Bear Up!

Bear Up!
Production company	Hanna-Barbera
Distributor	Columbia Pictures
Release date	November 7, 1963
Starring	Daws Butler Don Messick Jean Vander Pyl
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
Screenplay by	Michael Maltese
Director(s)	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
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Bear Up! is the thirty-seventh animated theatrical short of the Loopy De Loop series. It was distributed by Columbia Pictures on November 7, 1963. It was written by Michael Maltese and was produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the founders of Hanna-Barbera.

Loopy attempts to save Junior from dangerous situations, but John Bear sees it the other way around.

Characters

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Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Loopy De Loop	Daws Butler
John Bear	Don Messick
Marsha Bear	Jean Vander Pyl
Junior Bear	Don Messick

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Three Bears' residence

Vehicles

• None

Music

The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin.

Crew credits

• Story sketch: Lew Marshall and Charles A. Nichols
• Production supervisor: Howard Hanson
• Animation: Jerry Hathcock and Kenneth Muse
• Layout: Jack Huber
• Backgrounds: F. Montealegre
• Film editor: Donald A. Douglas
• Eastman color by: Pathé

Behind the scenes

• Michael Maltese is credited as Mike Maltese.
• This is the second appearance of John, Marsha and Junior Bear, all of whom, previously appeared in "Bearly Able."

Home availability

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