#The Berenstain Bears

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she went to the club

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bonus if you can identify her drink^^

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Your memory is wrong, Last Week Tonight (5.5.2024)

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the berenstain bears (2003): where to watch + why i love it 🐻🍯

you can find the entire 2003 version of the berenstain bears on archive.org, right here! you can also find most episodes on youtube (just search “berenstain bears full episodes”, some episodes have been removed but most are there).

i’ll explain below the cut my favorite episodes, why i love it and how it helps with my inner child healing 🌻

first, some of my favorite episodes:

the giant mall : the bears head to the brand new big bear mall and learn a valuable lesson about sticking together! i love how silly papa bear is in this one

house of mirrors : a misunderstanding makes sister insecure about her ears, so mama helps her accept herself for the way she is. this episode is really comforting to me 🧸

that stump must go : papa tries to remove an old stump from the yard while sister and brother try to come up with a father’s day present. this one is silly and sweet (:

there’s 40 episodes, each consisting of two 12-ish minute episodes, so technically 80 total! they’re all great, there’s not a single one that i dislike.

next, some reasons that i love it!

i absolutely adore papa bear! as someone who grew up without a good father, it is really healing for me to see papa bear being such a good and silly father to his cubs. it’s honestly always a relief seeing him be kind to the cubs when they mess up, helping them whenever he can, and genuinely just loving them and being a good dad. if you don’t have a great relationship with your dad or if you just want to watch a show with a great father figure, this is a great option 💛

on a similar note, mama bear is lovely! she definitely embodies a familiar, comforting mother figure. she’s the type of mama who is always there to help or give you a hug.

there’s no aggressive gender stereotyping or gender roles! the cubs have varying interests, mama bear has her own business, there’s male and female bears in all types of professions, and there’s no stereotypical or fragile masculinity shown by any male bears. for the time (1998-2003), it’s really impressive!

there’s very little shouting, anger, and fighting. obviously these things can be triggering or upsetting, especially for someone who is regressed, so it’s good that there’s not much of that! in the original cartoon (from the ‘70s i believe?), there’s a ton of fighting and yelling so it’s really not good or enjoyable.

the music is so good! it features a violin/fiddle pretty prominently and it’s really pretty. it’s warm and cozy sounding. this contributes to the show’s overall cozy and comfy feeling!

overall, bear country (where the show takes place) has such a cozy, happy and simple feel to it. it makes me happy to watch and think about!

[needynia]

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[yapzone]

my opinion on you based on your childhood favorite book series

edit: shoutout to everyone adding book series that have gotta be before my time because i have never heard of most of them!! you rock😼

dork diaries: you own like 50 empty notebooks because you were waiting for your life to be interesting enough to keep a diary

diary of a wimpy kid: you definitely also watched regular show and played rated M games when you were like 9 (or had a sibling who did). the stoner of elementary school

bearenstien bears: ex-die hard christian/catholic

i survived: during literally any school drill, you hoped the real thing would happen

fancy nancy: she annoyed you so much that you became a tomboy

captain underpants: you have adhd. like seriously this book series was the first to bring up adhd by name and explain it

the minecraft handbooks: you liked mlg memes and were arguably the coolest kid out there

raina telgemeier: you're probably reallu cool rn. like genuinely

goosebumps: you were a huge edgelord in middle school and you played at least one fnaf game

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CBS Saturday morning cartoon lineup (circa December 1985)

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Choose your fighter

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genuine question to a dog expert: is it just me, or do the berenstain dogs not look like dogs at all? they look more like a vague approximation of a cartoon animal. like those ears are just weirdly shaped and placed and i simply Do Not Like Them

I definitely see what you mean about the ears, they're in the wrong place entirely. The noses aren't very dog-like either. I'm not confident that I would know they're supposed to be dogs if I wasn't already familiar with them.

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Halloween watchlist 2022

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commish me~

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$21 pencil n' paper sketch

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Favorite PBS Kids Show Tournament: Round 2 Side B

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Ohmygod I'm so high

Someone get me off the The Berenstain Bears Wikipedia

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