The Big Picture: Smarter Than the Average Bear

[Swifteye]

Hannana barbara practically invented the word spin off and knock off by creating dopplegangers of there popular shows. Besides yogi bear just look at scooby doo and all the spin offs movie specials and knock offs that were made just for him. Yogi bear had ran out of steam during the 90s but early 90s cartoon network obviously showed a appreciation for scooby doo if anything else was ever clear.

 

[sir.rutthed]

Personally I love this "X IS WEIRD" shit. Gives me lots of interesting stuff to talk about at parties. Also, I think I saw every one of those Yogi movies when I was a kid, and may still have a VHS of the "Yogi's Ark" one. Wonder if I can eBay it...

 

[LawlessSquirrel]

Oh great, I didn't know those things were obscure yet. Now I feel old.

Or I just had the benefit of a slightly retro childhood...yes, let's go with that.

 

[Radio365]

I remember Flight of the spruce goose. It was good.

 

[PunkRex]

HOLY CRAP, YOGI'S FIRST CHRISTMAS... I used to have that on video... brain implosion.

 

[AmrasCalmacil]

Bob should really have finished it up with this clip.

Spoiler: If you don't get it, its a parody of this scene from the Assassination of Jesse James, though I suggest you watch the whole film instead of just this

 

[bagless_hound]

There really was nothing "mature" about the HB characters in Harvey Birdman Attorney at Law, as evidenced by his boss the one eyed blond guy, rationing out toilet paper by everyone only getting one single ply square per loo visit and advising Harvey that if he needs extra toilet paper to just use both sides of the square. Yeah, mature. I've got all seasons on DVD. Venture Bros too.

 

[Jaebird]

I remember going to a Jellystone as a kid. Don't remember much about it, other than it was the same as any other campsite.

 

[LadyRhian]

MovieBob, you should really do an episode on some of the stranger HB characters, like the Herculoids. And I'd love to see one on Jonny Quest. Gods, I can't tell you how great those old episodes were. And yes, it was brought back in the 90's with the characters aged up a bit and Race Bannon given a daughter named Jessie (and Haji's fakir/mystic powers toned down), but I still remember the show fondly.

 

[Jenx]

Aw man...Now when you mentioned it - It'd be awesome to see an episode about Top Cat! I loved that show as a kid and I still love it now. The whole thing just has this good feeling about it that makes you want to watch it.

 

[shogunblade]

My parents actually had a copy of "Yogi's Great Escape" on VHS when I was a little kid. That and another Yogi Movie we had once upon a time as well. All I can remember about it was a scene where Yogi and Boo-Boo inhale "Helium-Ah mum mum mum gas". That's exactly as I remember them saying it.

OT: Yogi was at least considerably funnier than Flintstones, and the rest of the Hanna Barbara cartoons were alright, but I didn't have Cartoon Network as a kid, so it was either old tapes of Tex Avery's Droopy or Nickelodeon, and Rugrats didn't come on until later, so, yup. I never really watched the other H/B cartoon characters. My mainstays were Yogi, Droopy and Tom and Jerry.

Dammit, Bob, why do you make me think about my childhood? The 90s sucked for you, but that was my existence. the 00s suck now. Vicious cycle, I guess.

 

[Pinkamena]

Running out of stuff to talk about, Bob?

 

[marscentral]

Casper and the Angels (along with He-Man) were the first vhs videos I ever got. I think they may have been the first videos my parents ever bought and they got them from Woolworths.

Kids today don't know what they're missing.

 

[Hungry Donner]

Bob should really have finished it up with this clip.

I had the exact same thought.

I was a kid in the 90s and I don't remember Yo Yogi's debut - this rather makes me happy.

 

[Slizergiy]

I remember the Space Race. I used to enjoy watching that.

 

[orangeapples]

Dude, did you see how totally radical Yo Yogi looked? That was XTREME TO THE MAX!!!

And Bob, just do whatever you like. "fans" are dumb and will complain about whatever they can, even if it doesn't make sense.

Look at the Zelda "Fans":

Ocarina of Time
THIS IS THE GREATEST GAME EVER CREATED!!!
Majora's Mask
This wasn't as good as Ocarina. This was weird. We don't like it. Give us more Ocarina.
Wind Waker
This game is stupid. Why is Link a cartoon? We don't like it. Give us more Ocarina.
Twilight Princess
This game was a lot like Ocarina. Why is Link a dog? We don't like it. Give us more Ocarina.
Ocarina of Time 3D
What, Ocarina of Time again? We already played Master Quest. We don't like it. Give us more Ocarina.

Idea: You should make a video on the Zelda series, just to bait the rabid Zelda fanboys >=D

 

[Realitycrash]

I'm not from the states, yet I recall every single character he brought up, and every single show (yes, even Yo-Yogi).
Man..I'v watched faaaar too much Cartoon Network.

 

[Rad Party God]

I remember all, if not every single of those when I was a kid. I feel old.

Also, you'd be surprised at how popular Top Cat was (and still is) in my country.

 

[RJ Dalton]

I'm so glad you're not talking about the recent Yogi Bear movies. Even in the bad stuff, I often want to know the details just so I can make points about bad storytelling in Hollywood. Yogi Bear, however, is one of those occasional things where, from the previews, I could tell was going to suck so hard that I have no desire to have even the vaguest inkling of how bad it is.

 

[daxterx2005]

Didn't the ren and stimpy team do a few Yogi Cartoons in the early 2000?
I could have sworn they did, I might be wrong tho.