CB Bears (TV series)

For other uses, see CB Bears

CB Bears
On-screen title card.
Network	NBC
Production company	Hanna-Barbera
Original release	September 10—December 3, 1977
Starring	Daws Butler Don Messick Alan Oppenheimer Bob Hastings Marvin Kaplan Chuck McCann Ginny McSwain Henry Corden Sheldon Allman Michael Bell Susan Davis Joe E. Ross Susan Silo Lennie Weinrib Paul Winchell Bill Woodson
Producer(s)	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
Writer(s)	Bill Ackerman Haskell Barkin Barry Blitzer Tom Dagenais Karl Geurs Orville Hampton Don Jurwich Jon Kubichan Joan Maurer Ray Parker Howard Post Dick Robbins Jerry Winnick
Director(s)	Charles A. Nichols

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

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

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

The series would later be 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, although the real reason for it's cancellation is unclear, it's most likely due to low ratings.

The Posse Impossible segments were the only segment released in their entirety on VHS.

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.

Opening theme song lyrics

It's the CB Bears!

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!

Episodes

Episode	Original air date
1x01 CB Bears: "The Missing Mansion Mystery" Blast-Off Buzzard: "Buzzard, You're a Turkey" Heyyy, It's the King!: "The Blue Kangaroo" Posse Impossible: "Big Duke and Li'l Lil" Shake, Rattle and Roll: "Guess What's Coming to Dinner" Undercover Elephant: "The Sneaky Sheik"	September 10, 1977
1x02 CB Bears: "The Doomsday Mine" Blast-Off Buzzard: "Hard Headed Hard Hat Heyyy, It's the King!: "The First King on Mars" Posse Impossible: "Trouble at Ghostarado" Shake, Rattle and Roll: "The Ghostly Ghoul is a Ghastly Guest" Undercover Elephant: "Baron Von Rippemoff"	September 17, 1977
1x03 CB Bears: "Follow That Mountain" Blast-Off Buzzard: "Hearts and Flowers, Buzzards and Snakes" Heyyy, It's the King!: "The Riverbed 5000" Posse Impossible: "The Not So Great Train Robbery" Shake, Rattle and Roll: "There's No Pest Like a Singing Guest" Undercover Elephant: "The Moanin' Lisa"	September 24, 1977
1x04 CB Bears: "Valley of No Return" Blast-Off Buzzard: "The Egg & Aye Aye Aye" Heyyy, It's the King!: "Surf's Up Posse Impossible: "The Alabama Brahma Bull Shake, Rattle and Roll: "Shake, the Lion-Hearted Undercover Elephant: "Pain in the Brain"	October 1, 1977
1x05 CB Bears: "The Fright Farm" Blast-Off Buzzard: "Testing 1-2-3" Heyyy, It's the King!: "The King and His Jokers" Posse Impossible: "The Crunch Bunch Crashout" Shake, Rattle and Roll: "The Real Cool Ghoul" Undercover Elephant: "The Great Hospital Hassle"	October 8, 1977
1x06 CB Bears: "Drackenstein's Revenge" Blast-Off Buzzard: "Ho, Ho, Ho, It's the Buzzard's Birthday" Heyyy, It's the King!: "Hot Gold Fever" Posse Impossible: "One of Our Rivers is Missing" Shake, Rattle and Roll: "Spooking is Hazardous to Your Health" Undercover Elephant: "Latin Losers"	October 15, 1977
1x07 CB Bears: "Water, Water...Nowhere" Blast-Off Buzzard: "Wheelin' and Reelin'" Heyyy, It's the King!: "The Carnival Caper" Posse Impossible: "Sneakiest Rustler in the West" Shake, Rattle and Roll: "Spooking the Spooks" Undercover Elephant: "Dr. Doom's Gloom"	October 22, 1977
1x09 CB Bears: "Wild, Wild Wilderness" Blast-Off Buzzard: "Buzzard, Clean Up Your Act" Heyyy, It's the King!: "The Unhappy Heavy Hippo" Posse Impossible: "Bad Medicine" Shake, Rattle and Roll: "From Scream to Screen" Undercover Elephant: "Chicken Flickin' Capon Caper"	October 29, 1977
1x09 CB Bears: "Island of Terror" Blast-Off Buzzard: "Backyard Buzzards" Heyyy, It's the King!: "The King for Prez" Posse Impossible: "Busting Boomerino" Shake, Rattle and Roll: "Gloom and Doom-De-Doom" Undercover Elephant: "Undercover Around the World"	November 5, 1977
1x10 CB Bears: "Go North, Young Bears" Blast-Off Buzzard: "Spy in the Sky" Heyyy, It's the King!: "Snowbound Safari" Posse Impossible: "Roger the Dodger" Shake, Rattle and Roll: "Polt R Geist" Undercover Elephant: "Irate Pirates"	November 12, 1977
1x11 CB Bears: "The Invasion of the Blobs" Blast-Off Buzzard: "First Class Buzzard" Heyyy, It's the King!: "Great Billionaire Chase Case" Posse Impossible: "Riverboat Sam the Gambling Man" Shake, Rattle and Roll: "Too Many Kooks" Undercover Elephant: "Perilous Pigskin"	November 19, 1977
1x12 CB Bears: "Disaster from the Skies" Blast-Off Buzzard: "Freezin' and Sneezin'" Heyyy, It's the King!: "Boat Fever" Posse Impossible: "The Invisible Kid" Shake, Rattle and Roll: "A Scary Face from Outer Space" Undercover Elephant: "Swami Whammy"	November 26, 1977
1x13 CB Bears: "Disappearing Satellites" Blast-Off Buzzard: "Cousin Snakey is a Groove" Heyyy, It's the King!: "Go for It, King" Posse Impossible: "Calamity John" Shake, Rattle and Roll: "Health Spa Spooks" Undercover Elephant: "The Disappearing Duchess"	December 3, 1977

