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Bears is in marketing and propaganda thread. https://t.co/etyK9YvdPs
Sugar Bearhttps://t.co/4duQOJNIqv
Yogi Bear was used to advertise Kellogg's.https://t.co/38CkeF4Si9 https://t.co/adJBr3JGnc
Smokey Bear from 1942https://t.co/tHF3up2sso
According to this, Smokey the Bear is 2nd in terms of recognizability, losing out only to Santa Claus.https://t.co/7KT2kXtpew
Garfield's Pooky was introduced in June 16, 1977https://t.co/N9qB3x3TL0https://t.co/i6fF1qv7mj
Gonna have to dig into this weird children's book-on-vinyl series.https://t.co/j16XMKQDZu https://t.co/7m1MApker2
Found a series of advertising with @TomVMorris in it."The wisdom that inspires us as children, stays with us forever..."https://t.co/Xr9nu3o9Zl
I have no idea who Tom Morris is, lol.This is kinda ironic https://t.co/xD8H0D6m83
Here's a viral advert where a bear kicks some guy in the nuts.https://t.co/QUR78cQYtY
It seems a company named "Steiff" was the first one to make stuffed bears. It started as a stuffed elephant.https://t.co/w5tBBr83ZjWell that's gonna haunt me now isn't it.https://t.co/6Y4JYG2jrV
I cut my favorite stuffed animals in half - because I want to -be rid of the body.Knowing full well hamtaro wasn't real - only an aspect -a figment of my psychology.I have yet to cut my ex's in half- ring is still on the tail -Kitty feels like a dead memory.I want to https://t.co/I6C6GHO3M5
"A 1902 political cartoon in The Washington Post spawned the teddy bear name."https://t.co/XfCSbpkYnw https://t.co/tn3of1Bs5o
That bear reminded me of a Russian's children show.I typed "Russian teddy bear cartoon" and it it was the first result for images.It seems Cheburashka is not actually a bear?https://t.co/o8u0HSAJo6
1988 Olympic games used "Misha""Misha is the first mascot of a sporting event to achieve large-scale commercial success as merchandise. The Misha doll was used extensively during the opening and closing ceremonies" https://t.co/QIUwTVNATC
They don't make memes like they used to. https://t.co/mrNbJ3iXcj
The general electric fantasy hour, on national broadcasting agency... The ballad of Smokey The Bear (1966)This was made by the same company that did the Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer stop motion. Huh.https://t.co/s1vw6Ml1ht
"Don't be a Guber..."What the heck is this?https://t.co/1qg8smWg1o https://t.co/a2SdPxLZzx
"I understand when you're trying to do an advertisement for toilet paper it's got to be hard to do you know you can't just say it's good for wiping your ass..."https://t.co/XIINJsQCgz
That kid ain't right. https://t.co/WJZTR1aSVj
It seems the Coca-Cola polar bears stemmed from a 1922 advertisement inspired by arctic expeditions in the news.https://t.co/2ufz1pseAB
I had no idea there was such a drama. https://t.co/CexrSzPu4N
Sleepytime tea has a bear mascot too. Apparently it "woke up" as a gimmick.https://t.co/Ak100inUnN
Um... What.https://t.co/umERrbk5CQI'm never buying sleepytime tea again.https://t.co/RDvz9Ivxts
Showbiz Pizza had the animatronic bears.They were parodied by goofy movie https://t.co/0Q4lqApVfM
Showbiz's "Bear Country Jubilee" was a knock off of "Country Bear Jamboree".But honestly, both pale in comparison to Teddy Grahamshttps://t.co/d3CBbG2RY5
I remembered that one of the reasons Winnie the Pooh was a part of my childhood was due to my mom's love of the Wind in the Willows. She had "The Tao Of Pooh" book on her shelf while I grew up. Very strange to have read that as a kid.https://t.co/8wopFJTvn7
She also had an original reproduction of A. A. Millne's works where Winnie was called "Edward Bear".It seems "pooh" was derived from a swan?https://t.co/PUTCelFqr7
"But do you think it worries himTo know that he is far from slim?No, just the other way about -He's proud of being [chonkers]."https://t.co/81N0OMfggchttps://t.co/39TwftY3cC
I already know there are bear tropes in other cultures. Like my own avatar is indirectly inspired from a bear attack in japan. https://t.co/5YXimaPOGQ
