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The episode discusses the 1992 Christmas special 'The Teddy Bears’ Christmas' and its connections to other works featuring teddy bears.

🎄 It’s Christmas time for teddy bears in this 1992 prequel to what I thought until very recently was a one-off special called “The Teddy Bears’ Picnic.” 🎙️ Ethan “The Hungry Reader” and Anthony Strand join us as we meet the title teddy from a later cartoon series called “The Secret World of Benjamin Bear,” his first encounter with his friend, Wally, and a new, but familiar set of rules of being a living teddy bear. Many comparisons to “ The Christmas Toy ” ensue. 📺 You can find “The Teddy Bears’ Christmas” on YouTube . **** (00:00) - Intro (02:09) - The History of Benjamin Bear (05:26) - Act 1 (23:22) - Act 2 (35:40) - Retro Commercial Break (36:50) - Act 3 (1:08:44) - Final Thoughts **** 💬 Topics & Tangents: “ The Teddy Bears’ Picnic ” (1989) “ The Secret World of Benjamin Bear .” Today’s TV Trope: Sliding Scale of Living Toys . “ A celebrity is not a people .” — Lew Zealand. Mike on A Special Presentation for “ The Hugga Bunch Movie .” The Price of His Toys store catalog. When Houses Had Built-In “Milk Doors.” Goofy gets kissed by the milkman (“Father’s Day Off,” 1953) “ The Birthday Dragon ” (1991) “ Rollin’ with Saget ” by Jamie Kennedy and Stu Stone (Wally)…

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