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Yogi's Treasure Hunt
Yogi's Treasure Hunt is an American animated television series and the fifth entry in the Yogi Bear franchise produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions. Featuring Yogi Bear and various other Hanna-Barbera characters,[1] it premiered in syndication in late 1985 as part of The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera.[2] This is the last series to feature Daws Butler as the voice of Yogi Bear and his other characters before his death in 1988. It entirely used digital ink and paint across all three seasons, except its opening credits.
| Yogi's Treasure Hunt | |
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| Directed by |
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| Voices of | |
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| Opening theme | "Funtastic Treasure Hunt", performed by Jon Bauman & The Funtastic Singers from The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera |
| Ending theme | "Funtastic Treasure Hunt" (Instrumental) |
| Composer | Hoyt Curtin |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 27 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| Producers |
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| Editor | Gil Iverson |
| Running time | 19 minutes approx. |
| Production company | Hanna-Barbera Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | First-run syndication |
| Release | September 6, 1985 – March 25, 1988 |
Plot edit
Yogi and his friends are assigned by Top Cat to go on treasure hunts around the world.[3] They travel aboard their ship, the S.S. Jelly Roger. Dick Dastardly and Muttley travel on their ship, the S.S. Dirty Tricks, and try to beat Yogi and friends to the treasure by engaging in their usual dirty tricks.
Regular characters edit
Voice cast edit
Main voices edit
- Daws Butler - Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Augie Doggie, Quick Draw McGraw, Snagglepuss, Snooper and Blabber, Wally Gator, Mr. Jinks, Peter Potamus (in "Yogi's Beanstalk"), Baba Looey, Hokey Wolf, Lippy the Lion, Undercover Elephant (in "Search for the Moaning Liza," "Yogi's Heroes"), Yippee Coyote
- Don Messick - Boo Boo, Ranger Smith, Muttley, Narrator, Touché Turtle (in "Search for the Moaning Liza"), Ruff, Ricochet Rabbit (in "Snow White & the 7 Treasure Hunters"), The President of Amnesia
- Arnold Stang - Top Cat
- John Stephenson - Doggie Daddy, Officer Dibble (in "Yogi & the Beanstalk"), The President of Rhubarbia, Magnifico the Great, King Tutti-Frutti (in "The Curse of Tutti-Frutti")
- Paul Winchell - Dick Dastardly
Additional voices edit
- Charlie Adler (Seasons 2 & 3) - Greed Monster (in "The Greed Monster")
- Jon Bauman (Season 2) - Theme Song Performer
- Julie Bennett (Season 3) - Cindy Bear (in "Secret Agent Bear"), United Nations Speaker (in "The Attack of Dr. Mars")
- Susan Blu (Season 3) -
- Julie Brown (Season 3) - Connie Kindly (in "Yogi Bear on the Air")
- Hamilton Camp (Season 3) - Mike Walnuts (in "20,000 Leaks Under the Sea")
- Pat Carroll (Season 2) - The Wicked Queen (in "Snow White & the 7 Treasure Hunters")
- Vance Colvig (Season 2) - Chopper (in "Snow White & the 7 Treasure Hunters")
- Walker Edmiston (Season 3)
- Dick Erdman (Season 1) - Happy Bing
- Linda Gary (Season 2) - Lady Creampuff (in "The Case of the Hopeless Diamond")
- Dick Gautier (Season 1) - Inka-Dinka Tribe leader
- Rebecca Gilchrist (Season 3) -
- Arlene Golonka (Season 1) -
- Bob Holt (Season 1) -
- Stacy Keach, Sr. (Season 1) - Dinky Dalton (in "The Return of El Kabong")
- Gail Matthius (Season 1) - Square Rock (in "Riddle in the Middle of the Earth")
- Edie McClurg (Season 2) - Dr. Mars (in "The Attack of Dr. Mars")
- Allan Melvin (Season 2) - Magilla Gorilla (in "Search for the Moaning Liza")
