Additional Information about the TV Cartoon Great Kite Contest

Additional information from Great Kite Contest: Rankin Bass Studios produced an animated version of Smokey the Bear earlier in the 1966 TV special The Ballad of Smokey the Bear. New character designs were introduced for this series.

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Great Kite Contest Production Information
	Rankin-Bass Productions, Tôei Animation Studios Animated Characters: Smokey The Bear, Grizzly, Freddy, Benny, Bessie, Hiram, Floyd, Mayor Owl, Mr. Gabby. First Aired about 1969. Running Time: 6 minutes. Color U.S.A. / Japan

Production Notes:

Rankin Bass Studios produced an animated version of Smokey the Bear earlier in the 1966 TV special "The Ballad of Smokey the Bear." New character designs were introduced for this series.

Background music from "The King Kong Show" was reused for this series.

This was the first cartoon show with an ecological theme. The show ran 17 episodes. Each half-hour show includes two cartoons featuring the adult Smokey, with a cartoon of Smokey as a bear cub in between.

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