CB Bears (1977)

Directed by

Charles August Nichols

Genre

comedy, animation, western, kids, mystery

Country

United States

Length

1 season, 78 episodes

Rated

L

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is an animated anthology show from the late 1970s with six different segments. Each segment spoofs a popular live-action show or movie from the same era, like a bear version of Charlie's Angels or a ghost trio imitating classic comedians.

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What happens

CB Bears is an American animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions, which aired on NBC from September 10 to December 3, 1977. As with many Hanna-Barbera shows of the time, CB Bears was an anthology series with six regular segments: The CB Bears; Blast-Off Buzzard; Heyyy, It's the King!; Posse Impossible; Shake, Rattle & Roll; and Undercover Elephant. Each segment riffed on a popular television show or film. The CB Bears segment was a spoof on the 1976 hit show Charlie's Angels, with a trio of ursine investigators given assignments by an unseen dispatcher. Similarly, Heyyy, It's the King! was a takeoff on the 1974 hit Happy Days, with a royal lion based on Henry Winkler's famous Fonzie. Blast-Off Buzzard imitated Looney Tunes' Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner; Posse Impossible was a cowboy show caricaturing John Wayne; Shake, Rattle & Roll featured a trio of ghosts imitating comics Hugh Herbert, Lou Costello and Marty Allen; and Undercover Elephant spoofed Mission: Impossible. On February 4, 1978, NBC repackaged the show as part of the two-hour The Go-Go Globetrotters, which also featured reruns of the Harlem Globetrotters series. This lasted until September 3. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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