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Episode #1
* Intro to bad puppetry *
03/06/01


1) Amish Paradise - Weird Al Yankovik (Mr. Rat)
2) The Blob - The Five Blobs (Slow Ferret)
3) What If God Was One Of Us - Joan Osborne (Epileptic Fox)
4) Shazam! - Jim Nabors (Butt Monkey)
5) Put Your Light On - Everlast/Santana (Wolf)
6) Eskimo - Corky & the Juice Pigs (Mr. Raccoon/Mr Seal)


Episode #2
* Why you may ask...Because we can! *
04/17/01

1) The Raccoon Show The Raccoon Song - Jan Hobson and
her Bad Review (Mr. Bear/Mr. Raccoon)
2) Livin La Vida Loca - Ricky Martin (Hyper Ferret)
3) B.A.R.F. Construction - Doo-doo Wah (Unknown Alien, yeah right!)
4) Learning to Fly - Pink Floyd (Dark Monster)
5) Antidepressants - Bob Rivers (Mrs. Fox)


Episode #3
* Erie Zoo Parade *
05/15/01

Special appearances by...

Kramer Chicken (Tastes like Seinfeld?)
Mod Lion (Kanada Eh?)
Mr. Bear (About time he showed up somewhere...)
Mr. Rat (Who else...)
A&W Root Bear (Caught supplying Pepsi of all things, to a hyper ferret...)
...Do You Smell a Lawsuit???


Episode #4
* 5 Hour Editing Nightmare (For one video!) *
06/19/01


1) Rock and Roll McDonalds - Wesley Willis (Lion/Mr. Rat/Monsters)
2) Gone Away - Offspring (Wolf)
3) White Ford Bronco - Bob Rivers (Coyote)
4) Oops I did it Again - Britney Spears (Fox/Wolf)
5) Road Kill - Bob Rivers (Raccoon)
6) Beds are Burning - Midnight Oil (Grey Monster)


Episode #5
* Mr. Bear Goes Fishing *
07/10/01

Mr. Bear goes looking for Erie fish (Gofisherie.com)

1) Wet Dream - Kip Addotta (Frog/Dolphin)
2) Fish Heads - Barnes & Barnes (Seal/Gator/Dolphin)

Mr. Bear ran around Erie harrassing fish statues and elevator operators.
He spent some time in and around water, went to the bathroom often,
and didn't get a single bite of fish, unless you count Mc Donalds,
or a broken uni-tooth from trying to eat ceramics!


Episode #6
* Enough with the Fish... Make it stop... Doh! *
08/07/01


1) Sushi Baby - Bianca Bob and Flytrap (Dolphin)
2) The Lion Sleeps Tonight - The Tokens (Mod Lion/Lion)
3) Camel Walk - Southern Culture on the Skids (Mishi Wolf)
4) Take a Chance on Me - Erasure (Ferrets/Rasta Fox)

Mr. Bear and Mr. Rat meet the inside of one of the fish from Erie,
throw out some stuff and generally try to kill the fish or flush it...
Did you know that the word "Uvula" is not a dirty word...


Episode #7
* No more fish, we promise! (Well, hmmmm...) *
09/07/01


1) Pretty Fly for a White Guy - The Offspring (Monster/Fox)
2) Colo-rectal Surgeon - Bowser and Blue (Bunny)
3) Allstar - Smashmouth (Ferret)
4) Lifeguard - Blotto
(Supplied by Rapid T Rabbit/Mr. Rat appearance)

Finally, we put on the phantom Ocean City footage, finally. Yay!!!
Mr. Rat talked about polar bears, etc... Blah blah blah
Colo-rectal? Don't ask...
Special thanks to our friend Rapid T Rabbit
for Doohdah and Lifeguard video.


Episode #8
* Pre-Halloween Special *
09/26/01


1) Castin my Spell - The Johnny Otis Show (Monster/Mr. Bear)
2) Nightmare on my Street - DJ Jazzy Jeff and Fresh Prince
(Ferret/Dragon/Alf)

Mr. Rat loses his composure during dedication, deal with it, ok?
Mr. Rat interviews a real human, well sort of... A magician even!
Mr. Bear goes out for some pre - Halloween hijinks, claims not to be a ho.
Mr. Rat gets shoved into Mr. Bears Sack... Uhm, yeah...


