tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post4472325156077080469..comments2024-03-27T01:21:03.543-07:00Comments on Yowp: Yogi Bear — Ring-a-Ding Picnic BasketYowphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-45532757720552848022014-08-11T10:32:29.465-07:002014-08-11T10:32:29.465-07:00An alternate title of this one is 'Yogi's ...An alternate title of this one is 'Yogi's Lion's Busy'. And Yes, as pointed out, Butler does the 'ROAR!' sounds. I like the Ranger's pinecone bookends.granitoonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07106346192751165711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-57990859381702044802014-08-09T21:17:02.315-07:002014-08-09T21:17:02.315-07:00Butler used roughly the same gimmick (voicing stag...Butler used roughly the same gimmick (voicing stage directions such as "whimper" or "sob" instead of acting them out) for another lion - Brutus - the vaguely Snagglepuss-sounding house pet owned by <i>The Roman Holidays</i>. top_cat_jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06365510398800837335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-36057214105175307942014-08-09T20:17:10.720-07:002014-08-09T20:17:10.720-07:00I think I remember the ending, Boo Boo's narra...I think I remember the ending, Boo Boo's narration- and that's it. I'll have to see the cartoon again. I will say the inside of Yogi's cave looks a lot like the interiors of Fred Flintstone's house!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-78661874867878009232014-08-09T16:41:23.016-07:002014-08-09T16:41:23.016-07:00Allow me to disagree on Foster’s writing here.
“Y...Allow me to disagree on Foster’s writing here.<br /><br /><i>“Yogi overhears this and thinks the ranger is talking about him because of his picnic basket thievery, so he starts kissing up by sweeping Smith’s driveway, washing his car, and so on—and giving up picnic baskets. But Smith’s read a psychology book and gets the idea he’s crushed Yogi’s spirit by being too hard on him.”</i><br /><br />Now that’s REALLY not bad at all. Particularly, for this point in the series. (…Unless you’re holding him to that <i>“Ring-a-Ding”</i> stuff – and maybe Foster didn’t even write that title.) It was a nice “turn” on the formula, and a nod to the ‘50s / ‘60s obsession with psychology, with characters now-fully established and functioning in their respective roles. <br /><br />Sure, I prefer the days of “Pie Pirates”, “Yogi Bear’s Big Break”, “Slumber Party Smarty” (and those cartoons with that “yowp-ing hound”) – or even “Rah-Rah Bear” and “Papa Yogi” – but this is still pretty good, considering what H-B would have in store for us in the not too distant future. <br /><br /><i>“With a blank look, Yogi tells Boo Boo: ‘Somehow, pic-a-nic baskets don’t seem the same when the ranger knows about it.’”</i> <br /><br />Besides… How can you MISS, with an ending like THIS? Hey-Hey-Hee! <br />Joe Torciviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00421096229407174474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-59070980801263893772014-08-09T12:28:52.337-07:002014-08-09T12:28:52.337-07:00Actually, Daws Butler voiced the lion. I always th...Actually, Daws Butler voiced the lion. I always thought its phonetic "Roar- Roaaar- ROOOAAARR!" was deliberate, and therefore funnier than a 'realistic' lion roar. <br /><br />It is jarring how the titular storyline is completely abandoned for another 'melodramatic' character study of the dynamic between Yogi and the ranger. <br /><br />I like the nicknames you give the Curtin cues. The lengthy woodwind-and-flute number that opens the cartoon, which was used very frequently in THE FLINTSTONES- largely for scheming scenes.Howard Feinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-54697722132381726312014-08-09T11:19:06.531-07:002014-08-09T11:19:06.531-07:00When I think about some of the final season Yogis ...When I think about some of the final season Yogis just kind of going though the motions -- and setting up the template for dozens of other H-B paint-by-numbers story lines to come -- this was one of the culprits. It's not so much that the "<i>Ranger Smith devises a scheme to stop Yogi</i>" blueprint is bad, it's when nothing substantial or creative is done with the story, and the limited animation doesn't offer up any visual humor assist (of course, I could say the same thing about almost every Famous Studios cartoon after 1950, but here it just seemed like having three syndicated series and two prime-time shows going, and with another syndicated series and prime time show in the works, the creativity was starting to be stretched too thin on the non-network projects after four or so years where that creativity within a limited budget made the studio a success).J Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15175515543694122729noreply@blogger.com