The Ballad of Smokey the Bear (1966)

overview : The Ballad of Smokey the Bear tells the story, or a story of Smokey the Bear. The premise has Smokey’s big brother, voiced by James Cagney, telling the story of how his brother got his name. It’s a long winded and rambling tale that has very little Smokey and a great deal of a cranky Jimmy. The story has the animals trying to find out who set a forest fire and is poisoning the water. Its not giving anything away to say it’s an escaped circus gorilla that smokes cigars.

Release Date : Nov 24, 1966

Runtime : 1h 0m

Genre : TV Movie  Animation  Adventure  Family  

Companies : Rankin/Bass Productions, Videocraft International

Countries : United States of America

Keywords : forest, stop motion, bear, animal, nature