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Bear Bunch - Three wild bears featured on the Hanna Barbera
cartoon HELP! IT'S THE HAIR BEAR BUNCH/NBC/1971-72. The Hair Bears consisted of
Hair Bear, Square Bear and Bubi Bear. These hip streetwise characters lived in
Cave Block Number Nine at the Wonderland Zoo. Their cave had a TV, refrigerator,
pool table and a periscope disguised as a giraffe used to watch out for trouble.
Hair Bear (Daws Butler), the scheming leader of the bunch, sported a big gold
Afro-style wig and ascot and was an expert on all the zoo's rules and
regulations. Bubi Bear (Paul Winchell), the short one, spoke in gibberish that
only his companions could understand him. And Square Bear (Bill Callaway), the
slow-witted member of the group, was always looking for food to feed his
insatiable appetite.
The Hair Bear's main mission in life was to escape the zoo
and live it up in the outside world. But first they had to get past Mr. Eustace
P. Peevly (John Stephenson) Curator of the Zoo ("Those bears are up to
something!") and Botch (Joe E. Ross) his oafish, bumbling assistant ("Botch! Do
something....!").
To escape the zoo, the bears used a number of methods
including digging tunnels, slingshots over the wall, and disguised as departing
visitors. The bears also owned an invisible motorcycle which came in handy to
escape the approaching Mr. Pevly (a member of the "Establishment" who wanted to
keep these fun-loving, hippy bears in their place).
Other occupants at the Zoo
included Bananas, a Gorilla who loved bananas, Fur Face the lion, Hippy and
Hercules, a pair of Hippos, Tip Toes the ostrich, Melvyn the Monkey and Rare
Bear, the Hair Bear's hillbilly room-mate who stayed for a short time at the
Zoo.
When the series aired in syndication in the USA, the cartoon was retitled
THE YO YO BEARS.
THEME SONG
In The Wonderland Zoo,
There are certain bears who,
Stay at home every night,
Never quarrel or fight,
Hey! We don't even bite!
So don't yell.
Help! Help! Here come the bears,
Help! Help! Here come the bears,
Help! Help! Here come the bears,
Lets split!
(Repeat last verse once)
Help! It's the Hair Bear Bunch!
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