Episode #9
* Post-Halloween mess *
10/23/01


1) Ghosts in White Satin - Bob Rivers (Ghost Ferret)
2) Gobble Gobble - Bob Rivers (Mr. Raccoon)
3) 50 Plates to Feed my Brother - Bob Rivers (Sheepdog)

Yet another Halloween special! Why you may ask... Because we can!
Mr. Bear and Mr. Rat visit the Erie Zoo Boo (Eria, Pa Oct 12-30th)
Mr. bear dances around with a dead turkey (played by a dead ostrich!),
for no better reason, than to just do it!
Sharpie makes appearance in 50 Plates video... Yay!
What have we learned from all of this?
...Well, if Mr. Bear touches it, then it must be safe! :)


Episode #10
* The news according to Mr. Bear *
11/14/01


1) Police Stopped my Car - Bob Rivers (Raccoon)
2) Manger 6 - Bob Rivers (Alligator)
3) I Came Across a Roadkill Deer - Bob Rivers (Cow/Fox)
4) Walking Around in Womens Underwear - Bob Rivers (Mr. Bear/Wolf)

When are we gonna re-name it the Bob Rivers show... Sheesh!
It was great, we actually used a script, not easy to do, but I think it
worked out well in Mr. Bear's end?
With songs like, Police Stopped my Car sung to Feliz Navidad, Motel 6 knock off skits,
roadkill deer, and womens underwear, how could we go wrong???
Mr. Bear feels a bit em-bear-ass-ed about the whole underwear thing,
but he is safely hiding back in his happy little cave...
And has given the clown lady back her bloomers! ;)

Watch next month when Mr. Bear reveals that his secret desire to wear womens clothing,
is nothing more than an act!

Did I give it away??? Doh!!!


Episode #11
* Live from Kanada, eh? *
12/19/01


1) Run with Us - (Mishi/Mr. Bear/Kanadian Ferret/Loyd lion)
Mr. Rat was a little peeved about being cut from the first take of this video,
but in the end, realized it was for the better.

Well we broke all international guidelines and spread our funk into Canada.
We have now totally corrupted this once pristine country, as you can plainly see from this episode,
where we interview the Priminister of Kanada.
We discuss such important issues, as Kanadian cuisine, Wayne Gretsky, elephants, and Celine Dione!
Strap yourself in for this once in a lifetime backstage look into the political structure and economical status of this "Brother to the North" of ours.
Check your passport at the border and join us for this groundbreaking peek into what Kanada is really like!
Remember to take your dramamine prior to viewing of this thing we like to call bad television.
Be sure to bring a sponge and an apron, and some İKraft Dinner...


Episode #12
* Reviews with Rudy *
1/23/02


No songs this time, 'bout time, eh? Here is an inside look at what our friend Rudolph does in his spare time.(364 days out of the year) :)
We took the lazy bears way out and showed a segment from our good friend up north, wayyyyyy up north!
The other half of the show consisted of Mr. Rat and Mr. Raccoon discussing large green planetoids, named after existing planets starting with the letter U! (Remember the Butt monkey?)
And we got to do a blatent misuse of chroma key as well!
Mr. Rat reminds Erie to write, since Erie seems to be indifferent to our presence, to write, or something, it's not hard to do.
He also warned those who care, that our credits should be changing next year.
(now really) We are updating the logo with a newer, better logo which we received from our good friend Chris!


