The Bear Who Slept Through Christmas

The Bear Who Slept Through Christmas is an animated Christmas television special originally broadcast in the United States on NBC, December 17, 1973.[1][2] The special was produced by DePatie-Freleng Enterprises, executive producer Norman Sedawie, and starred the voices of Tom Smothers, Arte Johnson and Barbara Feldon, with narration by Casey Kasem.[3]

The Bear Who Slept Through Christmas
GenreComedy
Adventure
Musical
Written byJohn Barrett
Larry Spiegel
Directed byGerry Chiniquy
Hawley Pratt
Voices ofBob Holt
Kelly Lange
Michael Bell
Casey Kasem
Caryn Paperny
Arte Johnson
Tom Smothers
Barbara Feldon
ComposerDoug Goodwin
Country of originUnited States
Production
Executive producersDavid H. DePatie
Friz Freleng
ProducerTheodore Geisel
Production companyDePatie–Freleng Enterprises
Original release
NetworkNBC
ReleaseDecember 17, 1973 (1973-12-17)

The story focuses on Theodore Edward Bear (Ted E. Bear for short) who is curious about Christmas and decides to go searching for it while the other bears hibernate for the winter.

In the early 1980s, a plush Ted E. Bear was sold in stores. A Halloween sequel, The Great Bear Scare, premiered in October 1983 and was later broadcast on the Disney Channel until the late 1990s.

Rights to The Bear Who Slept Through Christmas are now owned by Lionsgate and is currently available through the Lionsgate channel on YouTube and on Tubi.

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  1. ^ Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. pp. 23–24. ISBN 9781476672939.
  2. ^ Woolery, George W. (1989). Animated TV Specials: The Complete Directory to the First Twenty-Five Years, 1962-1987. Scarecrow Press. p. 28. ISBN 0-8108-2198-2. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  3. ^ Nina David, ed., TV Season 1974-75, Oryx Press, 1976.
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