It's breakfast time, and Pa finds the honeypot empty. Literally risking life and limb, he has Junyer help him raid a nearby beehive. In the end, he finds he should have listened to Ma in the first place, rather than telling her to "Shaddap!"
Direction
Chuck Jones' timing—every sting lands perfectly.
Acting
Billy Bletcher's Pa Bear screams are operatic.
Director
Chuck Jones
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was the second of Chuck Jones' five 'Three Bears' cartoons, establishing the family's dysfunctional dynamic that would influence decades of animated sitcoms.
The 'Shaddap!' catchphrase became so associated with Pa Bear that it was later sampled in hip-hop—yes, really, a 1949 cartoon bear.
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