i loved the Animation to this book with the great bear song
link?
have trouble finding this animation on the net ... but i remember it was a 20 min long , it was made by the same that make those Bugs Bunny , Daffy duck cartoons
Bear That Wasn't
This book was about a bear who went to sleep for the winter. When he woke up in the spring a factory had been built over his den. No one in the factory will believe he is a bear. They all say he is a guy in fur coat. He talks to each manager as he talks to higher ranking managers you can see in the picture that the next manager has one more phone on his desk, one more trash can and on more secretary than the last manager he talked to. Pre-1965.
Jörg Steiner, The bear who wanted to be a bear, 1977. "A huge factory replaces the woodlands around a hibernating bear who, on awakening, must prove he is indeed a bear and not a lazy worker."
Frank Tashlin, The bear that wasn't, 1962, 1995. "After hibernating for the winter, a bear wakes up to discover that a huge factory has been built over his cave and that nobody believes he is a bear."
The Bear That Wasn't. I had this on a record when I was a kid, but it's actually not a book but a cartoon. The refrain they keep repeating is,"You're a hairy man who needs a shave and wears a fur coat." There may have been a book made from the cartoon, I suppose. Some information on it is here.
B182: Have I got info for you! It's The Bear That Wasn't, 1946, written and illustrated by Frank Tashlin, writer, animator, director and producer. Also the author of the 1950 The Possum That Didn't (smile, that is) and the 1951 The World That Isn't. He worked with Bob Hope, the Marx Bros, Jerry Lewis and directed "The Girl Can't Help It" with Jayne Mansfield and Little Richard. However, some feel that The Bear That Wasn't, while very funny, is really more for adults while slightly sad for kids - it's cynical, after all. Some think it's a bit political, too! It was made into a 10-minute cartoon by Chuck Jones in 1967. In 1976, Jorg Steiner and Jorg Muller wrote a slightly different book version called The Bear Who Wanted to Be a Bear. Not much humor in that one.
Additional note: Frank Tashlin wrote (in 1952?) The Turtle That Couldn't. He was also the director of at least a dozen Porky Pig cartoons, some Bugs and Daffy, and many more.
B182 Steiner, Jorg. The bear who wanted to be a bear. illus by Jorg Muller. Atheneum c1977. bear forced to work in factory because no one believes he is a bear.
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I'm looking for a book which I remember reading about 1950. I was in Washington DC at that time, if that helps. It was about a bear who goes to sleep (hibernates) and during the winter a factory is built over his hibernation cave. When he awakes in the spring he finds himself inside the factory, and tries to get out (as best I remember). People keep asking him who he is and he says "I'm a bear" and they keep repeating "Bear? No, You are just a man in a fur coat who needs a shave" and he goes through a series of levels in the company repeating the same phrases. I can't remember if he finally gets out of the factory, but I think finally the president believes him. I'd love to find the book again - talk about favorite childhood memories!! I heard about your website this weekend on a Delta flight from London. Hope you can help!!
Frank Tashlin, The bear that wasn't, 1962, 1995. "After hibernating for the winter, a bear wakes up to discover that a
huge factory has been built over his cave and that nobody believes he is a bear." See Solved Mysteries for more.
Damn right I'm serious. Bears never wear pants, I can prove it by mathematical induction:
Take 1 Bear, he doesn't wear pants.
Now let's assume that n bears don't wear pants; And since it's easily provable that n+1 bears don't wear pants - since bears don't - QED.
Damn right I'm serious. Bears never wear pants, I can prove it by mathematical induction:
Take 1 Bear, he doesn't wear pants.
Now let's assume that n bears don't wear pants; And since it's easily provable that n+1 bears don't wear pants - since bears don't - QED.
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