Was there any thoughts early on to make Ranger Smith character be more like an animated version of Jackie Gleason type of character. Fat, quick tempered, grumpy, if Yogi Bear was a cartoon version of Art Carney's Ed Norton from the Honeymooners, wouldn't be natural if Yogi's foil was more Norton's foil Ralph?
If the ranger was more like that, I guess he would more of an antagonist, like another Gleason character the Sheriff in Smokey and the Bandit.
If the ranger was more like that, I guess he would more of an antagonist, like another Gleason character the Sheriff in Smokey and the Bandit.
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