Since he first appeared in The HUCKLEBERRY HOUND Show back in the late '50s, YOGI BEAR has been present on shop shelves in some form of merchandise in every decade right up to the present. That's quite an achievement when you think about it. I now have more items of '60s merchandise than I had back then, and I'm always on the lookout to add to my collection. Three items I had in the '60s yet elude me, those being a pair of Yogi slippers, a Hallowe'en mask, and an inflatable 'Punch' Yogi. Maybe one day, eh? (Update: Now got the mask.)
In the meantime, here's a couple of items I acquired only recently - a Yogi toothbrush holder from the '60s, and a Yogi bubble bath from the mid-'90s. That bear's going to take over the world someday - trust me.
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Love Yogi, I have a fond memory of coming home on a packed bus from a club late one Saturday night clutching a Yogi Bear kiddy meal box from a local burger bar, complete with Yogi and Ranger Smith figures! Happy days… Sold them a few years ago and bought a set of Yogi and BoBo bobble heads instead!
I've got those Yogi burger toys, AJ, they're great wee items. I've also got a Yogi bobble head figure, as well as Huckleberry Hound. Don't think I've got the Boo Boo one though. I've got Yogi jigsaws, cups, thimbles, spoons, egg cups, soap dish holders, badges, figures, annuals, comics, DVDs, videos, records, CDs, etc. Long live Yogi. He should oppose Trump in the next presidential elections.
I have cool memories of him also mainly the cartoons especially his voice along with Tom and Jerry, Top cat, Secret Squirrel, etc. Also Kid don't ruin Yogi's name by suggesting he becomes one of the elites. Oh that's right he used to steal, now I get it.
Terence
Nah, T, Yogi didn't steal those picnic baskets, he merely 'liberated' them. Talking of Tom & Jerry, the early cartoons (before they went in for that 'modern' look) are absolutely brilliant.
I'm curious about the Yogi Hallowe'en mask - a Yogi mask doesn't sound very scary !
I too love Tom & Jerry and so did my father. We also loved Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck :)
Dressing up at Hallowe'en isn't restricted to 'scary' costumes, CJ. Kids would go out as Batman, Yogi Bear, and loads of other characters. It's the same today - just look at the variety of costumes on sale for Hallowe'en - superheroes, cartoon characters, and horror-themed outfits - just about everything in fact.
If he’s as smart as he claims to be he’ll stay away from politics! I would go mad at the burger bar, I had a complete set of Scooby Pencil tops, complete set of Flinstones keyrings, Top Cat keyrings and several of the (lovely) 4inch Hanna Barbera figurines on busts…. Sold them all on eBay having decided to concentrate on the Funko Wacky Wobblers instead but they are getting harder to find now… I have Yogi, BoBo, Squddly Diddly, Touché Turtle, Fred Flinstone, Snagglepuss, Dick Dastardly, Mutley, Secret Squrrel, Morocco Mole and Wally Gator… Oh, had a plush Yogi and BoBo as well, that reminds me I must put the plush Mutley on eBay….
But AJ, how can you bear to part with your 'children'?
Its not easy I can tell you!
They'll track you down in 20 years to ask why you abandoned them, and then we'll all see it on the telly in that programme with Nick and Davina.
Oh, don’t say that...I’m already struggling with selling some of this stuff!
I have the Yogi & Huck wobblers, but I don't have Boo Boo. I'll have to see if I can track one down. I find I can only sell (some) stuff that people had given me that I didn't really want, but if I bought something myself, I can't part with it. Funny that, eh?
I know exactly what you mean! ;)
I knew you would, AJ. (And I'm glad one of us does.)
some things I see as my 'children' but other items I see myself as more of a foster parent to... ;)
Ah, but how do those foster kids see you, AJ?
a man that sells children probably....
Sold any to Madonna?
I WISH! the money would be nice!
Money is always nice, AJ. It may not buy happiness, but at least it enables a person to be miserable in comfort.
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