CB Bears
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| CB Bears | |
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| Genre | Animation Comedy |
| Directed by | Charles A. Nichols |
| Voices of | |
| Narrated by | William Woodson (opening narration) |
| Theme music composer | Hoyt Curtin |
| Composer | Hoyt Curtin |
| Country of origin | USA |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company | Hanna-Barbera Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | NBC |
| Release | September 10, 1977 – January 28, 1978 |
CB Bears is a 60-minute Saturday morning animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions which aired on NBC from September 10, 1977 to January 28, 1978.
Premise
The CB Bears show contained the following short segments:
- The CB Bears
- Blast-Off Buzzard
- Heyyy, It's the King!
- Posse Impossible
- Shake, Rattle & Roll
- Undercover Elephant
In syndication, CB Bears was shown in a shortened half-hour format with Blast-Off Buzzard and Posse Impossible; Heyyy, It's the King! was also shown in a shortened half-hour format with Shake, Rattle & Roll and Undercover Elephant. The show was also rebroadcast on Cartoon Network from 1995-1997. The CB Bears theme is also heard in the ending credits of The Skatebirds on CBS and Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels on ABC.
Title in french is "Hure, Lu et Berlu"
Segments
The CB Bears
Hustle (voiced by Daws Butler impersonating Phil Silvers), Boogie (voiced by Chuck McCann) and Bump (voiced by Henry Corden) are a trio of funny animal bear detectives disguised as trash collectors. They travel the country solving mysteries in a tacky garbage truck. A sultry-voiced female named Charlie (voiced by Susan Davis) contacts the bears on the truck's CB radio to give them their assignments. This show was "inspired" by the hit TV series Charlie's Angels (Bump wore a blonde hairstyle similar to Farrah Fawcett). Each of the bears' names are based on a 1970s disco dance. Physically and personality-wise, Hustle, Boogie, and Bump resemble Hair Bear, Bubi Bear, and Square Bear, respectively, from Help!... It's the Hair Bear Bunch!; Daws Butler provided the same Phil Silvers-esque voice for both Hustle and Hair.
Episodes
| Nº | Title | Original air date | |
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| 1 | "The Missing Mansion Mystery" | September 10, 1977 | |
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The CB Bears uncover a missing mansion in the midst of an alligator-infested lagoon. | |||
| 2 | "The Doomsday Mine" | September 17, 1977 | |
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The CB Bears drive out to End of the Trail, Arizona, where people are turning green and strange lights and sounds are emanating from the deserted Doomsday Mine. | |||
| 3 | "Follow that Mountain" | September 24, 1977 | |
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While investigating the strange case of the disappearing mountains, the CB Bears fall into a cavern and are chased by giant gophers. | |||
| 4 | "Valley of No Return" | October 1, 1977 | |
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The CB Bears go deep into the jungle to discover why the animals are fleeing in terror from the Valley of No Return. | |||
| 5 | "The Fright Farm" | October 8, 1977 | |
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The CB Bears follow a mysterious man, who has been stealing animals from the zoo, to his hideout at the Fright Farm, where he is loading them onto a huge ark. | |||
| 6 | "Drackenstein's Revenge" | October 15, 1977 | |
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While looking for clues to why all the peasants of Drackenstein are asleep, the CB Bears discover the town's valuables are missing. | |||
| 7 | "Water, Water...Nowhere" | October 22, 1977 | |
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The CB Bears try to save the world from embittered old ex-sea Captain Sly, who turns water to sand with a machine. | |||
| 8 | "The Wild, Wild Wilderness" | October 29, 1977 | |
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While Charlie warns the CB Bears to watch for strange creatures near their campground, Boogie is snatched up by a giant vine. | |||
| 9 | "Island of Terror" | November 5, 1977 | |
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The CB Bears battle a giant octopus to reach the sinking island of Mikimos. | |||
| 10 | "Go North, Young Bears" | November 12, 1977 | |
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The CB Bears go to the North Pole to search for the source of mysterious floods in the Northwest. | |||
| 11 | "The Invasion of the Blobs" | November 19, 1977 | |
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The CB Bears discover that hissing monsters, which are swallowing buildings in the town of Fool's Gold, ooze out of a giant drainpipe. | |||
| 12 | "The Disaster from the Skies" | November 26, 1977 | |
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The CB Bears rise high over New City in a balloon to discover that the source of mysterious destructive rays permeating the city is a huge probe in the middle of the Top Secret Space Center. | |||
| 13 | "The Disappearing Satellites" | December 3, 1977 | |
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The CB Bears see a spacecraft dive below the surface of a crater lake, follow it, and discover a giant space station in a huge cavern. | |||
Blast-Off Buzzard
Blast-Off Buzzard is a buzzard and a de facto villain who chases Crazylegs, a wacky snake who outruns the buzzard. Crazylegs knows the big bird is a loser and delights in beating him in situations very similar to Wile E. Coyote and The Road Runner. This is a non-speaking segment.
