel free to let me know.

Another reason I liked Yo Yogi is because it seemed like one of the last Saturday morning shows that had a story. It didn't rely on short attention span burp, hairball and fart jokes like Ren and Stimpy. It is just sad that it seems that is what most toons are now.

Again, my opinion. Maybe, I am just getting too old. :)

[Silverstar]

As far as the Anime statement goes. I think you may have taken that too personally. Is there some anime I like, sure Voltron and Robotech are ok. But for the most part 98% of it I don't care for. That is my choice. Just like everyone else has a choice. I just find the art very cheap and choppy. Not my cup of tea. Did I generalize, sure. But like I said, the better part of what I saw I don't like and I don't see it getting any better. If you have a show to convince me otherwise, feel free to let me know.

I've never made an anime in my life, nor do I lose money or health when people criticize it, so why would I take your statement personally?

And I'm not going to bother to try to convince you otherwise; your opinion doesn't affect any facet of my life, so why should I? I merely said what I said: that saying that all anime is bad is a generalization, and it is. It's no different than anime fanatics who worship anime simply because it's anime; as if the animation from Japan is somehow superior to the animation from any other nation. I've seen good and bad examples of both anime and USAnimation, so I try to be impartial, that's all. Anywho, there's an entire forum for anime discussions here at Toon Zone, but this isn't it, so let's just leave it there.


Another reason I liked Yo Yogi is because it seemed like one of the last Saturday morning shows that had a story. It didn't rely on short attention span burp, hairball and fart jokes like Ren and Stimpy. It is just sad that it seems that is what most toons are now.

Having a story doesn't mean squadoosh if said story isn't any good. There were and are plenty of Saturday morning shows from the 90's and beyond that boasted superior writing to Yo, Yogi!, both with and without employing gross-out humor. Examples are numerous: Tiny Toon Adventures, Animaniacs, Peter Pan and the Pirates, The Tick, Eek! the Cat, Earthworm Jim, X-Men, Batman: The Animated Series, Superman: The Animated Series, Recess, Pepper Ann, I could go on. Honestly, I've read more compelling stories than the ones YY had on the place mats at Burger King.

[Space Cadet]

If you have a show to convince me otherwise, feel free to let me know.



That's a question better asked in the Anime Forum than in here.

[Blackstar]

Another reason I liked Yo Yogi is because it seemed like one of the last Saturday morning shows that had a story. It didn't rely on short attention span burp, hairball and fart jokes like Ren and Stimpy. It is just sad that it seems that is what most toons are now.

Well, you like what you like, bottom line. I didn't enjoy Yo, Yogi! a decade ago, and I doubt that I would enjoy it anymore now if I ever saw it again.

However, I have to say that while I agree that the animated programming of today pales in comparison to what it was 5 or 10 years ago, I disagree that too many jokes about bodily functions is the problem, as there are plenty of shows made in the last decade that do not rely on this sort of humor (Megas XLR, Justice League, Avatar: the Last Airbender, TMNT). Many of the shows that do rely on such "pee-pee, ca-ca" humor are aimed at adults and as such only air late at night. I could see someone making that claim about the programming on [adult swim], but not about cartoons in general.

And what's wrong with belches? Even the old Warner Brothers and MGM shorts had characters belching for a laugh. But I don't want to take this thread off topic.

[Sloppyjoetidd]

I've never made an anime in my life, nor do I lose money or health when people criticize it, so why would I take your statement personally?

And I'm not going to bother to try to convince you otherwise; your opinion doesn't affect any facet of my life, so why should I? I merely said what I said: that saying that all anime is bad is a generalization, and it is. It's no different than anime fanatics who worship anime simply because it's anime; as if the animation from Japan is somehow superior to the animation from any other nation. I've seen good and bad examples of both anime and USAnimation, so I try to be impartial, that's all.



Having a story doesn't mean squadoosh if said story isn't any good. There were and are plenty of Saturday morning shows from the 90's and beyond that boasted superior writing to Yo, Yogi!, both with and without employing gross-out humor. Examples are numerous: Animaniacs, The Tick, Eek! the Cat, Earthworm Jim, Megas XLR, Batman: The Animated Series, Superman: The Animated Series, Recess, Pepper Ann, I could go on. Honestly, I've read more compelling stories than YY on the place mats at Burger King.


