Saturday Morning Cartoons--Yogi Bear in Space Bears

For today's Saturday Morning Cartoons, we are taking a trip to Jellystone Party, home of your smarter-than-average bear--Yogi Bear! Created by Hanna-Barbara, Yogi was a rhythmic-talking bear that had an addiction to stealing picnic baskets, and drove Park Ranger Smith crazy at times. Yogi was always seen with his best friend Boo-Boo, who often acted as Yogi's conscience in trying to tell Yogi to not get into trouble--which Yogi often did. There are 35 episodes of Yogi Bear cartoons, and while they may be fairly simple in the plot, they are also very much a classic. When you hear the catch phrase, "I'm smarter than your average bear," you know that such a phrase will come from only one character.

For this episode of Space Bears, a flying saucer lands in Jellystone Park and is first greeted by Yogi and Boo-Boo. The saucer takes some pictures of Yogi, then returns to its home planet to report making first contact with "a typical Earth inhabitor." The aliens from the saucer have every intention of invading Earth, but need more information before starting the invasion. So one alien will return to Earth, disguised as Yogi, to learn more, and ends up disintegrating cars, picnic baskets, and Ranger Smith's office. Naturally, everyone assumes that it is Yogi that is causing havoc in the park, and the real Yogi must find "that screwy bear" and clear his name. From YouTube: