Bearly Able

Bearly Able
Production company	Hanna-Barbera
Distributor	Columbia Pictures
Release date	June 28, 1962
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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Bearly Able is the twenty-fourth animated theatrical short of the Loopy De Loop series. It was distributed by Columbia Pictures on June 28, 1962. It was written by Michael Maltese and was produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the founders of Hanna-Barbera.

Loopy takes the role in babysitting Junior Bear after he accidentally scares the previous babysitter off.

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
Goldilocks	Jean Vander Pyl

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Three Bears' residence

Music

The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin.

Crew credits

• Story sketch: Paul Sommer and Charles Nichols
• Production supervisor: Howard Hanson
• Animation: Jack Ozark
• Layout: Walter Clinton
• Backgrounds: Art Lozzi
• Titles: Lawrence Goble
• Film editor: Warner Leighton
• Eastman color by: Pathé

Home availability

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