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03-01-2002, 12:48 AM
Hi Family...
Before I get to the feautred star of the month here at Toon Forums, I would like to take a time out to honor CHUCK JONES (1912-2002) who passed away last week at the age of 89 years old and he will be sadly missed, as he brought laughter and made great animated cartoons all over the world for over seven decades.Chuck, all of us will miss you so much and will never forget the excellent cartoons (and characters) you gave us to enjoy and treasure...
Before you continue to read any further... please hold a special moment of silence for Chuck Jones.
And now for the March "TTTP STAR OF THE MONTH" right here at the Termite Terrace Trading Post and TOON FORUMS.
Originally "Flip The Frog" was supposed to be this month's featured star, but "Flip" will be given the special treatment at a later month.But I felt that it was important to honor and pay tribute to Chuck and one of his lesser known series that he created at Warners and is my March "TTTP Star Of The Month".....
THE THREE BEARS
Everyone has a personal favortie CJ series from Warners, some love Pepe Le Pew, Road Runner & Coyote, Sniffles, etc, etc, but my all time Chuck Jones animated series is the Three Bearsand for very good reasons.The Three Bears shorts aren't as popular as the other great series Jones created during his years at Warners but these cartoons (IMO) are some of the funniest colllection of shorts the studio has ever produced in the history of the Warner Bros. cartoon studio.
The idea of the Three Bears started back in early 1944 when Jones wanted to feature a new cast of villains for Bugs Bunnyand it was based on the classic children's story, The Three Bears.The Three Bears made their screen debut in the 1944 Bugs Bunny one reeler, "Bugs Bunny And The Three Bears", the short which focused on the fable, which the Three bears, Mama Bear, Henrey Bear and Junior an oversized dimwitted big bear lures Bugs into their house with carrot soup for they can feast on rabbit.One mishap after another, Bugs keeps outwitting each of the bears, until Bugs makes some comments to Mama Bear, by saying how truly beautiful she is and this catches het attention very quickly.As Henrey and Junior catches Bugs, Mama comes to his rescue and there goes the dinner, she starts to make a move on Bugs by saying., "Tell me more about my eyes" and dressing in sexy looking outfits which drives Bugs right out of the house and straight into his rabbit hole only to find out the Mama is down with him and kisses the daylights out of Bugs only to see Bugs run scared right out of his rabbit hole with lipstick all over his face.
This cartoon was a smash hit with moviegoers and four years later, Jones decided to give them their very own cartoon series starting with the 1948 release, "What's Brewin Bruin". In the short, we find the bears ready to hibernate for the winter, but one problem leads in to another problem for Henery Bear.One scene has a drip of water running throughout the entire house keeping Henrey awake and then Junior can't seem to fall alseep and his baby crib breaks.Mama keeps opening the window, while Henery shuts it with bricks, only to see Mama open it again with the cold snow smacking Henrey all over until Junior wakes up and sees a snowman laying right next to him only that it's his father under all that snow until Henrey shakes off the snow and smacks the living daylights out of Junior.Once spring arrives all the flowers, streams, birds and a very loud moose we see Henrey finally go to sleep only to hear all that noise, opens up the window and yells "QUUIIIEEEEET" with all of the animals and everything surrounding the bears goes right back into a cold dark snowy winter as Henrey has a smile on his face and goes back to sleep.
This series was the only shorts that Mel Blanc did not provide the voices for, but instead was voiced by other legendary voice artists.Bea Benaderet was the voice of Mama Bear, Stan Freberg was Junior Bear and Henrey Bear was voiced by the very talented Billy Bletcher.Bletcher is famous for many other cartoon voices and his voice was heard for the very first time in MGM'S "Dogville Comedies" which was produced between 1929 to 1931.But Bletcher is best remembered for being the voices for Disney's Peg Leg Pete, Big Bad Wolf, and Iwerks most memorable villian, The Pincushon Man in the 1935 Comic Color cartoon, "Balloonland".So Bletcher was the perfect choice for the rough gruffled voice of Henrey Bear for the next three years.
