Yogi Bear is smarter than the average
bear,
Yogi Bear is always in the ranger's hair.
At a picnic table you will find him there
Stuffing down more goodies than the average
bear.
He will sleep till noon but before it's dark,
He'll have every picnic basket that's in
Jellystone Park.
Yogi has it better than a millionaire
That's because he's smarter than the average
bear.
"Yogi Bear" was the most popular television
cartoon creation of TV's early years. Created by William Hanna and
Joseph Barbera,
the "Yogi Bear" cartoons first appeared as a
component segment of “ The Hucklebery Hound Show” in 1958. An
inhabitant of
Jellystone National Park, with his little bear
buddy. Boo Boo, Yogi appeared in his first spin-off series in
January 1961.
"The Yogi Bear Show" was the third Hanna-Barbera
series to be syndicated (January 30, 1961) nationally on local
stations,
sponsored by Kellogg's Cereals.
Featured along with Boo Boo and Yogi's friendly
nemesis, Ranger Smith, several of the newer cartoons introduced
such bright new
characters as Cindy Bear, Yogi's love interest,
and Park Ranger Tom Anderson. Ranger Smith's new assistant.
Yogi's success also led to a 1961 comic strip
that was syndicated in more than 100 newspapers nationwide, and in
1964 he became
the first of the Hanna-Barbera characters to
appear in a full-length theatrical production entitled "Hey There,
It's Yogi Bear!"
