Defunctland: The History of Cedar Fair’s Berenstain Bear Country

anyone else who is binging his whole channel get some tonal whiplash from

“I miss Jim Henson with all my heart, and I hope his art can inspire people for years to come”
right into
“HOLY SHIT BEARS”

I used to go to Valley Fair in Minneapolis Minnesota which had their own bear country with the Bearnstain bears

Ah, the 90's when we still thought recycling might actual work

Valleyfair is in Minnesota not Michigan dude

night mair fule

Bear country kinda slaps tho, sick banger

"The early 60s and mid-forever" made me laugh and then made me very sad.

In 1988, Random House Home Video released the 1985 series on home video

I remember seeing the “Berenstain Bears” when I was a kid during the 90’s, I saw them a lot when I would go to ValleyFair in Minnesota.
I remember they’d do performances and use audio from “The Berenstain Bear Show”.

Also, I didn't know there was a Berenstain Bears theme park in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Michigan (where my parents were both born). It's too bad they didn't stay open forever though sadly. I used to watch the Berenstain Bears reboot from the 2000s on PBS Kids in Arizona but not the one from the 80s on ABC because well, I wasn't born at the time. It's also too bad there's no more Berenstain Bears theme parks especially in my home state in Arizona and none in Iowa (where I currently live now).

I swear you can hear the "pause for laughs" after he says it's "More like Cedar Bear"

I was a Berenstain Bear performer at Dorney Park in 1994-95

Watching this video has made me realize that the only reason I thought it said Bearnstein instead of Bearnstain is because of how people said the name which then morphed the spelling in my head to what looked like it fit better to me. And I have a feeling that’s the case for a lot of people.

I literally fell asleep watching this last night. That voice puts me to sleep. 😂

I grew up in Kansas City as a kid about 30 years ago and my parents would take me to worlds of fun for the berenstain bears country and I lost my goddamn mind. I could spend all day looking at the bugs under the logs.

In 2003, a new Berenstain Bears show was made for Nelvana and PBS

😤The bearstenstain bears are a bunch of fuckking idiots!!!! 🖕

Interesting. I grew up with this book series. I never knew they were used in a theme park. Then again, I've never heard of Cedar Fair either.

The episodes that I most remember watching are Attic Treasure, Moving Day, Draw It, The Week at Grandma’s, The Talent Show, Grow It and Bears For All Seasons

You should do a DefunctTV on the 2003 series

Fun Bear facts should just be in every Defunctland video from now on, regardless of the video's topic

I know I'm super late to this party, but as someone whose "home amusement park is Cedar Point," I LOVED growing up with Bear Country. My parents have videos of me sitting with Mama Bear because just a short meet and greet wasn't enough lol — I had to sit with her for like 45 minutes haha. Bear Country holds dear memories, so I loved watching this.