In 1949, two more 3 Bears cartoons were released to theaters, starting with the April release "The Bee Deviled Bruin" which has Henrey trying (with the help of Junior) to get honey from a hornest nest, while Mama tries to tell Henrey that there's a full cabnet of Honey but he doesn't listen to het at all.I this short Henrey takes a violent beating from Junior and the nasty bees.In one scene Henrey gets the shock of his life when he tries crossing a cable wire while Junior plays with with the eletric switch and almost fries his poppa to a crisp which Junior uses Henrey as a lighted lamp.Another scene has Henrey on a pole while a bee lands right on his nose, then Henrey starts to sing the bee to sleep (a la rock-a-bye baby) then he ask for Junior's help to get rid of the sleeping bee, so Junior says "Oh I will mas him" and takes a shovel and smashes it right in Henrey's face leaving the bear's facial dent in the shovel with Henrey waiting to get payback by putting the dead bee on his son's noise and swinging the shovel( like a baseball bat) in a very graphic scene breaks the shovel into Junior's face.
"Bear Feat" was the second cartoon released at the end of that year, which had the Three Bears trying vaudville acts for the circus with very bad disapointments for Henrey Bear.This series was the most violent cartoons out of any other series that Warners ever produced and sometimes very shocking to see when viewing a 3 Bears cartoon.The Three Bears was the animated verison of "All In The Family" in which Henrey was always the fall guy in the shorts while his son was always trying to do best, but letting Henrey get the best of it in very bad results.The final short came in 1951 and perhaps the best cartoon out of the entire series, "A Bear For Punishment" for which Henrey's family honors him for Father's Day.One mishap after another Henrey can stomach the holiday, after almost getting his throat slashed by Junior( trying to give him a shave) then filling his poppa's pipe with gun powder then lighting it with the powder exploding Henrey right into stove with a cigarette lit in his mouth, to the grand finale with a muscial salute to Father's Day with Henrey being dressed as the Staute Of Liberty.
Sadly, this was the last produced cartoon in this series which one has to wonder just what it would be like of more Three Bears cartoons were produced.This is my favorite series created and directed by Chuck Jones ever made.
My 3 Top Three Bears Picks:
"BEAR FEAT" (1949)When Henrey see an ad in the paper for a circus that's looking for talented bears, he see the oppertunity to start a bear act.But as the short moves along Junior messes everything up, from jumping on a sesaw sending Henrey clear into the sky while Mama & Junior goes home as it gets dark.Then in the morning they come(Mama holding the chair) then out of nowhere Henrey comes a crashing down to the earth.At the ending of the film Henrey(covered in bandages) see the ad was for 1929, then he tells his family ."Well, there's still one way out" and tries to commit suicide and jumps of a cliff by shouting, "I'm Free, I'm Free" then Junior comes with the barrell of water and saves his poppa only to have Henrey punch his son right in the face.
"THE BEE DEVILED BRUIN" (1949) This cartoon is like watching a 1920s Mack Sennett slapstick comedy two reeler.A very voilent cartoon in where Henrey fails attempt after attempt to try tog et honey from a bee's nest, with Henrey freaking out a the end of the picture when he discovers that his cabnet has hundreds of jars of honey.
"A BEAR FOR PUNISHMENT" (1951) My personal favorite 3 Bears short.Mama & Junior celebrates Father's Day with Henrey.The nightmare starts off with a whole bunch of alarm clocks all going off at the same time, only to wake Henrey (with alarm clocks for eyes) trying to shut them off, unitl Junior says "ssssshhhhh" then the clocks are quiet, then Henrey (in a fit of anger) smashes the clock right in Junior's face knocking him down only to get up with an alarm clock for a face.This short is very well animated and a well writed script by Michael Maltesse as this was Jones own verison of hisFather's Day with his two daughters trying to do everything for him. A very touching cartoon.
Keep checking here all month long for more facts about Warner Bros famous series...THE THREE BEARS!
