The Fishing Bear (1940)

Supervision-Rudolf Ising
Animation-Michael Lah 
Producer-Fred Quimby
Musical Direction-Scott Bradley
Release Date-January 20,1940




The cartoon opens majestically to a nearby lake. Multiple fish then wakes up jumping around. Maybe they're flying fish. Barney Bear then rustles from the bushes with fishing equipment and notices the fish are finally out. Barney then goes to the fishing spot and gets out fish bait. Trouties: A Tempting Treat for timid trout. Approved by Boy Trouts of America. A very sporting gag...relating to fish! Barney tries out the bait and multiple fish come flying out eating the bait. A fish swims over and reads the back of the box. Do You Want To Be A Junior G-Trout? The fish then mimics a machine gun. Barney then teases a fish twice. The third time, multiple fish try to get the bait. Barney smacks his lips in pleasure. He imagines the fish in a giant frying pan. Just as Barney is about to throw in the bait, a duck comes flying in the scene. The fish then come back and Barney throws the bait. But the duck starts to act like a dog and retrieves back the bait and gives it back to an irritated Barney Bear. What are you laughing at, ducks actually act like dogs. Barney then throws the Trouties box at the duck and misses. The fish then eat the Trouties while the same fish takes the box. Barney then goes after the fish and hits his head on a tall piece of land in the water. Barney chases the fish but realizes that he's on water and falls in. The duck thinks that Barney is dead but the bear pops up from the water with the box. Barney pours out the water in the box and the fish comes out. The duck goes after the fish but the fish mimics the machine gun again and scares the duck. The duck then looks underwater and finds the fish. Barney comes out of the water and catches the fish. Unfortunately, the duck pops from underwater and on the bottom end of the net. The fish lands in Barney's fishing equipment and is seen in a boot. The duck chases the fish in a dark crack underwater. Barney then throws the bait to where the fish is. Instead, an electric eel gets the bait. The eel eats the bait and Electrocuted Barney and the duck. Barney and the duck are then seen underwater.




                                                    ANIMATION BREAKDOWN

Don Williams 0:25-0:50
Rudy Zamora 0:51-1:28
Don Williams 1:30-2:10
Rudy Zamora 2:11-4:24
Michael Lah 4:25-5:00
Don Williams 5:01-5:48
Rudy Zamora 5:49-6:05
Don Williams 6:06-6:41
Michael Lah 6:42-7:12
Rudy Zamora 7:14-7:20