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Contents 1 Paddington Bear 50 years 2 Dead link 3 Paddington in the Rain! 4 Short stories? 5 Paddington Bear on Canadian Romper Room? 6 Paddington Bear switches to Marmite Sandwiches 7 Major Edit/Section Deletions 8 "As notable as Winnie-the-Pooh"? 9 Times Article

[edit] Paddington Bear 50 years

I'm proposing that we work on this article to get it featured to celebrate the 50th birthday of Paddington Bear this year. --Miikka Raninen (talk) 11:14, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Someone living in Britain could ask for an interview from the Author Michael Bond for Wikinews.

• Confirm a number of facts and get more information.
• Get photographs of original illustrations from him with a GFDL license or equivalent to use them here.

See/listen also: BBC Radio 4 program: Please Look After This Bear

[edit] Dead link

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maru (talk) contribs 04:40, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Paddington in the Rain!

I found a clip on YouTube of what appears to be an episode of Paddington, where he does his own recreation of Singin' in the Rain! Link to the YouTube video Here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwtFYneCDyc

-- JaffaCakeLover 18:10, 28 January 2007 (GMT)

[edit] Short stories?

Aren't they all short stories? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 88.105.199.70 (talk • contribs) 10:17, 4 December 2006 (UTC).

[edit] Paddington Bear on Canadian Romper Room?

I'm trying to think back to when I was two years old, but I seem to remember Paddington Bear segments airing on the Canadian edition of Romper Room. Mjlarochelle 04:01, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Paddington Bear switches to Marmite Sandwiches

Paddington Bear is being used in the new marmite advertising campaign:

• Paddington Bear Gets Taste for Marmite MediaGaurdian September 12, 2007

The 1975 stop motion series will be re-broadcast on UK TV in conjunction with TV (created by DDB London) and radio advertising.

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Miss Cicatrix 11:54, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Major Edit/Section Deletions

I am keen to edit this into a good article. I have started with small changes and additions, but now think that a major revision is in order. I intend to delete the unreferenced Species (opinion not fact) and Influences on Fashion sections in light of info from the official Paddington site. The 2nd paragraph of the introduction is repetitive and requires revision.

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Miss Cicatrix 09:18, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "As notable as Winnie-the-Pooh"?

"The polite immigrant bear from Darkest Peru, with his old bush hat, battered suitcase and marmalade sandwiches has become a classic English children's literature icon, and is as notable as Winnie-the-Pooh."

I'm tempted to remove the comparison with Winnie-the-Pooh, unless a good reference can be found ("...literature icon, whose cultural influence has been compared to that of Winnie-the-Pooh [ref] "). Otherwise, the comparison seems to constitute original research. Apart from the two characters being bears, as opposed to tank engines for example, I'm not convinced they have much in common. Mtford 15:14, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

Agreed, removed. Hugzz (talk) 02:29, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Times Article

There's a 50 year article in the times with an extract (presumably from the new book ?) - [1] -- John (Daytona2 · Talk · Contribs) 07:12, 7 May 2008 (UTC)