Keep Your Keeper

The gang convinces zookeeper Peevly that he needs a holiday. However, its plans are disrupted by Peevly's replacement, who turns Wonderland into a prison camp.

Hair Bear, Square Bear, Bubie Bear, Mr. Eustace E. Peevly, Botch

Mr. Peevly's voice sounds a little different in this episode. His voice is a bit lower-speaking rather than being nasally in the rest of the episodes

.At the Wonderland Zoo, Three of the wildest and crazy bears are always looking for that better living conditions in Cave Block #9. They would outsmart their keeper, in trying to escape from the zoo in their search for fun and antics.

Living in Cave Block #9 at the Wonderland Zoo, The Hair Bear Bunch were three cousins who, under cover of darkness, would break out and explore the real world, trying to find out what they were missing. The leader was Hair Bear, so named for the amazingly large afro that he sported, as was the style of the times. Square Bear was a goofy, hat-wearing type, and Bubi Bear was a kind of Boo-Boo Bear for this show; in fact, this whole show owed no small debt to fellow Hanna-Barbera cartoon Yogi Bear on many levels.

The trio was pursued on their excursions by zoo curator Mr. Peevely and his tubby assistant Botch, who borrowed Officer Gunther Toody's Car 54, Where Are You? catchphrase, "Oooh, Oooh!" (and predating Welcome Back Kotter's Horschack by a full five years).

The legendary Daws Butler provided the voice for Hair Bear. Sadly, his presence was not enough, and the show was canceled after one season. It was revived after a year's hiatus, however, and the repeats of the show's first season ran on Sunday mornings from 1973-74.