"Why would you take my statement personally?" I don't know, it seems to me that all I have said in my posts are "I respect your opinion", "we can agree to disagree", and "we all have our own opinions/choices". I have posted my thoughts and they are mine. I have agreed that my statement may have been a generalaztion and I also gave my reasoning why. Bottom line is this, I don't know if you like to debate just to debate or if you want everyone to see it your way. We don't agree, fine. I see that. If you want to nit-pick on peoples statements or belittle their opinions go right ahead. Maybe someone at Burger King will find your cartoon knowledge interesting.

P.S. I agree with Mad Monkey - Yo Yogi gave me some good Saturday morning memories too.

P.S.S. Anime still stinks <snicker>

[Space Cadet]

P.S.S. Anime still stinks <snicker>

Really, was that necessary?

[Silverstar]

"Why would you take my statement personally?" I don't know, it seems to me that all I have said in my posts are "I respect your opinion", "we can agree to disagree", and "we all have our own opinions/choices". I have posted my thoughts and they are mine. I have agreed that my statement may have been a generalaztion and I also gave my reasoning why. Bottom line is this, I don't know if you like to debate just to debate or if you want everyone to see it your way. We don't agree, fine. I see that. If you want to nit-pick on peoples statements or belittle their opinions go right ahead. Maybe someone at Burger King will find your cartoon knowledge interesting.

P.S. I agree with Mad Monkey - Yo Yogi gave me some good Saturday morning memories too.

P.S.S. Anime still stinks <snicker>

Calm yourself, seriously. I wasn't belittling you or your opinions in any way, nor do I want everyone to see things my way. If I were that sort of egomaniac, why on Earth would I be on a public message board? If everybody felt the same way about everything, there'd be no need for forums like this.

I'm merely offering my opinions on the subject, as you are yours. I'm not trying to make you angry, in fact I never was. If that's how you interpreted my statements, well, I apologize, that wasn't my intent. But now, it seems that you're deliberately trying to get under my skin, just for committing the cardinal sin of taking a contrary opinion to yours, but I don't get into flame wars with people, so it's not going to work. This will be my final post on this particular subject; attack me again, and you're going to get reported. We're all adults here, how about we act like it? It's possible to disagree without being disagreeable, after all.

And seriously, just let the anime thing drop, OK? I don't represent anime in any way, so you're not insulting me by insulting it. You're only making yourself look petty and immature.

Now if you're done, I would suggest we get back on topic before this thread gets locked.

[Sloppyjoetidd]

Well, you like what you like, bottom line. I didn't enjoy Yo, Yogi! a decade ago, and I doubt that I would enjoy it anymore now if I ever saw it again.

However, I have to say that while I agree that the animated programming of today pales in comparison to what it was 5 or 10 years ago, I disagree that too many jokes about bodily functions is the problem, as there are plenty of shows made in the last decade that do not rely on this sort of humor (Megas XLR, Justice League, Avatar: the Last Airbender, TMNT). Many of the shows that do rely on such "pee-pee, ca-ca" humor are aimed at adults and as such only air late at night. I could see someone making that claim about the programming on [adult swim], but not about cartoons in general.

And what's wrong with belches? Even the old Warner Brothers and MGM shorts had characters belching for a laugh. But I don't want to take this thread off topic.


Thanks for the respect Blackstar (cool toon back in the day by the way). It just seemd to me that toons (I am talking the comedy toons now not the action ones like you mentioned) now a days seem to rely more on "short attention span humor that I mentioned. I have not watched it that much but shows like Ren and Stimpy and 2 Stupid Dogs back in the 90's took a different route than say Yo Yogi. That turn really turned me off toons for awhile. Good to see Tom and Jerry back on though. Nice senseless un-PC cat and mouse fights. Always good for a laugh or two.

You mentioned WB - I watched a old Daffy Duck cartoon today called "Robin Daffy" - Now that's funny stuff!

[Blackstar]

I was never a huge fan Ren & Stimpy either. However, I didn't mind 2 Stupid Dogs. It wasn't a favorite of mine, but I could at least watch it for half an hour without complaining. But to each his/her own, as they say.

[Sloppyjoetidd]

Calm yourself, seriously. I wasn't belittling you or your opinions in any way, nor do I want everyone to see things my way. If I were that sort of egomaniac, why on Earth would I be on a public message board? If everybody felt the same way about everything, there'd be no need for forums like this.

