Help!... It's the Hair Bear Bunch!

Help!... It's the Hair Bear Bunch!

Infobox Television
show_name = Help!... It's the Hair Bear Bunch!


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genre = Animated
creator =
voices = Daws Butler
Paul Winchell
Bill Callaway
John Stephenson
Joe E. Ross
country = United States
language = English
num_seasons =
num_episodes =
executive_producer =
producer = Hanna-Barbera Productions
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runtime =
network = CBS
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first_aired = September 11 1971
last_aired =

"Help!... It's the Hair Bear Bunch!" is a Saturday morning cartoon, produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions in 1971 for CBS.

History

The series depicted three fun-loving hippie bears — the Afroed Hair Bear, confusing-talking Bubi Bear, and laid-back Square Bear — who always find a way to escape the Wonderland Zoo and go out on adventures. Trying to stop them are the head zoo director, Mr. Eustace P. Peevly, and his hopelessly inadequate assistant Lionel J. Botch.

Other residents of the Wonderland Zoo include Bananas the Gorilla, Furface the Lion, Pambo the Elephant amongst others

The bears have a modern "bachelor pad"-styled den at the zoo, but they disguise it from Peevly and Botch to avoid revealing their comfortable surroundings. The bears also have an invisible motorcycle, which Square Bear can call upon when necessary by jumping in the air and kicking his leg to start it. The motorcycle is never explained, though Hair Bear has commented that he doesn't know how Square does it, but is glad that he does.

The show was developed under the name "The Yo Yo Bears," a title which many sources inaccurately list as its name in syndication. The show never went into syndication after CBS canceled it in 1974; it reappeared in 1984 on cable on USA Cartoon Express. As of September 2008, the show is currently running on Cartoon Network's sister network Boomerang.

Episode guide

Cast

* Jeannie Brown -
* Daws Butler - Hair Bear, Bananas the Gorilla
* William Callaway - Square Bear
* Joan Gerber -
* Don Messick -
* Vic Perrin -
* Joe E. Ross - Lionel J. Botch
* Hal Smith -
* John Stephenson - Eustace P. Peevly, Dr. Kneeknocker
* Janet Waldo -
* Lennie Weinrib -
* Paul Winchell - Bubi Bear

Other appearances

The Hair Bear Bunch also made special guest appearances at a celebrity roast honoring Fred Flintstone in the TV special "Hanna-Barbera's All-Star Comedy Ice Revue" (1977).

A brief clip from the show was featured in the 2002 Adult Swim pilot for "Welcome to Eltingville".

Hair Bear also made an appearance in "Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law", where he was accused of property damage and attacking customers and co-workers at a fast food restaurant.

DVD release

Coming soon to DVD from Warner Home Video: To Be Announced.

External links

*imdb title|id=0066667
* [http://www.wingnuttoons.com/Hair_Bear.html "Help!... It's the Hair Bear Bunch!" according to Wingnut]
* [http://www.bcdb.com/cartoons/Hanna-Barbera_Studios/G-J/Help__It_s_the_Hair_Bear_Bunch/ "Help!... It's the Hair Bear Bunch!"] at the Big Cartoon DataBase
*Tv.com show|id=3828


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