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Cinnamon Bear time is so soon! I’m so excited! I guess I will reblog my transcription every day from Thanksgiving till Christmas Eve. Oh, how I love this special radio show!!! This post is short and sweet. Friday is Cinnamon Bear day. All the characters: Cinnamon Bear, Crazy Quilt, and Judy and Jimmy will be … Continue reading Cinnamon Bear Time!
For our very last episode of the Cinnamon Bear *sob* there are no new characters to introduce.I’d like to take this time to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas. Thank you so much to those who took the time to listen to this serial all the way through, and thank you to those who have … Continue reading Cinnamon Bear Episode #26
OH MY GOODNESS! I am sooooo excited to be writing about our next voice actor because, not until JUST now did I realize who this guy was. Captain Tintop is voiced by the very well known actor Frank Nelson, who I know best on the Jack Benny Show. He was the man who made himself … Continue reading Cinnamon Bear Episode #25
Here’s another episode that we do not have any new characters to introduce. Isn’t it a shame that we do not know who voiced Nicky Freudl? He has a great voice, very similar to Jimmy. I’m inclined to believe that it was a child around the same age as Judy and Jimmy. Download all of … Continue reading Cinnamon Bear Episode #24
Happy Winter Solstice! Enjoy the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere! Here’s another episode where we do not have a new character to introduce.I think now is a good time to talk about the voice actor who played Cinnamon Bear. I realized the other day that we never did talk about him. … Continue reading Cinnamon Bear Episode #23
Oh! We’re going to get to meet the real Santa? (SANTA! I know him!) In this case, the real Santa Claus is played by Lou Merrill. Lou Merrill had a good career in radio and voiceover work, and appeared in many radio shows such as Lights Out, Abbott and Costello (as Santa), Suspense, and Lux Radio … Continue reading Cinnamon Bear Episode #22
Thank you for joining us today for our 20th episode of the adventures of our fuzzy friend The Cinnamon Bear. Believe it or not, for the first time there are no new characters introduced in this episode! Only 6 more episodes left! Are you as anxious as I am to see how the story turns … Continue reading Cinnamon Bear Episode #20
I find episode 19 very interesting. It is a sign of the times and how people thought of Native American Indians in the mass media back in the far-off age of 1937. It may be politically incorrect by today’s standards, but back then this was a very common way to portray indians. I think it’s … Continue reading Cinnamon Bear Episode #19
Gale Gordon, who also voiced Weary Willie the Stork, is Oliver Ostrich. He reminds me of Dick Van Dyke’s character Bert in Mary Poppins! Download all of Cinnamon Bear’s episodes at once at https://archive.org/details/CinnamonBear. You can also listen to each episode on archive without downloading. The Cinnamon Bear Episode 16 – Oliver OstrichOpening: Cinnamon Bear … Continue reading Cinnamon Bear Episode #16
Hanley Stafford is the voice of Snapper Snick. Born in Hanley, England, this is obviously where he got his stage name. He is best remembered for playing Lancelot Higgins, aka Daddy on Baby Snooks, a radio show that he acted in for 14 years from December 1937 (right after The Cinnamon Bear aired) until the … Continue reading Cinnamon Bear Episode #15