You are listening to Flint-sons and Jetstones, Unsubstantiated Cartoon Theories, in less then 5 minutes.   Today we have a very special episode because Flint & Jet have created their own cartoon series to fill the apparently large demand for 1960s cartoon radio plays.  Please join me in enjoying the first episode of the original cartoon series created by Flint & Jet called. Galaxy Grinn! It’s a story about a musical space bear and his best friend no-nova, who I’m told is a fox.

Ladies and gentlemen, do I have a treat for you! Straight from the creative minds of Flint and Jet, the studio that has brought you classic cartoon theories for literally just a few days, comes their first original story: Galaxy Grinn. This wonderful and original full audio presentation takes you on a cosmic adventure like no other. From the moment you press play, you'll be transported to a galaxy far, far away where you'll meet a cast of unforgettable characters. You'll laugh, you'll gasp, and you'll be on the edge of your seat from start to finish. If you're a fan of cartoons, science fiction, or just great storytelling, then Galaxy Grinn is a must-listen. So, tune in, turn up the volume, and get ready for a wild ride through the cosmos!

“HEY THERE, IT'S YOGI BEAR" is the new color cartoon feature that opened yesterday at neighborhood houses. And any parent who denies this thoroughly delightful treat to the children should be spanked.

Adroitly blending sass, wisdom and tunes, this adaptation of the popular television series for small fries is as friendly, frisky and disarming as all get-out. The kids should eat it up and any adult should walk out smiling. 

For a bear, this Yogi is quite a guy. As any scholarly television viewer knows, our hero is a good-natured nonconformist and the bane of Jellystone Park, his home base, where he feuds with the forest rangers. 

Don't feed the bears, indeed! Yogi's aggressive resistance to arbitrary rules and regulations sparks an adventure yarn leading all the way to New York, with the invincible Yogi trailed by his two furry chums, dainty Cindy Bear and perky little Boo Boo.

Perhaps the most winning aspect of this Columbia release, directed and produced by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, is its lack of archness and sophistication, both in content and animated technique. 

The backgrounds are equally pretty and un-stylized, the incidents are consistently amusing, the dubbed voices are excellent and some of the sideline characters are nifty. Take, for instance, a slow-drawlin' bear named Corn Pone, two crafty circus shysters, the Chizzling Brothers, and a round-up of hillbillies terrified by Yogi and his two cronies in one hilarious sequence.

Artistically, the film reaches its peak with Yogi, Cindy and Boo Boo eluding a posse. They are suddenly transported to, of all places, a musical Venice. The last reel, with the friendly, playful trio surrounded by a terrified Manhattan, is just plain dandy, as funny as it is ironic. Three of the tunes are bouncy and one, "Ven-e, Ven-o, Ven-a," is beautiful.

Would you look at that.  Winter has come to Jellystone Park. The mountains are draped in snow and the tree branches are blanketed with layers of white wonder. 

Yogi Bear is walking through the forest heading for home and a long winter nap. 

Is this episode a symbol of rest and relaxation after a period of hard-work? I don’t think so. 

It’s more likely a thinly veiled warning to the Walt Disney Company that Hanna Barbera is about to unleash their own lovable duck to the world, and relations between the studios are about to get, well let’s say, icy.

As yogi enters his cave, complete with door,  bed and dresser, he pulls back the covers on his bed and prepares to sleep.  A knock comes to the door, and who do you think it is?  It’s a tiny blue bird who sounds exactly like Donald Duck.

Say, isn’t Donald Duck’s signature color also blue?  This little duck wants to invade yogi’s house for the winter. When yogi asks if the duck is going to be loud, the little blue Donald sounding duck looks yogi in the eyes and says.. “Ill be as quiet, as a, mouse.”  A mouse you say? Could this be the yogi bear show warning Disney that its creeping up on its six, getting ready to disrupt the comfortable market share dominance it’s enjoyed for the last 20 years? I don’t see how anyone could come to any other conclusion. 

The blue donald sounding duck spends the night in yogi’s house, agitating him while he is trying to hibernate. In one scene, yogi begins to sleep walk. This sleep walking scene is clearly a metaphor for the Disney company’s complacency.  When the duck sees a bear walking around like a zombie outside, it pulls down yogi’s semi automatic rifle and fires exactly 12 shots at it.  12 shots huh?  Could these 12 shots represent the 12 films disney released during the 1940s and 50s? I think so.  

At the end of the episode Yogi is so annoyed that he builds a giant slingshot and shoots himself out of the picture.  A final jab at Disney, and the final warning that their little blue duck, that sounds like Donald, will soon be living in the house that mouse built. 

A year later the duck who sounded like Donald, would have its color changed from blue to yellow and be named, Yakky Doodle. No serious rivalry ever developed between Disney and Hanna Barbera and  Donald duck would get along just fine,  starring in over 128 cartoons.