"Baffled Bear" is the eighth Yogi Bear short, originally aired as part of The Huckleberry Hound Show. It aired in syndication on November 24, 1958.
Synopsis[]
While hibernating one winter, the forest Yogi is in has been turned into a highway that he's unable to escape from.
Characters[]
- Yogi Bear
- Workmen (only appearance, no lines)
Locations[]
California[]
- Redwood Forest
- Yogi's Super Service Station (only appearance)
Objects[]
- Newspaper
- Little Known Bear Tales book (only appearance)
- Saw
- Balloons
- Hammer
Animals[]
Vehicles[]
- Dump truck
- Steam shovel
- Cars
- Wheelchair
- Moving van
Cast[]
| Daws Butler | Yogi Bear |
|---|---|
| Don Messick | Narrator |
Production Music[]
- ZR-51 - Light Animation - Geordie Hormel - [Yogi goes into a tree.]
- L-1139 - Animation Comedy - Spencer Moore - [Yogi snores.]
- EM-147 - Documentary Main Title - Phil Green - [Tractors and steam shovels at work.]
- TC 202 - Eccentric Comedy - Bill Loose and John Seely - [Yogi snoozes; wakes up; hit by a car.]
- LAF-10-7 - Grotesque No. 2 - Jack Shaindlin - [Yogi inside the tree, newspaper gag, branch gag, balloon gag, Yogi plays possum.]
- L-1158 - Animation Comedy - Spencer Moore - ["Most motorists have a sense of fair play."]
- LAF-25-3 - Bassoon and Zig-Zag Strings - Jack Shaindlin - [A steam shovel runs over Yogi, wheelchair bit, Yogi hit by a van, Yogi pumps gas.]
Notes/Trivia[]
- Boo Boo and Ranger Smith are absent.
- This episode explicitly refers to the forest Yogi is in to be within California.
- His home in a giant redwood tree's hollow trunk was similar to Yogi's Cave in Jellystone Park.
Errors[]
- The cars seem to be alive and also anthropomorphic.
- Additionally, Yogi and Speed Buggy did appear in Laff-A-Lympics together, but that wouldn't happen for another two decades.