http://www.metafilter.com/tags/yogibear Posts tagged with 'yogibear' at MetaFilter. Thu, 02 Oct 2008 02:21:43 -0800 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 02:21:43 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/75327/Huck%2Dand%2DYogi%2DTurn%2D50 <a href="http://www.newsfromme.com/archives/2008_10_02.html#015944">The biggest show in town is Huckleberry Hound...</a> and 50 years ago today, The Huckleberry Hound Show debuted. On a budget of <a href="http://www.toontracker.com/huck/huck.htm">$2,800</a> per half hour, this was the show that truly brought animation to TV... and <em>limited</em> to animation... and <a href="http://www.dawsbutler.com/">Daws Butler</a> to fame as a voice actor. Each half hour contained three 7-minute cartoons: one featuring Huck, a true Dawg of All Trades (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umybak2U_4Y">Sheriff</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcATd6u3Mks">Knight</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVGEplmCbKE">Fireman</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVV6_e176mI">Mountie</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhn3R18FZgU">Postman</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qoii53bVEeM">Lion-Tamer</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJXSqpv3g-E">Jungle-Boy</a>, and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmqhO4JOZXU">Sheepherder</a> among others), one with <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deaZSGoWnTA">Pixie &amp; Dixie &amp; Mr. Jinks</a>, upping the ante on Hanna-Barbera's theatrical Tom &amp; Jerry toons by adding a second mouse and giving them all voices, and one with <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PZoPzpksEc">Yogi "Smarter Than The Average" Bear</a>, who became more popular than the show's #1 star and spun off to <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQty5LhGjAU">his own show</a>. Yogi has been a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rb53WNgLDI">successful</a> <a href="http://www.campjellystone.com/">spokes</a>-<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEO8hZ9-k8I">toon</a> and seen frequent <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGvb_mLN2uU">revivals</a>, from the embarrassing eco-toon <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2-4rNZFCtw">"Yogi's Gang"</a> to John K.'s <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FH07q3ymqHY">bizarre</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xb-rpHZNZCg">re-imagining</a>. And today he once again upstages Ol' Huckleberry with the announcement that of <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/filmNews/idUSTRE4911EW20081002">a "CG hybrid" Yogi Bear movie in production</a>. Huck, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyZs3EJgx8Q">we understand</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.75327 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 02:21:43 -0800 hannabarbera huckleberryhound pixiedixiejinks TVanimation yogibear wendell