"Yogi Bear on the Air" is the sixth episode of the third season and the twenty-fourth overall episode of Yogi's Treasure Hunt, a spin-off of The Yogi Bear Show. It aired on February 5, 1988.
Synopsis[]
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.
Plot[]
Yogi's watching his favorite show, 'The Gulping Gourmet, when the signal suddenly goes out. Top Cat then appears on-screen and informs the gang that the TV Zone's Golden Transmitter (which is used to air TV programs) has gone missing. The gang is then transported to the TV Zone, where the head of the operation, Brando Tinykoff, informs the gang that the viewing public is receiving bad cases of the "TV jeebies" without television.
Everyone then splits up throughout the TV Zone, searching for the transmitter within their favorite shows; Yogi takes over The Gulping Gourmet, Quick Draw hosts El Kabong Amateur Hour (with Wally Gator appearing as a contestant), Snooper and Blabber invade Hill Street Blab, Yogi and Huck host On the Boob Tube (a critic review), and Ranger Smith hosts Mister Ranger's Neighborhood (a parody of Mr. Roger's Neighborhood). The gang then heads for The Love Barge, a show where they noticed Dick Dastardly and Muttley board ship.
Once there, everyone is surprised to find the two villains tied up. They then find the true thief, Connie Kindly (whom Auggie Doggie idolized), who was "sick of playing a goody-two-shoes" on her show and stole the transmitter to broadcast her own rotten show, The Rotten Report, 24/7 on all channels; using a "Wheel of Misfortune", she plans to hypnotize anyone who views the show into a trance, so people will become as rotten as her. Connie then ties the gang up and flees the Love Barge in a hot air balloon, leaving the ship heading for a waterfall. Ranger Smith then rescues the crew in his starship BoobyPrize (parodying Star Trek) and head after Connie (where her ship is a parody of Star Wars).
Meanwhile, Dick Dastardly and Muttley snuck aboard Connie's ship to snatch the transmitter for themselves and use it take over television. Later, as Connie is about to air her show, the gang arrives and shoot Connie, Dick and Muttley with a freeze ray. Auggie reverses the Wheel of Misfortune and sets a trance on the three, making them nicer. The Golden Transmitter is then returned, putting TV programs back on the air. Dick and Muttley are the stars of The Smirks (a parody of The Smurfs), with Connie portraying "Smirkette". The two then fight over who loves Smirkette more, and the episode ends with Yogi commenting, "I guess the old saying still sticks, you can't teach an old dog (or human) new tricks".
Characters[]
Main
- Yogi Bear
- Boo-Boo Bear
- Ranger Smith
- Huckleberry Hound
- Quick Draw McGraw
- Snagglepuss
- Augie Doggie
- Doggie Daddy
- Super Snooper
- Blabber Mouse
- Top Cat
Villains
Guest Stars
- The Ant Hill Mob (only guest appearance, no lines)
- Wally Gator
- Officer Dibble (no lines)
- Benny the Ball (cameo appearance on two Never Ready batteries)
- Hokey Wolf
- Mr. Jinks
Other
- Brando Tinykoff (only appearance)
- Connie Kindly (only appearance)
Locations[]
Jellystone[]
- HB Theater
- Gentle Hospital
Jellystone Park[]
TV Zone (only appearance)[]
- The Gulping Gourmet set (only appearance)
- El Kabong Amateaur Hour (only appearance)
- Hill Street Blab Police Station (only appearance)
- Connie TV (only appearance, abbreivated as CTV)
- Saturn 11 (only appearance)
Objects[]
- Golden Transmitter (only appearance)
- TVs
- Connie Kindly's powder puff (only appearance)
- De-energizer (only appearance)
- Wheel of Misfortune (only appearance)
- Picnic baskets (mentioned)
- Never Ready batteries (only appearance)
Food
- Triple Decker Sandwich
- Apples
- Hot Dogs
- Popcorn
- Chocolate Cake
- Cupcakes
- Baguettes
- Asparagus
- Corn on the Cob
- Grape Jelly
- Roast Turkey
- Celery
- Fried Chicken
- Submarine Sandwich
Vehicles[]
- S.S. Jelly Roger (known as the Starship Boobyprize)
- S.S. Dirty Tricks
- Love Barge (only appearance, destroyed)
Media[]
- The Gulping Gourmet (TV show)
- The Rumpus Room (TV show)
- El Kabong Amateur Hour (TV show)
- Hill Street Blab (TV show)
- On the Boob Tube (TV show)
- Mister Ranger's Neighborhood (TV show)
- The Love Barge (TV show)
- HBTV
- The Smirks (TV show)
Cast[]
Notes/Trivia[]
- When the gang got transported into the TV Zone, the music from The Twilight Zone could be heard.
- These shows were spoofs of television shows such as:
- General Hospital (Gentle Hospital)
- The Galloping Gourmet (The Gulping Gourmet)
- At the Movies (On the Boob Tube)
- Romper Room (The Rumpus Room)
- Hill Street Blues (Hill Street Blab)
- The Love Boat (Love Barge)
- Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (Mister Ranger's Neighborhood)
- Star Trek and Star Wars
- The Smurfs (The Smirks)
- Wheel of Fortune (Wheel of Misfortune)
- Roger E. Bear (portrayed by Yogi Bear) and Gene Siskhound (portrayed by Huckleberry Hound) are spoofs of late film critics, Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel.
- Hokey and Mr. Jinks were seen leaving the operating room with Yogi and the gang, but they were unseen on The Love Barge.
- According to the deleted model cel, Penelope Pitstop, Maw Rugg, and Winnie Witch were originally to appear in exercise outfits, but they didn't make it.
Errors[]
- None known.
| Yogi's Treasure Hunt episodes |
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| Season 1: "Riddle in the Middle of the Earth" • "Bungle in the Jungle" • "Countdown Drac" • "The Return of El Kabong" • "Ole the Red Nosed Viking" • "The Curse of Tutti-Frutti" • "Yogi and the Unicorn" • "The Case of the Hopeless Diamond" • "Merlin's Lost Book of Magic" • "Beverly Hills Flop" Season 2: "Follow the Yellow Brick Gold" • "To Bee or Not to Bee" • "Heavens to Planetoid" • "Beswitched, Buddha'd and Bewildered" • "There's No Place Like Nome" • "The Great American Treasure" • "Huckle Hero" • "The Moaning Liza" Season 3: "Snow White and the Seven Treasure Hunters" • "Yogi's Heroes" • "The Attack of Dr. Mars" • "20,000 Leaks Under the Sea" • "Goodbye, Mr. Chump" • "Yogi Bear on the Air" • "Yogi and the Beanstalk" • "The Greed Monster" • "Secret Agent Bear" |