HELP IT'S THE HAIR BEAR BUNCH Original Production Cel

HELP IT'S THE HAIR BEAR BUNCH Original Production Cel

Help!... It's the Hair Bear Bunch! is a Saturday morning cartoon, produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions in 1971 for CBS.

The series depicted three fun-loving bears — the Afroed, fast-talking Hair Bear, confusing-talking Bubi Bear, and laid-back Square Bear — who are always trying to find a way to escape the Wonderland Zoo on some sort of get-rich-quick scheme, or a wild night of fun. Trying to stop them are the constantly aggravated head zoo director, Mr. Eustace P. Peevly, and his hopelessly inadequate assistant Lionel J. Botch.

The bears have a modern "bachelor pad"-styled den at the zoo, but they disguise it from Peevly and Botch to avoid revealing their comfortable surroundings. The bears also have an invisible motorcycle, which Square Bear can call upon when necessary by jumping in the air and kicking his leg to start it. The motorcycle is never explained, though Hair Bear has commented that he doesn't know how Square does it, but is glad that he does.

The show was developed under the name The Yo Yo Bears, a title which many sources inaccurately list as its name in syndication. The show never went into syndication after CBS canceled it in 1974; it reappeared in 1984 on cable on USA Cartoon Express. As of September 2008, the show is currently running on Cartoon Network's sister network Boomerang.

Other residents of the Wonderland Zoo include Bananas the Gorilla, Furface the Lion, Fumbo the Elephant, Slicks the Fox, and Pipsqueak the Mouse.

Voices: Jeannie Brown, Daws Butler, Bill Callaway, Joan Gerber, Don Messick, Vic Perrin, Joe E. Ross, Hal Smith, John Stephenson, Janet Waldo, Lenny Weinrib, Paul Winchell.  {from Wikipedia}