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I saw a NEW SMOKEY THE BEAR COMMERICAL.. he was DIGITIALIZED and I believe he had a new message, something about the internet, this just happened very recently... so i think this page needs to be updated,, but I cant find any information on the web about the New Digital Smokety the bear. I think the message had to do with Internet safety.

Contents 1 Trivia 2 Date of Smokey's Creation 3 Outfit 4 Hotfoot Teddy 5 sutra 6 wc3 7 The 8 Image licences.

[edit] Trivia

The page needs a trivia section, it has been spoofed countless times in the media, whether it be praise or taunting.

[edit] Date of Smokey's Creation

The first line of the page says 1994; this is obviously incorrect. Right? It should be 1944. --AaronM 14:37, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

How did his first poster appear in 1944 if he was based on a bear caught in 1950?

If you read carefully, you will see that there is no contradiction; the phrase "based on" is not used or implied.Slowmover 03:37, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

So, is he a fictional bear or a real bear, based on fact..?

The story is here [1]. Omphaloscope » talk 02:50, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Outfit

Smokey usually wears blue jeans, not tan trousers.

[edit] Hotfoot Teddy

Name of the first bear: was it originally Hotfoot (as my sources said) or Hotfoot Teddy? ~ender 2005-10-04 01:34:MST

[edit] sutra

minor correction; see my emendation to the STB Sutra page for more. Kmarzahl 16:34, 29 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] wc3

One of WarCraft III - The Frozen Throne's unit's, the Druid of the Claw's "annoyed-sound" uses the "...forest fires."-version.

[edit] The

His correct name is Smokey Bear, Not Smokey the bear. It is not Santa the Claus, it is not Easter the Bunny.... According the the US Forestry Service web site http://www.fs.fed.us/r9/wayne/facts/smokey_bear.html Smokey Bear... But Everyone identifies with Smokey the Bear, so it sticks. (not signed)

I agree with you 100%. What I tell people is, you won't say Mickey the Mouse or Donald the Duck, would you? Check smokeybear.com, there is a story that "the" was added by the songwriters. --K72ndst 18:08, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

I want to say that I read or heard that the "the" was taken out, possibly by an Act of Congress, so the name could be Politically Correct. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jmchuff (talk • contribs) 04:28, 1 April 2007 (UTC).

What about Kermit the Frog or Oscar the Grouch? I mean I would be wrong to "Kermit Frog" or "Oscar Grouch". —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.229.178.191 (talk) 01:10, 18 April 2007 (UTC).

Or Sonic the Hedgehog? I've always heard him referred to as Smokey the Bear, never Smokey Bear. I always figured his name was just Smokey, and "the Bear" is added to show you're talking about the bear and not something else. I'm not saying that the page should be changed to refer to him as "Smokey the Bear", but shouldn't there at least be a sentence at the top of the page that says "also known as Smokey the Bear", or something like that? TBIRallySport 18:04, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

• I moved the explanation of why he is Smokey Bear and not Smokey The Bear to the top. It's pretty much the first thing anyone asks so there is no reason to bury it deep in the article. Fanra 12:45, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Image licences.

Could someone clarify under what kind of licence we are including the pictures of Smokey Bear in the article. I checked the image pages, and the licenses there are seriously ambigous... -- Cimon Avaro; on a pogostick. (talk) 11:27, 12 May 2008 (UTC)