Dear Diary,Today I learned our brown bears are related to the species of bear that attacked a bunch of settlers in 1915 in japan. The Indecent may be the inspiration for the plot of Ikuhara's Yuri Bear Storm.https://t.co/nQVChWu1sSGrowl growl.https://t.co/WyRbQ79oNC
I know a little bit how to understand if someone is speaking Russian, even if I can't understand the actual words. I picked that up from watchin Russian cartoons and one in particular was "Vinni Pukh". https://t.co/YC94QWxoa0Been doing that more lately.https://t.co/FBcrosHmaR
this is parody?"Before I get into the details, let’s examine our long history of bear normalization. Perhaps more than any deadly non-human carnivore, the bear has managed to con humanity into thinking it is somehow cute and approachable."https://t.co/59ADlSI9Cn
ʕノ•ᴥ•ʔノ ︵ ┻━┻https://t.co/SAe4EWketO
Looking this up, I wasn't expecting it to go even further back with Pedobear himself being a lineage based on a bear emoji.ʕ ᵒ ᴥ ᵒʔRef: "INTERNET MEMES AND THEIRSIGNIFICANCE FOR MYTH STUDIES" Dissertation by Mgr. Pavel Gončarovhttps://t.co/u9ol22Zw1p https://t.co/yjlZTGouwg
Looked up "Kuma-san" (Mr. Bear) to try and confirm that the pedobear character is derived from "pedo" referring to walking on two feet.GF heard the tune to this and started signing the American version. Said it was from her time in girl scouts.https://t.co/yo8MmAopEN https://t.co/gYr8HgJemG
I first herd this song in "Barney's Campfire Sing-Along"https://t.co/KsuhVQ2oFP
We owned this on VHS. Not sure if it was the 1990 version or a later edition, but it would have been after the TV show aired in 1992. Prob around 1995ish?https://t.co/7FOOlxlr9q
Remember kids don't go in the random cave you found without your "Barney Beamers".https://t.co/XbPAsdVmED https://t.co/Y47PJGUmWg
I also learned of another bear cartoon that isn't well stationed in my memory. It seems "Barney Bear" was a Metro-Golden-Meyer (MGM) property that was also associated with droopy dog.https://t.co/0D1rbnG7pK
Also seems to have been around the time of Smokey bear and indirectly associated with the war effort. See "Bear Raid Warden" (1944) https://t.co/bUSW5TZQup
Weird to see a non-Disney lineage develop over time."Spike gets a job running the house for a hibernating bear. Only problem is that same bear is VERY noise-sensitive, and Spike's got a rival that wants his job."https://t.co/bhHShbCr5Qalso lmao: https://t.co/jcNmYKfpHX
This image highlights how bears and dogs often look a like.They were on the Rachel Ray Show.https://t.co/3dSbi0mg7tso cute!https://t.co/nIgcjivxtS
so when you read "Couple raised dog for 2 years and found out it was actually a bear" it sounds shocking. https://t.co/hTpVrC4KZC
But bears are quite trainable, and when you look up Tibetan Mastiffs or Newfoundlands (especially when they are babbies), it starts to be more believable. https://t.co/1BAbh47l5s
"In time, these bears became more of a nuisance than anything else and importing them to Iceland was forbidden by law. Large fines were levied on people who allowed their house bear to get loose and damage someone else's property" https://t.co/DQKrc4u8YI
This one is getting pretty popular too. Someone in Russia filmed polar bears on an abandoned property (using a drone, hence the music overlay). https://t.co/mEDL5hsknN(h/t @rogre's entangled 2847)
_The Other Day I Met a Bear_ "The music was composed in 1919 by Carey Morgan and Lee David to accompany lyrics for "Sipping Cider Through a Straw". A similar or related tune is used for "Princess Pat"."https://t.co/HVCHLQ1KGI
Something thing that keeps popping up in my head while reviewing this the weird advertisement laws change from ~1968 and the progression of changes in how children were targeted. https://t.co/ZzeDjnoQRdhttps://t.co/bXsjM7xW2Z
Something strange happened leading up that that barney and friends singalong song with the bear. Someone had the bright idea to use it as merchandise vehicle."Apples and Bananas" was also sung on Barney & Friends.https://t.co/eNs7kGbMU6