Episode #13
* Kanada - Roo Show? Who knows... *
2/20/02


1) Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport (Mr. Raccoon/Kangaroo(s)/Mr. Kangaroo/Mr. Bear)

*New opening* Yay! We finally have new credits with un-dead puppets!
As opposed to all the *dead* puppets we subjected you to over the past year.
We showed off some lables our friend Rapid T. Rabbit sent us, and the new artwork for the show from our friend Chris! We have a whole new/old crappy look and we're proud of it! :)
We had another segment from our friend Rudolph, this time he reviewed the movie Shrek. It looks like Rudolph will be a permanent cast member, even though he lives so far away. He just loves to watch movies!
I mean what else could he do in the Arctic? He also introduces us to "Littly Rudy", remember to catch that web address, operators are standing by! :)
Kanada Korner, yet another in a series of segments we hope to continue.
Our friend Kramer Chicken returns to show us some more of Canada's fine tools of commerce, aka Canadian crap you must buy! He is joined once again by the "Priminister" of Kanada to explain his unique marketing technique.
We also showed footage of Mr. Bear hanging out with his friend Mishi, in Canada. They met, ate, and then played fine Canadian pastimes like "Hit the cougar in the head with a beachball", and "Knock over the bear with the cougar on the swing"! Kanada wins a gold by default! :)
We then have our one and only video starring our newest sucke..., er, uhm, I mean friend of the show, Mr. Kangaroo. Apparently he is from the deep south, somewhere.
He seems to be disturbed and confused, but our show tends
to do that to most people! :)


Episode #14
* Belated Easter/St. Pattys/Presidents/and Valentines Days *
3/18/02


1) Mulan Rouge (Rapid T. Rabbit/Tenderheart Bear)

Mr. Announcer makes an announcement, It's his job, yo!
The Bear decides to microwave peeps, what better way to enjoy a belated
Easter, than to show footage of radioactive candy with gas problems!
Mr. Announcer announces that Mr. Rat is in the bathroom, we really needed to know that eh?
If you are watching the online version, you are not on drugs, blame the Bear!
Please don't mind the fact that our audio is out of sync, it's like a theme!
Mr. Bear shows us some of our friends, and some whom we wish we knew.
The Bear seems to be sprouting ears... A quaint side effect of eating nuked peeps? We can only hope!
He shows us some pictures of Easter, Valentines , Presidents, and Saint Patricks Days.
Yes folks, we really know how to share the true holiday spirit by showing completely inappropriate pictures and how to properly pick the presidents nose! Go Yankees... Don't ask, please, for your own sanity!
Mr. Kangaroo gets sucked back into the wonderful world bad television.
He didn't know whay he was there, but he was just glad to be there.
He spouts off for about 2 minutes, for no better reason than to spout. :)
Mr. Bear throws eggs at the camera, and shows us his heart-on his shirt....
Mr. Bear had a heart-on for Renamon, if you don't get it, turn off your computer, now! :)
He is feeling a tad sad since Renamon cannot hang out with him, but he'll deal with it.
He seems to have sprouted more than ears, and we couldn't really figure out just who exactly laid the egg...
Ahhh, the wonders of apocolyptic sweet treats!
Mr. Announcer says you'll be back, whether or not you want to!
That's it, go home now, turn off the computer and the tv, it's over dammit!


Episode #15
* Mr. Kangaroo goes a travelin' *
4/17/02


Well we finally got up the brass to send one of our newest slaves, er, uhm, friends, out into the mean streets of Erie.
Alone and naked, armed with nothing but his wits, a microphone and an uncanny ability to look cute!
Mr. Kangaroo is his name and talkin' is his game, since he is one of but a few of our talking characters. :)
He roughed it for at least 15 minutes on the street and loitered around in an unused store in Erie, which we found we can blame on the mayors office!
Luckily for all involved, noone was arrested, though he may have been close to pushing hos luck when he entered the chamber of commerce...
Mr. Bear got lost and wandered onto someone elses show, and was asked to come back for his own interview, which he obliged! :)
Until now we thought Mr. Bear was a brown bear, but it looks as if he may be a black bear! :)
Mr. Ferret made a suprise re-appearance and hung out with Mr. Rat, commented on, or at least giggled at, Mr. Kangaroo's street adventure, and hung out with Mr. Bear, literally! :)
All in all show #15 went as do all others, with no predictability, no sense no plan, script, acting, skill, money, feedback, and absolutely no clowns!
Wait, we did have a clown once a longggggggggg time ago, ok, never mind...


