The New Yogi Bear Show — Season 1, Episode 40: Banjo Bear
Animation, Comedy • 30 min • 1 season, 45 episodes • ★ 6.5/10
Episode synopsis
"Banjo Bear" is an episode from The New Yogi Bear Show (1988). In this episode, Yogi Bear gets involved in a musical adventure when a traveling band of musicians comes to Jellystone Park. The band includes a banjo player, and after hearing the music, Yogi becomes inspired and decides that he wants to learn how to play the banjo himself. He believes that mastering the instrument will help him win the affection of the park's visitors and, of course, provide him with a chance to sneak in some extra picnic baskets.
About The New Yogi Bear Show
The New Yogi Bear Show is a 30-minute weekday animated series which aired on syndication in 1988 as part of The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera's 4th season. But it was the also the fifth incarnation of Hanna-Barbera's Yogi Bear. It contained 45 new episodes combined with reruns of the original 1960s Yogi series. Pared down from some of the other, recent incarnations of the adventures of Yogi and friends, this series featured only Yogi, Boo-Boo, Cindy and Ranger Smith, with episodes set in Jellystone Park. The show also introduced four new characters: Ranger Roubideux, Ninja Raccoon, Ninja Raccoon's mom, and Blubber Bear from Wacky Races.