Got your snacks?
Got your blankie?
I’d forgotten that it was during Beary Poppins that Bikkie got his dinosaur outfit! Beary Poppins is the gift that keeps on giving!
Be the Bear
Bob T will ‘toon in tomorrow Panda
Cuppycakes? Check!
Poppycorn? Check!
Hot cocoa with whippy cream and liddle marshymallows? Check!
Uh oh…The Mayhems and Six and Sebben are about to enter the chat. What could possibly go wrong? I guess we’ll fine out tomorrow!
Be the Bear!
Bob T I wonder what happens next Panda
It’s time for …
As a special treat, for the next 5 days, we’ll be sharing the Encore Presentation of Beary Poppins! Yes! That’s right! EVERY DAY we’ll share 4-5 episodes of this beloved Holiday Classic starring Frank in the title role, and the pandas of the DC Panda House (Pinky: I thought I was da star!!!)
Oh my! What do you think is going to happen???
See you TOMORROW!
Be the Bear!
Bob T is making it up as we go along! Panda
Don’t forget to check out the Panda Chronicles books and stuff on Redbubble for your holiday shopping!
…much faster than I expected. As such, I think it’s time to run a couple of my holiday classics this week and next, in the hopes I’ll have a little time and space to write a NEW Christmas Classic™️ before the actual week of Christmas. The idea just popped into my head, as all the best ideas do. Well, I guess we’ll see, won’t we?
Meanwhile, I hope you enjoy this encore presentation of…
I had so much fun re-reading this story and I hope you did too! This was one of my favorite stories to make a Panda Parody. Maybe because I’ve seen the original so many times…
and remember…
Be the Bear
Bob T it’s beginning to look a lot like Crispness…Panda
PostScript: in case you were wondering, despite the fact that much of Western Washington State is currently suffering severe flooding, Whidbey Island is high and..well, damp, but not under water. We do have the possibility of power outages with the softened ground from all the rain, not to mention some of the bluff areas are probably going to slide. But we are not under evacuation orders and suffering the destruction of the raging rivers over on the mainland. So far we are okay on the island. I hope my western WA readers are safe. check in, okay?
Once again, time slipped away from me and there is no new ‘toon for today, but I am working on a new Thanksgiving ‘toon and I’ll have it here next week. What’s time to a panda?
Nooz reached me this morning of the passing to the great beyond of Gao Gao, paterfamilias of the PanDiego Zoo for some 20 something years. Gao Gao was one of the great pandas. Wild born, he was brought to the Wolong base as an injured cub, rehabilitated and set free. I don’t know if he had already lost a chunk of his ear by then. Anyway, as the story goes, after being released, he must have figured what a sweet deal it was at the panda base, and he turned himself back in. Sometime later, he was assigned to PanDiego, to be the mate of the enchanting Bai Yun, who was not getting on with the older panda they had paired her with.
They went on to populate the first great panda dynasty in the US. Their grandson, by way of the effervescent Zhen Zhen, Yun Chuan is now in his grandfather’s seat in PanDiego.
Gao Gao was considered something of a stud muffin by his friends and nannies, as well as a very sweet tempered panda by his caregivers. We were all sorry to see him leave to return to China, but by all reports and pictures, he continued to charm his nannies and was given stellar care.
His last cub in PanDiego was the one and only Wu Self, Xiao Li Wu, or Mr. Wu to his friends and fans. Somewhere along the way, I started drawing him with his ear taped down, as a tribute to his dad, with his half gone ear. To hear Gao Gao tell it, he lost it in a bar fight defending Bai Yun’s honor.
In my as yet unpublished graphic novel, The Pandyland Mysteries: The Case of the Picturesque Panda, Wu loses his ear tape to the dastardly Babette De Panda, who holds it for ransom.
I think you all know things to be grateful for are a little scarce on the ground right now, but there is still much for which to give thanks. I am inordinately thankful that you all are still here. I am thankful for pandas, and the community of people who love them. I am thankful for those who are no longer here, for the friendship and support they gave me when I needed it most. I am grateful for that strange place in my brain that spills these stories out. I’m not being hyperbolic when I say that pandas saved me. At a time when optimism disappeared along with most of my income, the pandas arose and said, “Hey look! Over here! We are cute and we have cuppycakes!“
And so here we are.
I hope you are spending the day as you choose, and with whom you choose, and if you’re not, well, there is always third helpings of pie.
Be the Bear,
Bob T the T stands for Thankful,* today, Panda
*Usually it stands for “the”
…so I will give myself permission to share a few ‘toons from the archives as I had a few other more pressing chores to get to get to this week so did not finish a second ‘toon. Never fear, it is in progress and will appear on Tuesday.
First up! One of my earliest ‘toons! Inspired by the “Meet the Pandas” page on the SDZ website!
I did say MOSTLY true…okay…maybe PARTLY true would be better…slightly true?
And last but not least…
The very Bob! Let’s put our paws together for the song stylings of Bob T Panda!
I was going to look for ‘toons about cake (because there HAS been cake!) but I got distracted by some of my early favorite ‘toons!
Be the Bear
Bob T keeping the Birthday Season Spirit going Panda
I am back from my travels and getting back to work, but didn’t quite get a new ‘toon for today, but I have several in the works! I’m hoping to get them done by the end of the week and then be a bit ahead of things. Hahahahahahhaa! We’ll see!
But…wait…what…travels you say? YOU didn’t tell us you were traveling. Well, I tend not to, ya know, announce my house will be empty and all, but I did and I’m back. Also, the feckless cowards that currently run the goobermint did not have the fortitude or spines to stand up to F45 and re-open the goobermint, so we were deprived of our visit to Binky Li and his beloved QB.
Fortunately for my ‘tooning/painting schedule, this weekend is the semi-annual changing of the clocks so it’s a great opportunity to re-run one of everyone’s favorite ‘toons! Also, the original Halloween ‘toon is a perennial favorite!
BTW, this ‘toon is pre-Pinky, but maybe a foreshadowing of Pinky’s outfit and attitude!
I hope you enjoyed the recent Encore Presentations of A Halloween Carol and the Wizard of Wu! If you missed them, you could go back a couple weeks and see them.
DON’T FORGET TO VOTE! Important elections are happening next week, especially in Virginia and New Jersey! Even less important seeming elections are happening everywhere. We have an important school board election here, and you might too.
Be the Bear!
Bob T is going to fill out his ballot and turn it in on time Panda
I just know those flying monkeys are about to show up! The suspense is killing me! Could this be the end of our tale? Or our tails?
Well, the Panda Kindergarten is a LITTLE less scary that flying monkeys, right?
Huzzah! We have reached the end of our fabulous Holiday Classic Encore Presentation, The Wizard of Wu! I hope you had a really good time and enjoyed this (’cause it’s kinda a lot of work finding all these ‘toons and setting them up in order. ) So Maybe now would be a really good time to go shopping for stuff with pandas on it over at the Panda Chronicles RedBubble shop! You know you want to!
Thanks again for being here! Now if we could just make Mittens go *POOF*
Be the Bear!
Bob T there were some scary parts Panda
Oh my! That is a Panda of a different color! My ears and whiskers! What is going to happen next? The suspense is killing me!
Till next time!
Be the Bear
Bob T oh the suspense! Panda
Here we are again, with the next installment of your all time favorite Holiday Classic, The Wizard of Wu!
And in which we meet Mr. Toasty!
And who doesn’t like bagels?
‘Toon in again next time for more of The Wizard of Wu
Be the Bear
Bob T isn’t this better than listening to Mittens blather on about the Nobel Peace Prize Panda