A Bear for Punishment

A Bear for Punishment
Production company	Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributor	Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date	October 20, 1951
Run time	7:10
Starring	Billy Bletcher Bea Benaderet Stan Freberg (all uncredited)
Producer(s)	Edward Selzer
Music composition	Carl Stalling
Story	Michael Maltese
Animation	Ken Harris Phil Monroe Lloyd Vaughan Ben Washam
Director(s)	Charles M. Jones
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A Bear for Punishment is the two hundred and ninety-first Looney Tunes theatrical short. It was released by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on September 8, 1951. It was written by Michael Maltese, produced by Edward Selzer, and directed by Chuck Jones.

It's Father's Day and Henery wants to have peace and quiet, but Mama and Junior just would not leave him alone with their celebration.

Detailed summary

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Memorable quotes

Junior: G-U-N-P-O-W-D-E-R, tobacco... I am a good speller, I am! C-A-T, dog! B-A-T, Rhode Island!

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Henry Bear	Billy Bletcher
Junior Bear	Stan Freberg
Mama Bear	Bea Benaderet

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Three Bear's residence
    • New York (indirectly mentioned)
      • Rhode Island (mentioned)

Objects

• Henry's smoking pipe
• Gunpowder

Vehicles

• N/A

Music

The score was composed by Carl W. Stalling. The main title and closing themes are a rendition of "Merrily We Roll Along," which was arranged by Stalling.

A rendition of "Frat" by John F. Barth is performed by Junior and Mama near the end.

Crew credits

• Layouts: Robert Gribbroek
• Backgrounds: Philip DeGuard

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: September 8, 1951

Behind the scenes

• This is the last short in the golden age of American animation to feature the Three Bears.
• This is one of the few Warner Bros. cartoons in which Mel Blanc does not provide a voice for any character.
• Unlike the previous Three Bears cartoons, this short does not start with a standard narration.
• Junior is revealed to be seven and a half years old.

Connections

• The gag where Junior misspells tobacco as G-U-N-P-O-W-D-E-R would be repeated in Cat-Tails for Two, where Benny misspells water as P-E-T-R-O-L.

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • March 2, 1993: Warner Home Media releases Looney Tunes: Assorted Nuts on LaserDisc.
  • November 2, 2004: Warner Home Media releases Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2 on DVD.
  • June 24, 2013: Warner Home Media releases Best of Warner Bros. 50 Cartoon Collection: Looney Tunes on DVD.
  • August 12, 2014: Warner Home Media releases Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 3 on Blu-ray Disc.
  • November 4, 2014: Warner Home Media releases Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 3 on DVD.
  • May 13, 2014: Warner Home Video releases Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection: Volume 8 on DVD.