🎄 It’s Christmas time for teddy bears in this 1992 prequel to what I thought until very recently was a one-off special called “The Teddy Bears’ Picnic.”
🎙️ Ethan “The Hungry Reader” and Anthony Strand join us as we meet the title teddy from a later cartoon series called “The Secret World of Benjamin Bear,” his first encounter with his friend, Wally, and a new, but familiar set of rules of being a living teddy bear. Many comparisons to “The Christmas Toy” ensue.
📺 You can find “The Teddy Bears’ Christmas” on YouTube.
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(00:00) - Intro
(02:09) - The History of Benjamin Bear
(05:26) - Act 1
(23:22) - Act 2
(35:40) - Retro Commercial Break
(36:50) - Act 3
(1:08:44) - Final Thoughts
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💬 Topics & Tangents:
“The Teddy Bears’ Picnic” (1989)
“The Secret World of Benjamin Bear.”
Today’s TV Trope: Sliding Scale of Living Toys.
“A celebrity is not a people.” — Lew Zealand.
Mike on A Special Presentation for “The Hugga Bunch Movie.”
The Price of His Toys store catalog.
When Houses Had Built-In “Milk Doors.”
Goofy gets kissed by the milkman (“Father’s Day Off,” 1953)
“The Birthday Dragon” (1991)
“Rollin’ with Saget” by Jamie Kennedy and Stu Stone (Wally), featuring Bob Saget.
Garfield: “Pooky has two ears and no mouth.” (1985)
More talk about Santabear.
Mike previewed the Rock ’n’ Roller Coaster Starring the Muppets… and interviewed the Electric Mayhem for ToughPigs.com!
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📼 Commercials:
TV Teddy (1993)
Christmas Creeps.
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“The Teddy Bears’ Christmas” © 1992 Longboat Productions, LLC.
Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost.
Find us at adventcalendar.house.
Hosted by The Retro Network.
#s16 #1990s
🎙️ Ethan “The Hungry Reader” and Anthony Strand join us as we meet the title teddy from a later cartoon series called “The Secret World of Benjamin Bear,” his first encounter with his friend, Wally, and a new, but familiar set of rules of being a living teddy bear. Many comparisons to “The Christmas Toy” ensue.
📺 You can find “The Teddy Bears’ Christmas” on YouTube.
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(00:00) - Intro
(02:09) - The History of Benjamin Bear
(05:26) - Act 1
(23:22) - Act 2
(35:40) - Retro Commercial Break
(36:50) - Act 3
(1:08:44) - Final Thoughts
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💬 Topics & Tangents:
“The Teddy Bears’ Picnic” (1989)
“The Secret World of Benjamin Bear.”
Today’s TV Trope: Sliding Scale of Living Toys.
“A celebrity is not a people.” — Lew Zealand.
Mike on A Special Presentation for “The Hugga Bunch Movie.”
The Price of His Toys store catalog.
When Houses Had Built-In “Milk Doors.”
Goofy gets kissed by the milkman (“Father’s Day Off,” 1953)
“The Birthday Dragon” (1991)
“Rollin’ with Saget” by Jamie Kennedy and Stu Stone (Wally), featuring Bob Saget.
Garfield: “Pooky has two ears and no mouth.” (1985)
More talk about Santabear.
Mike previewed the Rock ’n’ Roller Coaster Starring the Muppets… and interviewed the Electric Mayhem for ToughPigs.com!
****
📼 Commercials:
TV Teddy (1993)
Christmas Creeps.
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“The Teddy Bears’ Christmas” © 1992 Longboat Productions, LLC.
Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost.
Find us at adventcalendar.house.
Hosted by The Retro Network.
#s16 #1990s