Yogi's Gang (1973)
Yogi's Gang is a 30-minute animated series and the second incarnation of Hanna-Barbera's Yogi Bear which aired 16 half-hour episodes on ABC from September 8, 1973, to December 29, 1973. The show began as Yogi's Ark Lark, a special TV movie on The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie in 1972. Fifteen original episodes were produced for broadcast on ABC, with the hour-long Yogi's Ark Lark thrown in as a split-in-half two-parter. After a successful run on Saturday mornings, Yogi Gang returned in 1977 as a segment on the syndicated weekday series, Fred Flintstone and Friends. In the late 1980s, repeats were shown on USA Cartoon Express and later resurfaced on Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network and Boomerang.
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Yogi's Gang
1973 / TV-GSeasons & Episode
Yogi and the gang land on the property of Yogi's old friend, Mr. Cheerful, when Magilla runs out of bananas. A villain named Dr. Bigot plans to experiment on them with his Bigot ray and turn Mr. Cheerful and Yogi into bigots, discriminating against everyone else.
A friendly hobo (who happens to be Yogi's old friend) finds a lamp with a Greedy Genie who grants all his wishes; however, the genie convinces the man to lust for more, and is soon overcome with greed. The Genie later switches his target to Snagglepuss.
The long-nosed Commadore Phineas P. Fibber is picked up by the Ark. He teaches various animals to lie, and soon they start using their fibs on Captain Yogi to get into their way. Lies soon turn against them, however, when a tornado is coming and Yogi won't believe them.
A messy man named I. M. Sloppy can't stand to see Yogi's crew cleaning up their ship. He uses his book of sloppy spells to turn himself into a nice gentleman named Mr. Neat and tricks the animals into cutting corners in their jobs.
Peter D. Cheater invites Snagglepuss, Quick Draw McGraw, and Wally Gator to join his school, where he teaches them the "art of cheating." Things get worse when he tricks Yogi into giving him the Ark.
The gang is stopping at an old town called McGrawsville when Quick Draw McGraw inherits it from his grandpappy. However, when J. Wanton Vandal and his campers stop in the town and start demolishing antiques, it's up to Yogi and the gang to teach the kids the value of antique objects.
On the way to a birthday party for his friend the Sheik of Sharing, Yogi meets the Sheik of Selfishness. He gives Yogi a magic box, which can give Yogi anything he desires, but soon it makes Yogi act selfish.
Jellystone Park is going to be declared the "Neatest Park in the West" and the animals help Ranger Smith clean it up. But a villainess named Lotta Litter tricks them into littering where she uses her power to impersonate anybody.
Two trapeze artists named the Envy Brothers use their "envy rings" on all the other circus acts to make them quit since they are jealous of the owner of the circus and want to trick him into signing the circus to them. However, their plan may fail when Yogi and his friends join the circus.
Wally Gator is sad because he is the only one of the animals who doesn't own a surfboard or any other beach gear. However, a pirate named Captain Swashbuckle Swipe decides to teach him the "easy way" (stealing). Yogi enlists the help of Fumbo-Jumbo the Masked Avenger: a goofy Zorro-like elephant to help recover their stuff.
Yogi's Gang is a 30-minute animated series and the second incarnation of Hanna-Barbera's Yogi Bear which aired 16 half-hour episodes on ABC from September 8, 1973, to December 29, 1973. The show began as Yogi's Ark Lark, a special TV movie on The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie in 1972. Fifteen original episodes were produced for broadcast on ABC, with the hour-long Yogi's Ark Lark thrown in as a split-in-half two-parter. After a successful run on Saturday mornings, Yogi Gang returned in 1977 as a segment on the syndicated weekday series, Fred Flintstone and Friends. In the late 1980s, repeats were shown on USA Cartoon Express and later resurfaced on Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network and Boomerang.
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