Yogi Bear's All Star Comedy Christmas Caper

Yogi Bear's All Star Comedy Christmas Caper is a 1982 American animated Christmas television special starring Yogi Bear. It is the third and final Yogi Christmas special. Produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions, it first aired on December 21, 1982 (1982-12-21) on CBS.^[2] Along with Yogi's traditional cast, the characters also met up with many other Hanna-Barbera characters, including Magilla Gorilla and Fred Flintstone.^[3][4]

Huckleberry Hound brings his friends Hokey Wolf, Snagglepuss, Quick Draw McGraw, Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy, and Snooper and Blabber with him to visit Jellystone Park for Christmas and they discover Yogi Bear and Boo-Boo have escaped from Jellystone and hidden out in a department store, where Yogi is posing as a Santa Claus. Along the way, he helps a little girl named Judy Jones rediscover her faith in Christmas when her father, a billionaire named J. Wellington Jones, is too busy for her. Yogi says that many parents have to work hard to support their kids, and since her father is not home, Yogi and Boo-Boo propose escorting Judy through the city to bring her to her dad.

Ranger Smith and the others look for Yogi when they learn he and Boo-Boo are in the city. After getting a picnic basket from a man named Murray, Yogi reunites with his friends who help to look for Judy's father. Auggie Doggie and Doggie Daddy agree to watch over Judy while they are away.

• In his search, Snagglepuss encounters Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble as Street Santa Claus who are collecting money for a Bedrock charity. They tell him to ask a passing lady his question for donations. When the old lady screams in fear of Snagglepuss, Fred and Barney attack him, claiming it to be an entertainment purpose. Snooper and Blabber go to the police.
• Quick Draw has no luck as Mr. Jinks states that nobody named Mr. Jones lives in his building. Pixie and Dixie leave a present for Mr. Jinks which contains a bulldog.
• Magilla Gorilla, Wally Gator, and Yakky Doodle haven't seen Mr. Jones either. As Yogi hasn't had any luck locating her dad's office, they remain in the park to try to figure out a plan there.

At Judy's home, J. Wellington Jones is troubled when his daughter isn't there, so he calls the police to help find her. Also working with the police is Ranger Smith, who is looking for Yogi and Boo-Boo. The police are at the department store where Judy was last seen and interrogate all the men who work as Santas. When they realize Judy went off with a Santa who wasn't a department store employee, they assume she was kidnapped. This accusation concerns Ranger Smith (despite having past problems with Yogi's antics, he can't believe Yogi would commit such a grave act).

Snooper and Blabber were speaking to Police Chief Blake at the time when word comes that Judy was seen in the park by a patrol car, and the Chief heads out to personally see the arrest of Judy's kidnapper. At the park, Yogi and his friends celebrate Christmas when the police arrive with Mr. Jones and Ranger Smith. When the police are about to arrest Yogi, Mr. Jones immediately gets in Yogi's face accusing him of kidnapping Judy, Yogi denies it by telling Mr. Jones that Judy wanted to get away from him for not being a good father to her and then Yogi tells Mr. Jones that he needs to spend more time with Judy before she becomes an adult, Mr. Jones then furiously says he's unable to because he keeps going away for meetings and conferences and isn't at home a lot and then Mr. Jones suddenly has a change in heart realizing that it wasn't Yogi's fault. Mr. Jones decides to drop the charges by telling Chief Blake to release Yogi because Mr. Jones was actually the one responsible for the whole mess. Judy and Mr. Jones reunite in the park with Mr. Jones telling her that he's sorry for his actions. Meanwhile Ranger Smith takes care of sorting out anything else the police would charge Yogi with.

Meanwhile the Christmas celebration continues in the park with everyone singing. Mr. Jones now having apparently resolved to be a better father, asks the gang if they want to spend Christmas at his mansion, but Judy tells him that the park is better and Mr. Jones agrees. The special ends with everyone saying Merry Christmas to the audience.

• Daws Butler as Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Snagglepuss, Quick Draw McGraw, Mr. Jinks, Hokey Wolf, Augie Doggie, Snooper and Blabber, Dixie, and Wally Gator
• Mel Blanc as Barney Rubble, The Bulldog, and Security Guard #1
• Henry Corden as Fred Flintstone, The Policeman, and Security Guard #2
• Georgi Irene as Judy Jones
• Allan Melvin as Magilla Gorilla, and Murray
• Don Messick as Boo-Boo Bear, Ranger Smith, Pixie
• John Stephenson as Doggie Daddy, The Butler, and The Announcer
• Hal Smith as J. Wellington Jones, The Police Sergeant, and Zookeeper #1
• Janet Waldo as Mrs. Jones, Murray's Wife, The Lady in the Street, and The P.A. Voice at The Bus Depot
• Jimmy Weldon as Yakky Doodle, and Zookeeper #2

On September 26, 1995 (1995-09-26), Yogi Bear's All Star Comedy Christmas Caper was released by Turner Home Entertainment on VHS,^[5] later a DVD of it came out on December 7, 2010, by Warner Home Video.^[6]

• List of works produced by Hanna-Barbera
  • The Yogi Bear Show
  • Casper's First Christmas
  • Yogi's First Christmas
  • Yogi's Treasure Hunt
  • The New Yogi Bear Show
  • Fender Bender 500
  • Yo Yogi!
• List of Hanna-Barbera characters
• List of Yogi Bear characters

• Yogi Bear's All Star Comedy Christmas Caper at IMDb
• Toonarific – Yogi Bear's All Star Comedy Christmas Caper at Toonarific
• POVonline Daws Butler, Part 4 at POVonline, by writer Mark Evanier