CB Bears (TV series)

For other uses, see CB Bears (disambiguation)

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 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 originally planned for 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.

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	Number	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	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	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	September 24, 1977
"Valley of No Return/The Egg & Aye Aye Aye/Surf's Up/The Alabama Brahma Bull/Shake the Lion-Hearted/Pain in the Brain"	1x04	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	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	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	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	October 29, 1977
"Island of Terror/Backyard Buzzards/The King for Prez/Busting Boomerino/Gloom and Doo DeDoom/Undercover Around the World"	1x09	November 5, 1977
"Go North, Young Bears/Spy in the Sky/Snowbound Safari/Roger the Dodger/Polt R Geist/Irate Pirates"	1x10	November 12, 1977
"The Invasion of the Blobs/First Class Buzzard/Great Billionaire Chase Case/Riverboat Sam the Gambling Man/Too Many Kooks/Perilous Pigskin"	1x11	November 19, 1977
"Disaster from the Skies/Freezin' and Sneezin'/Boat Fever/The Invisible Kid/A Scary Face from Outer Space/Swami Whammy"	1x12	November 26, 1977
"Disappearing Satellites/Cousin Snakey is a Groove/Go for It, King/Calamity John/Health Spa Spooks/The Disappearing Duchess"	1x13	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, 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
• Rik 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