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''Yogi's First Christmas'' is a 1980 American
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starring Yogi Bear and produced by
Hanna-Barbera Productions Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, Inc. ( ; formerly known as H-B Enterprises, Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc. and H-B Production Co.), simply and commonly known as Hanna-Barbera, was an American animation studio and production company, which was acti ...
. It first aired in syndication through
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on November 22, 1980. Throughout the 1980s, it was offered to U.S. television stations split up one episode per day for four days as a one-week strip syndicated program, generally during the week of Christmas. The film was written by Willie Gilbert and directed by Ray Patterson. In keeping with Hanna-Barbera's
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techniques, the special didn't have the full animation of a theatrical feature like 1964's '' Hey There, It's Yogi Bear'', but was regardless more detailed and elaborate than their standard TV work.


Plot

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,
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, Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy come to Jellystone Lodge for the holiday. They are joined by Ranger Smith, hotel manager Mr. Dingwell, Otto the chef, and lodge owner Sophie Throckmorton and her spoiled brat of a nephew, Snively. The gang is obsessed with keeping Mrs. Throckmorton happy to keep her from closing down the lodge, which has become unpopular due to activity caused by Herman the Hermit, a grumpy Christmas-hating hermit who just wants to be left alone. Yogi Bear and Boo Boo are put to work as employees of the lodge when the music wakes them up and they enter the lodge through the kitchen where Otto works. Yogi is first ordered to operate the snowplow to which he saves Mrs. Throckmorton on the road from an avalanche caused by Herman. Later, Yogi is working as a
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, where he is tasked by Ranger Smith to stay on Mrs. Throckmorton's good side. Though Snively tries to embarrass Yogi with his pranks, Yogi comes out on top. In another attempt to degrade Yogi, Snively tricks him into entering a figure skating contest, which Snively is also a participant. Although Snively earns high marks, Mrs. Throckmorton covertly wishes Snively would lose in order to tame his poor attitude. Yogi, the last contestant, manages to impress the judges well enough to earn the highest marks and win. Snively is a sore loser and enraged that Yogi beat him at his own game, but his aunt Sophie says that Yogi won fair and square and losing is a lesson of life. Following different situations caused by Herman that Yogi saved her from, Mrs. Throckmorton has Mr. Dingwell promote Yogi to chief of security. Cindy Bear also awakens from her
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, to help Yogi out (due to her love and concern for him). Fed up with Snively's antics, Yogi retaliates during an
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contest, with Mrs. Throckmorton agreeing that he needed to be taught a lesson. Furious, Snively runs away and meets up with Herman, and the two team up to ruin Christmas. However, Yogi manages to thwart them every time, albeit unknowingly. Eventually, Herman and Snively are forgiven, invited to the Christmas celebrations and they have a profound change of heart at such generosity of spirit. Then in the midst of the festivities,
Santa Claus Santa Claus (also known as Saint Nicholas, Saint Nick, Father Christmas, Kris Kringle or Santa) is a legendary figure originating in Western Christian culture who is said to bring gifts during the late evening and overnight hours on Chris ...
plummets down the chimney. Santa admits that there were times when Yogi was not very good by way of stealing food from parkgoers, but also sees Yogi did much good. Santa gives Yogi his very own picnic basket full of food. Yogi, however, falls asleep, due to his natural instincts of hibernation. Santa then says that Yogi and Boo Boo can have the basket when they wake up in the spring. With that, the partiers return Yogi, Boo Boo and Cindy to their caves for the rest of their hibernation.


Cast

*
Daws Butler Charles Dawson Butler (November 16, 1916May 18, 1988) was an American voice actor. He worked mostly for the Hanna-Barbera animation production company and the Walter Lantz cartoon studio. He originated the voices of many familiar Hanna-Barbera ...
- Yogi Bear,
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,
Huckleberry Hound Huckleberry "Huck" Hound is a fictional cartoon character, a blue dog who speaks with a North Carolina accent. He first appeared in the series ''The Huckleberry Hound Show''. The cartoon was one of six TV shows to win an Emmy Award in 1960 as a ...
, Augie Doggie *
Don Messick Donald Earle Messick (September 7, 1926 – October 24, 1997) was an American voice actor, known for his performances in Hanna-Barbera cartoons. His best-remembered voice roles include Scooby-Doo; Bamm-Bamm Rubble and Hoppy in ''The Flintsto ...
- Boo Boo, Ranger John Smith, Herman the Hermit * John Stephenson - Doggie Daddy, Mr. Marty Dingwell * Janet Waldo - Cindy Bear, Sophie Throckmorton *
Marilyn Schreffler Marilyn Sue Schreffler (June 14, 1945 – January 7, 1988) was an American voice actress who provided voice-overs for several animated television series, mostly for Hanna-Barbera Productions. Biography Marilyn Schreffler was born in Wichita, ...
- Snively * Hal Smith - Otto the Chef,
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* Sue Allen, Paul DeKorte, Edie Lehmann, Marilyn Powell, Andrea Robinson, John Richard Bolks, Darlene Lawrence, Michael Redman and Ida Sue McCune - Chorus


Music

Two songs from '' Casper's First Christmas'' ("Comin' Up Christmas Time" and "Making a Big To-Do") are featured here, in new re-recorded versions. Additionally, "Hope" was previously heard in two previous Christmas specials, ''
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'' (1972) and '' A Flintstone Christmas'' (1977). Four songs were released by Kid Rhino Records on the album ''Hanna-Barbera's Christmas Sing-A-Long'' in 1991, currently available on various streaming services. # "Comin' Up Christmas Time" – Chorus # "It's Your First Christmas" – Huckleberry, Snagglepuss, Boo Boo, Doggie Daddy and Chorus # "Hope" – Boo Boo # "Carols" – Chorus # "The Mistletoe Song" – Cindy # "Mean, Sour, Nasty and Cruel" – Herman and Snively # "Making a Big To-Do" – Chorus # "I've Been Kissed" – Cindy # "Christmas Is Here" – Chorus


Home media

The holiday TV movie was first released on
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via Worldvision Home Video in 1983, and later re-released in association with Kids Klassics Home Video in 1986. It was then released on
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as part of the manufactured-on-demand
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on November 17, 2009


See also

*''
The Huckleberry Hound Show ''The Huckleberry Hound Show'' is an American animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions, and the second series produced by the studio following '' The Ruff and Reddy Show''. The show first aired in syndication on Septembe ...
'' *''
The Yogi Bear Show ''The Yogi Bear Show'' is an American comedy animated television series, and the first entry of the ''Yogi Bear'' franchise, produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions. A spin-off of '' The Huckleberry Hound Show'', the show centers on the adventu ...
'' *'' The Quick Draw McGraw Show'' *'' Casper's First Christmas'' *'' Yogi Bear's All Star Comedy Christmas Caper''


Follow-up film

A follow-up film, '' Yogi Bear's All Star Comedy Christmas Caper'', aired on
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on December 21, 1982.


References


External links

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