Fatso the Bear explained

Fatso The Bear
First:	Hunger Strife (October 5, 1960)
Last:	The Bear and the Bees (May 1, 1961)
Creator:	Jack Hannah
Voice:	Daws Butler (1960) Dallas McKennon (1961)^[1]
Species:	Grizzly Bear
Gender:	Male

Fatso the Bear is an animated character created by Jack Hannah for Walter Lantz Productions. He made his first appearance in the cartoon "Hunger Strife" in 1960, and last appeared in "The Bear and the Bees" in 1961.

The bear is essentially a "clone" of Walt Disney's Humphrey the Bear, in terms of physical appearance, gruff voice, and personality. Hannah also co-created Humphrey, and had directed most of the Donald Duck and Humphrey cartoons at Disney back in the mid-1940s into the 1950s.

Filmography

• "Hunger Strife" (October 5, 1960)^{[2] [3] [4]}
• "Eggnapper" (February 14, 1961)^{[5] [6] [7]}
• "The Bear and the Bees" (May 1, 1961)^{[8] [9]}

See also

• Walter Lantz Productions
• List of Walter Lantz Cartoon characters

External links

• The Walter Lantz-o-Pedia

Notes and References

1. Book: Scott . Keith . Cartoon Voices of the Golden Age, Vol. 2 . 3 October 2022 . BearManor Media . en.
2. Web site: The Walter Lantz Cartune Encyclopedia: 1960 . 2010-08-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080723102719/http://lantz.goldenagecartoons.com/1960.html . 2008-07-23 . dead.
3. Web site: Hunger Strife (Universal Studios). https://archive.today/20120730023150/http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/2851-Hunger_Strife.html . dead . July 30, 2012 .
4. Web site: Hunger Strife (Walter Lantz Productions). https://archive.today/20120723233351/http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/19850-Hunger_Strife.html . dead . July 23, 2012 .
5. Web site: The Walter Lantz Cartune Encyclopedia: 1961 . 2010-08-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101219122804/http://lantz.goldenagecartoons.com/1961.html . 2010-12-19 . dead.
6. Web site: Eggnapper (Universal Studios). https://archive.today/20120720061717/http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/2592-Eggnapper.html . dead . July 20, 2012 .
7. Web site: Eggnapper (Walter Lantz Productions). https://archive.today/20120721135050/http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/19851-Eggnapper.html . dead . July 21, 2012 .
8. Web site: The Walter Lantz Cartune Encyclopedia: 1961 . 2010-08-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101219122804/http://lantz.goldenagecartoons.com/1961.html . 2010-12-19 . dead.
9. Web site: The Bears and the Bees (Universal Studios). https://archive.today/20120719112505/http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/2689-Bears_And_The_Bees.html . dead . July 19, 2012 .