🎄 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. 

Garfield: “Pooky has two ears and no mouth.” (1985) 

More talk about Santabear. 

Mike previewed the Rock ’n’ Roller Coaster Starring the Muppets… and interviewed the Electric Mayhem for ToughPigs.com! 

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📼 Commercials: 

TV Teddy (1993) 

Christmas Creeps. 

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“The Teddy Bears’ Christmas” © 1992 Longboat Productions, LLC. 

Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost. 
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