Well this is a surprise. When it was shown in the UK we just got The CB Bears and their adventures, none of the other cartoons that it featured were shown as part of the show. And I had no idea this end theme was theirs as in the UK we heard it at the end of several Hanna Barbera shows like Captain Caveman.
In this digital age you've still got to stand back and think.. every frame of CB Bears, Captain Cave Man, Scooby Doo was hand drawn. And there were 30 frames per second at 525 lines (US/Canada) or 25 frames per second at 625 lines (UK/Europe) thats at least 25 hand drawn pictures blasting by every second. Drawn by hand. No computers. Frames were drawn, photographed, and then printed onto film (most likeley 24 frames per second) to make the animation. Stunning stuff.
Thank you for sharing this obscure and almost forgotten Hanna Barbera's Favorite! It took me a while to find the original title in english since it was known in spanish as "Los Osos Mañosos" (The Lazy Bears) It originally run on Channel 7, here in Lima-Peru back to the early 80's and the soundtrack was exactly the same but with the narrator speaking with a funny texan-mexican accent! When I was kid: I used to record on audio tape my TV favorites tunes! Cesar
Having seen a few of these intros of 'classic' cartoons from the 70's in the last hour, I have now reached the inescapable conclusion that, rather than being a Golden Era, is was really a pretty tragic one.
Would soo love to get more CDs of the Hanna Barbera themes(without Dialogue) of shows like this, Speed Buggy, Bird Man, Superfriends, Laf-A-Lympics, among others. Hoyt Curtin was amazing-and did most, if not all of 'em.
I love the theme to this show even if I don't remember ever seeing the show itself. Dig the Aaron Copland "Hoedown" feel of the music, and that synth lead to me is classic '70s Hanna-Barbera.
remember the end credits were shown behind a montage of all the characters, except on one occasion where the closing credits to captain caveman had the characters from hair bear bunch on the montage, oops
This was quite common. In the States, they'd air as part of a syndicated 2-hour Saturday Morning Cartoons package; we'd be watching Swap Shop or any fo the ITV packages of the time (before Tiswas was networked). HB content was normally scheduled along with other kids content this side of the pond..
The Buzzard-Snake cartoon is a Roadrunner rip-off, but so was WB's one-off Rapid Rabbit/Quick Brown Fox short, 1969's "Rabbit Stew & Rabbits Too", and both used HB sound FX, but even more ironic and odd is that WB cartoon effects started showing up on another CB Bears segment, Fonz-inspired "Heyyy It's the King", namely the ROADRUNNER sound (small world, ain't it) "Woooooooshhhh" when the coyote goes sailing through the air!!
just the music was used on the end credits of the captain caveman syndicated version with mystery island segments. probably the music was used because of economics and they didn't want to record another theme..
That Rapid Rabbit-Quick Brown Fox,which I saw all of once, was a bit better inspired tho.The rabbit did appear with Bugs and ol' Pete Puma. The fox also had another appearance and this was an attempt to bring about new characters, no doubt a thinking that Bugs, Elmer, Daffy, Tweety, were all getting outdated.
Does anyone remember a Asian detective family? cartoon that had a van that could change shape/style etc or did I dream it back in the 70's. 80's I think it may have been a non American show which was bought then dubbed into English for the US market then sent on to the UK if I'm right it was a part of the banana splits show but again not 100% sure...
The anticipation was bit characters would spin off successfully, as Yogi had done from Huck and Snaggle Puss likewise did, Yakkee Doodle appeared in a previous cartoon version as well, and Huck's voice was an old standby from Daws Butler. Alas, character spinoffs did not prove as successful in the seventies. Not with cowboys, anyway.
I rather watch : the CB Bears posse impossible blast off buzzard Undercover elephant shake Rattle and roll hey it the kingg because is better they smurfs cause smurfs is not made by hanna barbera
Well this is a surprise. When it was shown in the UK we just got The CB Bears and their adventures, none of the other cartoons that it featured were shown as part of the show. And I had no idea this end theme was theirs as in the UK we heard it at the end of several Hanna Barbera shows like Captain Caveman.
"All rolled into a surprise package of excitement". Isn't Blast-Off Buzzard and Crazylegs just a re-packaging of Wile E Coyote and the Roadrunner?
this brings back so many sweet memories! I loved this cartoon. Ooooooh Charlie!
"I LOVE that voice!"
In this digital age you've still got to stand back and think.. every frame of CB Bears, Captain Cave Man, Scooby Doo was hand drawn. And there were 30 frames per second at 525 lines (US/Canada) or 25 frames per second at 625 lines (UK/Europe) thats at least 25 hand drawn pictures blasting by every second. Drawn by hand. No computers. Frames were drawn, photographed, and then printed onto film (most likeley 24 frames per second) to make the animation. Stunning stuff.
