# ID a christmas cartoon about a bear flying a GeeBee racer? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 13, 2009, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-a-christmas-cartoon-about-a-bear-flying-a-geebee-racer/521126 "2009-12-13T19:06:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2009, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-a-christmas-cartoon-about-a-bear-flying-a-geebee-racer/521126/1 "2009-12-13T19:06:17Z")
…pretty sure he wore a Santa hat (or some kind of hat, anyway), and it would have aired on TV around 1988. [This is a GeeBee](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Gee_Bee_R-1.jpg/800px-Gee_Bee_R-1.jpg)—I think it even had the same paint scheme. I’ll admit, it’s been over twenty years (oog) so I may indeed be mistaken about the aircraft model, but I’m pretty certain that was the one. I only remember seeing the _commercials_ for the special, but I don’t recall if I saw the actual program—so no help on plot, etc, I’m afraid. I think it may have been some kind of product tie-in, though. Can anyone help me out on this one? Or at least tell me it wasn’t just a childhood fever dream? ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2009, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-a-christmas-cartoon-about-a-bear-flying-a-geebee-racer/521126/2 "2009-12-13T22:27:12Z")
Are you sure it wasn’t a Coca Cola commercial? ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-a-christmas-cartoon-about-a-bear-flying-a-geebee-racer/521126/3 "2009-12-14T06:22:38Z")
Aha! I’m sure it wasn’t, now…because a little obsessive research has revealed that it was _[Santabear’s High Flying Adventure](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TE8YYEQsjTI&feature=related)_, from '87. Turns out it was a Marshall Fields mascot, and the cartoon featured the voices of…[John Malkovich and Dennis Hopper](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0242850/)? What the _Hell?_ ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-a-christmas-cartoon-about-a-bear-flying-a-geebee-racer/521126/4 "2009-12-14T09:12:30Z")
> [@Ranchoth](#): > > Aha! I’m sure it wasn’t, now…because a little obsessive research has revealed that it was _[Santabear’s High Flying Adventure](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TE8YYEQsjTI&feature=related)_, from '87. > > Turns out it was a Marshall Fields mascot, and the cartoon featured the voices of…[John Malkovich and Dennis Hopper](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0242850/)? What the _Hell?_ a 2 place GeeBee? Where are the production standards in today’s cartoons? Not even an accurate spinner. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-a-christmas-cartoon-about-a-bear-flying-a-geebee-racer/521126/5 "2009-12-14T11:02:20Z")
> [@Magiver](#): > > a 2 place GeeBee? Where are the production standards in today’s cartoons? Not even an accurate spinner. Brother, you are preaching to the choir, believe me. If anything, I think it’s actually gotten _worse_ with the increased use of CG for vehicle effects, these days. Er…and Merry Christmas, ev’ry body!