tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post2345950605697933726..comments2024-03-28T21:16:57.556-07:00Comments on Yowp: Bear-iversaryYowphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-46004796590583172242018-10-09T18:44:03.140-07:002018-10-09T18:44:03.140-07:00Some of my personal favorites:
"Bear On A Pi...Some of my personal favorites:<br /><br />"Bear On A Picnic", Season 1. Poor Yogi tries to protect the "Clobba-clobba" kid from a porcu-PIIIINE and a mountain lion. A fight with the latter is marvelously timed, with bear and lion continually dragging each other back to the standard cloud-of-dust cartoon fight with a nice cacaphony of sound effects and Daws' "Owwww-Owwww-OWWWW!"<br /><br />"Bear For Punishment", Season 2. Sight gags involving invisibility are always good for easy laughs. A musical bonus is the'eerie' score heard when Ranger Smith is trying to convince himself he didn't crack up. ("Too much fresh air. Babbling brooks. Pines. That'll do it every time.") Contains the funniest line by an incidental character in an H-B short: "Daddy, our picnic basket just floated away singing!" <br /><br />"Snow White Bear", Season 2: Hysterical, nonstop one-liners from a refreshingly annoyed Yogi as his attempted hibernation is constantly interrupted Snow White, the Wicked Queen, the Prince, and The Seven Dwarfs who are hilariously introduced with parodied names and wry observations by Yogi. <br /><br />"Gleesome Threesome", Season 3: Delightful in spite of, or because of ridiculous plotholes: Yogi and Boo-Boo somehow getting to Miami Beach; the road-weary Ranger unable to distinguish the bears from the human friends he's expecting; the Ranger sunbathing in full uniform. Refreshing change of venue from Jellystone, and some pointed satire on Yankees wintering in Florida. "Cold brings 'em down here every year." Somehow the closing line cracks me up. "I don't know [if they're on tour], but this is doin' it the HARD way. Come BACK, Mr. Ranger, Sir. [aside to audience] Hoo-boy!"Howard Feinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-76898654588126395902018-10-02T12:16:55.438-07:002018-10-02T12:16:55.438-07:00I have a fondness for a couple of Season 1 shorts ...I have a fondness for a couple of Season 1 shorts -- "High Fly Guy" and "Scooter Looter"; the latter because of the same ho-hum and had a tired resignation that the scooter rental guy has (even though much of the cartoon is made up of just Yogi riding on tree branches, the guy's world-weary attitude that this is a bad day and things are just going to keep going wrong was targeted more towards the adults than the kids watching), while the former is one of the early 'grouchy Yogi' shorts, where he's allowed to be irked about something -- the later Yogis would keep Daws in more of a happy-go-lucky voice, even when Yogi was supposed to be annoyed, which limited the range of the character. J Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15175515543694122729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-47503691426934369472018-10-02T10:40:14.032-07:002018-10-02T10:40:14.032-07:00Love " A Pair Pair ". What is line the F...Love " A Pair Pair ". What is line the French pilots says when Yogi and Boo Boo board the plane? Not the exact quote, but..." The way things are going these days, we must be friendly to everyone " Great satire.Errolnoreply@blogger.com