tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post7929148800697197140..comments2024-03-28T21:16:57.556-07:00Comments on Yowp: Yogi Bear — Bewitched BearYowphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-55228037941626530302014-02-11T22:46:35.064-08:002014-02-11T22:46:35.064-08:00I caught this cartoon in front of "The Hallow...I caught this cartoon in front of "The Halloween Tree" on VHS.wahoo76https://www.blogger.com/profile/06445795489244266156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-12141100925280973092014-01-19T08:50:48.024-08:002014-01-19T08:50:48.024-08:00In this cartoon Bewitched Bear it's obvious th...In this cartoon Bewitched Bear it's obvious the old witch learned that broom-swatting bit from Mr. Jinks! LOLJinks447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-13077131037298929312010-12-07T14:38:12.890-08:002010-12-07T14:38:12.890-08:00Jim, I know it's on a " Cartoon Network &...Jim, I know it's on a " Cartoon Network " compilation DVD that came out about 5 years ago. It had Scooby, The Jetson's, Topcat, Pixie & Dixie,Yogi and Huck episodes. "Spud Dud" was definitely on it. I watched it at a friends house. That was a few years back.I'll check and see if he still has it.Errolnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-66976029204934223642010-12-07T09:16:00.855-08:002010-12-07T09:16:00.855-08:00Errol, you don't have Huck's "Spud Du...Errol, you don't have Huck's "Spud Dud", do you? There are three versions on-line, none in English.Yowphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-78455549485312682482010-12-07T07:46:04.886-08:002010-12-07T07:46:04.886-08:00Hey Roger. The copy I have of " Bewitched Bea...Hey Roger. The copy I have of " Bewitched Bear " is from 1992 when " Cartoon Network " signed on and had a " Huck and Yogi Marathon ". The music transition is normal in that version. However, I listened to the print someone posted from " Boomerang " on YouTube and " Rodeo Day " does have an every so slight " flange " in the sound. I had to really listen for it, though. Sometimes that happens during the tranfer.Errolnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-59411698078009952422010-12-06T15:07:04.496-08:002010-12-06T15:07:04.496-08:00Has anyone else noticed the strange quality of the...Has anyone else noticed the strange quality of the audio in this cartoon? The dialogue sounds normal but the music and sound effects have a tinny, hollow, almost echo-y sound to them. It's especially evident when the music transitions from "Rodeo Day" to "Eccentric Comedy."<br /><br />Or maybe it's just me.rogernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-18087332324327367742010-12-04T19:06:48.597-08:002010-12-04T19:06:48.597-08:00Howard,
You think the Patterson stuff is homely? H...Howard,<br />You think the Patterson stuff is homely? Huh! I think it's beautiful!<br /><br />As Cary Grant says in "Father Goose", "You're making a powerful enemy!"david simmonsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-75345666124318992462010-12-04T17:32:47.495-08:002010-12-04T17:32:47.495-08:00I think the "Bewitched" connection is ju...I think the "Bewitched" connection is just a coincidence. The TV series didn't premiere until may years later, in 1964. :-)<br /><br />I remember this title card cel and background was framed, hanging in the offices at Hanna-Barbera when I worked there. HB converted their old warehouse into a facility to house marketing, licensing and merchandising, and animation art. It was in this building (re-designed to look like Spacely Sprockets) where I'd marvel at it every day. If my parents hadn't raised such an upstanding honest kid, I'd have it hanging on the wall in MY home right now. LOL!<br /><br />ScottAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-3922820779702396192010-12-04T17:01:49.467-08:002010-12-04T17:01:49.467-08:00Howard:
What makes the 'bored' Ranger Smi...Howard:<br /><br />What makes the 'bored' Ranger Smith so great is the range in reactions both on screen and with Messick's voice, from the just-going-through-the-motions character early in the cartoon to the shock/terror reaction when he finally catches on or becomes a victim of what Yogi's doing. It makes the sudden change funnier and more effective even with the limited animation because it highlights the poses.