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{{DISPLAYTITLE:''CB Bears'' (TV series)}}
{{DISPLAYTITLE:''CB Bears'' (TV series)}}
: ''This article is about the TV series. For the segments, see [[CB Bears (segments)]]. For the group, see [[CB Bears]]''
:''This article is about the television packaged series. For other uses, see [[CB Bears]].''
{{Infobox TV
{{Infobox TV
|name= CB Bears
|name= CB Bears
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|caption= On-screen title card.
|caption= On-screen title card.
|network= [[NBC]]
|network= [[NBC]]
|prodcompany= [[Hanna-Barbera]]
|prodcompany= [[Hanna-Barbera Productions]]
|distributor=
|distributor=
|released= [[September 10]]—[[December 3]], [[1977]]
|released= [[September 10]]—[[December 3]], [[1977]]
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|director= [[Charles A. Nichols]]
|director= [[Charles A. Nichols]]
}}
}}
The '''''CB Bears''''' is an animated American television series produced by [[Hanna-Barbera|Hanna-Barbera Productions]] for [[NBC]]'s Saturday morning children's programming. It ran in [[1977]], airing 13 episodes.
'''''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.
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 (segments)|CB Bears]]'', ''[[Blast-Off Buzzard (segments)|Blast-Off Buzzard]]'', ''[[Heyyy, It's the King!]]'', ''[[Posse Impossible]]'', ''[[Shake, Rattle and Roll]]'' and ''[[Undercover Elephant (segments)|Undercover Elephant]]''.
The show debuted with segments, ''[[CB Bears (segments)|CB Bears]]'', ''[[Blast-Off Buzzard (segments)|Blast-Off Buzzard]]'', ''[[Heyyy, It's the King!]]'', ''[[Posse Impossible (segments)|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 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, though it isn't actually clear as to why it was canceled so quick, it's most likely due to low ratings.
The series only lasted 13 episodes, although the real reason for it's cancellation is unclear, 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 ''[[Wake, Rattle & Roll|Jump, Rattle & Roll]]''.
Only the ''Posse Impossible'' segments were released in their entirety, in the form of a [[Posse Impossible (VHS)|VHS release]].


==Production==
==Production==
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==Segments==
==Segments==
* ''[[CB Bears (segments)|CB Bears]]''
* ''CB Bears''
* ''[[Blast-Off Buzzard (segments)|Blast-Off Buzzard]]''
* ''Blast-Off Buzzard''
* ''[[Heyyy, It's the King!]]''
* ''Heyyy, It's the King!''
* ''[[Posse Impossible]]''
* ''Posse Impossible''
* ''[[Shake, Rattle and Roll]]''
* ''Shake, Rattle and Roll''
* ''[[Undercover Elephant (segments)|Undercover Elephant]]''
* ''Undercover Elephant''