- Rob Paulsen (Seasons 1 & 2) - Hansel (in "Yogi and the Unicorn")
- Joni Robbins (Season 1) -
- David Ruprecht (Season 3) -
- Michael Rye (Season 2) -
- Ann Ryerson (Seasons 1 & 3) - Woman in the Mirror
- Marilyn Schreffler (Season 2) - Nathan
- Mimi Seton (Season 3) -
- Andre Stojka (Season 1) - Professor Whobigone Sprock (in "Riddle in the Middle of the Earth")
- Russi Taylor (Season 3) - Penelope Pitstop
- Jean Vander Pyl (Seasons 2 & 3) - Ma Rugg (in "Search for the Moaning Liza," "Yogi's Beanstalk")
- Janet Waldo (Season 1) - Cindy Bear (in "To Bee or Not To Bee"), Little Red Riding Hood (in "Yogi and the Unicorn"), Gretel (in "Yogi and the Unicorn"), Candy House Witch (in "Yogi and the Unicorn")
- Lennie Weinrib (Season 2) - The Pink Pussycat
- Jimmy Weldon (Seasons 2 & 3) - Yakky Doodle (in "Snow White & the 7 Treasure Hunters," "Yogi's Beanstalk")
- Frank Welker (Seasons 2 & 3) - President (in "The Great American Treasure"), College Dean (in "Goodbye, Mr. Chump"), Jabberjaw (in "Goodbye, Mr. Chump"), Ziltch, Good Night Show Host
- Jonathan Winters (Season 1) - Ollie the Red-Nosed Viking (in "Ollie the Red-Nosed Viking")
Episodes edit
Series overview edit
Season 1 (1985) edit
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Story by | Original air date | |
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| 1 | 1 | "Riddle in the Middle of the Earth" | George Atkins | September 6, 1985 | |
| Yogi and the gang sail on the SS Jelly Roger in search of "The Diamond Orb" located in the Earth's core. | |||||
| 2 | 2 | "Bungle in the Jungle" | Tom Ruegger | September 13, 1985 | |
| Yogi's team sets out for an uncharted island off the coast of Africa where a treasure called "The Golden Gorilla" has the power to stop its volcano from erupting. | |||||
| 3 | 3 | "Countdown Drac" | Alex Lovy Chuck Couch Earl Kress | September 20, 1985 | |
| Top Cat sends the gang to Transylvania, where it is rumored to be the resting place of the vampire Count Dracula. | |||||
| 4 | 4 | "The Return of El Kabong" | Earl Kress | September 27, 1985 | |
| Quick Draw goes back to his old crime-fighting identity of El Kabong, thus allowing him to get one up on the other teams and be the first to find the treasure, until Dastardly and Muttley show up. | |||||
| 5 | 5 | "Ole the Red Nose Viking" | George Atkins | October 4, 1985 | |
| Yogi and the boys find "The Chalice of Valhalla" in an old Viking settlement. | |||||
| 6 | 6 | "The Curse of Tutti-Frutti" | John K. Ludin | October 11, 1985 | |
| While hunting for "The Mummy Case of King Tutti-Frutti", Quick Draw, Snagglepuss and Doggie Daddy become possessed by a curse of greed and now everyone must find the treasure to reverse the spell. | |||||
| 7 | 7 | "Yogi and the Unicorn" | Earl Kress | October 18, 1985 | |
| Top Cat assigns the boys to travel to the Land of Fairy Tales in search for "The Mythical Gold Unicorn" and protect it from a mean greedy circus ringmaster named Happy Bing, as well as Dick Dastardly and Muttley. | |||||
| 8 | 8 | "The Case of the Hopeless Diamond" | John K. Ludin | October 25, 1985 | |
| Told by Snooper, the treasure the teams must find this time is "The Hopeless Diamond Ring", a possession of Lady Creampuff, but every time they seem to have found it, it turns out to be a fake. Simultaneously, Yogi is mistaken for a bear criminal resembling himself and gets arrested, leading the rest of the boys to help him get out. | |||||
| 9 | 9 | "Merlin's Lost Book of Magic" | Tony Fuller John K. Ludin | November 1, 1985 | |
| While in London, Yogi and the gang search for "Merlin's Lost Book of Magic". Then Dick Dastardly and Muttley steal it so they can use it to try to get to the treasure first. | |||||
| 10 | 10 | "Beverly Hills Flop" | Earl Kress | November 8, 1985 | |