I'm merely offering my opinions on the subject, as you are yours. I'm not trying to make you angry, in fact I never was. If that's how you interpreted my statements, well, I apologize, that wasn't my intent. But now, it seems that you're deliberately trying to get under my skin, just for committing the cardinal sin of taking a contrary opinion to you, but I don't get into flame wars with people, so it's not going to work. This will be my final post on this particular subject; attack me again, and you're going to get reported. We're all adults here, how about we act like it? It's possible to disagree without being disagreeable, after all.

And seriously, just let the anime thing drop, OK? I don't represent anime in any way, so you're not insulting me by insulting it. You're only making yourself look petty and immature.

Now if you're done, I would suggest we get back on topic before this thread gets locked.


If that is the case - I too apologize. Sometimes posts are read in black and white and the tone in your head can be different than what the writer is meaning. I was trying to make my staement and I felt attacked for it. So consider the whole "Burger King" comment off the table.

With that said - The p.s.s. anime thing was a joke. That is why I put the <snicker> after it. Just trying to keep things light.

[Jave]

If you guys can't keep this on-topic, I'll start handing out warning and lock the topic. No more "Anime sucks" posts, joking or not. It's not the place for it.

And people, don't fall for the bait. Seriously.

Moving on.

[josie]

Yo Yogi! aired on CN UK in s in the mornings along with T&J Kids and Pup Named Scooby Doo. It was for a very short time around 1999/2000 I think..

[dth1971]

We'll never see the complete Yo Yogi series on DVD!

[Tobias]

We'll never see the complete Yo Yogi series on DVD!

I'd rather have Yogi's Funtastic Treasure Hunt on DVD before anything. But if Yogi suddenly became an in-demand merchandiser ala Scooby Doo, we'd see all of Yogi's series come up for consideration.

[Leviathan]

I'd rather have Yogi's Funtastic Treasure Hunt on DVD before anything. But if Yogi suddenly became an in-demand merchandiser ala Scooby Doo, we'd see all of Yogi's series come up for consideration.


That'll never happen, thanks n no small part to Time Warner's 1996- management prejudices.

[dth1971]

That'll never happen, thanks n no small part to Time Warner's 1996- management prejudices.

Why did Time Warner in 1996 have management prejudices with Yogi Bear?

[Zen Man]

Why did Time Warner in 1996 have management prejudices with Yogi Bear?

Yeah I'd like to know why too. Seems odd to me considering he was H-B's first big star.

[ZumbidoMetal]

It currently airs on the Australian (http://www.cartoonnetwork.com.au/jsp/boomerang/schedule.jsp)Boomerang (http://www.cartoonnetwork.com.au/jsp/boomerang/schedule.jsp). Don't believe it's aired in the US since NBC canceled it.

This is no doubt a show I can go without ever seeing again.

[Steve Carras]

That's not really an accurate comparison. Most of us here would opt to switch off Gerald McBoing-Boing or Baby Looney Tunes, for the simple fact that they're both shows aimed at pre-schoolers. (Unless the fact that these shows are even on Boomerang is what annoys you.)

As for Yo, Yogi!, I have to join many of the others here: from what I remember of it, it just wasn't very good. At all. Because it came out around '90 or '91, I couldn't help but view it as a Tiny Toons ripoff, only without the former shows' clever writing, genuine humor or well executed characters. It was basically like H-B said, "Hey, let's draw Yogi Bear a little shorter, give him red high-top sneakers and a lime green '80s jacket an try to pass him off as a teenager! It worked for Tiny Toons!" 'Dickie' Dastardly was such an obvious ripoff of Montana Max that WB would've had legal grounds to sue H-B had Yo, Yogi! become a hit.

I prefer to think that Yo, Yogi! simply fell to our world via some wormhole from an alternate dimension and simply forget it ever existed. But that's just me.

Silverstar, I always thouyght the 1958-59 Yogi sometimes was like a 18 year old College student. (Think a more G rated version of some Sean William
Scott character!)" what with his mischeif and picnic basket stealing. In that 1958 one with "proto"-Yakky, "Slumber party smarty" (One of the only Yogis not with Don Messick-Daws and immsensely obscure "Red Coffee" do the voice), Yogi is like a sleepy frat kid sounding like a grumpy old bear (HA!) when a little kid comes up (the duckling!). Funny one..! I've always wondered..Boo Boo was 13 or younger in the canon series, shouldn't he be ABSENT in the 90s series? ;)

[Leviathan]

Why did Time Warner in 1996 have management prejudices with Yogi Bear?

No, no, What I meant was ever since Time Warner bought Turner, just about every animated property owned by them that isn't Scooby Doo, Batman, Superman, the Powerpuff Girls, Tweety, or The Tazmanian Devil has been treated as a red-headed stepchild.

The Non-Scooby, Non-Tom and Jerry H-B Characters have had for the past decade next-to-zero presence outside of Cartoon Network and Cocoa/Fruity Pebbles ads (and they don't even have CN anymore), becuase Time Warner has only chosen to exploit Scooby, Scooby, Scooby, Scooby, Tom and Jerry, Scooby, Scooby, and Scooby. Yogi was the biggest casuality of this.

[greg!]

I completely agree with you Super Leviathan. With the exception of the 2 Scooby movies where they brought back the original cast & music (Legend of the Vampire, Monster of Mexico) Most of the new Scooby stuff has tried to update the characters & keep up with the times, which I personally hate. There are so many great H-B characters that could do really funny movies, specials, & series, its too bad that probably won't happen.

[DrTooth]

I will say this. I remember not hating it that much. Sometimes it was fairly decent. But the only good "baby mode" shows, IMO were Pup Named Scooby Doo, Tiny Toons, and of course Muppet babies. Muppet Babies, of course, being the most imaginative of the series, where as Tiny Toons wasn't a true "baby mode" as the characters existed along side their elder counterparts (I'd say Tiny Toons was more a "next Generation" series if anything).

I will say, it was much better than Baby Looney Toons, which was indeed a by the numbers knockoff of Muppet babies, using the same surroundings, same type of characters, and going as far as replacing Nanny with Granny (what a waste of a perfectly good June Foray performance).

I vaguely remember Dastardly and Muttley as kids in the series. And I didn't even know about child Secret Squirrel.

[Blackstar]

I will say this. I remember not hating it that much. Sometimes it was fairly decent. But the only good "baby mode" shows, IMO were Pup Named Scooby Doo, Tiny Toons, and of course Muppet babies. Muppet Babies, of course, being the most imaginative of the series, where as Tiny Toons wasn't a true "baby mode" as the characters existed along side their elder counterparts (I'd say Tiny Toons was more a "next Generation" series if anything).

Agreed. I've always considered Tiny Toons to be a Next Gen rather than a babyfication, as the cast of TTA was made up of original characters who were only loosely based off of the originals, rather than the original cast portrayed as children. However, be that as it may, one simply can't deny that it was the success of TTA that was at least partially responsible for H-B's inspiration and motivation to make Yo, Yogi! in the first place.

[Tobias]

I always thought the creation of Yo Yogi! came from HB wanting the next A Pup Named Scooby Doo/Flintstone Kid's.

That and NBC wanting a perfectly crappy final year lineup before ditching their cartoon lineup. If you'll notice, EVERY show (Barring Saved By the Bell/California Dreams) that season was a lazy, half arsed effort.

[Zorak Masaki]

I always thought the creation of Yo Yogi! came from HB wanting the next A Pup Named Scooby Doo/Flintstone Kid's.

That and NBC wanting a perfectly crappy final year lineup before ditching their cartoon lineup. If you'll notice, EVERY show (Barring Saved By the Bell/California Dreams) that season was a lazy, half arsed effort.

I thought Spacecats was pretty good.

[DrTooth]

I thought Spacecats was pretty good.

Spacecats= Lost classic. Paul Fusco doing something outside of ALF in and of itself was pretty amazing. Dispite the fact his first creation would eat half thecast of that show.

But I do remember kinda liking Yo Yogi. I agree that Yogi definately didn't deserve this as a last full project. Of course I hear Space Race was iffy as well. It does seem likw they were trying to make the next Flintstone Kids and Pup Scooby. Clearly it didn't quite have the appeal, and resorted to late 80's, early 90's teen stereotypes. Wasn't there some Valley girl or something that was a villain in that series? And she had horrible dialogue like "Don't have a Cowabunga!" or something like that? Yuckko