tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post9126223899346872484..comments2024-03-28T21:16:57.556-07:00Comments on Yowp: Mike Lah’s Yogi BearYowphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-48390338691426543132013-07-19T16:00:15.881-07:002013-07-19T16:00:15.881-07:00Jesus! Seeing Yogi designed and animated by Michae...Jesus! Seeing Yogi designed and animated by Michael Lah in the character's episode of the 1st season (1958-59) from <i>The Huckleberry Hound Show</i> (Hanna-Barbera/Columbia Pictures, 1958-62), I could notice how Tex Avery-esque Yogi looked like. <br />We cannot forget that Michael Lah worked as animator at the MGM's Tex Avery unit. <br /><br />rodineisilveirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07751345474415214163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-19072720693080396062013-07-19T02:47:18.978-07:002013-07-19T02:47:18.978-07:00Doz, that's a great question, and I wish I kne...Doz, that's a great question, and I wish I knew the answer. The tan-faced Yogi didn't last long: "Pie Pirates," "Yogi Bear's Big Break," "Slumber Party Smarty," "Tally Ho Ho Ho," "High Fly Guy" and this cartoon are the only ones I can think of which had him, though he also appears in a background drawing of a newspaper in "Big Brave Bear." I have no idea who re-designed him and can only speculate as to why.<br />Dan, remember that Lah didn't do all the cartoon. Carlo Vinci is the main animator and Dick Bickenbach would have designed the bull and bee. The jaunty walk is all Carlo. Lah and Carlo mesh pretty well, far better than when Lah takes over in the middle of a Ken Muse cartoon.<br />There are subtle bits of acting throughout the cartoon. Watch how Yogi scrunches his face in anticipation of the bull's second pass for his red "cape." That's what makes these early cartoons fun to watch. When Warren Foster arrived, and I love Warren Foster, the accent started shifting to more and more dialogue.Yowphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-88944179241916462762013-07-18T19:41:02.889-07:002013-07-18T19:41:02.889-07:00The growing spareness of the MGM CinemaScope short...The growing spareness of the MGM CinemaScope shorts was probably an asset to Lah here -- even before H-B began their limited animation career, there were shortcuts being taken in the widescreen theatricals, particularly in Lah's Droopy shorts (vibrating Yogi here is similar to vibrating Butch in "One Droopy Knight", and the style also was used a couple of times by Bill and Joe in the later T&J cartoons).J Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15175515543694122729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-68485127807467073932013-07-18T19:17:16.222-07:002013-07-18T19:17:16.222-07:00As a kid I knew Yogi and Boo Boo looked a little s...As a kid I knew Yogi and Boo Boo looked a little strange in this cartoon; I also knew it was one of the funniest of the early episodes. Now I know it was because of Mike Lah's designs and animation. <br /><br />I just love the scene where Yogi and Boo Boo are walking along with smiling, sappy looks on their faces after being unknowingly unmasked by the bull, all to the strains of "Fun on Ice" – my favorite Hanna Barbera stock theme.Dan Bradyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02118939034032765664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-84387103013468405972013-07-18T17:57:36.136-07:002013-07-18T17:57:36.136-07:00I've looked at a "HHS" bumper from S...I've looked at a "HHS" bumper from S1; YB's facial markings are exactly those sported in 2013; however, his face, in profile, displays sharp chiseling. <br /><br />As for the YB spotlighted here, the tan-faced one, maybe he must be adjudged "Mike Lah's Yogi Bear" after all. I'm nearly 45 years old; when I first viewed this version of YB, as a Boy, on the much-lamented KBHK-TV, he scared me. But from 1988, when I rediscovered YB, to this very day, I've come to know this version as the BEST-LOOKING YB, maybe the BEST-LOOKING YB WHO EVER WAS. Why do you think John K stole this YB version for use in his YB shorts? Do you have any info about the initial indecision on YB's facial markings? About who instigated it, etc.? Do you think YB would've become a global culture hero if he'd remained tan-faced? Or, in consideration of the continued evolution of the Hanna/Barbera studio, was the brown-faced/tan-muzzled YB the best/right/ONLY way to go? Thanks.Wil Hewsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17442711678601445519noreply@blogger.com