<br /><br />With the later cartoons, and with the imitations that followed (including Top Cat, though part of that was borrowed from the Phil Silvers-Paul Ford "Bilko" relationship) when you start with the foil already aware of problems and/or on guard for trouble, you don't have as wide a range of reactions to work with, even if it may make it a little easier to come up with stories that fit the template.J Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15175515543694122729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-63549527506838615142010-12-04T16:36:40.450-08:002010-12-04T16:36:40.450-08:00I hadn't realized until reading this post and ...I hadn't realized until reading this post and the accompanying comments the deadpan tendencies of the 1959-60 Ranger Smith. It is pretty amusing at that, and reassuring that the Ranger can get just as peeved with the tourists as with Yogi. The 1960-62 Ranger assumed the role of the flustered, frustrated human authority figure to the series' nominal animal stars- a template that was used for Mr. Peebles, Col. Fuzzby, Chief Winchley, The Goofy Guards' King, and numerous others.<br /><br />Kudos to the semi-realistic outcome to the Ranger's victimization by missile. Very seldom is a cartoon character depicted with any lingering effects of the injury suffered in the previous scene. Of course, it helped that it was at the end of the cartoon.Howard Feinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-16542523840912186372010-12-04T16:30:55.913-08:002010-12-04T16:30:55.913-08:00Thank you for the citation; I'm flattered. As ...Thank you for the citation; I'm flattered. As a kid, before I knew the various names of the animators, I found Patterson-animated characters rather homely. They still are, but in an amusingly quirky way. Don's work enlivens many of the dialogue-heavy post-1960 cartoons with Hokey, Snagglepuss, etc. There's a similar effect with the late 50s Lantz cartunes he animated on.<br /><br />Along with his various facial tics I enjoy how, whenever a Patterson-animated character dashes out of frame, there's a large burst of curlicuing 'motion lines'.Howard Feinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-1407032133351016062010-12-04T15:03:19.279-08:002010-12-04T15:03:19.279-08:00It has always tickled me how non nonchalant Ranger...It has always tickled me how non nonchalant Ranger Smith is when he delivers the lines; " It burns me up. You trust em, and they let you down every time ". The slow burn, so to speak. Just like it's an everyday thing to have a witch check into a cabin at the park. Of course it's a cartoon, the impossible is a everyday occurrence. But it just strikes me funny how Don Messick read the lines.Errolnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-1326265460549067682010-12-04T14:48:12.361-08:002010-12-04T14:48:12.361-08:00I like the world-weary Ranger Smith. After years o...I like the world-weary Ranger Smith. After years of dealing with Yogi, it's either weariness or psychopathy.david simmonsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-47729391680325681252010-12-04T12:50:11.791-08:002010-12-04T12:50:11.791-08:00Love those Don Patterson headbobs. To me, they'...Love those Don Patterson headbobs. To me, they're smooth and organic, not jerky like other animators' bobs, and they occasionally go from side to side as well as up and down. He's the best at animating dialog, too. Here he also does "S" with a mouth full of teeth. And his eyes and eyebrows are the most varied and expressive, although they may blink a little too much.<br /><br />He draws heads at unusual angles. Look at Yogi while he's holding Boo Boo on the broom, or when he's looking down while sweeping the forest floor. Not the typical profile, three-quarters or full-face drawings of limited animation.<br /><br />He does draw characters with overbites, except when he doesn't. In the scene following the explosion, the Ranger is drawn with an underbite. I think he draws within the context of the scene.<br /><br />Love the drawing of Ranger Smith as he's calling the missile base.<br /><br />I think his work is nearly as funny as Nicholas', and more versatile.No one made better looking cartoon within the constraints of limited animation than Don Patterson.david simmonsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-40048028391481256812010-12-04T12:40:13.709-08:002010-12-04T12:40:13.709-08:00Yowp --
