Bear Raid Warden is a 1944 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon short starring Barney Bear. It is one of a few cartoons where the short depicts a wartime motif.
Plot[]
An owl advises Barney Bear to get ready to do his Air-Raid-Warden post. So he takes his post too seriously, telling first the owl (with shining eyes) and then a firefly to put their lights out. The firefly isn't at all happy and keeps pestering Barney for almost all of this cartoon. Then Barney finds a huge offender: a cabin that's all lit up. Looks familiar, and he tells to lit off. After the cabin is lit off, a picture of himself drops, he puts off the correct place, and Barney in the picture with a hammer throws him, resulting victorious over the real Barney.
Trivia[]
- This is notably the first short to have Barney speak.
- This is the first Barney Bear short to be directed by George Gordon.
- This is the first Barney Bear short to be written by an uncredited Webb Smith and Otto Englander.
| Barney Bear Cartoons | |
|---|---|
| 1939 | The Bear That Couldn't Sleep |
| 1940 | The Fishing Bear |
| 1941 | The Prospecting Bear • The Rookie Bear • The Flying Bear |
| 1942 | The Bear and the Beavers • Wild Honey • Barney Bear's Victory Garden |
| 1943 | Bah Wilderness • Barney Bear and the Uninvited Pest |
| 1944 | Bear Raid Warden • Barney Bear's Polar Pest |
| 1945 | The Unwelcome Guest |
| 1948 | The Bear and the Bean • The Bear and the Hare |
| 1949 | Goggle Fishing Bear |
| 1952 | The Little Wise Quacker • Busybody Bear |
| 1953 | Barney's Hungry Cousin • Cobs and Robbers • Heir Bear • Wee-Willie Wildcat • Half-Pint Palomino |
| 1954 | The Impossible Possum • Sleepy-Time Squirrel • Bird-Brain Bird Dog |