When Hanna - Barbera introduced a cartoon character named Yogi Bear it resurrected Berra 's image as a comic book - reading ape caricature .
Yogi Bear sounded and dressed vaguely like Art Carney 's Ed Norton from The Honeymooners .
When Hanna - Barbera introduced a cartoon character named Yogi Bear , who sounded and dressed vaguely like Art Carney 's Ed Norton from The Honeymooners , it resurrected Berra 's image as a comic book - reading ape caricature .