I haven't seen this show in ages.
I LOVE SO MUCH THIS OPENING THEME!!! how I can get it in mp3?
I like the cb bear they also make they appearance as the background townsfolk character in jellystone
Thank you for sharing this obscure and almost forgotten Hanna Barbera's Favorite!
It took me a while to find the original title in english since it was known in spanish as "Los Osos Mañosos" (The Lazy Bears)
It originally run on Channel 7, here in Lima-Peru back to the early 80's and the soundtrack was exactly the same but with the narrator speaking with a funny texan-mexican accent!
When I was kid: I used to record on audio tape my TV favorites tunes!
Cesar
Having seen a few of these intros of 'classic' cartoons from the 70's in the last hour, I have now reached the inescapable conclusion that, rather than being a Golden Era, is was really a pretty tragic one.
Would soo love to get more CDs of the Hanna Barbera themes(without Dialogue) of shows like this, Speed Buggy, Bird Man, Superfriends, Laf-A-Lympics, among others. Hoyt Curtin was amazing-and did most, if not all of 'em.
I love the theme to this show even if I don't remember ever seeing the show itself. Dig the Aaron Copland "Hoedown" feel of the music, and that synth lead to me is classic '70s Hanna-Barbera.
The same theme was used for The Skatebirds and also as the closing theme to Captain Caveman
Love This Show & Heyyyy its the king Hanna barbera are legendary !!!!
remember the end credits were shown behind a montage of all the characters, except on one occasion where the closing credits to captain caveman had the characters from hair bear bunch on the montage, oops
Yes, the final episode "Comedy Cowboys" which first aired December 21, 1974.
This was quite common. In the States, they'd air as part of a syndicated 2-hour Saturday Morning Cartoons package; we'd be watching Swap Shop or any fo the ITV packages of the time (before Tiswas was networked).
HB content was normally scheduled along with other kids content this side of the pond..
Remember this as a young boy! Classic
WISH THE CARTOON NETWORK COULD BRING THE CB BEARS BACK ON....AND HEEEY ITS THE KING...
1972's "Charlie Chan/Chan Clan". Ran until 1973; partly done in Australia.Hanna-barbera Ltd.
How I loved this show. Up CB Bears.
The Buzzard-Snake cartoon is a Roadrunner rip-off, but so was WB's one-off Rapid Rabbit/Quick Brown Fox short, 1969's "Rabbit Stew & Rabbits Too", and both used HB sound FX, but even more ironic and odd is that WB cartoon effects started showing up on another CB Bears segment, Fonz-inspired "Heyyy It's the King", namely the ROADRUNNER sound (small world, ain't it) "Woooooooshhhh" when the coyote goes sailing through the air!!
just the music was used on the end credits of the captain caveman syndicated version with mystery island segments. probably the music was used because of economics and they didn't want to record another theme..
Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan. Always loved that cartoon. Tracked down several of the comic books.
Wonderful stuff :-)
That Rapid Rabbit-Quick Brown Fox,which I saw all of once, was a bit better inspired tho.The rabbit did appear with Bugs and ol' Pete Puma. The fox also had another appearance and this was an attempt to bring about new characters, no doubt a thinking that Bugs, Elmer, Daffy, Tweety, were all getting outdated.
I believe Posse Impossible got their start on an episode of Hong Kong Phooey
The Care Bears
CB Bears? Where's the iphone cartoon?
@muttley16
You forgot Hey, it's the king!
Does anyone remember a Asian detective family? cartoon that had a van that could change shape/style etc or did I dream it back in the 70's. 80's I think it may have been a non American show which was bought then dubbed into English for the US market then sent on to the UK if I'm right it was a part of the banana splits show but again not 100% sure...
MY Random Channel the cartoon was the amazing chan and the chan clan.
The anticipation was bit characters would spin off successfully, as Yogi had done from Huck and Snaggle Puss likewise did, Yakkee Doodle appeared in a previous cartoon version as well, and Huck's voice was an old standby from Daws Butler.
Alas, character spinoffs did not prove as successful in the seventies. Not with cowboys, anyway.
Blast Off Buzzard is a bad bird. LOL!!!
What is the name of the song???
Captain Caveman End Credits
Pressoalmente prefiro a narração brasileira bessa abertura, que era muitíssimo melhor que a original americana!
I rather watch :
the CB Bears
posse impossible
blast off buzzard
Undercover elephant
shake Rattle and roll
hey it the kingg
because is better they smurfs cause smurfs is not made by hanna barbera