| Top Cat sends the gang to Hollywood after a jewel statue named "The Emerald Flamingo", used in a movie of the same name. | |||||
Season 2 (1986–87) edit
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Story by | Original air date | |
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| 11 | 1 | "Follow the Yellow Brick Gold" | Jack Hanrahan John K. Ludin | November 7, 1986 | |
| Top Cat gives the gang clues in Ireland to look for "The Pot of Gold" to donate to a children's home, which is on the brink of financial crisis. | |||||
| 12 | 2 | "To Bee or Not to Bee" | Peter Anderegg Chuck Couch | November 14, 1986 | |
| The gang arrives at Cindy Bear's Honey Farm, where they learn that Cindy's bees have mysteriously stopped honey production (Snooper states the bees are on "a 'permanent' coffee break"). Cindy's mortgage payment is almost due, and with no honey, Cindy has gone bankrupt and is at great risk of losing her farm. In order to save her farm from closing down, the gang looks for "The Pirate Treasure of Jacques Latoot". | |||||
| 13 | 3 | "Heavens to Planetoid" | Gordon Bressack | November 21, 1986 | |
| Yogi's crew ventures into deep space in search of "The Murgatroyd Ruby", which is actually the remains of what was once the planet Murgatroyd. | |||||
| 14 | 4 | "Beswitched, Buddha'd and Bewildered" | John K. Ludin | December 5, 1986 | |
| While in Japan, Dick Dastardly's latest contraption causes everyone to swap bodies, causing confusion and non-cooperation while trying to find "The Jade Buddha". | |||||
| 15 | 5 | "There's No Place Like Nome" | Earl Kress Tom Ruegger | December 12, 1986 | |
| On the trail of "The Giant Gold Nugget" lost in Nome, Alaska, Yogi's team overcomes a town's chilly reception. | |||||
| 16 | 6 | "The Great American Treasure" | John K. Ludin | January 2, 1987 | |
| Guest starring on The Good Night Show, Top Cat tells how he formed the treasure hunting team, in which Yogi and his team found out the great American treasure isn't actually treasure. | |||||
| 17 | 7 | "Huckle Hero" | Tom Ruegger | January 9, 1987 | |
| When the teams get captured, it's up to Huckleberry (with the use of his new superhero alter ego, Huckle Hero) to save the day. | |||||
| 18 | 8 | "The Moaning Liza" | George Atkins | January 16, 1987 | |
| In a parody of The Pink Panther, a criminal named the Pink Pussycat (who's identical to Snagglepuss) arrives and steals the painting The Moaning Liza from the Louvre Museum in Paris. Undercover Elephant holds a press conference where he announces that Yogi's Treasure Hunting Team is on the case. | |||||
Season 3 (1987–88) edit
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Written by | Original air date | |
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| 19 | 1 | "Snow White & the 7 Treasure Hunters" | Earl Kress John Ludin Tom Ruegger | November 6, 1987 | |
| Told in storybook-format by Chopper and Yakky Doodle, Yogi's crew protect Snow White from Dick Dastardly, Muttley, and the Evil Queen while her Seven Dwarfs are on vacation. | |||||
| 20 | 2 | "Yogi's Heroes" | John K. Ludin | November 13, 1987 | |
| Top Cat announces Dicaragua and Bearzil, two countries ruled by Dick Dastardly and Yogi, respectively, are on the brink of war. To make matters worse, the Crown Jewels of Bearzil have gone missing Absent: Ranger Smith | |||||
| 21 | 3 | "The Attack of Dr. Mars" | Charles M. Howell, IV John Ludin Tom Ruegger | November 20, 1987 | |
| A female Martian, Dr. Mars, makes a special intergalactic guest appearance at the United Nations claiming the Earth will be destroyed... unless a treasure chest (which is really a time bomb), called "The Big Dipper Booty" (lost somewhere in Peru), is returned to her. Absent: Ranger Smith | |||||
