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4.6/5 Big Cartoon DataBase Final episode date 28 January 1978 Number of seasons 1 | 6.9/10 IMDb Genre AnimationComedy First episode date 10 September 1977 Number of episodes 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Voices of Sheldon AllmanMichael BellDaws ButlerHenry CordenSusan DavisBob HastingsMarvin KaplanChuck McCannGinny McSwainDon MessickAlan OppenheimerJoe E. RossSusan SiloLennie WeinribPaul WinchellWilliam Woodson Narrated by William Woodson (opening narration) Cast Similar Buford and the Galloping, Butch Cassidy, Wheelie and the Chopper, The Robonic Stooges, Cattanooga Cats | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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.
Contents
- Cb bears intro
- Premise
- The CB Bears
- Blast Off Buzzard
- Heyyy Its the King
- Posse Impossible
- Shake Rattle Roll
- Undercover Elephant
- Voices
- Home Media releases
- Production credits
- Other appearances
- References
Cb bears intro
Premise
The CB Bears show contained the following short segments:
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"
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.
Blast-Off Buzzard
Blast-Off Buzzard (vocal effects provided by Daws Butler) 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.
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.
Posse Impossible
The Sheriff of Saddlesore (voiced by Bill 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.
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.
Undercover Elephant
Undercover Elephant (voiced by Daws Butler) and his sidekick Loudmouse the Mouse (voiced by Bob Hastings) work for Central Control and solve mysteries. Recurring gags of this segment included disguises worn by Undercover Elephant tending to give him away (since some were ordered from the back of a comic book), Loudmouse blowing 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).
Voices
Home Media releases
Nothing yet from Warner Archive or who ever owns the rights to the series.