Episodes
| Nº | Title | Original air date |
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| 1 | "Buzzard, You're a Turkey" | September 10, 1977 |
| 2 | "Hard Headed Hard Hat" | September 17, 1977 |
| 3 | "Hearts and Flowers, Buzzards and Snakes" | September 24, 1977 |
| 4 | "The Egg & Aye Aye Aye" | October 1, 1977 |
| 5 | "Testing 1-2-3" | October 8, 1977 |
| 6 | "Ho, Ho, Ho, It's the Buzzard's Birthday" | October 15, 1977 |
| 7 | "Wheelin' and Reelin'" | October 22, 1977 |
| 8 | "Buzzard, Clean Up Your Act" | October 29, 1977 |
| 9 | "Backyard Buzzards" | November 5, 1977 |
| 10 | "Spy in the Sky" | November 12, 1977 |
| 11 | "First Class Buzzard" | November 19, 1977 |
| 12 | "Freezin' and Sneezin'" | November 26, 1977 |
| 13 | "Cousin Snakey Is a Groove" | December 3, 1977 |
Heyyy, It's the King!
A cool, Fonzie-patterned lion named King (voiced by Lennie Weinrib) alongside his high school classmates Big H the Hippopotamus (voiced by Sheldon Allman), Clyde the Ape (voiced by Don Messick), Sheena the Lioness (voiced by Ginny McSwain), Skids the Alligator (voiced by Marvin Kaplan), Yukayuka the Hyena (voiced by Lennie Weinrib), and Zelda the Ostrich (voiced by Susan Silo) attempt schemes to get into the spotlight.
Episodes
| Nº | Title | Original air date |
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| 1 | "The Blue Kangaroo" | September 10, 1977 |
| 2 | "The First King on Mars" | September 17, 1977 |
| 3 | "The Riverbed 5000" | September 24, 1977 |
| 4 | "Surf's Up" | October 1, 1977 |
| 5 | "The King and His Jokers" | October 8, 1977 |
| 6 | "Hot Gold Fever" | October 15, 1977 |
| 7 | "The Carnival Caper" | October 22, 1977 |
| 8 | "The Unhappy Heavy Hippo" | October 29, 1977 |
| 9 | "The King for Prez" | November 5, 1977 |
| 10 | "Snowbound Safari" | November 12, 1977 |
| 11 | "The Great Billionaire Chase Case" | November 19, 1977 |
| 12 | "Boat Fever" | November 26, 1977 |
| 13 | "Go for It King" | December 3, 1977 |
Posse Impossible
The Sheriff of Saddlesore (voiced by William Woodson) and his hopeless posse of cowboys: Stick (voiced by Daws Butler in a hillbilly voice), Big Duke (voiced by Daws Butler impersonating John Wayne) and Blubber (voiced by Chuck McCann) jail notorious outlaws by outbungling the rascals. In every segment, the Sheriff goes after some no-good polecat which ends with the bad guys behind bars. A prototype version of the posse was featured in an episode of Hong Kong Phooey.