| 22 | 4 | "20,000 Leaks Under the Sea" | Earl Kress | December 4, 1987 | |
| The team searches for sunken treasure, while putting up with a snobby talk show host named Mike Walnuts, host of 16 Minutes. Note: This episode is a parody of the CBS nightly news program 60 Minutes. | |||||
| 23 | 5 | "Goodbye, Mr. Chump" | Wayne Kaatz | December 11, 1987 | |
| Yogi and the gang are called in to save a college on the brink of financial crisis. Absent: Ranger Smith | |||||
| 24 | 6 | "Yogi Bear on the Air" | Reed Robbins Earl Kress | February 5, 1988 | |
| Top Cat informs the gang that the TV Zone's "Golden Transmitter" (which is used to air TV programs) has gone missing and goes on the hunt to find it. Note: This episode features parodies of Hill Street Blues, Siskel & Ebert, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, Star Trek, Star Wars and The Smurfs (a sister Hanna-Barbera series to Yogi's Treasure Hunt) | |||||
| 25 | 7 | "Yogi and the Beanstalk" | Dan Gilvezan | February 12, 1988 | |
| Yogi and the gang find themselves in the story of Jack and the Beanstalk where they assist Hokey Wolf in rescuing a missing harp from a giant version of Peter Potamus while competing with Dick Dastardly and Muttley. | |||||
| 26 | 8 | "The Greed Monster" | Story by : Tom Ruegger Teleplay by : Wayne Kaatz | February 19, 1988 | |
| Told through rhyme, Yogi and the gang depict how all the toys in the world disappear, mysterious flute music draws toys away from their homes to a distant planet. Absent: Ranger Smith | |||||
| 27 | 9 | "Secret Agent Bear" | Earl Kress Kent Zbornak | March 25, 1988 | |
| Yogi and friends are secret agents attempting to stop Dick Dastardly from discovering the Fountain of Youth and use its power to transform everyone on the planet into children. However, Dick crashes their boat, which flings them into the fountain and turns them into toddlers. Absent: Ranger Smith Note: The opening of this episode parodies the iconic opening of the James Bond movies. | |||||
Home media edit
Hanna-Barbera Home Video released the episodes "The Curse of Tutti-Frutti" (which is retitled "Raiders of the Lost and Found") "To Bee or Not to Bee", "Heavens to Planetoid", "There's No Place Like Nome", "The Moaning Liza" (which is retitled "The Search for the Moaning Lisa") and "The Greed Monster" on individual VHS tapes in Spring 1990, to promote the opening of The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera simulator movie ride at Universal Studios Florida.
The tapes opened with a promo for the ride and a trailer for Jetsons: The Movie. They also included a trivia question before the credits and a Yogi Bear short at the end as a bonus.
Trivia edit
The show's original working title was The Funtastic Treasure Hunt.
Broadcast history edit
United States edit
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International edit
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In other languages edit
- Arabic: الدب يوغي- فريق المهمات الصعبة
- Japanese: ハンナ・バーベラ秘宝探検団 (Hanna Bābera Hihō Tanken-Dan)
- Italian: La caccia al tesoro di Yoghi
- Brazilian Portuguese: Zé Colmeia e os Caça-Tesouros
- European Portuguese: A Caça ao Tesouro do Zé Colmeia
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Sennett, Ted (1989). The Art of Hanna-Barbera: Fifty Years of Creativity. Studio. p. 69. ISBN 978-0670829781. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
- ^ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 934–935. ISBN 978-1476665993.
- ^ Perlmutter, David (18 March 2014). America Toons In: A History of Television Animation. McFarland. ISBN 9780786476503. Retrieved 28 September 2018 – via Google Books.
External links edit
- Yogi's Treasure Hunt at IMDb
- Yogi's Treasure Hunt at The Big Cartoon DataBase
- – Profile on Yogi's Treasure Hunt.