==Music==
==Music==
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{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! Episode
! Episode
! Number
! Original air date
! Air date
|-
|-
| "[[The Missing Mansion Mystery]]/[[Buzzard, You're a Turkey]]/[[The Blue Kangaroo]]/[[Big Duke and Li'l Lil]]/[[Guess What's Coming to Dinner]]/[[The Sneaky Sheik]]"
| 1x01
| 1x01
* ''[[CB Bears (segments)|CB Bears]]:'' "[[The Missing Mansion Mystery]]"
* ''[[Blast-Off Buzzard (segments)|Blast-Off Buzzard]]:'' "[[Buzzard, You're a Turkey]]"
* ''[[Heyyy, It's the King!]]:'' "[[The Blue Kangaroo]]"
* ''[[Posse Impossible (segments)|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
| [[September 10]], 1977
|-
|-
| "[[The Doomsday Mine]]/[[Hard Headed Hard Hat]]/[[The First King on Mars]]/[[Trouble at Ghostarado]]/[[The Ghostly Ghoul is a Ghastly Guest]]/[[Baron Von Rippemoff]]"
| 1x02
| 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
| [[September 17]], 1977
|-
|-
| "[[Follow That Mountain]]/[[Hearts and Flowers, Buzzards and Snakes]]/[[The Riverbed 5000]]/[[The Not So Great Train Robbery]]/[[There's No Pest Like a Singing Guest]]/[[The Moanin' Lisa]]"
| 1x03
| 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
| [[September 24]], 1977
|-
|-
| "[[Valley of No Return]]/[[The Egg & Aye Aye Aye]]/[[Surf's Up (Heyyy, It's the King!)|Surf's Up]]/[[The Alabama Brahma Bull]]/[[Shake the Lion-Hearted]]/[[Pain in the Brain]]"
| 1x04
| 1x04
* ''CB Bears:'' "[[Valley of No Return]]"
* ''Blast-Off Buzzard:'' "[[The Egg & Aye Aye Aye]]"
* ''Heyyy, It's the King!:'' "[[Surf's Up (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
| [[October 1]], 1977
|-
|-
| "[[The Fright Farm]]/[[Testing 1-2-3]]/[[The King and His Jokers]]/[[The Crunch Bunch Crashout]]/[[The Real Cool Ghoul]]/[[The Great Hospital Hassle]]"
| 1x05
| 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
| [[October 8]], 1977
|-
|-
| "[[Drackenstein's Revenge]]/[[Ho, Ho, Ho, It's the Buzzard's Birthday]]/[[Hot Gold Fever]]/[[One of Our Rivers is Missing]]/[[Spooking is Hazardous to Your Health]]/[[Latin Losers]]"
| 1x06
| 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
| [[October 15]], 1977
|-
|-
| "[[Water, Water...Nowhere]]/[[Wheelin' and Reelin']]/[[The Carnival Caper]]/[[Sneakiest Rustler in the West]]/[[Spooking the Spooks]]/[[Dr. Doom's Gloom]]"
| 1x07
| 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
| [[October 22]], 1977
|-
|-
| "[[Wild, Wild Wilderness]]/[[Buzzard, Clean Up Your Act]]/[[The Unhappy Heavy Hippo]]/[[Bad Medicine]]/[[From Scream to Screen]]/[[Chicken Flickin' Capon Caper]]"
| 1x08
| 1x08
* ''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
| [[October 29]], 1977
|-
|-
| "[[Island of Terror]]/[[Backyard Buzzards]]/[[The King for Prez]]/[[Busting Boomerino]]/[[Gloom and Doo DeDoom]]/[[Undercover Around the World]]"
| 1x09
| 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
| [[November 5]], 1977
|-
|-
| "[[Go North, Young Bears]]/[[Spy in the Sky]]/[[Snowbound Safari]]/[[Roger the Dodger]]/[[Polt R Geist]]/[[Irate Pirates]]"
| 1x10
| 1x10
* ''CB Bears:'' "[[Go North, Young Bears]]"
* ''Blast-Off Buzzard:'' "[[Spy in the Sky (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
| [[November 12]], 1977
|-
|-
| "[[The Invasion of the Blobs]]/[[First Class Buzzard]]/[[Great Billionaire Chase Case]]/[[Riverboat Sam the Gambling Man]]/[[Too Many Kooks (Shake, Rattle and Roll)|Too Many Kooks]]/[[Perilous Pigskin]]"
| 1x11
| 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 (Shake, Rattle and Roll)|Too Many Kooks]]"
* ''Undercover Elephant:'' "[[Perilous Pigskin]]"
| [[November 19]], 1977
| [[November 19]], 1977
|-
|-
| "[[Disaster from the Skies]]/[[Freezin' and Sneezin']]/[[Boat Fever]]/[[The Invisible Kid]]/[[A Scary Face from Outer Space]]/[[Swami Whammy]]"
| 1x12
| 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
| [[November 26]], 1977
|-
|-
| "[[Disappearing Satellites]]/[[Cousin Snakey is a Groove]]/[[Go for It, King]]/[[Calamity John]]/[[Health Spa Spooks]]/[[The Disappearing Duchess]]"
| 1x13
| 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
| [[December 3]], 1977
|-
|-
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==Cast==
==Cast==
* [[Daws Butler]] as [[Blast-Off Buzzard]], [[Big Duke]], [[Hustle]], [[Stick]] and [[Undercover Elephant]]
* [[Daws Butler]] as [[Blast-Off Buzzard]], [[Big Duke]], [[Hustle]], [[Stick]] and [[Undercover Elephant (character)|Undercover Elephant]]
* [[Don Messick]] as [[Clyde (Heyyy, It's the King!)|Clyde]]
* [[Don Messick]] as [[Clyde (Heyyy, It's the King!)|Clyde]]
* [[Alan Oppenheimer]] as [[Sidney Merciless]]
* [[Alan Oppenheimer]] as [[Sidney Merciless]]
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* [[Chuck McCann]] as [[Boogie]] and [[Blubber]]
* [[Chuck McCann]] as [[Boogie]] and [[Blubber]]
* [[Ginny McSwain]] as [[Sheena]]
* [[Ginny McSwain]] as [[Sheena]]
* [[Henry Corden]] as [[Bump]]
* [[Henry Corden]] as [[Bump (CB Bears)|Bump]]
* [[Sheldon Allman]] as [[Big H]]
* [[Sheldon Allman]] as [[Big H]]
* [[Michael Bell]] as [[Chief (Undercover Elephant)|Chief]]
* [[Michael Bell]] as [[Chief (Undercover Elephant)|Chief]]
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* [[Paul Winchell]] as [[Shake]]
* [[Paul Winchell]] as [[Shake]]
* [[Bill Woodson]] as [[Sheriff (Posse Impossible)|Sheriff]] of [[Saddlesore]]
* [[Bill Woodson]] as [[Sheriff (Posse Impossible)|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]]<br>
* '''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 (actor)|Frank Welker]], [[Paul Winchell]]
* '''Title Designed by:''' [[Bill Perez]]
* '''Graphics:''' [[Iraj Paran]]
* '''Musical Director:''' [[Hoyt Curtin]]<br>
* '''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]]<br>
* '''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 Channel|Disney]]'s ''[[Wake, Rattle & Roll|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.


==References==
==References==
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Revision as of 18:18, 22 April 2024

This article is about the television packaged series. For other uses, see CB Bears.
CB Bears
CBB title card.png
On-screen title card.
Network NBC
Production company Hanna-Barbera Productions
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

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.

Only the Posse Impossible segments were released in their entirety, in the form of a VHS release.

Production

Development

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 September 10, 1977
1x02 September 17, 1977
1x03 September 24, 1977
1x04 October 1, 1977
1x05 October 8, 1977
1x06 October 15, 1977
1x07 October 22, 1977
1x08 October 29, 1977
1x09 November 5, 1977
1x10 November 12, 1977
1x11 November 19, 1977
1x12 November 26, 1977
1x13 December 3, 1977

Cast

Credits

These identical credits appeared at the end of every episode.

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.

References

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