In 1961 Hanna Barbera Productions created the cartoon television show called Yogi Bear. The production company was one of the first companies to pioneer a style of animation sometimes called “limited animation.” Hanna-Barbera also created The Flintsones, The Jetsons, Johnny Quest, and Scooby-Doo

Because of the tight deadlines and limited budget, animation production companies had to come up with resourceful ways to produce animation quickly and cheaply. Disney animators meticulously drew their characters one frame at a time, giving nuance to every movement.

In limited animation, animators broke the characters up into different parts, and animated the parts separately. Sometimes just the mouth would move and everything else stayed the same. This is actually the reason why Yogi Bear and his buddy Boo Boo are wearing a tie and bow. The tie and bow hide the seams between the head and body, giving animators a chance to “cheat” a bit.