CB Bears (TV series)


 * For other uses, see CB Bears (disambiguation)

The CB Bears is an animated American television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions for NBC's Saturday morning children's programming. It ran in 1977, airing 13 episodes.

This series featured six segments making it one of the longest (content-wise) HB series in the 70's.

The show was an anthology series, which debuted with segments, CB Bears, Blast-Off Buzzard, Heyyy, It's the King!, Posse Impossible, Shake, Rattle and Roll and Undercover Elephant.

The show was split up into a half-hour format with CB Bears, Blast-Off Buzzard and Posse Impossible on one half, and Heyyy, It's the King!, Shake, Rattle and Roll and Undercover Elephant on the other half.

The series only lasted 13 episodes, though it isn't actually clear as to why it was canceled so quick, it's most likely due to low ratings.

Aspects of the show would later air part of Captain Kangaroo in the 1980s and on the two-hour program, Go Go Globetrotters on February 4, 1978. Episodes of Undercover Elephant also aired as reruns part of Disney's Jump, Rattle & Roll.

The entire series was possibly going to be planned for a DVD release at some point. With WB's promotional art being the only evidence supporting this claim.

Segments

 * CB Bears
 * Blast-Off Buzzard
 * Heyyy, It's the King!
 * Posse Impossible
 * Shake, Rattle and Roll
 * Undercover Elephant

Music
The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin.

It's the CB Bears!
 * Opening theme song lyrics:

Boogie, Hustle and Bump, mobile mystery solvers! ...with Blast-Off Buzzard and Crazylegs in a constant comedy chase of laughs and fun!

Along with Slipshod sheriff and his Posse Impossible!

All rolled into a surprise package of excitement! On the CB Bears show!

Cast

 * Daws Butler as Blast-Off Buzzard, Big Duke, Hustle, Stick and Undercover Elephant
 * Don Messick as Clyde
 * Alan Oppenheimer as Sidney Merciless
 * Bob Hastings as Loudmouse
 * Marvin Kaplan as Skids
 * Chuck McCann as Boogie and Blubber
 * Ginny McSwain as Sheena
 * Henry Corden as Bump
 * Sheldon Allman as Big H
 * Michael Bell as Chief
 * Susan Davis as Charlie
 * Joe E. Ross as Roll
 * Susan Silo as Zelda
 * Lennie Weinrib as The King, Rattle and Yuka Yuka
 * Paul Winchell as Shake
 * Bill Woodson as Sheriff of Saddlesore