The Big Picture: Smarter Than the Average Bear

[Crusnik]

Bob forgot the best part of Yo Yogi: 3D sequences.

 

[AwesomeExpress]

I don't remember the last time I watch a Yogi Bear cartoon, but I can't imagine that the new movie would be so horrible as for it to ruin Yogi for me.

 

[Verlander]

I knew all of those characters, and I'm faaar too young to remember them from the time. God bless repeats, I suppose

 

[Nimcha]

I love Wacky Races, together with Tom & Jerry it's about the only cartoon on Boomerang that's still actually funny.

 

[Lvl 64 Klutz]

I think this episode needs to be done again later on for Scooby Doo and the gang, possibly alongside an explanation of why so many of Hanna Barbara characters have midget version sidekicks.

 

[Worgen]

what? no mention of the Harvey Birdman attorney at law episode that yogi was in?

 

[TheEnglishman]

Yeah, I remember all of those characters and I'm sure I'm too young, thank God for repeats.

I just remember having my mind blown by cross overs.

 

[RTR]

Ahhhh...good times.
I remember watching reruns of "Treasure Hunt". It was pretty damn good. I also seem to remember a great deal of the 80's-90's tv movies. My favorite was "Spruce Goose", followed by the Yogi story in "Arabian Nights", which also holds a special place in my mind for featuring "Aliyah-Din", who's basically "girl Aladdin", but sticks out for me for being rather...stunning for a one-shot mid 90's HB character.
Also, Yo, Yogi is just as awful as it sounds.
And finally...I...FUCKING...LOVE..."TOP CAT"

 

[Knight Captain Kerr]

Top Cat and Dastardly, Muttley in Their Flying Machines (Stop the Pigeon), Wacky Races, Tom and Jerry and Scooby Doo were the best HB shows. Time to watch Top Cat on youtbe.

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

FIRE THE RACISM CANNON!

Sounds like something out of Phineas and Ferb. If Phineas and Ferb had existed in that era.

 

[Superior Mind]

I'm surprised you didn't mention the re-tooling of Hanna-Barbera characters in shows like Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law. I guess it isn't all that interesting.

 

[Beautiful End]

Oh, god. Yo, Yogi! I had completely forgotten about that.

Welcome back, nightmares.

I remember watching a Yogi movie on CN when I was a kid; Yogi was hosting a X-mas party or something and there was this bitter yet misunderstood kid who was trying to ruin it along with some other guy. Then they get hugs and they change their minds or something like that.
I was smart/mature/whatever enough to not watch Yogi's movie, the new one. My poor friend wanted to see it, perhaps still hopeful, cherishing her old Yogi memories.

How wrong she was. How wrong she is...

PS: Top Cat was the best. I actually wanted to be a cat...and go live with him in that alley (I was a kid, shut up).

 

[maximara]

A racism gun. That's...Yeah, it makes Captain Planet's Rogue Gallery look like a sound and well-thought out bunch.

Man I literary burst out laughing upon hearing that villain name Mr Bigot and his racist gun!

Well considering the stuff going on over at Superfriends with Wendy and Marvin that was par for the course. Thankfully Yogi's Gang didn't have too many of the gimmick villains ("The Envy Brothers"-an envy ring and "Mr. Hothead" with his temper ray) requiring most of them to use smooth talk to get their way.

 

[Veylon]

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

You know not what pandora's box of chaos you are opening! Are you aware that there are a number of Zelda games made for Playstation's evil twin? That no less than two of them were platformers? That they contain animations and voice acting that will haunt your nightmares? Let sleeping dogs lie lest Moviebob conjure up horrors worse than "Excuse me, princess!".

 

[octafish]

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.

Bob showed stills from them and mentioned that John K. the creator of Ren and Stimpy had made some.

Anyway, how young do Bob and Susan look in that cast photo of Sesame Street? And how exactly was Wacky Races infamous? Did it corrupt the youth or something? Why was I left out?

 

[Hexenwolf]

I had to scratch my head at those various characters being referred to as obscure, since I recognized every last one of them. Maybe it's just that Snagglepuss wasn't around as much as Huckleberry Hound, but come on, the two of them and Quickdraw and Oggy Doggy (and Doggy Daddy, my son, my son) went on pretty much every crossover adventure Yogi had.

It could also be that I watched the Laff-a-Lympics religiously as a child, so after a few years of that, I'm intimately familiar with Hong-Kong Fooey and Captain Caveman and Jabberjaw and all the rest. But I also remember seeing reruns of their individual shows, so I dunno.

People who want a real nostalgia trip on HB properties need (desperately!) to watch Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law. Not only is the titular character an old HB mainstay Birdman, but nearly all of his clients and supporting characters are from the HB universe, including Inch-High Private Eye, Magilla Gorilla, and Blue Falcon/Dinomutt, as his Latin nemesis, Azul Falcone.

Here's a classic example: Grape Ape caught 'roiding up at the Laff-a-Lympics:
http://video.adultswim.com/harvey-birdman-attorney-at-law/grape-ape-competes.html

Yeah... I recognized them all too. Though I've gotta say, out of the entire bunch, Top Cat and Quickdraw are probably my favorites.

And Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law is an absolutely amazing show.

 

[Toriver]

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

I do... I do... *shudder* *suck thumb and rock back and forth in fetal position*

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

Angry Video Game Nerd made a pretty good one on the Zelda continuity. Yogi's is still more messed-up, but Zelda's is... pretty bad, to say the least.

As for the episode, that was surprisingly informative, and reminds me again why Bob is my favorite presenter on this site. I knew Yogi was big, and I remember watching his cartoons as a kid, but I didn't know he was THAT big.

Though I do have one question about Yogi Bear... is his name supposed to be a pun on the name of baseball legend Yogi Berra?

 

[Jaebird]

Yo Yogi... You couldn't pay me to watch that **** show.

The only thing WORSE than "updating" classic characters, WORSE than making them into KIDS,

Is making them into BABIES.

Wasn't Tweety ALREADY a baby?

I will counter-argue with Muppet Babies. Nuff said.*

*(Implying that the aforementioned show was awesome, no matter what form the Muppets were in.)

 

[JehuBot]

OMG , I grew up watching most of these shows as kid , even the ones you labeled "Obscure" , alongside Tom & Jerry , Loony Toons , Merrie Melodies , and Sesame Street. (The latter made me learn how to count to 40 and memories the alphabet in English before I even hit school. and they say TV is bad for your brain. )

man , that was so nostalgic , I can barely breathe , and my eyes are getting teary.

Screw you , Movie Bob for reminding me of my early childhood ! T_T

 

[Dr. Pepper Unlimited]

I had no idea there was that much...Yogi. Good lord.

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

That was really depressing to watch. :<