Quote: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.... I've often suspected that the bear might have been modeled after the player, but I've never bothered to check it out.
Hanna Barbara cartoons for the first decade or so were notorious for using / satirizing / stealing the styles of famous characters. Yogi Bear was probably the most blatant, although in that case the characteristics were less played up than the name.
A few of the others:
Andy Griffith / Huckleberry Hound
Hopalong Cassidy / Quick Draw McGraw
The Honeymooners / The Flintstones
Phil Silvers / Top Cat