Episodes
| Nº | Title | Original air date | |
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| 1 | "Big Duke and Li'l Lil" | September 10, 1977 | |
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It takes fancy footwork from Duke to rescue a dancehall girl named Li'l Lil. | |||
| 2 | "Trouble at Ghostarado" | September 17, 1977 | |
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The Sheriff and the Posse go silver-mining. | |||
| 3 | "The Not So Great Train Robbery" | September 24, 1977 | |
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The Posse tags some payroll thieves. | |||
| 4 | "The Alabama Brahma Bull" | October 1, 1977 | |
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A bull rounds up some cattle rustlers! | |||
| 5 | "The Crunch Bunch Crashout" | October 8, 1977 | |
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Outlaws outwit the Sheriff and the Posse! | |||
| 6 | "One of Our Rivers Is Missing" | October 15, 1977 | |
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The town of Saddlesore is going dry. | |||
| 7 | "The Sneakiest Rustler in the West" | October 22, 1977 | |
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The Posse disguise themselves as cattle to bully a rustler. | |||
| 8 | "Bad Medicine" | October 29, 1977 | |
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A snake oil salesman gets a taste of his own medicine. | |||
| 9 | "Busting Boomerino" | November 5, 1977 | |
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The circus puts on a sideshow at the bank. | |||
| 10 | "Roger the Dodger" | November 12, 1977 | |
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The Posse tricks a clever crook. | |||
| 11 | "Riverboat Sam, the Gambling Man" | November 19, 1977 | |
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The Posse puts a casino swindler in drydock. | |||
| 12 | "The Invisible Kid" | November 26, 1977 | |
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The Sheriff and the Posse try to catch a criminal sight unseen! | |||
| 13 | "Calamity John" | December 3, 1977 | |
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A bad-luck bank robber brings accidents to the town of Saddlesore. | |||
Shake, Rattle, & Roll
Shake (voiced by Paul Winchell), Rattle (voiced by Lennie Weinrib), and Roll (voiced by Joe E. Ross) are three ghosts who run a hotel for ghosts and other supernatural creatures. Their workplace hijinks are sometimes disrupted by self-proclaimed "ghost exterminator" Sidney Merciless (voiced by Alan Oppenheimer) who wants to rid the world of ghosts.
Episodes
| Nº | Title | Original air date |
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| 1 | "Guess What's Coming to Dinner" | September 10, 1977 |
| 2 | "The Ghostly Ghoul Is a Ghastling Ghost" | September 17, 1977 |
| 3 | "There's No Pest Like a Singing Guest" | September 24, 1977 |
| 4 | "Shake the Lion-Hearted" | October 1, 1977 |
| 5 | "The Real Cool Ghoul" | October 8, 1977 |
| 6 | "Spooking Is Hazardous to Your Health" | October 15, 1977 |
| 7 | "Spooking the Spook" | October 22, 1977 |
| 8 | "From Scream to Screen" | October 29, 1977 |
| 9 | "Gloom and Doo DeDoom" | November 5, 1977 |
| 10 | "Polt R Geist" | November 12, 1977 |
| 11 | "Too Many Kooks" | November 19, 1977 |
| 12 | "A Scary Face from Outer Space" | November 26, 1977 |
| 13 | "Health Spa Spooks" | December 3, 1977 |
Undercover Elephant
Undercover Elephant (voiced by Daws Butler) and his sidekick Loudmouse the Mouse (voiced by Bob Hastings) work for a detective agency and solve mysteries. Recurring gags of this segment included disguises worn by Undercover Elephant would tend to give him away (since some of his disguises were ordered from the back of a comic book), Loudmouse would tend to blow his cover when staking out the villain, and Undercover Elephant being unable to avoid the exploding messages (a-la Mission Impossible) being sent to him by his Chief (voiced by Michael Bell).
