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Yogi Bear vs. Dr. Bigot

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Yogi Bear vs. Dr. Bigot

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Released
March 22, 2020
Running Time
13:22
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Brad Jones: Oh, it's Yogi's Gang! Hang on, let me phrase this like I would whenever repeats of this show would pop up. *clears his throat and speaks in a less enthusiastic voice* Oh... it's Yogi's Gang. *voiceover* Years before crossover events like The Avengers, Batman v. Superman, or Out of Sight, we had the Hanna-Barbera smorgasbord of characters in Yogi's Gang, or as I used to refer to it as, Yogi's Ark. Yogi's Gang was a Saturday morning animated series that ran in the fall and winter of 1973, and featured such Hanna-Barbera characters such as Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Quick Draw McGraw, Atom Ant, and who's this supposed to be... Squiddly Diddly? O-oh, that is his name. Touché Turtle. The show turns Yogi Bear into a paranoid, doomsday foreshadowing madman who encourages his friends to live with him on a giant ark that floats up in the sky.

Brad: Yogi really was the Noah of his time, only if God wanted him to collect two of every picnic basket. *voiceover* It was one of the many environmental and socio-political shows of the time, as the gang would fight very socially recognizable villains such as the Envy Brothers, Smokestack Smog, the Sheikh of Selfishness, Hilarious P. Prankster...

Brad: Stupid SJWs always inserting politics into our 70s cartoons, that's so 2020- wait, what? *voiceover* And I don't see the problem with Hilarious P. Prankster. Hilarious is in his name, that means his pranks were a success. The show debuted as an hour-long TV movie as part of the ABC Saturday Superstar Movie in 1972, which I'm sure was a great programming block, considering the first episode of that was The Brady Kids on Mysterious Island.

Brad: I hope that was like Lost, and they end up getting eaten by the Smokestack Smog. *voiceover* Yogi's Gang aired there as Yogi's Ark Lark, which was renamed Yogi's Gang when it went to series. The hour-long TV special was split into two episodes in repeats, but the first episode of Yogi's Gang featured our ark larkers fighting against Dr. Bigot.

Brad: Yes, Dr. Bigot. Subtle. But on the plus side, while he may be bigoted, he is smart enough to get a doctorate, apparently. *voiceover* Boy, am I getting flashbacks to having to watch this because nothing else was on.

Cut to the opening sequence of the show.

Brad: Hey, remember in (One Flew Over the) Cuckoo's Nest when they all escaped and hung out on a boat? Well, just imagine that only if it were a flying ark. *voiceover* And then they take away Mr. Smog's smog. He needs that to live. That isn't very tolerable of you.

Brad: The villains are just hanging out in the sky, as you do.

Huckleberry Hound: *off-screen* It's Lotta Litter!

Yogi Bear: He-he-hey, we'll have to take care of her someway!

Yogi and Huckleberry Hound somehow pursue Lotta Litter in a street sweeper in the sky, who runs and hides in a floating trashcan.

Brad: This also reminds me that vigilante movies were also really popular in the 70s. Yogi Bear was the Charles Bronson of killing litterbugs and people in planes.

Boo-Boo: *off-screen* It's the Prankster and the Greedy Genie at 3 o'clock!

Yogi: He-he-hey, let's fix their clock!

Yogi presses a button, and a pair of giant flyswatters emerge from the ark, as well as a giant net to capture the villains.

Brad: What the hell were they doing? They were just flying around like normal, sorta. *voiceover* The gang's all sailing around the world, high as hell, and the totally live studio audience must be, too.

Yogi: What's our heading, Huckleberry Hound?

Huckleberry Hound: North by northwest, but on the other hand, it could be south by southeast.

Brad: *voiceover* Beware the black cloud as well, because Dr. Bigot is so bigoted, he literally lives in a dark cloud. He must also be a vampire, he kind of looks like one. Is he Count Chocula? What does he have against our heroes?

Dr. Bigot: *speaking in an Eastern European accent* It's that sickening do-gooder bear and his crew of nice guys!

Brad: *voiceover* Oh, they're a bunch of nice guys, that's why. Got to admit, I was getting a creeper vibe from them myself, just like these henchmen. What are their names? I'm gonna be sorry I asked.

Professor Haggling: Me Haggling, and him Bickering.

Professor Bickering: No, no! I'm Haggling, you're Bickering!

Professor Haggling: I am not!

Professor Bickering: You are, too!

Brad: I don't think it's bigoted to not like these two. Even Mr. Rogers would be annoyed by them. *voiceover*

Professor Bickering: Well, wherever bigotry goes, Haggling and Bickering are sure to follow.

Cut to an image of Captain Planet and the Planeteers, as well as an image of Verminous Skumm from the show.

Brad: *voiceover* Captain Planet is more subtle than this, and that has a character named Venomous (sic) Skumm. I don't know if everyone is having fun on Yogi's ark.

Yogi: Magilla Gorilla is runnin' out of fuel!

Cut to Magilla Gorilla running on a treadmill, which powers the ark itself.

Magilla Gorilla: Time for a banana break! *grabs the last banana on the vine in front of him*

Brad: Less jokes and more working. I don't know why; I just have the feeling that this inspired that Dolittle movie that just came out.

Cut to a screenshot of the 2020 film featuring the titular character portrayed by Robert Downey Jr., as well as a gorilla. Meanwhile, Augie Doggie, Doggie Daddy, and Snagglepuss are mopping the floor when the ark suddenly falls underneath them.

Snagglepuss: Heavens to Murgatroyd! Exit, stage bottom!

Brad: Except the dialogue is way better in this one. *voiceover* Now they're gonna crash their ark into a small town. Good thing he's there to protect the environment. Yogi's more of a nuisance to this town than the dark bigot cloud.

Brad: Relax, they're not gonna crash and die.

Yogi: How do you spring a leak on dry land? Can somebody explain this to a smarter than average bear?

The ark is suddenly revealed to be held in place by a water fountain.

Brad: *sarcastic* Clearly this show teaches science, too! And who's this guy supposed to be?

Yogi: Who are you?

Mr. Cheerful: I'm Mr. Cheerful! Don't you remember me?

Brad: I think the character names should be even more on-the-nose, as in just call him 'Mr. On-The-Nose'. *voiceover* He's a former visitor to Jellystone Park, and I don't think it's gonna be Dr. Bigot that upsets Mr. Cheerful.

Huckleberry Hound: You're makin' me hungry!

Magilla Gorilla: I resemble that remark!

Quick Draw McGraw: I could eat a horse!

Peter Potamus: You said a mouthful!

Brad: It's gonna be jokes obviously written by Mr. Writer.

Cut to the IMDb page for the late Charles A. Nichols.

Brad: *voiceover* As for the director, Charles Nichols, I don't see any connection to Denver the Last Dinosaur like my last couple episodes, but he did work on Dink the Little Dinosaur. Dr. Bigot wants to use his mind machine, with the secret ingredient of hate and prejudice, to ruin Mr. Cheerful. You see, kids, this was back when being a bigot solely meant hatred towards a group or individual, usually based on race or sex.

Brad: Nowadays, it can mean something as little as making fun of movie or Twitter outrage. We've gotten really, really lax on the term, and if you disagree with me, you're a Nazi.

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