Bear Hug

Bear Hug is the forty-second animated theatrical short of the Loopy De Loop series. It was distributed by Columbia Pictures on March 5, 1964. It was written by Michael Maltese and was produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the founders of Hanna-Barbera.

Loopy, under the company name of Have Will Charm... Propose helps Braxton, who has a mad crazy jealous streak to win over his girlfriend, Emmy Lou.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Emmy Lou
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Janet Waldo
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Braxton
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Mel Blanc
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Ravanaugh
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Daws Butler
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Loopy De Loop
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Daws Butler
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Jenny Lee
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Janet Waldo
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Loopy De Loop
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Daws Butler
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Jenny Lee
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Janet Waldo
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Janet Waldo

Organizations

 * Have Will Charm... Propose

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * Emmy Lou's residence

Vehicles

 * Scooter

Music
The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin.

Crew credits

 * Story sketch: Alex Lovy and Charles A. Nichols
 * Production supervisor: Howard Hanson
 * Animation: George Nicholas and Bill Keil
 * Layout: Bill Perez
 * Backgrounds: Robert Gentle
 * Film editor: Warner Leighton
 * Eastman color by: Pathé

Behind the scenes

 * Michael Maltese is credited as Mike Maltese.

Home availability

 * In the United States:
 * September 9, 2014: Warner Archive Collection releases Loopy De Loop: The Complete Collection on DVD.