Episode #16
* Official Introduction to Rapid T. Rabbit! YAY! *
5/24/02


Ok, we gave you new opening credits starting in episode #13, so now we have finished our new closing credits. They are, well, new, not special, not too busty, er, I mean busy. :) Now you should be able to read the ending credits, not that you couldn't before, but we really don't know, since noone has written us, YET DAMMIT, but that's not news...
We have told you about him, talked about his show, and show style.
And finally we now bring you.... The Rapid T. Rabbit and Friends Show.
This is footage from when Mr. Rat visited his show in New York City.
You will definitely notice the difference between our two shows!
It was an extremely interesting show visit, our very first! :)
This is building up to something, I assure you, watch for episode #18. :)
We also saw our friends latest installment of his reviews with Rudy show from his Private theater, on the North Pole!
In this segment, he reviews EL-DORADO Lost City of Gold, apparently it wasn't too good, so don't bother renting it! :)
Mrs. Fox Returns! Mrs. Epileptic Fox comes back to the show, and finally talks! Yes, she has a voice, sounds a bit British, I suppose, pip, pip!
We hear what excites her, and that's all that we'll say about that!
Mr. Raccoon makes a visit as well, we find out that he likes banannas, climbing poles, and nibbling on Fox Bums! :)
By the way if you hadn't noticed, we said that the next show was going to be our first all digital show... We lied! This was the first one due to technical difficulties beyond our control, yet again! :)


Episode #17
* Erie Zoo Parade May 18th 2002 *
6/12/02


Well, we are back, for our second Erie Zoo parade, what's so special about that you say? Well, besides the bad audio, short clips, and clowns, we had 3 special guests!
Mr. Bear had a small group of friends join him this year for our parade visit. Yay! Amodeo the Red Panda, Mishi the Cougar, and Buck Le Sabre!
Who by the way, is definitely not a walrus! He made me say that under threat of immediate digestion!
This year, the footage should be a tad more interesting compared to last years show. This time around we have commentary supplied by Mr. Rat and Mr. Announcer. Watch for the usual off color comments you have come to love, from your favorite fuzzy television star, NOooooo, not ALF! I mean your favorite local Community Access Television star, the phat rat himself! :)
As well as guest appearances by Richard Simmons, Mr. T, Mariah Carey, and Liberache...
No, wait, that didn't actually happen, hmmm, must have been a bad dream... :)
That's it, no more onion, saurkraut, anchovie and liverworst pizzas for you, Mr. Bear!
We saw lots of neat characters this year, besides our own visiters.
We got to see the (WXTA) X-Tra Fun Bear, C-Wolf, Erie Zoo Cool Bear, (WCTL) Aslan the Lion, and lots more! It was a good year for fuzzy critters in Erie! Of course it should be, it is a Zoo parade, after all!
Of course there were clowns, lots of friggin clowns! Can't we get away from these damned clowns! AAArrrgggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
Actually there is nothing wrong with clowns, really. It's mime's you should wonder about...(Just kidding) :)
As well as all that we saw thrusting rabbits, polka bands, men without pants, guys hopped up on something, doing cartwheels (sort of), rollerskating chickens, happy gorillas, more clowns, and other interesting things.
Of course they stuck our furry bunch of misfits at the very end of the parade. We would like to think that they were just saving the best for last, but the sad truth is, that they were probably just punishing us for having such a crappy show! :)
We do find out that it's not very pleasant to be stuck behind someones big red, stinky hummer! :)
Ask about our bagel foxes and whoppers! Go Otters! :)


Episode #18
* Finally the Rabbit Arrives! Took long enough Eh? :) *
* Aka, the "We can't go there show" *
5/30/02


You will of course notice that these last couple of shows were shot out of date sequence. This was in preparation for the appearance of our Friend Rapid T. Rabbit! Yay! We knew he was arriving, so we had to shoot his show before we even edited the zoo parade footage. Don't ask, it's a technical nightmare, but your life wouldn't be complete without it! :)

