The Three Bears
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The Three Bears was a long-running comic strip in the UK comic The Beano. It made its first appearance in issue 881, dated 6 June 1959, drawn by Leo Baxendale at first and Bob McGrath later on.
Ma and Pa Bear and their young son Ted were lazy and gluttonous, and lived in a cave upon a hill. Most storylines revolved around their attempts to steal "grub" from the local storekeeper Hank. Originally disappearing from the comic after issue 2253, dated 21 September 1985, the strip has returned to The Beano several times since then, re-appearing in issues 2391 and 2674 (dated 14 May 1988 and 16 October 1993).
Its most recent re-appearance was in 2000, when, after being a 'Guest Star' since the previous year, it was voted into the comic by Beano readers, beating Tricky Dicky, Inspector Horse and Jocky and Gordon Bennett. This time it was drawn by Mike Pearse. Template:UK-comics-stub
Bugs Bunny encountered The Three Bears in several cartoons directed by Chuck Jones.
The Three Bears is also a notable children's bedtime story, written by the Brothers Grimm. It was humourously adapted into a popular song in 1946 by songwriter Bobby Troup. This song is often erroneously credited as being by "anonymous".
Quotations
- Song: The Three Bears, by Bobby Troup
- Someone’s been eating my porridge said the daddy bear,
- Someone’s been eating my porridge said the mama bear,
- Hey Ba-ba Re-bear said the little wee bear someone has broken my chair!