There's only one Father's Day animated cartoon I can think of offhand, and it's A Bear For Punishment, the following Warner Bros. masterpiece by Chuck Jones. It stars the incredibly, staggeringly dysfunctional "3 Bears" family, first seen in Bugs Bunny & The 3 Bears.
Chuck Jones made cartoons that could be simultaneously hilarious and brutal - and this followup to The Bee-Deviled Bruin and Bear Feat is among the most hilariously brutal of them all.
It's a pleasure to see this great classic cartoon with commentary by Michael Barrier, the erudite film historian and author of Hollywood Cartoons: American Animation in Its Golden Age. Mr. Barrier interviewed many of the great animators while one could, back in the early-to-mid 1970's.
The comedy and timing throughout A Bear For Punishment, courtesy of such outstanding Jones crew animators as Ken Harris, is quite brilliant. Big time assists go to story man Mike Maltese and voice actors Billy Bletcher, Stan Freberg and Bea Benaderet.
Happy Father's Day!
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