The Bear that Wasn't
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| The Bear that Wasn't | |
 "You are not a bear; you are a silly man who needs a shave and wears a fur coat." |
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| Directed by | Chuck Jones Maurice Noble |
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| Story by | Frank Tashlin (also original book) Irv Spector |
| Animation by | Ben Washam (supervising) Tom Ray Phil Roman Richard Thompson Don Towsley |
| Voices by | Paul Frees |
| Music by | Dean Elliott |
| Produced by | Chuck Jones Frank Tashlin |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Release date | December 31, 1967 |
| Format | Metrocolor, 10 min (one reel) |
| Language | English |
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The Bear that Wasn't is a 1946 children's book by film director and Looney Tunes alumnus Frank Tashlin. In 1967, Tashlin's former Termite Terrace colleague Chuck Jones directed an animated short film based upon the book for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. This short can be found on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection - Volume 3 DVD set.
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[edit] Plot
A bear settles down for his long winter nap, and while he sleeps the progress of man continues. He wakes up to find himself in the middle of an industrial complex. He then gets confused by the foreman as a worker and is told to work. To this he responds "but I'm not a man, I'm a Bear". He is then taken to each of his successive bosses, who try to convince him that he is just a "silly man that needs a shave and wears a fur coat".
[edit] Trivia
The Bear That Wasn't was the final animated short subject made by MGM. It marked the end of an era (more than thirty years) of MGM cartoon shorts.
[edit] Book info
- New York, E.P. Dutton & co., inc., 1946 (1st edition), LCCN 46001683
- New York, Dover Publications [1962,c1946], LCCN 62004936
- New York : Dover Publications, 1995, ISBN 0-486-28787-4