Before I get to the feautred star of the month here at Toon Forums, I would like to take a time out to honor CHUCK JONES (1912-2002) who passed away last week at the age of 89 years old and he will be sadly missed, as he brought laughter and made great animated cartoons all over the world for over seven decades.Chuck, all of us will miss you so much and will never forget the excellent cartoons (and characters) you gave us to enjoy and treasure...
Before you continue to read any further... please hold a special moment of silence for Chuck Jones.
And now for the March "TTTP STAR OF THE MONTH" right here at the Termite Terrace Trading Post and TOON FORUMS.
Originally "Flip The Frog" was supposed to be this month's featured star, but "Flip" will be given the special treatment at a later month.But I felt that it was important to honor and pay tribute to Chuck and one of his lesser known series that he created at Warners and is my March "TTTP Star Of The Month".....
THE THREE BEARS
Everyone has a personal favortie CJ series from Warners, some love Pepe Le Pew, Road Runner & Coyote, Sniffles, etc, etc, but my all time Chuck Jones animated series is the Three Bearsand for very good reasons.The Three Bears shorts aren't as popular as the other great series Jones created during his years at Warners but these cartoons (IMO) are some of the funniest colllection of shorts the studio has ever produced in the history of the Warner Bros. cartoon studio.
The idea of the Three Bears started back in early 1944 when Jones wanted to feature a new cast of villains for Bugs Bunnyand it was based on the classic children's story, The Three Bears.The Three Bears made their screen debut in the 1944 Bugs Bunny one reeler, "Bugs Bunny And The Three Bears", the short which focused on the fable, which the Three bears, Mama Bear, Henrey Bear and Junior an oversized dimwitted big bear lures Bugs into their house with carrot soup for they can feast on rabbit.One mishap after another, Bugs keeps outwitting each of the bears, until Bugs makes some comments to Mama Bear, by saying how truly beautiful she is and this catches het attention very quickly.As Henrey and Junior catches Bugs, Mama comes to his rescue and there goes the dinner, she starts to make a move on Bugs by saying., "Tell me more about my eyes" and dressing in sexy looking outfits which drives Bugs right out of the house and straight into his rabbit hole only to find out the Mama is down with him and kisses the daylights out of Bugs only to see Bugs run scared right out of his rabbit hole with lipstick all over his face.
This cartoon was a smash hit with moviegoers and four years later, Jones decided to give them their very own cartoon series starting with the 1948 release, "What's Brewin Bruin". In the short, we find the bears ready to hibernate for the winter, but one problem leads in to another problem for Henery Bear.One scene has a drip of water running throughout the entire house keeping Henrey awake and then Junior can't seem to fall alseep and his baby crib breaks.Mama keeps opening the window, while Henery shuts it with bricks, only to see Mama open it again with the cold snow smacking Henrey all over until Junior wakes up and sees a snowman laying right next to him only that it's his father under all that snow until Henrey shakes off the snow and smacks the living daylights out of Junior.Once spring arrives all the flowers, streams, birds and a very loud moose we see Henrey finally go to sleep only to hear all that noise, opens up the window and yells "QUUIIIEEEEET" with all of the animals and everything surrounding the bears goes right back into a cold dark snowy winter as Henrey has a smile on his face and goes back to sleep.
This series was the only shorts that Mel Blanc did not provide the voices for, but instead was voiced by other legendary voice artists.Bea Benaderet was the voice of Mama Bear, Stan Freberg was Junior Bear and Henrey Bear was voiced by the very talented Billy Bletcher.Bletcher is famous for many other cartoon voices and his voice was heard for the very first time in MGM'S "Dogville Comedies" which was produced between 1929 to 1931.But Bletcher is best remembered for being the voices for Disney's Peg Leg Pete, Big Bad Wolf, and Iwerks most memorable villian, The Pincushon Man in the 1935 Comic Color cartoon, "Balloonland".So Bletcher was the perfect choice for the rough gruffled voice of Henrey Bear for the next three years.
