The Teddy Bears’ Christmas

🎄 It’s Christmas time for teddy bears in this 1992 prequel to what I thought until very recently was a one-off special called “The Teddy Bears’ Picnic.”

🎙️ Ethan “The Hungry Reader” and Anthony Strand join us as we meet the title teddy from a later cartoon series called “The Secret World of Benjamin Bear,” his first encounter with his friend, Wally, and a new, but familiar set of rules of being a living teddy bear. Many comparisons to “The Christmas Toy” ensue.

📺 You can find “The Teddy Bears’ Christmas” on YouTube.

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(00:00) - Intro
(02:09) - The History of Benjamin Bear
(05:26) - Act 1
(23:22) - Act 2
(35:40) - Retro Commercial Break
(36:50) - Act 3
(1:08:44) - Final Thoughts

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💬 Topics & Tangents:

“The Teddy Bears’ Picnic” (1989)

“The Secret World of Benjamin Bear.”

Today’s TV Trope: Sliding Scale of Living Toys.

“A celebrity is not a people.” — Lew Zealand.

Mike on A Special Presentation for “The Hugga Bunch Movie.”

The Price of His Toys store catalog.

When Houses Had Built-In “Milk Doors.”

Goofy gets kissed by the milkman (“Father’s Day Off,” 1953)

“The Birthday Dragon” (1991)

“Rollin’ with Saget” by Jamie Kennedy and Stu Stone (Wally), featuring Bob Saget.