Speaking of narrative violations. I didn't realize until just now that "Apples and Bananas" was perhaps originally done by Sandra Beech? It seems children's songs hit their stride at around the time the FTC restrictions on advertising to children died.https://t.co/hvv6cjkZuz
I am reminded of owning one of these toys as a child.https://t.co/rlLc5DOGLOAnd being tortured by my step siblings throwing him in the ocean once.https://t.co/yxOcIvLxCm
That other bit early... about pedobear being mythologicalized reminded me of children's books and all these weird influences in my past.That thread was about Nazrin and a Japanese mouse character. I remembered this thread:https://t.co/KTe416xKvQ
Which of course is a thread that also has... Bears!https://t.co/U0JhRDvd1l
"to be the only soft and comforting thing that we saw [...] wanted it to be something softer and more immediately comforting. So we went for bears. Which is probably just as well because a crate full of fidget spinners would have been ridiculous."https://t.co/Hj7RaiChBr
https://t.co/ltgDyNeuUHhttps://t.co/kpElaHO1u2 https://t.co/nNblulXxn5
"painted in 1981 by artist Elena Kucharik to be used on greeting cards [...] 1983, the characters were turned into plush teddy bears. The characters headlined their own television series called Care Bears from 1985 to 1988." https://t.co/lgJr0Yfiavhttps://t.co/OX9jplNzU6
Also 1985 - Disney's "The Gummy Bears""A group of reclusive humanoid bears and a few trusted humans explore their lost heritage and prevent their enemies from exploiting it." https://t.co/ACoeo8Fa50
Hmm. Bear bile reference?"The bouncing comes from Gumiberry juice, which lets them jump and bounce in improbable ways. When humans drink it, however, it gives them tremendous strength. So it drives the plot a lot of the time." https://t.co/cQhtczTCo0
Our brothers in nature.https://t.co/bXIbrfvFyW
Please, I need a source of hibernating bear scat.https://t.co/rjnCq5tJoa
A bear wrote this: https://t.co/T4aq51RwXI
More bear propaganda. Housebears don't do that unless they are starving.https://t.co/77TWmmxAmn
55 inches is a very large dog, that is on par with xx-large dog breeds. Of course the weight is easily double or more.https://t.co/NLTfbRLQAy
I want to live far enough away from people that I am allowed to befriend bears with out risking their lives.https://t.co/bsrrxS6MyX
Don't feed bears, they say.Bears are dangerous they say.Have you considered most bear attacks are because your dog is a fuckwit?https://t.co/BOHkPkRSTUhttps://t.co/3AHDThCJ0r
Over a period of 15 years (2000-2015) this paper found 664 bear attacks and 95 deaths.https://t.co/tXzDdhWjGo https://t.co/eSqwDgJ4R6
Meanwhile, dog attacks and deaths *PER YEAR* in the united states ALONE are significantly higher than that 15 year global period.Are you afraid of dog anon?https://t.co/lWdhvOztMU https://t.co/rX2uqQtvqr
They don't let you have bears as pets in Alaska.Not even with a permit.https://t.co/PGqMqpg7YHI genuinely & unironically want a map for areas where I can have squirrels and chipmunks as pets.https://t.co/h6er4thXl2 https://t.co/pqBn6s62Su
One of the big reasons why it is unsafe to tame bears is they become acclimated to people, and then those people will kill the bear in fear.https://t.co/q8JKl02SL5
"Bears play a prominent role in Native American mythology. They are often symbols of strength, wisdom, healing and medicine. [...] in many stories as a moral figure who dishes out punishment to animals and humans for improper or disrespectful behaviour."https://t.co/Ohu3f3xTe7
"Talking bears, bear-human hybrids and human children adopted and raised by loving mama bears are common story themes in both Old and New World oral traditions. Even J. R. R. Tolkien wrote about Beowulf and “Bear’s Son Tales in European folklore.”"https://t.co/nF1iYp87CD
My heart goes out to those impacted by the fires. May you regrow from the ashes like a phoenix. 🙏https://t.co/j2qbdYGkXw https://t.co/GKoGldkSrF
Who wore it better?https://t.co/FYjp37Lnmr https://t.co/RTfQBSBwaq