We had Rapid as a guest finally, and had a discussion on, well, nothing basically... But it was fun none the less!
We interview Rapid, and he interviews us, back and forth we go, and forth and back we digress... Eh? Nevermind...
Watch for the bad chroma key effects, a staple for the Mr. Bear Today Show!
Welcome to Erie Pennsylvania, home of flaming lakes and new home to the Love Canal, sounds like a great place to bring up some little 3 eyed mutants eh?
We dug up some basic background info on Rapid and his long running show, and try to explain our show, but that's a lost cause! :)
We learn that Al Roker is our very special friend! ;)
Mr. Bear attempts to run the character generator, and we discover that he takes things a little too literally.
Just don't ask him to do the character generator, please! Don't ask. :)
A whole fiasco ensues, but that is also par for the course, whatever course we may be on, we haven't figured it out yet! :)
Sooooooo, the bear is stupid, or just being silly, either way, we never end up seeing our names up in lights, oh well.
Upset? Us? Nawwwwwwwwwwww! C-Ya!


Episode #19
* Sea Wolfs' Birthday at the Erie Sea Wolves *
7/27/02


Chung-kei visits our friend C-Wolf during the C-wolfs birthday at Jerry Uht Park in Erie PA on July 27th 2002.
Our favorite samurai-pachyderm hangs out with his friend and many other special guests on this day.
There was Little Caesar from the famous pizza place.
Shooter from the Erie Otters schmoozed it up with folks for tha day as well.
The Erie Zoo Cool Bear chilled out with us too!
Max and Erma from a local restaraunt visited and played games.
H Jack Langer from a local Erie plummer who does cool funny commercials.
The Nittney Lion from Penn State College.
The Fighting Scot from Edinboro University.
All in all they all had a great time together hanging out and visiting with the crowd!
They all took part in some mascot competitions like a tricycle race between the Nittney Lion and Max from Max and Ermas Restaraunt!
And we all tried our buns at musical toilets! It's best not to ask Chung-kei how he did in that game, it's a sore subject!
For the second half of the show, we shared pictures of when Chung-kei visited his friends Mishi, Romeo Porcupine and Dr. Beary Good.
They all participated in a fund raiser for the Childrens Miracle Network.
Chung-kei had a blast that weekend, we can assure you!
Of course, Mr. Bear was jealous seeing Chung-kei going to all of these events but we will work through that with him in anger management classes! :)


Episode #20
* Meet Revvy Rabbit. Yay! *
9/18/02


1) Take a Chance on Me - Erasure (Many Ferrets!)

Wow! Long time no update, eh? It's all we can afford on our shoestring budget, especially since none of us wear shoes, heh heh!
Mr. Bear would like you all to meet his friend Revvy Rabbit, just another one of the many non repetitive characters on our show!
Noone seems to ever come back, oh well, it's probably for the better for them to retain their sanity!
We took Mr. Bear and Revvy down to Beautiful Presque Isle in Erie, PA for no better reason than always, because we can.
Mr. Bear shows Revvy the nice scenic view from the Perry Monument, even though he has a tendancy to moisten the scenery, yes were too close to water again, but at least Mr. Bear doesn't wear pants, or it would really show!

Anyway we re-edited the Take a Chance on Me video, It looks really cool and looks like we actually have talent, and ferrets, and ferrets with talent!
We also played some older footage which was destroyed in a previous attempt to edit it.
A bit from the Erie Zoo Footage, a shot from the Erie Zoo of real red pandas, as well as the footage of Amodeo the red panda on his visit with us.
Mishi, and Buck Le Sabre also make a cameo repeat appearance, just because we can!
don't worry, it's done in such a way so it doesn't get boring... No, really!
They basically hang out down at Dobbins Landing in good ole' Erie, Pa, chase some innocent bystanders and chill out in general.
Amodeo had too much fun in this bit it looks like!
We also had footage from the C-Wolf's B-Day, why do they always have to play YMCA when big fuzzy characters are out and about?
Mr. Bear shows us some gifts he recieved when Chung-kei went on Kanadian tv!
And we show the newspaper article from when we were on the front page of the Erie Times News.
If you have a weak stomach, don't watch the end, unless you wanna see Mr. Bear choke on poly-cotton! Well, not really, but we do get to see why his whites are so bright!




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