Kiko and the Honey Bears
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Directed by | George Gordon[1] Mannie Davis |
Story by | Joseph Barbera |
Produced by | Paul Terry |
Color process | Black and white |
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Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time | 5:48 |
Language | English |
Kiko and the Honey Bears is a 1936 traditionally animated buddy comedy short film created at Terrytoons, and distributed by 20th Century Fox. It is the second film to feature Kiko the Kangaroo as well as the character's first solo short film.[2]
Plot
[edit]When a mother bear gets burdened by the pesky antics of her cubs, she places a sign in front of her house to hire a caretaker. Immediately Kiko, who is passing by, reads the ad and takes the job.
Kiko plays with the cubs in the woods. The ways he assists them include being their diving board and seesaw. After such a play, Kiko takes a nap under a tree. Moments later, a hunter and pack of hounds come to the woods. The cubs attempt to run and hide from their pursuers. When the hunter fires a gun, Kiko is awakened and very surprised. Kiko brawls with the hunter and the hounds, knocking the pursuers out of the scene. He then takes the cubs and leaves.
Kiko returns to the home of the cubs, much to the delight of the mother bear. Singing in the melody of Kiko's theme song, the cubs tell their mother how Kiko saved them in the woods.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Kiko and the Honey Bears (1936)". BFI. Retrieved 11 March 2019.[dead link]
- ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. p. 97. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
External links
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- 1936 films
- 1936 short films
- 1936 comedy films
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- 1930s American animated films
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- 1930s animated short films
- 1930s buddy comedy films
- 1930s English-language films
- American children's animated comedy films
- American animated short films
- American buddy comedy films
- American slapstick comedy films
- Animated buddy films
- Terrytoons shorts
- Animated films about kangaroos and wallabies
- Animated films about bears
- Animated films about children
- Films about hunters
- Animated films about dogs
- Fiction about talking animals
- Animated films about friendship
- Animated films set in forests
- Films set in 1936
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- Films directed by George Gordon
- Films directed by Mannie Davis
- 20th Century Fox short films
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