Yogi's Space Race is a 90-minute American animated Saturday morning cartoon program block produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions on September 9 through December 2, 1978 on NBC and the third incarnation of the Yogi Bear franchise. The show also appeared on BBC in the United Kingdom. It contained the following four segments:
- Yogi's Space Race: intergalactic racing competitions with Yogi Bear, Jabberjaw, Huckleberry Hound and several new characters.
- Galaxy Goof-Ups: Yogi Bear, Scare Bear, Huckleberry Hound and Quack-Up as four intergalactic police officers and their leader, Captain Snerdley.
- The Buford Files: Buford is a lazy bloodhound who solves mysteries in Fenokee County with two teenagers, Cindy Mae and Woody.
- The Galloping Ghost: Nugget Nose is a ghost miner who haunts the Fuddy Dude Ranch and is a guardian to Wendy and Rita.
When Galaxy Goof-Ups was given its own half-hour timeslot on November 4, 1978, Yogi's Space Race was reduced to 60 minutes; in early 1979, the Space Race segment and Buford and the Galloping Ghost were also spun-off in their own half-hour series until September 1979.
Characters[]
The Racers[]
- Yogi Bear and Scare Bear
- Huckleberry Hound and Quack-Up
- Jabberjaw and Buford Bloodhound
- Nugget Nose and Wendy and Rita
- Captain Good/Phantom Phink and Clean Kat/Sinister Sludge
Other[]
- The Narrator
- El Fabuloso
Space Race Biography[]
The series often introduces the biography of some Space Racers or their ancestors. Phantom Phink was once described as a "descendant" of Dr. Jekyll, who was described looking like Captain Good while Mr. Hyde looks like Phink, giving an idea of Good's/Phink's original look that contradicts the believe he's a dog since this is his shape as Phantom Phink's pet and Sludge is the one to have a biography.
Cast[]
- Roger Behr - Mad Doctor Neptune
- Joe Besser - Scare Bear
- Mel Blanc - Quack-Up, Barney Rubble ("The Prehistoric Planet")
- Daws Butler - Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound
- Henry Corden - Sheriff Muletrain, Fred Flintstone ("The Prehistoric Planet")
- Bob Holt - Grape Ape ("The Prehistoric Planet")
- Dave Landsberg - Woody
- Don Messick - Long John Longjohns
- Gary Owens - Narrator
- Patricia Parris - Cindy Mae, Rita
- Harold Peary - Fenwick Fuddy
- Roger Peltz - Deputy Goofer McGee
- Marilyn Schreffler - Wendy
- John Stephenson - Merkulon
- Frank Welker - Jabberjaw, Buford Bloodhound, Nugget Nose, Captain Good/Phantom Phink, Clean Kat/Sinister Sludge, and El Fabuloso
Additional Voices[]
- Tony Caruso
- Ted Cassidy
- B.J. Cling
- Joan Gerber
- Virginia Gregg
- Bob Hastings
- Ralph James
- Casey Kasem
- Jim MacGeorge
- Ginny McSwain
- Ronnie Schell
- Hal Smith
- Alexis Tramunti
- Janet Waldo
- Lennie Weinrib
Episodes[]
- Main article: Yogi's Space Race episode list
Production Credits[]
Executive Producers
William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
Producer
Art Scott
Directors
Carl Urbano
Creative Producer
Iwao Takamoto
Story Editors
Andy Heyward
Ray Parker
Jim Ryan
Story
Herb Armstrong
George Atkins
Haskell Barkin
Jack Bonestell
Doug Booth
Chuck Couch
Mark Fink
Gary Greenfield
George Greer
Andy Heyward
Len Janson
Mark Jones
Glenn Leopold
Ray Parker
Sam Roeca
Jim Ryan
Susan "Misty" Stewart
Story Direction
Tom Barron
Ed Benedict
John Bruno
Ron Campbell
Bob Dranko
Carl Fallberg
Jan Green
