The Berenstain Bears (1985 TV series)

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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 episodesin 26 half-hour shows produced.

1 Production
2 Voice actors and their characters
3 Credits
4 External link

[edit] 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 also produced this series. Hanna-Barbera Australia and Southern Star Productions were originally combined in the end credits, 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 Souther 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 originally played slower, and in the early VHS releases, this music was sped up, and 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 commericials, The Incredible World Of DiC logo appears on a corner of a Berenstain Bears illustration. The original closing credits 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.

[edit] Voice actors and their characters

Ruth Buzzi - Mama Bear, Grizzly Gran, Officer Margarite, Jane, Queen Nectar
Brian Cummings - Papa Q. Bear, Mayor Honeypot, Big Paw
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

[edit] 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.