Yogi Bear

Yogi Bear
Yogi Bear
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; Kali Fontecchio (Jellystone!)
Portrayed by	Dick DeBartolo (To Tell the Truth)
Voiced by	List Daws Butler (1958–1988); Gilbert Mack (Quick Draw McGraw and Huckleberry Hound LP (1959), Yogi Bear Introduces Loopy De Loop/Let's Have a Song, Yogi Bear! LP (1960)); Jack Mercer (Movie Wheels Present Huckleberry Hound and Yogi Bear (1960)); Sascha Burland (Howl Along with Huckleberry Hound (1960)); Frank Milano (Casanova Yogi Bear and Cutie Cindy Bear, Songs of the Cave Set (1960), Songs of Yogi Bear and his Pals LP (1961), A Hap-Hap-Happy Christmas from Yogi Bear (1961), How to Be a Better-Than-the Average Child Without Really Trying! (1962), Hey There, It's Yogi Bear! LP (1964)); James Darren (singing voice in Hey There, It's Yogi Bear!); Bill Lee (singing voice in Hey There, It's Yogi Bear!); Allan Melvin (Yogi Bear and Boo Boo Tell Stories Of Little Red Riding Hood and Jack and the Beanstalk LP (1965)); Chuck McCann (Wake Up, America! LP (1965)); Rich Little (Canada's Wonderland live shows, Hanna-Barbera Land live shows, Hanna-Barbera Fun!, Looking for a Home, Ice Capades); Keith Scott (Pauls commercial, Hanna-Barbera Gala Celebrity Nite); Mel Blanc (1983; Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (animated segments)); Hal Smith (1984; Strong Kids, Safe Kids); Greg Burson (1988–2003); Jeff Bergman (1992–present); Billy West (1990s and 2000s Cartoon Network commercials, 2005 Boomerang promotion); Stephen Worth (Boo Boo Runs Wild, Boo Boo and the Man); Maurice LaMarche (Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law); Erik Richter (Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law); Dave Fouquette (The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy); Seth MacFarlane (Family Guy); Dan Milano (Robot Chicken); Scott Innes (At Picnic-Honey Lesson); Dan Aykroyd (film, Yogi Bear: The Video Game); Kevin Shinick (Mad); Lewis MacLeod (Müller commercial); Seth Green (Robot Chicken);
In-universe information
Species	Brown bear
Gender	Male
Significant other	Cindy Bear (girlfriend)
Relatives	Boo-Boo (best friend); Ranger Smith (rival/friend)

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 is the first breakout character in animated television; he was created by Hanna-Barbera and was eventually more popular than ostensible star Huckleberry Hound. 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. Hokey Wolf replaced his segment on The Huckleberry Hound Show. 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.

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