Yogi's All-Star Comedy Christmas Caper

Okay, let's just be frank about this one. It's terrible, and the title is an outright lie. There's no comedy in this 1982 stinker. None.

And "All-Star?" Huckleberry Hound and Snagglepuss, sure. Quick Draw McGraw, maybe. But Augie Doggie? Yakkie Doodle? Magilla Gorilla? Hokie Wolf? Who considers these people, er, anthropomorphic animals, stars?

And speaking of Hokie Wolf, did he really claim to Ranger Smith that he was friends with the Secretary of the Interior[ref]The actual Secretary of the Interior in 1982 was Regan sycophant James Watt. This goober was anti-environmental, and the Gipper put him in charge of the national parks. Watt is probably best known for canceling a Beach Boys concert on the National Mall, worried that rock bands would bring drugs, alcohol and "the wrong element" to DC. His response to a call from Hokie Wolf would have likely been "We have bears in the park? Have the ranger shoot them, then burn down all the trees!"[/ref], and that if the Ranger didn't wake Yogi from HIBERNATION he would call said Secretary? What kind of a sociopath does these things?

I guess the same kind of sociopath that would aid and abet Yogi as he kidnaps a little girl while dressed as Santa Claus[ref]As part of his crime, Yogi uses a snowmobile as a getaway vehicle. This is all well and good, except that they're indoors, where there is no snow. Must have been a magic snowmobile.[/ref]. The girl doesn't want to go back to her mostly-absent rich father. I half expected Yogi and his gang to show up months later with the girl, severely affected by Jellystone Syndrome, robbing a bank in San Francisco.

The heiress is eventually reunited with her father, but she refuses to throw Yogi and the rest of the YLA[ref]Yogianese LIberation Army. This special is totally about Patty Hearst, or at least I'm trying to make you think that.[/ref] under the bus. The bad dad agrees to be a better dad, and all the Hanna-Barbera characters that are talking animals have a nice christmas in the big city.

Other characters show up, but none of the cool ones. Fred and Barney from The Flintstones appear, which makes absolutely no sense. None. And then they beat up Snagglepuss, which makes even less sense.

Ugh, I'm already tired of talking about this one. I'll bash The Flintstones some more later this week. I guess I'm dumber than the average geek to have watched this one, and now I've made a major Boo-Boo[ref]Boooooo!!!!![/ref] by writing about it.