First shown between 1971 and 1972, this Hanna-Barbera animation was a regular on Saturday morning TV programming throughout the 70s and into the 80s on the BBC in the UK, but apparently not hardly seen in the US after it's cancellation by CBS in 1974. Making it a firm childhood favourite for many Brits, but a slightly obscure series in the Hanna-Barbera canon for many on the other side of the pond.
| The show's original run was a short 16 episodes, from September 1971, to January 1972. It featured the 3 eponymous "hair bears": The leader Hair Bear, an afro-haired, fast-talking, cool-dude of a bear. Square Bear, the laid-back, gentle giant. And Bubi Bear, A hyper, double-talking bear that speaks in a bizarre gibberish. The bears were always scheming, planning escapes from the zoo, and get-rich-quick schemes. All the while being pursued by Mr. Peevly and his side-kick Botch. | |
I loved the "Hair Bear Bunch" as a kid, it was one of my all time favourite Saturday morning shows, along with The Banana Splits. Mad-cap mayhem all the way for me as a kid in the 70s. Help!... It's The Hair Bear Bunch!, was one of the first ever animations to use a canned-laughter track, which became the standard of so many Saturday morning animation shows during the 1970s.
