RIDICULOUS REPOST: ARREST ME OFFICER! I USED TO PUNCH YOGI BEAR ON A REGULAR BASIS (UPDATED)...

Bought the above leaflet via eBay recently for a couple

of quid.  It's the instructions for the YOGI 'PUNCH' BEAR,

the one advertised in the special offer below, and which I owned

as a child.  I've got the promotional leaflet and the instructions,

so hopefully it won't be too long before I finally re-acquire an

inflatable Yogi himself.  (No, Melvin, it's not that kind of

inflatable - behave yourself.  Tsk!  Tsk!)

It's amazing what you find out long after the fact.  Case in

point:  When I was three or four, I remember my father inflating

a YOGI BEAR figure while sitting on the back step at the side of the

house.  (Yeah, the 'back' door was at the side of the house - go figger!)

I had what seemed like loads of Yogi merchandise when I was young.

In that house alone, I had a MARX Yogi on a scooter, a cardboard

Yogi Hallowe'en mask, a pair of Yogi slippers (with little Yogi heads

on the toes) and the above inflatable Yogi.  (I also had a Marx Yogi

& Huck ramp walker about this time, but I may not have got

that until we'd moved to our next house, I'm not sure.)

I loved punching the bejabbers out of my inflatable Yogi

(in an affectionate way, of course), but no longer remember

exactly what happened to him.  I have a vague idea that he sprung

a leak and was discreetly disposed of, but I probably wasn't told of

his fate at the time.  I recall my dad putting sand in the base to weigh

him down on the day that Yogi first arrived, but I never knew where

he'd come from - until now that is.  I recently bought this flyer, which

reveals that the punch toy was a special offer from FAIRY SNOW

and associated washing powders - so, over 50 years later, I at last

know where one of my best boyhood buddies originated.  Now if

only I could find a replacement.  Anyone know where I can

get one?  If so, I'll let you have the first punch.

Did anyone else have an inflatable Yogi when they were

a kid?  (No - an inflatable sheep doesn't count, you perv!) 

Then leave your reminiscences in the comments section. 

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