Smokey Bear (often called Smokey the Bear or Smokey) is a mascot of the United States Forest Service created in 1944 to educate the public about the dangers of forest fires. (The campaign was updated in 2001 to wildfires.) Prior to Smokey's creation, Disney loaned the Bambi characters to the Forest Service for a similar awareness campaign the previous year. He made a cameo in Disney's Humphrey the Bear cartoon short In the Bag, as well as in the Academy Award winning short It's Tough to Be a Bird. He makes a very brief appearance in the Wonderful World of Color episode "The Ranger of Brownstone".
Appearances[]
In the Bag[]
When Humphrey tries to get rid of the litter by burning it, Smokey comes in, stomping on the fire, and says his famous catchphrase, "Remember, only you can prevent forest fires."
"The Ranger of Brownstone"[]
At the opening of Brownstone National Park, Smokey makes a brief appearance in a poster holding a water bucket, having doused a fire with it, to inform the tourists not to leave any fires without putting them out.
It's Tough to Be a Bird[]
Smokey makes a brief cameo as one of the potential ideas for symbols of Julius Caesar's two empires.
Ads[]
A couple of Smokey Bear ads feature footage and characters from Bambi, Sleeping Beauty, and Adventures of the Gummi Bears.
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