The Funtastic World of Hanna Barbera

34. Seas the Day

August, 1983

The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera has a nice little park on the other side of town with a beach right next to it. The park not only has grass to lay a blanket on, benches and tables to sit at, and paths for walks and bike rides, but also a nice little playground with slides, swing sets, see-saws, and monkey bars! Today, Yogi Bear and his friends decided to pay a visit to the park for the day. Boo-Boo was with him of course, and so were Huckleberry Hound, Snagglepuss, Quick Draw McGraw, Augie Doggie, Doggie Daddy, Snooper and Blabber! (They would all later team up to create a very adventurous crew, but that wouldn't happen for another two years.) When they arrived at the park, they were in awe.

"Look, dear ol' dad!" Augie cried. "There's a playground!"

"A fine place for fun, my son of sons!" Doggie Daddy said.

"Wow-wee!" Huck exclaimed. "There's a beach over there, too!"

"Perfect for fun in the sun!" Quick Draw cried.

"Hey, hey!" Yogi chuckled. "What do you say? Let's go and have some fun!"

Everyone laughed and whooped as they all looked for something to do.

"Race you to the playground!" Huck said, giggling.

"Last one there's a rotten egg!" Augie laughed.

Snag, Augie, Boo-Boo, and Blabber all followed Huck to the playground, while the others hit the beach. Blabber and Augie immediately ran to the seesaw and sat opposite each other, while Huck leaped onto a swing and Boo-Boo made a run for the slide.

"Hey, Snag!" Huck called. "Wanna come and gimme a push?"

"I'd be delighted, Huck! Honored, even!"

The pink mountain lion walked over to his best friend and gently pushed him, sending the swing into motion.

"Wheee!!" Huck cheered. "A little higher, Snag!"

Meanwhile, Augie was about to move his side of the seesaw up. "Ready, Blab?"

"You bet!" Blabber replied.

As they moved back and forth, up and down, Augie began to sing.

"Seesaw up and down
Which is the way to London Town?

One foot up and one foot down
This is the way to London Town!"

Meanwhile, Boo-Boo was taking multiple rides down the slide. He was zooming down it for the 7th time already.

Huck noticed him, and remembered something that happened years ago. "Y'know, I seem to recall a long time back, when the new playground opened, with the swings, and the merry-go-round and the big sailin' pond...but the one thing I loved most was the slide! I kept going on that slide all afternoon. I'd go up, then I'd go down, and then I'd get back in line and do it all over again! But for some reason, people were laughin' at me."

"I wonder why they were laughing at you," Snag wondered.

"I dunno. I wasn't doin' anything funny."

"Oh well," Snag replied. "I guess you did have a good time on the slide."

"You bet I did," Huck smiled. "You could say I 'slid' into a new experience!" He burst into laughter over his own little joke.

"That's a good one, Huck!" Snag said, laughing.

Meanwhile, Yogi was on the beach, relaxing, while Quick Draw, Snooper, and Doggie Daddy were playing around in the water, splashing and laughing as they cooled off in the hot sun. It wasn't until Snooper saw something weird right near the shore.