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Hey-A Boo Boo! Suck This!

Pic-a-Nic Basket of Suck / Dustin Rowles

Trade News | October 2, 2008 | Comments (38)

Wow! Do they even air Yogi Bear anymore, anywhere? You know, there was a Yogi Bear mini-golf course near where I grew up. I think it’s a gas station now and better for it. That shows you the level of interest in Yogi Bear. At best, he’s a Boomer nostalgia hangover — there’s not a goddamn man over the age of 50 who doesn’t have an obnoxious Yogi Bear impression — but it’s not a character I can imagine the kidlets have any interest in today.

Of course, that doesn’t stop Hollywood from dragging out the old corpse of Hanna Barbera and trying to reanimate it. Because Hollywood is dumber than the average bear. Ash Brannon, who wrote and co-directed Surf’s Up, will helm the pic. It will be a live-action/animated hybrid (like Alvin and the Chipmunks), which means Yogi Bear and Boo Boo will be cartoons, while the rest of the movie will consist of Jason Lee (or his equal) standing in front of a green screen.

Seriously, Yogi Bear? How long until Captain Caveman? Richie Rich? Jabberjaw? Shirt Tales? Actually, Hanna Barbera used to have a Justice League type show, where their cast of regulars would engage in a Cannonball Run type race every week. What the hell was that called? Did it have some character named Grape Ape? And a cool announcer, right? Some leopard/lion with a droll voice? What the hell was that? Man, I loved that show. Except for Yogi Bear and Boo Boo.


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Comments

Dude, when they make the Shirt Tales movie I am so there.

Posted by: docsmartypants at October 2, 2008 11:06 AM

All the Hanna-Barbera cartoons were crap. There, I said it. They have that nostalgia appeal for a lot of people, but just do a side-by-side comparison with the Warner Bros. or MGM cartoons.

Hanna-Barbera was cheapass crap animation with interchangable characters, stiff motion when they bothered with motion at all, repeating backgrounds, shit writing and bad voice acting. Just utter crap.

Fuck Yogi Bear and BooBoo too.

Posted by: Jerce at October 2, 2008 11:07 AM

You know what'd make me see this? Do the whole goddamed thing live-action. With a giant-ass bear tearing the shit outta a slew of Park Rangers. Entrails flying, giant claws tearing through supple flesh, picnic baskets... OOH! And lesbians! Constantly making out in the background... Not for real lesbians, but like the absurd porno lesbians. And then, like they bears are totally kicking ass, and there's just... just gore everywhere, and then Judas Priest takes the stage and just... just GAH! It'd be awesome it'd be so great to see HOLY SHIT! Do the Grape Ape vs. Yogi for the showdown! They could dye a run-of-the-mill gorilla purple and OOOWWWEEE, they have to make this movie!!!

Posted by: Skittimus Maximus at October 2, 2008 11:09 AM

You seriously want to see Eli Roth make the Yogi Bear movie, Skitt?

Posted by: Che Grovera at October 2, 2008 11:13 AM

... Wacky Races, is what you're thinking of.

Also, WHY. Imagine the fun, interesting, quirky kids movies the budget for this could produce. Who puts the seal of approval on this crap? Who thinks this is marketable?

Posted by: twig at October 2, 2008 11:13 AM

I always preferred the Laff-A-Lympics.

Posted by: branded at October 2, 2008 11:16 AM

cast of regulars would engage in a Cannonball Run type race every week. What the hell was that called?

Good old Wikipedia. Wacky Races, my friend. Although it doesn't say anything about Grape Ape or Snagglepuss, which leads me to think there was another one and I'm combining a couple of shows in my head.

Posted by: Anna "Knife Pile" von Beaverplatz at October 2, 2008 11:17 AM

"You seriously want to see Eli Roth make the Yogi Bear movie, Skitt?"

Y'know what? In this case, I would. MAKE IT HAPPEN ROTH!

Posted by: Skittimus Maximus at October 2, 2008 11:20 AM

"It's not nice to maul Ranger Ned, Homi Bear."
"YOU WANT SOME OF THIS?!"
"No!"

Posted by: Todd at October 2, 2008 11:22 AM

Actually I'd really like them to bring back Speedy Gonzales. The cat could be the border guard and Speedy could just zoom back and forth across the border all day demonstrating how horrifically stupid the "wall" is.

