05-05-2004, 07:50 PM
Pete,May 4 2004, 04:27 PM Wrote:Yogi Bear was, indeed, the cartoon bear in Jellystone (IIRC) Park. Yogi Berra was a great baseball player, coach, manager who was famous for his quips (and I suspect a lot of them were intentional -- I've seen interviews with they guy nd he's pretty sharp). I've often suspected that the bear might have been modeled after the player, but I've never bothered to check it out.You suspicions are correct, at least as far as this online source and the Media Encyclopedia in Reference are concerned. You were also recalling correctly that Yogi lived in Jellystone. As a side tidbit of useless knowledge there are now many Campgrounds across the country where you can stay with Yogi and Boo-Boo year round. My daughter loves staying at Jellystone the weekend of the Toddler's Halloween. ;) /useless trivia.