Cullen Houghtaling
Michael O'Connor
Don Sheppard
George Singer
Paul Sommer
Howard Swift
John Walker
Tom Yakutis
Recording Directors
Alex Lovy
Art Scott
Voices
Robert Behr
Joe Besser
Mel Blanc
Daws Butler
Tony Caruso
Ted Cassidy
Henry Corden
B.J. Cling
Joan Gerber
Marcy Goldman
Virginia Gregg
Bob Hastings
Ralph James
Casey Kasem
Dave Landsburg
Jim MacGeorge
Ginny McSwain
Don Messick
Gary Owens
Patricia Parris
Hal Peary
Robert Peltz
Ronnie Schell
Marilyn Schreffler
Hal Smith
John Stephenson
Alexis Tramanti
Lennie Weinrib
Frank Welker
Graphics
Iraj Paran
Tom Wogatzke
Title Design
Bill Perez
Musical Director
Hoyt Curtin
Musical Supervisor
Paul DeKorte
Design Supervisor
Bob Singer
Character Design
Bob Singer
Willie Ito
Layout Supervision
John Ahern
Warren Marshall
Bill Hutten
Tony Love
Layout
Dale Barnhart
Lyle Beddes
Garnett Bugby
Barry Bunce
Fred Crippin
Todd Curtis
Cory Dangerfield
Owen Fitzgerald
Bob Foster
Rene Garcia
George Goode
Simon Gittins
Dave Hanan
Jack Huber
Homer Jonas
Boyd Kirkland
Sylvia Mattinson
Floyd Norman
Gerrard Pointak
Debra Pugh
Keith Sargent
Doyle Shaw
Kay Smith
Thomas Tholen
Greg Thurber
Grant Wilson
Song Sequences
Director: Ken Mundie,
Animator: Marija M. Dail
Animation Supervisors
Bill Keil
Jay Sarbry
Animators
Bill Hutten
Tony Love
Carlos Alfonso
Juan Pina
Bob Alvarez
Cosmo Anzilotti
Isabel Belio
David Brain
Bob Carr
Amaro Carretero
Alberto Conejo
Daniel De La Vega
Ed De Mattia
Julio Diez
Valentin Domenech
Judy Drake
Thomas Fraish
Manuel Garcia Galiana
Charlette Grable
Angel Izquierdo
Walt Kubiak
Ed Love
Roberto Marcano
Matias Marcos
Ezequiel Martin
Luis Martinez
Lee Mishkin
Pedro Mohedano
Manuel Sanchez Molano
Pepita Pardell
Vicente Rodriguez
Mariano Rueda
Jim Simmon
Jose Luis Torres
Richard Trueblood
Norton Virgien
Allen Wilzbach
Matias Marcos
Assistant Animators
Brad Frost
John Shook
Background Supervisor
Al Gmuer
Background
Deborah Akers
Dario Campanile
Dennis Durrell
Bob Gentle
Ann Guenther
Marsha Hanes
James Hickey
Paro Hozumi
Richard Khim
Bill Lorencz
Fernando Montealegre
Andy Phillipson
Bill Proctor
Michael Reinman
Jeff Riche
Craig Robertson
Sera Segal-Alsberg
Gary Selvaggio
Stephen Thompson
Peter Van Elk
Dennis Venizelos
Gloria Wood
Checking and Scene Planning
Cindy Smith
Rollie Greenwood
Xerography
Star Wirth
Yolanda Vallas
Ink and Paint Supervision
Billie Kerns
Sharon Bryant
Sound Direction
Richard Olson
Bill Getty
Camera
Robert Cohen
John Cunningham
George Epperson
Tom Epperson
Chuck Flekal
Ron Jackson
Danny Larsen
Joe Ponticello
Jerry Smith
Larry Smith
Terry Smith
Brandy Whittington
Jerry Whittington
Raul Garcia
Supervising Film Editor
Larry C. Cowan
Dubbing Supervisor
Pat Foley
Music Editors
Sam Horta
Warner Leighton
Terry Moore
Robert Talboy
Effects Editors
Mark Green
Scott Hecker
Denise Horta
Robert R. Rutledge
Kerry Williams
Show Editor
Gil Iverson
Negative Consultant
William E. DeBoer
Production Supervision
Peter Aries
Production Manager
Jayne Barbera
Post Production Supervisor
Joed Eaton
Notes/Trivia[]
- Yogi's Space Race was made from the success and hype of the original Star Wars film, evident in the style of the show's Star Wars-esque title card.
- Hanna-Barbera and ABC had no intention of the series going beyond thirteen episodes, as in the last episode the narrator alludes to this, before cutting himself of and instead tells the audience to watch out for another race to come.