tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post6660618371118092916..comments2024-03-27T01:21:03.543-07:00Comments on Yowp: Bill and Joe and YogiYowphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-43053186253328318982018-02-28T18:34:58.515-08:002018-02-28T18:34:58.515-08:00WOW! Check it out... The PRE-"Hey There"...WOW! Check it out... The PRE-"Hey There" design of Ranger Smith turns up in DC Comics' SCOOBY-DOO TEAM-UP # 35 - with Yogi Bear! Released on February 28, 2018! Love it! Joe Torciviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00421096229407174474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-57374428907779718422018-02-22T11:30:30.160-08:002018-02-22T11:30:30.160-08:00"Kids don't want to see cartoons about cu..."Kids don't want to see cartoons about cute little elves and birds chirping and bunnies hopping around." Fast forward two decades later and they make the Smurfs show, arguably the most egregious example of that genre ever produced!Nick Moosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03262694760208589236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-78439942340376373502018-02-20T05:54:08.672-08:002018-02-20T05:54:08.672-08:00Thanks, Jon. Makes sense.
I couldn't find it i...Thanks, Jon. Makes sense.<br />I couldn't find it in Variety but I may have entered the incorrect search terms.<br />Over the Christmas weekend here in 1970, the two were being shown together as a kids' double feature. 50 cents. Theatres made their money on junk food, I guess. (They all seem to be neighbourhood houses whose names I haven't seen in years; the mall theatres were running The Aristocats).Yowphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-32026283231336111232018-02-19T17:39:23.083-08:002018-02-19T17:39:23.083-08:00I have a clipping in my files from either Boxoffic...I have a clipping in my files from either Boxoffice or Variety, dated sometime after A MAN CALLED FLINTSTONE was released, in which a Columbia spokesman comments that both YOGI and FLINTSTONE fell victim to a common "kiddie movie" problem: the reduced admission prices children paid meant that even if audience numbers were good, if the majority of those seats were filled by youngsters, the picture would end up falling short, financially.Jonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-34686656375310582752018-02-18T14:35:04.961-08:002018-02-18T14:35:04.961-08:00I don't know, Gary. Part of it may have had to...I don't know, Gary. Part of it may have had to do with H-B being bought by Taft (Columbia Pictures no longer had any ownership). Part of it may have been the studio was stretched to the limit with TV production. And part of it may be the studio didn't have properties that warranted a feature treatment. Yowphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-47424390867953507332018-02-18T13:34:05.031-08:002018-02-18T13:34:05.031-08:00I assume that the Yogi Bear and Flintstones featur...I assume that the Yogi Bear and Flintstones feature films underperformed at the box office, given that Hanna-Barbera chose not to pursue any additional features at that time.Garynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-66097177509527272942018-02-15T21:26:28.334-08:002018-02-15T21:26:28.334-08:00What a time that was to be a Yogi Bear fan! "...What a time that was to be a Yogi Bear fan! "Bear" in mind that not many cartoon shorts stars in those days got elevated to star status in a feature film. Sure, Mickey Mouse had done it in "Fantasia," but "The Sorcerer's Apprentice is only a few minutes longer than a regular cartoon short, and "Mickey and the Beanstalk" is one segment of "Fun and Fancy Free" so technically he never carried a whole picture.<br /><br />But Yogi's rise to feature film stardom was pretty meteoric. For a character from a television cartoon to appear on the big screen was relatively uncommon in those days. Bill and Joe had quite a bit of faith in their Yogi to deliver. They certainly gave him the star treatment--with new songs, elaborate backgrounds, and a much longer story. It was necessary as well to add a bit more depth to his personality.<br /><br />While I can empathize with those who regret the re-design of Ranger Smith and Cindy Bear, I imagine it was done to streamline them for the big screen. Even Yogi's design was altered somewhat from his appearance in many of the small-screen shorts. Fortunately, the producers kept the best part of the characters--their voices! Daws Butler, Don Messick, and Julie Bennett were in fine form for this feature.<br /><br />In case it isn't obvious (or as Yogi would say, oblivious) already, I am a big fan of this film. Though it has its imperfections, a feature film of this caliber from the Hanna-Barbera stables is definitely worthy of note.scarecrow33https://www.blogger.com/profile/10552306802823617940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-27671669614779269622018-02-15T19:12:55.044-08:002018-02-15T19:12:55.044-08:00+YOWP According to Mark's blog, Freleng had &q...+YOWP According to Mark's blog, Freleng had "spent several months drawing and supervising the drawing of its storyboard in 1963." Apparently there was a slight conflict of interest since he was still working at WB. The reason he left the project was because he and DePatie managed to get their company off the ground.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-32144430330656916652018-02-15T19:04:57.894-08:002018-02-15T19:04:57.894-08:00I remember Mark Evanier told a story about Freleng...I remember Mark Evanier told a story about Freleng coming to visit Hanna-Barbera in the late 1970s. The film came up in conversation and Freleng commented on how awful and lousy ''Hey there, it's Yogi Bear'' had been. He had said it would have been a better picture if he could have worked on it. Barbera mostly humored him. When Mark told Friz that he thought it was a pretty enjoyable movie, Freleng acted like he didn't want to talk abut it anymore.