Episodes
| Nº | Title | Original air date |
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| 1 | "The Sneaky Sheik" | September 10, 1977 |
| 2 | "Baron Von Rippemoff" | September 17, 1977 |
| 3 | "The Moanin' Lisa" | September 24, 1977 |
| 4 | "Pain in the Brain" | October 1, 1977 |
| 5 | "The Great Hospital Hassle" | October 8, 1977 |
| 6 | "Latin Losers" | October 15, 1977 |
| 7 | "Dr. Doom's Gloom" | October 22, 1977 |
| 8 | "Chicken Flickin' Capon Caper" | October 29, 1977 |
| 9 | "Undercover Around the World" | November 5, 1977 |
| 10 | "Irate Pirates" | November 12, 1977 |
| 11 | "Perilous Pigskin" | November 19, 1977 |
| 12 | "Swami Whammy" | November 26, 1977 |
| 13 | "The Disappearing Duchess" | December 3, 1977 |
Voices
- Sheldon Allman - Big H
- Michael Bell - Chief
- Daws Butler - Duke, Hustle, Stick, Undercover Elephant
- Tommy Cook -
- Henry Corden - Bump
- Regis Cordic -
- Scatman Crothers - Segment Title Narrator
- Susan Davis - Charlie
- Cindy Erickson -
- Bob Holt –
- Joan Gerber -
- Gay Hartwig -
- Bob Hastings - Loudmouse
- Marvin Kaplan - Skids
- Joyce Mancini -
- Chuck McCann - Boogie, Blubber
- Ginny McSwain - Sheena
- Julie McWhirter -
- Allan Melvin -
- Don Messick - Clyde
- Alan Oppenheimer - Sidney Merciless
- Patricia Parris -
- Joe E. Ross - Roll
- Ken Sansom -
- Susan Silo - Zelda
- Hal Smith -
- John Stephenson -
- Alex Tramunti -
- Janet Waldo -
- Lennie Weinrib - King, Rattle, Yukayuka
- Frank Welker -
- Paul Winchell - Shake
- Bill Woodson - Sheriff of Saddlesore
Home Media releases
Production credits
- EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: William Hanna and Joseph Barbera
- DIRECTOR: Charles A. Nichols
- CREATIVE PRODUCER: Iwao Takamoto
- ASSOCIATE PRODUCER: Alex Lovy
- STORY EDITOR: Ray Parker
- ASSOCIATE STORY EDITOR: Larz Bourne
- STORY: Bil Ackerman, Richard Albrecht, Haskell Barkin, Tony Benedict, Barry Blitzer, Dick Conway, Tom Dagenais, Lee Davenport, Karl Geurs, Orville Hampton, Ralph Goodman, Chris Jenkyns, Casey Keller, Don Jurwich, Jon Kubichan, Glenn Leopold, Joan Maurer, Marty Murphy, Ray Parker, Duane Poole, Howard Post, Paul Pumpian, Dick Robbins, Harvey Weitzman, Jerry Winnick
- STORY DIRECTION: Alvaro Arce, Dave Hanan, Karl Geurs, Cullen Houghtaling, George Singer, Paul Sommer, Wendell Washer, Kay Wright
- RECORDING DIRECTOR: Alex Lovy
- VOICES: Sheldon Allman, Michael Bell, Daws Butler, Tommy Cook, Regis Cordic, Susan Davis, Cindy Erikson, Joan Gerber, Gay Hartwig, Bob Hastings, Joyce Mancini, Chuck McCann, Ginny McSwain, Julie McWhirter, Allan Melvin, Don Messick, Alan Oppenheimer, Pat Parris, Joe E. Ross, Ken Sansom, Susan Silo, Hal Smith, John Stephenson, Alex Tramunti, Janet Waldo, Lennie Weinrib, Frank Welker, Paul Winchell, Bill Woodson
- TITLE DESIGN: Bill Perez
- GRAPHICS: Iraj Paran
- MUSICAL DIRECTION: Hoyt Curtin
- MUSIC SUPERVISION: Paul DeKorte
- CHARACTER DESIGN: Bob Singer, Willie Ito, Phil Mendez, Marty Murphy, Dick Ung