In 1949, two more 3 Bears cartoons were released to theaters, starting with the April release "The Bee Deviled Bruin" which has Henrey trying (with the help of Junior) to get honey from a hornest nest, while Mama tries to tell Henrey that there's a full cabnet of Honey but he doesn't listen to het at all.I this short Henrey takes a violent beating from Junior and the nasty bees.In one scene Henrey gets the shock of his life when he tries crossing a cable wire while Junior plays with with the eletric switch and almost fries his poppa to a crisp which Junior uses Henrey as a lighted lamp.Another scene has Henrey on a pole while a bee lands right on his nose, then Henrey starts to sing the bee to sleep (a la rock-a-bye baby) then he ask for Junior's help to get rid of the sleeping bee, so Junior says "Oh I will mas him" and takes a shovel and smashes it right in Henrey's face leaving the bear's facial dent in the shovel with Henrey waiting to get payback by putting the dead bee on his son's noise and swinging the shovel( like a baseball bat) in a very graphic scene breaks the shovel into Junior's face.
"Bear Feat" was the second cartoon released at the end of that year, which had the Three Bears trying vaudville acts for the circus with very bad disapointments for Henrey Bear.This series was the most violent cartoons out of any other series that Warners ever produced and sometimes very shocking to see when viewing a 3 Bears cartoon.The Three Bears was the animated verison of "All In The Family" in which Henrey was always the fall guy in the shorts while his son was always trying to do best, but letting Henrey get the best of it in very bad results.The final short came in 1951 and perhaps the best cartoon out of the entire series, "A Bear For Punishment" for which Henrey's family honors him for Father's Day.One mishap after another Henrey can stomach the holiday, after almost getting his throat slashed by Junior( trying to give him a shave) then filling his poppa's pipe with gun powder then lighting it with the powder exploding Henrey right into stove with a cigarette lit in his mouth, to the grand finale with a muscial salute to Father's Day with Henrey being dressed as the Staute Of Liberty.
Sadly, this was the last produced cartoon in this series which one has to wonder just what it would be like of more Three Bears cartoons were produced.This is my favorite series created and directed by Chuck Jones ever made.
My 3 Top Three Bears Picks:
"BEAR FEAT" (1949)When Henrey see an ad in the paper for a circus that's looking for talented bears, he see the oppertunity to start a bear act.But as the short moves along Junior messes everything up, from jumping on a sesaw sending Henrey clear into the sky while Mama & Junior goes home as it gets dark.Then in the morning they come(Mama holding the chair) then out of nowhere Henrey comes a crashing down to the earth.At the ending of the film Henrey(covered in bandages) see the ad was for 1929, then he tells his family ."Well, there's still one way out" and tries to commit suicide and jumps of a cliff by shouting, "I'm Free, I'm Free" then Junior comes with the barrell of water and saves his poppa only to have Henrey punch his son right in the face.
"THE BEE DEVILED BRUIN" (1949) This cartoon is like watching a 1920s Mack Sennett slapstick comedy two reeler.A very voilent cartoon in where Henrey fails attempt after attempt to try tog et honey from a bee's nest, with Henrey freaking out a the end of the picture when he discovers that his cabnet has hundreds of jars of honey.
"A BEAR FOR PUNISHMENT" (1951) My personal favorite 3 Bears short.Mama & Junior celebrates Father's Day with Henrey.The nightmare starts off with a whole bunch of alarm clocks all going off at the same time, only to wake Henrey (with alarm clocks for eyes) trying to shut them off, unitl Junior says "ssssshhhhh" then the clocks are quiet, then Henrey (in a fit of anger) smashes the clock right in Junior's face knocking him down only to get up with an alarm clock for a face.This short is very well animated and a well writed script by Michael Maltesse as this was Jones own verison of hisFather's Day with his two daughters trying to do everything for him. A very touching cartoon.
Keep checking here all month long for more facts about Warner Bros famous series...THE THREE BEARS!