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-61165039638606832602018-02-15T18:00:46.254-08:002018-02-15T18:00:46.254-08:00Agreed with Yowp,and you two above (and I'm su...Agreed with Yowp,and you two above (and I'm sure you'<br />re not only one..) Cindy was also redesigned (and the still later Floral Rugg of the studio's Hillbilly Bears had a VERY SIMILIAR design...) Of course the final part was similiar to "Yogi In a City". As for Yogi Color or Columbia, it was just the type of things certain studios, Columbia here, would do. Warner Brothers and Metro-Goldwyn Mayer had their own (respectively,of course) Warnercolor and Metrocolor. Then there was Technicolor's "weak sister" that thrives, 20th Century Fox DeLuxe color..interestingly, not only that but MetroColor wound up being used outside MGM (where a certain pair of TV cartoon producers had produced a certain cat and mouse, hint hint, the producers were involved with Yogi). Metrocolor wound up at Columbia, Warner Bros.(The Excorist!!) and Paramount as well!.PS I prefer the old Ranger design myself.:)SCPokeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15936757752447320636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-27112858921242984552018-02-15T12:53:34.064-08:002018-02-15T12:53:34.064-08:00“… but wasn’t interested in a love interest story ...<i>“… but wasn’t interested in a love interest story line and wanted some of the songs to hurry up and end.”</i><br /><br />I’ll “Third that thought!”… “Thirty-Third and Third it, even!” In 1964, I wanted “Kellogg’s Corn Flakes” (or “OKs” for Yogi), and not “mush”! <br /><br />And that shows why, so often, that something that’s great in 6-7 minutes may not be so in ninety minutes. <br /><br />And WHY did they have to redesign Ranger Smith? I never cared for that movie design, yet it somehow stuck - in the comic strip, comic books, and in future animation. Yeah, yeah, I know that he was redesigned almost cartoon-to-cartoon – but the 1960-61 design was just fine as it was! <br />Joe Torciviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00421096229407174474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-84245289169058677112018-02-15T07:29:30.255-08:002018-02-15T07:29:30.255-08:00I had roughly the same feeling towards the film --...I had roughly the same feeling towards the film -- anticipation at the start, blase feeling in the middle, perked up at the end (even though the finish did borrow heavily from the same idea as the "Yogi In The City" short from '61). In the summer of '64, it was a one-time viewing for me (where in contrast, I dragged mom and dad back to see "Mary Poppins" at the Guild theater in Manhattan four more times that summer).J Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15175515543694122729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-82428206955498881292018-02-15T07:24:03.374-08:002018-02-15T07:24:03.374-08:00Variety's review says "Camera (Eastman)&q...Variety's review says "Camera (Eastman)" and Boxoffice's review comes right out and says it's Eastmancolor.<br />Variety liked the movie, calling it an "impressive cartoon production" though it says the story "gets a bit redundant." Boxoffice liked the movie as well.Yowphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-69573665937875110482018-02-15T07:16:36.314-08:002018-02-15T07:16:36.314-08:00I know he worked on it, Scott. I don't know if...I know he worked on it, Scott. I don't know if it was in direction or story.Yowphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-14842280675558786152018-02-15T07:14:31.612-08:002018-02-15T07:14:31.612-08:00I am not in the United States so what an American ...I am not in the United States so what an American group did or didn't do is immaterial. Here, in 1964, ratings were given out to films by a provincial board; if the board rated the film restricted by audience age, that had to be included in the film's advertising.Yowphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-34344502659109859912018-02-15T05:51:37.438-08:002018-02-15T05:51:37.438-08:00The name of the color process used for HEY THERE, ...The name of the color process used for HEY THERE, IT'S YOGI BEAR, "Yogi Color", has always puzzled me. Was a color process specially created for this movie? Or was just an already existing process under another name, specially renamed after our favorite bear especially for this occasion? A MAN CALLED FLINTSTONE had antoher color process, Columbiacolor, of which I haven't heard very much about either. Alfons Molinenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-63554674515868167672018-02-14T15:51:23.778-08:002018-02-14T15:51:23.778-08:00The studio used re-purposed Harvey Eisenberg art f...The studio used re-purposed Harvey Eisenberg art from the YOGI BEAR funnybooks and comic strips as "attitude" poses for the film's model sheets. Harvey penciled on tracing paper, so the studio just clipped out and pasted various shots of Harvey's Yogi. It was always thought that he and Gene Hazelton were two of the best Yogi cartoonists. And isn't it true that Friz Freleng quietly directed a few sequences of this terrific little film? (THE MAN CALLED FLINTSTONE didn't fare nearly as well, IMO.)<br />Scott Shaw!https://www.blogger.com/profile/18342661493366012769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-86910623674098723712018-02-14T14:03:19.617-08:002018-02-14T14:03:19.617-08:00The MPAA debuted their ratings system in November ...The MPAA debuted their ratings system in November 1968, so there would not have been a rating accompanying the '64 release. top_cat_jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06365510398800837335noreply@blogger.com