Bear Country Online Cartoon Fast Facts: · Nearly twenty Berenstain Bears books were developed into cartoons during the early 1980s. · Another dozen or so original cartoons were made and then later adapted into book form. · In all, there were over forty cartoon episodes of the Berenstain Bears! Also Check Out… · Cartoon Central’s Berenstain Bears page	Information coming soon about the NEW Berenstain Bears Cartoon Series airing daily on PBS. To learn more, visit the PBS Kids website including Berenstain Bears show information and activities.
	The Berenstain Bears Cartoon and Episodes on Home Video From 1985 to 1987, CBS aired the Saturday morning cartoon version of the Berenstain Bears. And before that, there were also a number of Berenstain Bears TV specials between 1979 and 1983. Later, many of the episodes were released on VHS, and some are still available. One LaserDisc of Berenstain Bears cartoons was released briefly during the early 1990s, before that technology took a backseat to the superior DVD format. So far there are no Berenstain Bears episodes available on DVD. Though many of these videos are out of print, you may find copies occasionally offered on eBay.
	Mama, Papa, Sister, and Brother point to their “split-level tree” as they sing the opening theme song to the Berenstain Bears cartoon series. Each half hour show contains two 12-minute episodes. Most of the episodes were eventually released on home video. Was YOUR favorite Berenstain Bears story turned into a cartoon? Check out the titles below to find out!!! The Berenstain Bears Cartoon Theme Song (To the tune of The Stars and Stripes Forever) [SPOKEN] This way to Bear Country. You’ll know when you’re there. As soon as you enter, You’ll feel like a bear. A great grizzly bear, A Berenstain Bear! [SUNG] We are the Berenstain Bears Mama, Papa, Sister, Brother We appreciate each other We live in a split-level tree Mama, Papa, Sister, and me! Snug as bugs in our split-level tree. [SPOKEN] Here are more Berenstain Bears: Actual Factual, Big Paw, Raffish Ralph, Horace T. Honeypot, I’m the Mayor. Lots, lots more - bears galore! [SUNG] You may think that this starts our show… Well, it does!

THE NEW BERENSTAIN BEARS VIDEO SERIES (Columbia TriStar) This is the “new” version of the First Time Series seen below. The videos have been repackaged and three episodes now appear on each volume, rather than only two. The videos contain a variety of stories, including very popular stories like The Berenstain Bears and the Messy Room and The Berenstain Bears in the Dark. They also include cartoons based on lesser-known Berenstain Bears stories like The Neighborly Skunk and The Substitute Teacher. Most interesting, though, are original episodes like The Forbidden Cave, Go Bonkers over Honkers, and Ring the Bell, which have never been published in book format.
Volume 1: The Berenstain Bears and The Messy Room (with Terrible Termites and Life With Papa) / BUY!	Volume 2: The Berenstain Bears and The Truth (with Save the Bees and The Forbidden Cave) / BUY!
Volume 3: The Berenstain Bears Learn About Strangers (with The Disappearing Honey and The Substitute Teacher) / BUY!	Volume 4: The Berenstain Bears Forget Their Manners (with The Bigpaw Problem and The Cat's Meow) / BUY!
Volume 5: The Berenstain Bears in the Dark (with The Wicked Weasel Spell and Mystery Mansion / BUY!	Volume 6: The Berenstain Bears and Too Much Birthday (with Go Bonkers over Honkers and Go Fly a Kite / BUY!
Volume 7: Making Friends Everywhere (Includes Trouble with Friends, Ring the Bell, and The Neighborly Skunk) / BUY!	Volume 8: Bears to the Rescue (Includes The Missing Dinosaur Bone, To the Rescue, and Save the Day) / BUY!
FIRST TIME BOOKS VIDEO SERIES (OUT OF PRINT) Released on VHS in 1988-89, these are many of the popular cartoons that aired on CBS Saturday mornings from 1985-87.
Vol. 1: The Berenstain Bears and the Messy Room (plus The Terrible Termite) / 1988	Vol. 2: The Berenstain Bears Learn About Strangers (plus The Disappearing Honey) / 1988
Vol. 3: The Berenstain Bears and the Truth (plus Save the Bees) / 1988	Vol. 4: The Berenstain Bears Get in a Fight (plus The Bigpaw Problem) / 1988
Vol. 5: The Berenstain Bears in the Dark (plus Ring the Bell) / 1989	Vol. 6: The Berenstain Bears and the Trouble with Friends (plus The Coughing Catfish) / 1989
Vol. 7: The Berenstain Bears and Too Much Birthday (plus To the Rescue) / 1989	Vol. 8: The Berenstain Bears: No Girls Allowed (plus The Missing Dinosaur Bone) / 1989
Vol. 9: The Berenstain Bears Get Stage Fright (plus Go Bonkers Over Honkers) / 1989	Vol. 10: The Berenstain Bears Forget Their Manners (plus the Wicked Weasel Spell) / 1989
OTHER BERENSTAIN BEAR VIDEOS – ALL OUT OF PRINT The first two videos seen below are very simple productions that include a narrator reading the text of the stories while images from the book are shown on the screen. They are not animated cartoons in the traditional sense. The rest of the videos all aired as TV specials between 1979 and 1983 and were later published in book format. When it appeared on TV, Play Ball was originally titled, “The Berenstain Bears’ Littlest Leaguer,” (1983) and Cupid’s Surprise was simply, “The Berenstain Bears’ Valentine Special” (1982). These videos were released by Embassy Home Entertainment (1984/1987), Kids Klassics Videos (1989-1990), and Good Times Home Video (1992). Special school edition videos like “Meet the Berenstains, Jan and Stan” (American School Publishers, 1991) and “Stan, Jan, and Michael Berenstain” (Croma Video, 1979) were also made, as well as filmstrip adaptations of many of the Berenstain Bears storybooks.
The Berenstain Bears and the Missing Dinosaur Bone (plus Bears in the Night and The Bear Detectives) Narrated storybooks	The Bears' Christmas (plus Inside Outside Upside Down and The Bike Lesson) Narrated storybooks
The Berenstain Bears Meet Bigpaw (Made for TV, 1981) The Berenstain Bears’ Christmas Tree (Made for TV, 1979)	The Berenstain Bears and Cupid’s Surprise (AKA “Comic Valentine”) (Made for TV as “Valentine Special,” 1982; Book was published under the title “Comic Valentine”) The Berenstain Bears Easter Surprise (Made for TV, 1981) The Berenstain Bears Play Ball (Made for TV as “Littlest Leaguer,” 1981)
TV TEDDY VIDEOS – OUT OF PRINT These videos were created especially for the TV Teddy, an interactive toy similar to Teddy Ruxpin. “The Berenstain Bears and the Not-So-Buried Treasure” came packaged with the original TV Teddy console.
The Berenstain Bears and the Not-So-Buried Treasure (Yes! Entertainment, 1993) The Berenstain Bears in Giant Bat Cave plus Go Fly a Kite (Yes! Entertainment, 1993) The Berenstain Bears and the Wild, Wild Honey plus Knight to Remember (Yes! Entertainment, 1993)

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