The Berenstain Bears (1985 TV series)

"The Berenstain Bears" is an animated television series based on Stan and Jan Berenstain's "Berenstain Bears" children's book series, that aired originally from 1985 to 1987 on CBS with over 52 11-minute episodes in 26 half-hour shows produced.

Production

The Berenstain Bears was originally developed for television by Joe Cates. Perpetual Motion had produced the earlier specials. The cartoons produced afterwards were produced in association with Joe Cates. The producers and animators of the original animated motion picture "Charlotte's Web", and the CBS series "Famous Classic Tales" and the 1990 TV special "Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue" also produced this series. Hanna-Barbera Australia and Southern Star Productions were originally combined in the end credits, with a logo featuring a star with thunder and lightning on a space background, but are now credited with the modern Southern Star logo instead. This appears to be common in other productions since DVD releases of Famous Classic Tales also credit only Southern Star as the producers. However, cartoons that were made API and Hanna Barbera Australia are now part of Southern Star Productions.

It is mostly distributed by DiC Entertainment, but the DiC logos fail to show up on the early Berenstain Bear tapes. The opening previews were edited, the original title cards were replaced, and the end credits were slightly modified. The theme music was slowed down on current re-runs, and in the early VHS releases, the credits were scrolling. In 2000, it was released by Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment.

Recently, the series has been syndicated on a few TV stations by DiC. This time, The Incredible World Of DiC logos are seen throughout the presention of the cartoons. It opens with an Incredible World Of DiC animated Logo, with random illustrations of The Berenstain Bears. The next scenes show the opening previews with the original music while selected scenes from two episodes are combined into one clip. The opening is shown, followed by the original title cards. Before and after commercials, The Incredible World Of DiC logo appears on a corner of a Berenstain Bears illustration. The original closing credits are time-expanded with the music playing at the wrong pitch, are seen with the final few seconds going directly to the production logos. They are another Incredible World Of DiC logo, a Southern Star Entertainment logo, and a Tribune Entertainment logo, all plastering the original Southern Star/Hanna-Barbera Australia logo.

Brother and Sister Bear were also seen in an ad for McDonald's Happy Meal's 15th Anniversary in 1994, alongside Sonic the Hedgehog, Barbie, the Muppet Babies, and Babs and Buster Bunny from Tiny Toons.

Voice actors and their characters

* Ruth Buzzi - Mama Bear, Grizzly Gran, Officer Margarite, Jane, Queen Nectar
* Brian Cummings - Mayor Honeypot, Big Paw, Papa Bear
* Christina Lange - Sister Bear
* Josh Rodine - Cousin Freddy
* David Mendenhall - Brother Bear
* Frank Welker - Raffish Ralph, Weasel McGreed, Farmer Ben, Henchweasels
* Marissa Mendenhall - Additional Voices

Credits

* Produced & Directed by: Buzz Potamkin
* Originally Developed for Television by: Joe Cates
* Production Executive: David Salter
* Animation Director: Chris Cuddington
* Associate Producer: Gordon Kent
* Story Direction Supervisor: Cullen Blaine
* Story Editor: Rowby Goren
* Production Manager: Jack Pietruska
* Background Design: Richard Zaloudek
* Layout Supervisor: Margaret Parkes
* Animation Supervisor: Di Rudder
* Animation Checking Supervisor: Ellen Bayley
* Inbetweening Supervisor: Mary Guest
* Xerography Supervisor: Joan Lawson
* Xerography Checking Supervisor: Irmina Dubinska
* Paint Supervisor: Donene Bailey
* Camera Supervisor: Fernando Letteri
* Control: Annette Deal
* Color Styling: Olga Zahorsky
* Storyboard Design: Rich Chidlaw, Robert Dranko, Jan Green, Scott Jeralds, Bruce Morris, Byron Vaughns
* Original Music Composed & Conducted by: Elliot Lawrence
* Music Arranged by: Lanny Meyers
* Music Recorded at: Regent Sound Studios
* Voice Tracks Recorded at: Buzzy's Recording Services
* Re-Recorded at: Post Sound
* Post Production Supervisor: Arthur Lazarus Klein
* Production Coordinator: Diane Allman
* Film Editor: Robert Ciagilia
* Post Production: Pacific Video
* Production Auditor: Wayne Dearing
* Production Assistants: Robyn C. Williams, Tom Rice
* Post Production Assistants: Joni Torres, Mary Morrissey, Marion Siwek
* Track Reading: Cecil Broughton, Gary Lewis
* Negative Cutter: Dennis Brookens
* Assistant Editor: Robin Gerber
* Layout Artists: James Baker, Mark Mulgrew, Lisa Brailey, Steve Papantonou, Deane Taylor, Bruce Pedersen, John Hill, Nancy Lockwood, Joe Shearer, Andre Brescian, John Vance, Gaynor Medlin, Pere Van-Reyn, Stephen Moltzen
* Background Painters: Jerry Liew, Chesmire Bgrkert, Heler Steele, David Davenport, Ken Wright, Mike King-Prime, Milan Zahorsky Jr.
* Animators: Karen Barboutis, John Burge, Robert Baxter, Rooney Brunsoon, Sue Beak, Gairden Cooke, Ty Bosco, Murray Debus, Rodney D. Silva, Ken Keys, Dick Dunn, Glen Kirkpatrick, Peter Eastment, Dwayne Labbe, Don Ezard, Jon MacClenahan, Peter Gardiner, Don MacKinnon, Gerry Grabner, Robert Malherbe, George Hemzal, John Martin, Greg Ingram, Helen McAdam, Victor Juy, Henry Neville, Kevin Peaty, Philip Scarrold, Philip Pepper, Stephen Taylor, Darusz Polkowski, Rick Tinschetri, John Rice, Kaye Wafts, Steve Gobinson, Jim Wyle, Milan Zahorsky Jr.
* Inbetweeners: Gibsian Abrahams, Michael Baytes, Melanie Allen, Jill Bell, Paul Baker, Mark Benvenuti, Bogevin Binjarski, Christopher Evans, Cindy Bower, Craig Fansclough, Kathy Resmond, Christopher Bradley, Grania Cole, Bernard Gallate, Mark Coleman, Jackie Halbisa, Michael Davis, Craig Handley, Jan O'Silva, Lisa Hemmings, Amanda Earle, Phillip Rudd, Martin Ellis, John David Hilliard, Glen Kirkpatrick, Julie Stapleton, Eva McEvilly, Sela Szeman, McDonald Monks, Elizabeth Thomas, Mathew Munro, Steven Trenbihth, John Robertson, Phillip Williams, Philip Scarrglo, Sally Woods, Elizabeth Wojck-Mirski, Carol Seidl
* Animation Checkers: Kim Blaik, Lynette McClean, Leslie Blaney, Brodee Myers
* Paint Checking: Robyn Smith, Narisa Martin, Ruth Edelman, Jackie Neville, Margaret Ziolkswki
* Camera Operators: James Carl, Ngaio Richards, Andrew Kaminski, Renee Robinson, Robert Letteri, Zig Sulkewicz, Lenny Ochse, Kevin Toneycliffe, Aniko Omos, George Vrozina
* Special Effects: Henry Neville
* Produced in association with: Joe Coates Co. Inc.

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