The Berenstain Bears Meet Bigpaw

TV Movie
1980
TV-Y
30m

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It's Thanksgiving in Bear Country, and the Bear Family gets nervous when Mama Bear thinks they've gotten a sign that the "Thanksgiving Legend of Bigpaw" is coming true. The legend says that ... Read allIt's Thanksgiving in Bear Country, and the Bear Family gets nervous when Mama Bear thinks they've gotten a sign that the "Thanksgiving Legend of Bigpaw" is coming true. The legend says that when bears get greedy and don't share their harvest, Bigpaw will come to destroy Bear Coun... Read allIt's Thanksgiving in Bear Country, and the Bear Family gets nervous when Mama Bear thinks they've gotten a sign that the "Thanksgiving Legend of Bigpaw" is coming true. The legend says that when bears get greedy and don't share their harvest, Bigpaw will come to destroy Bear Country. Eventually, the bears all learn a lesson about who Bigpaw really is, and they celebra... Read all

Directors
- Mordicai Gerstein
- Al Kouzel
Writers
- Stan Berenstain
- Jan Berenstain
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7.6/10

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Directors
- Mordicai Gerstein
- Al Kouzel
Writers
- Stan Berenstain
- Jan Berenstain
Stars

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Ron McLarty

Papa Bear
(voice)

Pat Lysinger

Mama Bear
(voice)

Bob Kaliban

Bigpaw
(voice)
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Gabriela Glatzer

Sister Bear
(voice)

Jonathan Lewis

Brother Bear
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Trivia
Papa Bear seems to remember the lesson he learned in the Christmas special about the importance of thinking of others on that holiday.

Connections
Featured in DVD-R Hell: The Berenstain Bears Meet Bigpaw (2020)

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10/10

A Thanksgiving favorite starring the Berenstain Bears

The Berenstain Bears TV specials and the original book series were part of my childhood. So is the 1985 TV series, and thanks to YouTube, I can relive it. Out of the four TV specials that were made, I really love the holiday specials, including this one, "The Berenstain Bears Meet Bigpaw" for Thanksgiving.

The story goes that around Thanksgiving, Papa Bear and the other bears in Bear Country received word from a bird, a turtle, and a hedgehog that Bear Country's Thanksgiving legend is coming true: Bigpaw is coming! Now the bears prepare for battle. But Brother and Sister Bear had met the gigantic Bigpaw after he saved them from falling off the mixed-nut tree. Will they convince others that Bigpaw means no harm? Well, you'll have to watch it on YouTube-if it's still there, that is.

I really love the entire special. But my favorite scene is where the word Bigpaw comes from the bird, then the turtle, and the hedgehog. And when the hedgehog told the gators of Sinister Bog, even they fled. I also love Bigpaw's song, and you know, it stinks that this Thanksgiving favorite is the only Berenstain Bear TV special that is not on DVD; I wish it was.