Original subtitles

[theme song]

♪ Who is always on the spot? ♪

♪ Who is? Yogi Bear ♪

♪ Who keeps cool when things are hot? ♪

♪ Who does? Yogi Bear ♪

♪ Who believes the world they dream ♪

♪ And falls for some fantastic scheme ♪

♪ And always winds up on the beam? ♪

♪ Yogi Bear ♪♪

(male narrator) This happens to be a true bear story

the Bear Facts, straight from the bear's mouth.

Late one fall, with winter close at hand

this particular bear, called Yogi

headed for his home, which happened to be

the hollow trunk of a giant redwood tree.

But before bedding down for the winter

Yogi bear paused to take a last look at his beloved forest.

Little did he know that this would really be his last look.

Outside, the forest awaited winter

while inside the big redwood

Yogi snuggled, cozy and warm..

[snoring]

(male narrator) ...and slept while mother nature covered the forest

with a beautiful blanket of snow.

But with the snows came men with tractors and trucks.

They came from all directions.

Surveyors started surveying,

and saws started sawing.

Steam shovels started shoveling

and dump trucks started dumping.

[instrumental music]

crash

(male narrator) Although all this bumping, thumping

and dumping was annoying

it didn't disturb Yogi bear...much.

He snoozed all winter long

in spite of the bumping..

...thumping..

...and dumping.

When springtime came, the snow was gone

and the men were gone.

The giant redwood tree was still there

but the forest was gone.

And the lonely redwood tree was surrounded on all sides

by a brand-spanking-new superhighway.

Well..

Inside his redwood den, Yogi bear began to..

[yawns]

(male narrator) ...wake up.

[yawns]

(male narrator) His long winter sleep left him bright and refreshed.

At least, refreshed.

But grouchy as..

Well, grouchy as a bear.

After such a prolonged nap

it takes a little while for a bear to wake up.

[yawns]

(male narrator) So our hero didn't notice the drastic changes

and stepped out onto the new superhighway.

Suddenly..

Suddenly, Yogi realized for the first time

that his favorite forest was gone!

What happened?

(male narrator) Naturally

Yogi's first reaction was panic.

His second reaction was anger.

I'll write my congressman about this!

(male narrator) Careful.

You shouldn't try to..

...cross a superhighway while you're angry.

Actually, anyone trying to cross a superhighway

should exercise extreme caution..

...and make sure there are no cars

coming from either direction

before stepping off the curb.

Even so, it doesn't always..

vroom

(male narrator) ...guarantee a safe crossing.

Then there's the devil-may-care approach

such as burying your nose in a newspaper

throwing caution to the winds

and sauntering across.

[tires screeching]

(male narrator) Quite often, this works.

But there are small exceptions.

vroom

thud thud thud

(male narrator) A hungry bear will try anything once

including the overland route.

Uh-oh.

snap

screech

thud

crash

(male narrator) Necessity may be the mother of invention

but Yogi bear is the father.

[buzzing]

(male narrator) Who else would come up with a patented balloon-o-copter?

But don't laugh. The crazy contraption works.

Not bad, dad!

He's off to a flying start, but..

Whoops!

Oh, well. He's still got three left.

Ah, two. Ah, one.

Uh-oh.

thud

(male narrator) When one finds himself stranded on a busy highway

he might try an old animal trick

playing possum.

Motorists know it's not sporting to hit a pedestrian

when he's down.

vroom vroom

Yeah! Missed me a mile!

(male narrator) Yes, most motorists have a sense of fair play.

But remember, there are exceptions.

Sometimes a crafty or sneaky-type bear

can resort to tricks

such as disguising as

an old lady in a wheelchair.

This attire seems to command great respect on any highway.

However, we must caution

against overconfidence or cockiness.

[babbling]

Whoops!

vroom

Down, boy! Down!

(male narrator) There are other ways to bridge a difficult situation

such as this homemade, uh, bridge.

vroom vroom

Not bad for a do-it-yourself type job.

Oh, no!

Halt! stop!

Watch it, will you?

snap snap

(male narrator) The moral is

it's a smart bear

that knows when he's beaten.

If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.

[laughs]

(male narrator) So if you're ever driving down highway 66

stop in at Yogi's Super Service Station.

Tell him I sent you.

[theme music]