George and Junior

George and Junior are two anthropomorphic bears created by Tex Avery for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. All of the George and Junior shorts were directed by Tex Avery in the 1940s. They appeared in four cartoons: Henpecked Hoboes (1946), Hound Hunters (1947), Red Hot Rangers (1947), and Half-Pint Pygmy (1948).

The cartoons would usually follow the misadventures of two bears inspired by George and Lennie from John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men: George, the short, short-tempered intelligent one (voiced by Dick Nelson) and Junior, the tall, dim-witted one (voiced by Tex Avery). George would usually come up with a plan to fix their current situation. Junior would accidentally mess it up somehow resulting with an angry George saying "Bend over, Junior", and, when Junior does so, George delivers a hard kick to his rear end.

Biography[]

All of the original MGM shorts were directed by Tex Avery in the 1940s. Pat Ventura made two What A Cartoon! shorts starring George and Junior in 1995. They were inspired by the characters of George and Lennie from John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men. Both George and Junior also make an appearance in The Tom and Jerry Show (2014) episode, "Shadow of a Doubt".

Physical Appearance[]

George is the small-sized bear awhile Junior is the average-size of a bear.

Appearances[]

Classic Cartoons[]

Henpecked Hoboes (1946)
Hound Hunters (1947)
Red Hot Rangers (1947)
Half-Pint Pygmy (1948)

What A Cartoon![]

Look Out Below (1995)
George and Junior's Christmas Spectacular (1995)

The Tom and Jerry Show (2014)[]

Season 4[]

Shadow of a Doubt
Ball of Fire (cameo)

Season 5[]

Professor Meathead (cameo)

Voice Actors[]

George[]

Dick Nelson (1946-1947)
Wally Maher (Half-Pint Pigmy)
John Rubinow (What a Cartoon!)
Ben Diskin (The Tom and Jerry Show)

Junior[]

Tex Avery (1946-1948)
Tony Pope (What a Cartoon!)
Stephen Stanton (The Tom and Jerry Show)

Running Gags[]

George says, "Bend over, Junior," and kicks Junior a hundred miles away
Junior: "I done a bad thing."; "I'm bend over, George."

Notes[]

George's last name is confirmed to be "Domanican" in Red Hot Rangers.
In same short, they worked as fire rangers in the U.S. Forest Ranger Fire Station.
Junior resembles Joe Bear from Jerky Turkey.
A gray-purple version of George made a headshot cameo appearance during the final scene of the 1988 Disney/Touchstone film Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Junior was planned to have a cameo in the film, but was later dropped for unknown reasons. However, Junior appeared in deleted "Acme's Funeral" scene.