Happening Today: Smokey Bear Celebrates His 78th Birthday

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[Ol' Dan Tucker]

[Fiji Hill]

Smokey the Bear--Gene Autry (1952)

[willk]

When I was a child I was a big Smokey fan. I would get excited every time I saw a Smokey sign along the road during family vacations. One day my older brother told me a story about Ruff the Bear. Seems Ruff was Smokey’s older brother who during the fire pushed Smokey up the tree so that Smokey lived but unfortunately, for Ruff, not so much. He tells me now how I cried when he told the story. I think he even sent the story somewhere for publication but was (obviously) rejected. Anyway, at 64, I still get excited about seeing Smokey the Bear signs and wonder if there really was a Ruff the Bear.

[the OlLine Rebel]

Pretty funny.

We’ve been cramming in “Emergency!” Shows from the ‘70s and particularly the other day, I was noting how they had Smokey all over the place, esp. in an episode where they are stuck in the “boonies” with an Outland fire station.

[Boiler Plate]

Sorry it’s “Smokey Bear”

https://www.fs.usda.gov/features/story-smokey-bear

[Chode]

i actually have a picture of him around here someplace i took in 1964 at the zoo...

[clearcarbon]

[SJackson]

Outdoors/Rural/wildlife/hunting/hiking/backpacking/National Parks/animals list please FR mail me to be on or off . And ping me is you see articles of interest.

[gundog]

Throw in a human beat-box and a few M-Fs and it would be brought up to date.