I supposepart of my long-term not-so-much...Yowp --<br /><br />I supposepart of my long-term not-so-much dislike as just weariness for the latter format was that Hanna-Barbera would use Foster's Yogi-Ranger Smith template so many times over the next 10-15 years, no doubt because it worked so well (heck, it even ended up being borrowed (or, if you prefer, stolen) over on the East Coast by Total TV as the basic format for Tennessee Tuxedo three years later. <br /><br />The idea that Yogi could be doing all this and the Ranger (or the TV director, or the scooter rental guy) could just be so damned bored and cynical with and about their job that the bear could at least temporarily get away with all these things was a very adult way to handle the early days of limited animation, and probably played a big part in why Huckleberry Hound was a hit with adults and earned the first Emmy for animated TV shows. But it probably wasn't the best way to sell Kellogg's OKs or other brands (<b>Kids! Ranger Smith says, <i>"Eat 'em or don't eat 'em. I don't care."</i></b>)J Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15175515543694122729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-80863733225167659502010-12-04T12:25:48.370-08:002010-12-04T12:25:48.370-08:00Well, Hanna-Barbera did the animation for the Bewi...Well, Hanna-Barbera did the animation for the Bewitched opening, didn't it?Yowphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-41661816094000636172010-12-04T11:36:44.286-08:002010-12-04T11:36:44.286-08:00Hard to believe the title card pre-dates the tv sh...Hard to believe the title card pre-dates the tv show Bewitched.Tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14783618617749580841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-29922721362885182492010-12-04T10:30:50.138-08:002010-12-04T10:30:50.138-08:00Well, JL, I could say that, but that wouldn't ...Well, JL, I <em>could</em> say that, but that wouldn't take advantage of all those animation books I own where people overanalyse film using phraseology that accents their intellectualism.<br /><br />It was smart from a comedy standpoint to coalesce Ranger Smith into a defineable personality and adversary. It's the version of the Ranger everyone remembers. I like the other ones, even the generic rangers of the first season.<br /><br />In this cartoon and 'Lullabye Bye-Bye Bear', he sounds so world-weary and bored. It's a great characterisation and Messick does a wonderful job with it.Yowphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-25212812558373516722010-12-04T09:57:55.594-08:002010-12-04T09:57:55.594-08:00The canny sub-text enveloped within the demimonde ...<i>The canny sub-text enveloped within the demimonde of animated cartoons manifests itself in an unexpected locality in the seven-minute prescient wonder known as Bewitched Bear. For obscured within its unassuming frames is an entreaty anticipating the tumult and result of the activist movement within the angst-filled decade to come—a plaintive plea for equality.</i><br /><br />...or you could say Screen Gems took this idea and gave it to William Asher and Danny Arnold for the basic plot themes of witches-suffer-discrimination for the early season episodes of "Bewitched". ;)<br /><br />This cartoon was getting close to the end of the line for the blasé, been-there-done-that Ranger voice that was a staple of the Dan Gordon-Charles Shows Yogi episodes (which in part was needed to fit with the very limited animation at times in Season 1). By the end of Season 2, the Ranger would be more of a mix of perpetually frustrated/annoyed and scheming to get Yogi before Yogi got him. <br /><br />Even as a kid, I liked the former better because there's a certain cynicism there that you really didn't see in any other made-for-TV cartoons. And, when the latter style was extended to other similar sneaky animal-vs.-human stories with weaker plots (like Wally Gator or Magilla Gorilla) came across as talking down to the audience, even if the audience was made up of kids in elementary school.J Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15175515543694122729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-64696957840592311262010-12-04T09:24:17.262-08:002010-12-04T09:24:17.262-08:00Asim, that'd be my guess.
Zartok .. that's...Asim, that'd be my guess.<br />Zartok .. that's what we need. Yogi and Ranger Smith in Dementia Five.Yowphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-7713048113250009002010-12-04T07:30:26.847-08:002010-12-04T07:30:26.847-08:00Tony Rivera Did the Charcacter and Background layo...Tony Rivera Did the Charcacter and Background layouts in this One, I Think, Not Sure who Did The Backgrounds, though. <br /><br />Asim.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-4749694090682544722010-12-04T07:04:16.005-08:002010-12-04T07:04:16.005-08:00Thank goodness Patt is here to do the dip walk. He...Thank goodness Patt is here to do the dip walk. He's alot better at it than those guys on 'Rocket Robinhood'.Zartok-35https://www.blogger.com/profile/00449976580118722879noreply@blogger.com