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

Credits

These identical credits appeared at the end of every episode.

• Executive Producers: William Hanna and Joseph Barbera
• Directed by: Charles A. Nichols
• Creative Producer: Iwao Takamoto
• Associate Producer: Alex Lovy
• Story Editor: Ray Parker
• Associate Story: Larz Bourne
• Written by: Bill Ackerman, Haskell Barkin, Barry Blitzer, Tom Dagenais, Karl Geurs, Orville Hampton, Don Jurwich, Jon Kubichan, Joan Maurer, Ray Parker, Howard Post, Dick Robbins, Jerry Winnick
• Story Directed by: Alvaro Arce, Dave Hanan, George Singer, Wendell Washer
  
• Recording Directed by: Alex Lovy
• Voices: Sheldon Allman, Daws Butler, Henry Corden, Scatman Crothers, Cindy Erickson, Gay Hartwig, Marvin Kaplan, Ginny McSwain, Julie McWhirter, Don Messick, Pat Parris, Ken Sansom, Hal Smith, Alexis Tramuntis, Frank Welker, Paul Winchell
• Title Designed by: Bill Perez
• Graphics: Iraj Paran
• Musical Director: Hoyt Curtin
  
• Musical Supervision: Paul DeKorte
• Character Design: Bob Singer, Willie Ito, Marty Murphy
• Layout Supervision: John Ahern
• Layout by: Steve Lumiey, Pete Alvarado, Dale Barnhart, Jaime Diaz, Bob Fosbry, Norm Gottfredson, Larry Huber, Chris Jenkyns, Jack Manning, Terry Moesker, Floyd Norman, Linda Rowley, Joe Shearer, Al Wilson
• Unit Direction: Carl Urbano
• Animation Supervision: Chris Cuddington, Bill Keil, Peter Aries
• Assistant Animation Supervision: Bob Goe, Paul Maron
• Animation Coordination: John Boersema
• Animation: Carlos Alfonso, Thomas Barnes, Bob Bransford, Bob Carr, Steve Clark, John Conning, Joan Drake, Dick Dunn, John Ellis, Warwick Gilbert, Bob Goe, Bob Hathcock, Sebastian Hurpia, Greg Ingram, Cynthia Leech, Tony Love, Paul McAdem, Henry Neville, Ray Nowland, Edwardo Olivares, Morey Reden, Di Rudder, Michael Stapleton, Ed Sullivan, Dave Tendlar, Jean Tych, Kaye Watts, Xenia
• Background Supervision: Al Gmuer
• Backgrounds: Richard Zaloudek, Peter Connell, Bob Gentle, Alison Julian, Micheal King-Prime, Jerry Liew, Lesley Nicholl, Dennis Venizelos, Kin Wright
• Checking and Scene Planning: Evelyn Sherwood, Narelle Nixon
• Xerography: Star Wirth, Ellen Bayley
• Ink and Paint Supervision: Billie Kerns, Narelle Derrick
  
• Sound Direction: Richard Olson, Bill Getty
• Camera: George Epperson, Jerry Smith, Mark D' Arcy-Irvine, Tom Epperson, Curt Hall, Terry Smith
• Supervision Film Editor: Sam Horta
• Film Editors: Earl Bennett, Peter Jennings, Ben Hendricks, Jr., Denise Horta, Elleen Horta
• Dubbing Supervision: Pat Foley
• Production Supervision: Doug Paterson, Mark D' Arcy-Irvine, Adrienne Smith
• Negative Consultant: William E. DeBoer
• Production Manager: Jayne Barbera
• Post Production Supervision: Joed Eaton

Legacy

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.

Undercover Elephant appears for the Yogi's Treasure Hunt episodes, "The Moaning Liza" and "Yogi's Heroes."

Reruns of half-hour versions for the CB Bears and Heyyy, It's the King! would later air on both Cartoon Network and Boomerang during the 1990s and 2000s, but have since dropped out of airing.

In the 2021 reboot, Jellystone!, the CB Bears, King and his gang make several guest appearances, Big H and Skids are reimagined as girls for this continuity.