NEIL SEDAKA DEAD AT 86

 

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He was a musical guest on American Bandstand and wrote some songs for The Harlem Globetrotters cartoon.

ROBERT CARRADINE DEAD AT 71

 

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Best known for Revenge of the Nerds and Lizzie Maguire, he appeared as Flip on an episode of Run, Joe, Run.

JANE BAER DEAD AT 91

 

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She was the story director for Laverne & Shirley in the Army, The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang and The Smurfs (1981), and a layout artist for Hot Wheels. 

ERIC DANE DEAD AT 53

 

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He appeared as Tad Pogue on an episode of Saved by the Bell (1989). 

JESSE JACKSON DEAD AT 84

 

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He appeared on a 1971 episode of Sesame Street where he recited some of his poetry.

BUD CORT DEAD AT 77

 

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He played Josiah Wormwood in an episode of Batman: The Animated Series; Tempest/Fritz Drizzle in The Mask: The Animated Series; Toyman/Winslow Schott in Superman: The Animated Series and Static Shock; Flint Northwood in an episode of The Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries; and provided voices for Tom & Jerry Kids.

RICARDO SCHNETZER DEAD AT 72

 

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He provided the Brazilian dubs for Captain Marvel Jr./Freddy Freeman in Shazam! (1981); Hank the Ranger in Dungeons & Dragons; Dorin in Wildfire (1986); Captain Planet in Captain Planet and the Planeteers;  Bane and Jonah Hex in Batman: The Animated Series; Putty Thing/Dak in The Mask: The Animated Series;  Daedalus in Hercules: The Animated Series; Captain Rex, Commander Cody and the Clone Troopers in Star Wars: The Clone Wars; Maurice in The Penguins of Madagascar; and Deathstroke/Slade Wilson in Young Justice.

YOGI'S TREASURE HUNT

 

YOGI’S TREASURE HUNT
(Syndication, September 6, 1985-March 25, 1988)
 
Hanna-Barbera Productions

  

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        Yogi’s Treasure Hunt was the fifth entry in the Hanna-Barbera’s Yogi Bear franchise, and his third headlining an ensemble program. As with his previous series, Yogi’s Gang, Yogi (Daws Butler) and his friends—Ranger Smith, Boo-Boo Bear (both Don Messick), Huckleberry Hound, Quick Draw McGraw, Snagglepuss, Snooper, Blabber, Augie Doggie (all Butler) and Doggie Daddy (John Stephenson)—were once again on a flying ship, the S.S. Jelly Roger (a Jellystone-inspired play on Jolly Roger), travelling around the world. This time, however, they were sent on treasure hunts by Top Cat (Arnold Stang) who provided them riddles and cryptic clues to lead the way. However, they were often in an unknown race against Dick Dastardly (Paul Winchell) and Muttley (Messick) using their usual dirty tricks to try and get the treasure first on their own ship, the S.S. Dirty Tricks. This premise was similar to the Popeye’s Treasure Hunt segments of Hanna-Barbera’s earlier The All-New Popeye Hour.

Top Cat giving Yogi and his gang their next clue.

          Yogi’s Treasure Hunt debuted on September 6, 1985, running as part of the syndicated programming block The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbra. In fact, its working title was The Funtastic Treasure Hunt as an extension of Hanna-Barbera’s “fantastic” branding, and remained the title of the series’ theme performed by Jon “Bowzer” Bauman from Sha-Na-Na and the “Funtastic Singers”. This would be Butler’s final show voicing his characters for the studio as he would die in May of 1988 (the television films The Good, the Bad and Huckleberry Hound would air that month and Yogi and the Invasion of the Space Bears later that year). Reruns of the series would air on USA Cartoon Express before moving to Cartoon Network from 1993-99. In 2024, it would join the rotating line-up of Yogi cartoon on retro animation network MeTV Toons.