The Truth
- Studio
- Southern Star, Hanna Barbera Australia
Synopsis
Brother and Sister Bear learn that breaking Mama Bear's trust in them is worse than breaking her favorite lamp.
Characters
Papa Q. Bear, Mama Bear, Brother Bear, Sister Bear, Raffish Ralph, Weasel McGreed
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Buzz Potamkin
Producing
- Producer
- Buzz Potamkin
- Associate Producer
- Gordon Kent
Writing
- Writer
- Stan Berenstain, Jan Berenstain (Original Books)
Animation
- Animator
- Karen Barboutis, John Burge, Robert Baxter, Rodney Brunsoon, Sue Beak, Gairden Cooke, Ty Bosco, Murray Debus, Rodney D'Silva, Ken Keys, Dick Dunn, Glen Kirkpatrick, Peter Eastment, Dwayne Labbe, Don Ezard, Jon MacClenahan, Peter Gardiner, Don MacKinnon, Gerry Grabney, Robert Malherbe, George Hemzal, John Martin, Greg Ingram, Helen McAdam, Victor Juy, Henry Neville, Kevin Peaty, Philip Scarrolo, Philip Pepper, Stephen Taylor, Darusz Polkowski, Rick Tinschert, John Rice, Kaye Watts, Steve Robinson, Jim Wyle, Milan Zahorsky Jr
- Animation Director
- Chris Cuddington
- Animation Supervisor
- Di Rudder
Voices
- Voice
- Ruth Buzzi (Mama), Brian Cummings (Papa), Christina Lange (Sister), David Mendenhall (Brother), Frank Welker (Ralph), Josh Rodine, Marissa Mendenhall
Music
- Music
- Elliot Lawrence
Editing
- Editor
- Robert Ciaglia
- Assistant Editor
- Robin Gerber
Crew
- Created by
- Stan Berenstain, Jan Berenstain
- Originally Developed for Television by
- Joe Cates
- Production Executive
- David Salter
- Story Direction Supervisor
- Cullen Blaine
- Story Editor
- Rowby Goren
- Production Manager
- Jack Pietruska
- Color Styling
- Olga Zahorsky
- Storyboard Design
- Rich Chidlaw, Robert Dranko, Jan Green, Scott Jeralds, Bruce Morris, Byron Vaughns
- Layout Supervisor
- Margaret Parkes
- Layout Artists
- James Baker, Mark Mulgrew, Lisa Brailey, Steve Papantoniou, Deane Taylor, Bruce Pedersen, John Hill, Nancy Lockwood, Joe Shearer, Andre Bresciani, John Vance, Gaynor Medlin, Pere Van-Reyk, Stephen Moltzen
- Background Design
- Richard Zaloudek
- Background Painters
- Jerry Liew, Chesmire Bgrkert, Helen Steele, David Davenport, Ken Wright, Mike King-Prime, Milan Zahorsky Jr
- Animation Checking Supervisor
- Ellen Bayley
- Animation Checkers
- Kim Blaik, Lynette McClean, Leslie Blaney, Brodee Myers
- Inbetweening Supervisor
- Mary Guest
- Inbetweeners
- Susan Abrahams, Michael Bayes, Melanie Allen, Jim Bell, Paul Baker, Mark Benvenuti, Bogdan Bojarski, Christopher Evans, Cindy Bower, Craig Fairclough, Katy Hesmond, Christopher Bradley, Grania Cole, Bernard Gallate, Mark Coleman, Jackie Halbish, Michael Davis, Craig Handley, Jan D'Silva, Lisa Hemmings, Amanda Earle, Phillip Judd, Martin Ellis, John David Hilliard, Glen Kirkpatrick, Julie Stapleton, Eva McEvilly, Bela Szeman, McDonald Monks, Elizabeth Thomas, Matthew Munro, Steven Trenbirth, John Robertson, Phillip Williams, Philip Scarrold, Sally Woods, Elizabeth Wojsik-Mirski, Carol Seidl
- Xerography Supervisor
- Joan Lawson
- Xerography Checking Supervisor
- Irmina Dubinska
- Paint Supervisor
- Donene Bailey
- Paint Checking
- Robyn Smith, Narisa Martin, Ruth Edelman, Jackie Neville, Margaret Ziolkwski
- Control
- Annette Deal
- Original Music Composed and Conducted by
- Elliot Lawrence
- Music Arranger
- Lanny Meyers
- Voice Tracks Recorded at
- Buzzy's Recording Services
- Rerecorded at
- Post Sound
- Post Production Supervisor
- Arthur Lazarus Klein
- Production Coordinator
- Diane Allman
- Post Production
- Pacific Video
- Production Auditor
- Wayne Dearing
- Production Assistants
- Robyn C. Williams, Tom Rice
- Post Production Assistants
- Joni Torrez, Mary Morrisey, Marion Siwek
- Track Reading
- Cecil Broughton, Gary Lewis
- Negative Cutter
- Dennis Brookens
- Camera Supervisor
- Fernando Letteri
- Camera Operators
- James Carl, Ngaio Richards, Andrew Kaminski, Renee Robinson, Robert Letter, Zig Sulkiewicz, Jenny Oohse, Kevin Toneycliffe, Aniko Omos, Georgie Vrozina
- Special Effects
- Henry Neville
- Produced in Association with
- Joe Cates Co
Companies and other credits
- Music Recorded at: Regent Sound Studios
- Produced in Association with: Inc
- Based on characters
- stories and art © 1962-1986 S & J Berenstain
- A Southern Star / Hanna-Barbera Australia Production
- © 1986 Taft-Hardie Group Pty. Limited
Production notes
The Bear Family live in Beartown, a tiny village whose economy is based on honey. Other characters include Grizzly and Gran, the kids grandparents, and ne'er-do-wells Raffish Ralph and Weasel McGreed, whose antics always seem to throw a monkey wrench into the Bear Family's best-laid plans.