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Western Animation: CB Bears

The 1970s have a lot to answer for.

The popularity of citizens band radio in the 1970s inspired this hourlong Animated Anthology from Hanna-Barbera, which ran on NBC in 1977-78.

The series' headliners were crime-solving bears named Hustle, Bump and Boogie (voiced by Daws Butler, Henry Corden and Chuck McCann, respectively). They traveled in a garbage truck and received orders via CB radio from their female boss, "Charlie" (voiced seductively by Susan Davis).

Supporting segments in the CB Bears show were:

Blastoff Buzzard, a cartoon similar to Road Runner vs. Coyote, and the only H-B cartoon whose soundtrack had no human voices at all;
Heyyyy, It's the King, an all-animal parody of Happy Days;
Posse Impossible, a Spin-Off of the series finale of Hong Kong Phooey;
Shake, Rattle and Roll, in which a trio of ghosts inhabited an abandoned hotel, and
Undercover Elephant, about a secret-agent pachyderm and his mouse partner.

CB Bears provides examples of:

Animated Anthology
Comic Trio (the ghosts of Shake, Rattle & Roll)
Expy: The King of Heyyyy! It's the King is an expy of Arthur Fonzarelli.
Forgot I Could Fly: Happened a lot in Blastoff Buzzard shorts. May or may not have been an intentional joke.
No Dialogue Episode (all Blastoff Buzzard shorts)
The One Who Wears Shoes (Boogie and Square)
Talking Animal
Theme Naming: The bears are named for dance styles; the ghosts of Shake, Rattle & Roll are named for a rock song from the 1950s.
The Voice (Charlie)
You Gotta Have Blue Hair: Boogie has blue fur.