The Bear's Tale

The Bear's Tale is a 1940 Merrie Melodies short directed by Tex Avery.
== Plot ==
The Three Bears decide to go for a bicycle ride because their porridge is too hot. Goldilocks is walking around, but instead of going to the bears' house she decides to go her grandmother's house, where the wolf happens to be. He sends her away, then realized she'll make a fine meal, so he rushes back to the bears' house. Red gets to granny's house, finds a note from the wolf, and decides to call Goldilocks. The Bears return home to find that their porridge was eaten, and Papa Bear goes upstairs, thinking it's Goldilocks, but he opens the door and sees the wolf. The bears run out of their home, with the baby bear's pants falling off.
== Availability ==
Golden Age LT Vol 1.jpg|(1991) LaserDisc The Golden Age of Looney Tunes Volume 1, Side 3: Tex Avery
The golden age of looney tunes vhs 3.jpg|(1992) VHS The Golden Age of Looney Tunes Volume 3: Tex Avery
LTCE VOL 8 TEX-BOOK LOONEY.jpg|(2000) VHS Looney Tunes: The Collectors Edition Volume 8: Tex-Book Looney (1995 Turner dubbed version)
Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 5.jpg|(2007) DVD Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 5, Disc Two
Lt spotlight 5.jpg|(2007) DVD Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection: Volume 5, Disc Two
lt spotlight df2.jpg|(2014) DVD Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection Volumes 4-5 Repack
=== Streaming ===
lt hbo max.jpg|HBO Max (2020 - 2023)
lt max.jpg|Max (2023 - 2024)
== Notes ==
* The cartoon was reissued in the 1943–44 season. When the cartoon was sold to Associated Artists Productions for distribution, AAP hacked off the original Blue Ribbon opening title and edited it with a 1948-49 cartoon Blue Ribbon (from "Dangerous Dan McFoo"), an edit then swaps to "Produced By Leon Schlesinger" and the blue ribbon print continues. In 1995, this was fixed in the dubbed version. Around the mid-2000s, the cartoon had its original opening and credits restored for DVD.
* The Blue Ribbon release erroneously shows a production number of MM-2-13 on the opening color rings, which is the production code for "Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears".
* This is the first Blue Ribbon reissue to show a production number. However, this would not be consistently the case until the reissue for "Tom Thumb in Trouble".
* While there are three bears in this short, they are not to be confused with Chuck Jones' Three Bears characters.
== Gallery ==
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== References ==
Category:Cartoons directed by Tex Avery
Category:Shorts
Category:1940
Category:Blue Ribbon reissues
Category:Three Bears Cartoons
Category:Cartoons with music by Carl W. Stalling
Category:Cartoons with backgrounds by John Didrik Johnsen
Category:Cartoons with orchestrations by Milt Franklyn
Category:Cartoons with film editing by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons with sound effects edited by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons produced by Leon Schlesinger
Category:Merrie Melodies Shorts
Category:Cartoons with characters voiced by Mel Blanc
Category:Cartoons with characters voiced by Berneice Hansell
Category:Cartoons with characters voiced by Robert C. Bruce
Category:Cartoons in a.a.p. package
Category:One-Shot Cartoons
Category:Re-released cartoons whose original titles are known to exist