- LAYOUT SUPERVISION: John Ahern
- LAYOUT: Andrea Alvin, Pete Alvarado, Alvaro Arce, Dale Barnhart, John Bruno, Jamie Diaz, Owen Fitzgerald, Norm Gottfredson, Bob Foster, Gary Hoffman, Larry Huber, Willie Ito, Chris Jenkyns, Jack Manning, M. Mike Kawaguchi, Warren Marshall, Dan Noonan, Floyd Norman, Tom Roth, Linda Rowley, Al Wilson
- UNIT DIRECTION: Carl Urbano
- ANIMATION SUPERVISION: Bill Keil, Peter Aries
- ASSISTANT ANIMATION SUPERVISION: Bob Goe
- ANIMATION COORDINATION: John Boersema
- ANIMATION: Carlos Alfonso, Ed Barge, Thomas Barnes, Bob Bransford, O.E. Callahan, Rudy Cataldi, Steve Clark, John Conning, Ed De Mattia, Joan Drake, Marcia Fertig, Mark Glamack, Bob Goe, Bob Hathcock, Fred Hellmich, Bill Hutten, Ed Love, Tony Love, Ernesto Lopez, Ken Muse, Margaret Nichols, Edwardo Olivares, Frank Onaitis, Juan Pina, Morey Reden,Tom Roth, Jay Sarbry, Ed Soloman, Leo Sullivan, Dave Tendlar, Rich Trueblood, John Walker, Al Wilzbach, Xenia
- BACKGROUND SUPERVISION: Al Gmuer
- BACKGROUNDS: Lorraine Andrina, Bob Gentle, Paro Hozumi, Richard Khim, Phil Lewis, Fernando Montealegre, Andy Phillipson, Marilyn Shimokochi, Dennis Veinzelos, Gloria Wood
- CHECKING AND SCENE PLANNING: Evelyn Sherwood
- XEROGRAPHY: Star Wirth
- INK AND PAINT SUPERVISION: Billie Kerns
- SOUND DIRECTION: Richard Olson, Bill Getty
- CAMERA: George Epperson, Jerry Smith, Tom Epperson, Chuck Flekal, Ron Jackson, Kieren Mulgrew, Terry Smith, Jerry Whittington
- SUPERVISING FILM EDITOR: Sam Horta
- FILM EDITORS: Earl Bennett, Ben Hendricks Jr., Denise Horta, Eileen Horta
- DUBBING SUPERVISION: Pat Foley
- NEGATIVE CONSULTANT: William E. DeBoer
- PRODUCTION MANAGER: Jayne Barbera
- POST PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR: Joed Eaton
- A HANNA-BARBERA PRODUCTION:
- This Picture Made Under the Jurisdiction of IATSE-IA Affiliated with A.F.L.-C.I.O.
- RCA Sound Recording
- (c) 1977 Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc.:
Other appearances
- Undercover Elephant appeared in some episodes of Yogi's Treasure Hunt.
- Reruns of CB Bears and Undercover Elephant aired in the 1980s run of Captain Kangaroo.
- Reruns of Undercover Elephant were shown as one of the fillers for the adaption of Wake, Rattle, and Roll.
- Blast Off Buzzard and Crazylegs appeared in an episode of Tom & Jerry Kids in which they actually talk.
- Undercover Elephant made a cameo in the "Agent Penny" episode of the Super Secret Secret Squirrel segment of 2 Stupid Dogs.
External links
- CB Bears at IMDb
- CB Bears at the Big Cartoon DataBase
- 1977 American television series debuts
- 1977 American television series endings
- 1970s American animated television series
- American children's comedy television series
- Mystery animation
- Animated sitcoms
- Mystery television series
- NBC network shows
- Television series by Hanna-Barbera
- Fictional bears
- Fictional birds of prey
- Fictional ghosts
- Fictional lions
- Fictional elephants