Yogi's Great Escape (1987 TV Movie)
3/10
What were they thinking with this one?
23 September 2009
Warning: Spoilers
I am a big fan of all the Hanna Barbera stuff, and a fan of Yogi Bear (though there are others I like way more). A friend told me about this film, and seeing as how it had some appearances from other HB characters and it looked somewhat interesting, I decided to give it a watching... I now regret watching it.

Basically, this is the story; Yogi finds three baby cubs (who were dropped of by "Anonymous"), so Yogi and Boo Boo take care of them. They soon find out that the park is being closed down, so Yogi, Boo Boo, and the three cubs who appeared out of nowhere with non-existent parents try to get out of there. Mr. Ranger hires a bounty hunter (who's entrance is just... dumb, and feels like it was stolen directly from the Tasmanian Devil from the Looney Tunes show) to get them back.

Most of the film is just Yogi and the others running away from Ranger Smith and the Bounty Hunter and his dog... that's basically it. They try to make it fresh during the middle by adding in some cameo's of other HB characters (Quickdraw, Wally Gator, and Snagglepuss), but their brief scenes are so tasteless, quick, and felt like they were a last minute decision to please some fans... which just made me more disappointed... and they turned Quickdraw into a bad guy (I guess friendship means nothing...). There aren't really any memorable dialog, no memorable scenes... and the three cubs seemed to have disappeared from the face of the earth after this film ended (along with their parents, I guess).

If you are a die-hard Hanna Barbera fan, then go ahead and give it a shot. If not, I don't think anyone else would really enjoy this film, as it does no justice to any of the characters
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