Posted by: PaddyDog at October 2, 2008 11:27 AM

It sounds like this is going to be another Rocky and Bulwinkle live action fiasco.

Posted by: BWeaves at October 2, 2008 11:32 AM

Be careful, Dustin. Your Over-30 license may be revoked if they find out you can't remember Wacky Races (Ms. BP gets a caution for the implication that it had to be looked up). Anyone living like the kid in "Son of Rambow" can be excused with a note though. That was one of the best moments at that midnight showing of The Phantom Menace, when the pod racers were gearing up and my friend said "it's Wacky Races!" And indeed it was (and then we clapped and giggled girlishly when the jawa said "OOH TEE-NEE!", cause we're like that, I'll admit). Plus I've always remembered him wishing on the way home that Darth Maul had something to the effect of "I killed yo daddeh!" I agreed that the line would've worked.

Fuckin A right I want a Captain Caveman movie. But not like this. Ohhh not like this. And not with no Scrappy Son.

Unga Bunga.

Posted by: Jay at October 2, 2008 11:33 AM

Richie Rich ? Wasn't that done already with Maculy Culkin ?

Posted by: Alex the not so odd at October 2, 2008 11:36 AM

they could always do a torture porn type film with dick dastardly trying to make penelope pitstop squeal. It would be perfect too, all he ever did in his two or three shows was come up with convoluted contraptions that failed to get the job done, resulting in him coming up with another even more convoluted plan.

Fuck your key in the eyeball jigsaw, hows about a bomb cleverly disguised as a member of the opposite sex? hows that for messed up?

Posted by: Mr. Patches at October 2, 2008 11:42 AM

You know what'd make me see a Captain Caveman movie? Do the whole goddamed thing live-action. With a crazy, hairy homeless guy tearing the shit outta a slew of City Cops. Entrails flying, broken bottles tearing through supple flesh, shopping carts... OOH! And lesbians! Constantly making out in the background... Not for real lesbians, but like the absurd porno lesbians. And then, like the dude's totally kicking ass, and there's just... just gore everywhere, and then Iron Maiden takes the stage and just... just GAH! It'd be awesome it'd be so great to see HOLY SHIT! Do the Scrappy Son vs. Crazy Guy for the showdown! They could hire a run-of-the-mill little feller and OOOWWWEEE, they have to make this movie!!!

Posted by: Skittimus Yeahimlazysowhat at October 2, 2008 11:42 AM

I had to look it up, Jay... I'm waaayy over 30 and my memory, she ees not so good, anymore... plus, as I said, I thought I was combining a couple of shows in my head, so double checking was in order.

Also, Jerce? One word for you: Herculoids, baby. (ok, that's two words. still. Hanna Barbera rocks.)

Posted by: Anna "Knife Pile" von Beaverplatz at October 2, 2008 11:43 AM

Okay, okay, "waaayy over 30" is a very reasonable defense and so I won't pop quiz you with what Alf's home planet is called.

Skit, I think I'd like to see that Captain Caveman.

Posted by: Jay at October 2, 2008 11:55 AM

I'm assuming by "Alf" you mean Gordon Shumway, insurance salesman.

Damn. I had to look up Melmac.

I'd love to hear Skitt's pitch for a Peter Potamus movie....

Posted by: Anna "Knife Pile" von Beaverplatz at October 2, 2008 12:16 PM

You know what'd make me see a Peter Potamus movie? Do the whole goddamed thing live-action. With a rabid hippo tearing the shit outta a slew of Safari dudes. Entrails flying as the Hippo Hurricane Holler causes flesh to separate from bone... OOH! And lesbians! Constantly making out in the background... Not for real lesbians, but like the absurd porno lesbians. And then, like the hippo's totally kicking ass, and there's just... just gore everywhere, and then Danzig takes the stage and just... just GAH! It'd be awesome it'd be so great to see HOLY SHIT! Do the Peter Potamus vs. Magilla Gorilla for the showdown! They could hire a pyrotechnics crew and OOOWWWEEE, they have to make this movie!!!

Posted by: Skittimus Yeahimlazysowhat at October 2, 2008 12:36 PM

I was assigned a short history of the Hanna-Barbera Studios for a writing class. I titled it Shit Factory.

I got a D just for the title. Fuck H-B, and fuck you, Dr. Lambert.

Posted by: firedmyass at October 2, 2008 12:40 PM

So? Nobody is going to bring it up? The most obvious answer to this?

