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The Berenstain Bears Meet Bigpaw (1980)

November 20, 1980
Release Date

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The Berenstain Bears Meet Bigpaw (1980)

Name: The Berenstain Bears Meet Bigpaw
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family
Released: 1980-11-20

November 20, 1980
Release Date

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Plot.

It's Thanksgiving in Bear Country, and the Bear Family get 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 celebrate the holiday.

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Cast & Crew.

Ron McLarty

Papa Bear / Narrator

Pat Lysinger

Mama Bear

Bob Kaliban

Bigpaw / Announcer

Gabriela Glatzer

Sister Bear

Jonathan Lewis

Brother Bear

Joseph Cates

Executive Producer

Elliot Lawrence

Music

Mordicai Gerstein

Director

Stan Berenstain

Writer

Buzz Potamkin

Producer

Al Kouzel

Director

Jan Berenstain

Writer

Vinnie Bell

Animation

Vincent Cafarelli

Animation

Jack Dazzo

Animation

Candy Kugel

Animation

Jan Svochak

Animation

Neil Lawrence

Editor

Jere Jacob

Associate Producer

Nancy B. Dodds

Associate Producer

Russell Calabrese

Animation

Doug Compton

Animation

Gerry Dvorak

Animation

Carol Millican

Animation

Mary Taracka

Animation

Details.

Release Date
November 20, 1980

Status
Released

Genres
Animation Comedy Kids & Family

Last updated: 2025-02-12

Wiki.

The Berenstain Bears Meet Bigpaw is a Thanksgiving-themed animated television special based on the Berenstain Bears children's book series by Stan and Jan Berenstain. Produced by Buzz Potamkin and directed by Mordicai Gerstein and Al Kouzel, the program made its debut on NBC on November 20, 1980. The television special inspired a book, The Berenstain Bears' Thanksgiving, published by Scholastic in 1997.