Mission Improbable
- Studio
- Rankin-Bass Productions, Tôei Animation Studios
Synopsis
Smokey The Bear and his animal friends prevent forest fires and protect the environment as adults and kids.
Characters
Smokey The Bear, Grizzly, Freddy, Benny, Bessie, Hiram, Floyd, Mayor Owl, Mr. Gabby
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Arthur Rankin Jr, Jules Bass
Producing
- Producer
- Arthur Rankin Jr, Jules Bass
Writing
- Writer
- Shamus Culhane, Fred Halliday, Romeo Muller, Frank Freda, Hal Hackady, William J. Keenan
- Script Editor
- William J. Keenan
Animation
- Animation Supervisor
- Steve Nakagawa
Voices
- Voice
- Jackson Weaver (Smokey), Carl Banas, Billie Richards, Paul Soles
Music
- Music
- Maury Laws, Jules Bass
- Lyrics
- Maury Laws, Jules Bass
Crew
- Editorial Supervision
- Irwin Goldress
- Recording Supervision
- Bernard Cowan
- Sound Engineers
- Stephen Frohoack, Gene Coleman, Robert Brown
- Character Design
- Rod Willis
- Crew
- U.S. Department of Agriculture
Companies and other credits
- Animator: Toei Animation Studios
- The producers gratefully acknowledge The Advertising Council
- The National Association of State Foresters and the Forest Service
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.
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.