This week we’re going to get a little animated at dufusdownbeat. That is to say we’re going to take a look at music that flows from cartoons. Our first is an old favourite.
Last week, Anji left a comment mentioning she remembered her Uncle had a Yogi Bear LP when she was growing up. What? I just had to Google this. As a kid I loved Yogi and Boo Boo. Not only did he have a record, but he had a movie, too!
Yogi Bear began life in cartoon land in 1958 as part of the Huckleberry Hound Show. In 1961 he was given his own show and in 1968 he appeared on the big screen in Hey There, It’s Yogi Bear!.
The voice behind Yogi was a contemporary of voice-over artist Mel Blanc and in fact replaced Blanc as Barney Rubble while he was laid up after a car accident. Daws Butler, in addition to Yogi, voiced many of my favourite cartoon characters including Huckleberry Hound, Augie Doggie, Cap’n Crunch, Chilly Willy, Elroy Jetson, Lippy the Lion, Quick Draw McGraw and many more.
Here’s one of the musical numbers from Hey There, It’s Yogi Bear!…
I didn’t know about the movie. The record was the sound track of some of the TV cartoons with a narrative voice-over if needed. I used to be able to recite whole chunks of it.
Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
I didn’t know about the movie either but then until you mentioned it last week I didn’t know about the record either. I used to watch Yogi and Boo Boo religiously.