Bear Feat

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Bear Feat
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Directed by Charles M. Jones
Story by Michael Maltese
Produced by Edward Selzer
Starring Mel Blanc
Bea Benaderet
Billy Bletcher
Stan Freberg
Narrated byStan Freberg
Music by Carl Stalling
Animation by Ken Harris
Phil Monroe
Lloyd Vaughan
Ben Washam
Layouts by Robert Gribbroek
Backgrounds by Peter Alvarado
Production
company
Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures
The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date
  • December 10, 1949 (1949-12-10)(US)
Running time
6:53
LanguageEnglish

Bear Feat is a 1949 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon directed by Chuck Jones and featuring The Three Bears. [1] The short was completed in 1947 and released on December 10, 1949. [2]

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Plot

Henry Bear, determined to turn his family into a circus act, subjects Mama Bear and Junyer Bear to a series of mishaps in their backyard. From failed unicycle stunts to disastrous high dives, their efforts end in chaos. When Henry reads the paper, he finds that the newspaper's date reads April 16, 1928. This makes him realize they missed the circus audition by 21 years, as their calendar reads August 1, 1949. Junyer runs to Mama in fear, and she says she tried to tell him. Now certain that all their training was for naught, he spirals into despair, questioning his family's abnormality. Desperate, he attempts suicide but is saved by Junyer's unwitting intervention. Junyer laments his actions, echoing Papa Bear's earlier frustration.

Voice cast

Home media

Bear Feat is available uncut and restored on Disc 1 of Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 6.

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References

  1. Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 205. ISBN   0-8050-0894-2.
  2. Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. p. 147. ISBN   0-8160-3831-7 . Retrieved June 6, 2020.