*sigh*

Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law: The Movie

"This fall, you finally get that thing he sencha'"

Much better.

Posted by: Vermillion at October 2, 2008 12:41 PM

Does no one else here get the Boomerang channel? I think the entire Boomerang lineup consists of old H-B "classics". My 4-yo son absolutely LOVED Wacky Races and would watch it every day. Yogi Bear barely registered with him.



I, on the other hand, really hated all H-B cartoons as a kid.

Posted by: elsie at October 2, 2008 12:48 PM

holy shit-SHIRTTAILS! that takes me waaaay back.
i had an awesome coloring book with them...

Posted by: gem at October 2, 2008 12:52 PM

Now, now, Elsie -- Boomerang DOES have MGM and Tom and Jerry. Of course, that's the ONLY redeeming factor for that channel.

Yeeeeeesh. *fires up multi-disk player with a Looney Tunes collection*

Posted by: PookasCrayon at October 2, 2008 12:55 PM

Wacky Races really is the shit. Peter Perfect, Penelope Pitstop, The Ant Hill Mob. All the favorites. It could be an ensemble cast. Like an Oceans movie. In fact, somebody should do that. A big race with a really awesome cast.
Aaaaand after two seconds of though I guess that movie was called Rat Race. And wow. Bad idea.

Posted by: Optimus Rhyme at October 2, 2008 12:56 PM

*Thought*

Posted by: D'Ohptimus Rhyme at October 2, 2008 12:59 PM

Why not Huckleberry Hound? He's like the George Bush of cartoons. Heck, Oliver Stone could have made a double feature.

Posted by: Cindy at October 2, 2008 1:13 PM

I read most of the script. It has a spectacled bear in it. I never did like Yogi Bear, so I'm biased, but I didn't think it was that great.

Posted by: DarthCorleone at October 2, 2008 1:53 PM

Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law: The Movie would be absolutely unforgivably awesome.

Posted by: VinKong at October 2, 2008 1:56 PM

The only kind of bear I ever want to see from now on is a laser bear dancing to Footloose.

Posted by: firedmyass at October 2, 2008 2:56 PM

Is this movie an attempt by bear lovers to undo the lessons learned from Grizzly Man? As retribution for this heinous hurrah to interspecies interference there should be a live action Smokey the bear movie. He'd finally start taking extreme John Rambo-type measures to prevent forest fires. "Only you can prevent your untimely death."

Posted by: ThunderSacTriumph at October 2, 2008 3:25 PM

You guys can shit on those cartoons all you want, but if it wasn't for them, we would never have gotten "Harvey Birdman". So there.

Also, wasn't there already a richie-rich movie? It involved a giant laser and mount rushmore if I'm not mistaken.

Posted by: Mike at October 2, 2008 4:53 PM

They already did Richie Ritch years ago. It had that little shitweasel from the Home Alone movies. It sucked balls.

Posted by: louveciennes at October 2, 2008 6:50 PM

Crikey, what's next? After they finish making this movie (and use half a bog roll wiping the skidmarks away) perhaps the producers will pitch a H.R. Pufnstuf movie. Or Thundercats? Or Mysterious Cities of Gold? (Actually, MCOG might be good...)

At least we know Gem is safe. She isn't slutty enough to sell to the toddlers of today.

Posted by: YeahButNoBut at October 2, 2008 8:00 PM

Damn, Skitt's on fire, no sense even trying to compete with any of that. Can only humbly ask for Skitt's take on Deputy Dawg, Tennessee Tuxedo and Tom Slick (and his Thunderbolt Grease Slapper) are still out there.

Now me, I'm STILL waiting for the fuckin' Banana Splits movie. That Snorky had a hose on him ...

Hey, how about a live-action Pepe LePew, with real skunks? Could Paris be the cat?

Posted by: bucdaddy at October 2, 2008 9:34 PM

Crikey, what's next? After they finish making this movie (and use half a bog roll wiping the skidmarks away) perhaps the producers will pitch a H.R. Pufnstuf movie. Or Thundercats?

Ask and ye shall receive.
http://thundercats-the-movie.net/

Posted by: marya at October 5, 2008 10:58 PM

Ok here goes Hong Kong Phooey and no Chuck Nortis referances please

Posted by: damperobi at October 9, 2008 2:37 PM

Ok here goes Hong Kong Phooey and no Chuck Norris referances please

Posted by: damperobi at October 9, 2008 2:38 PM





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