The Berenstain Bears Season 1 quotes

[sighing; as she piles that season's pumpkins in a wheelbarrow] I do hope Papa is being careful. He's taking down that big tree today, and...

[off-screen] TIM-BERRRRRRRRRRR!!!

Do we have them, Papa?

Do we have what?

Annual rings.

[laughing] No, my dear. We have something better: birthdays and birthday parties. And it seems to me that you're going to be having a birthday pretty soon.

A party? Am I going to have a birthday party? [dancing excitedly] A real birthday party with all the trimmings?

I don't see why not.

Oh, good. The ponies and the merry-go-round are here.

The what?

Oh, didn't I tell you? I rented ponies and a merry-go-round for the party. It just wouldn't be a party without ponies and a merry-go-round.

[as Sister pins the tail on the donkey just right] Terrific! Way to go! Yay, Sister!

[removing the blindfold] Oh goody, I won, I won!

[presenting one of Sister's friends with a prize] Good work, sonny. Here's your prize!

But Mama, I won fair and square!

Of course you won, sweetie, but you can't get the prize because it's your birthday. It wouldn't be polite.

[as Sister is presented with her birthday cake] Okay gang, when I give the signal, Sister's gonna blow out the candles and we're all gonna sing "Happy Birthday, Sister Bear". [to Sister] Okay sweetie, get set... blow!

[singing] ♪ Happy birthday, Sister Bear, ♪

Sweetie, what's the matter? It's your birthday! Why are you so upset?

[in between tears] It isn't fair! I was the first one out in musical chairs, I didn't get my donkey game prize, I got bounced on the ponies, and sick in the merry-go-round. And I don't want to have six cubs, I only want to have three!

Gee, Sis. How about your presents? You haven't opened them yet.

And cake and ice cream. You haven't had them yet, either.

I want to thank you for my birthday party, Papa. You and Mama.

Parties are exciting, sweetie, and presents are lovely! But your Mama is right. Getting to be six years old is pretty important. And you're going to be six for a whole year, and it's up to you to make the most of it. To learn, to have fun, to grow in every way.

[eating the last of Sister's birthday cake] You're absolutely right, Mama. [gulps] There is such a thing as too much birthday... and, too much birthday cake. [chuckles nervously]

This is one of the two episodes in the 1985 TV series where Lizzy Bruin appears in. The other is Season 2's "The Trouble with Friends".

[on the phone with Raffish Ralph] What sort of act? Uh-huh. But it better be good. In fact, it better be better than that last deal of yours. That fly away pizza was an L-E-M-O-N, LEMON!

Hey, terrific! A secret clubhouse! Hot diggety! A new clubhouse! A new clubhouse!

No girls allowed?!

[to Sister] THAT'S RIGHT! NO GIRLS ALLOWED!

IT IS NOT FAIR! IT IS NOT FAIR! IT JUST ISN'T FAIR!

YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT! IT ISN'T FAIR! IN FACT, IT IS FAIR TO HAVE A COMPLETE AND TOTAL OUTRAGE!

[calmly, but sternly] NOW COME! WE ARE GOING TO GO BACK THERE AND MAKE THEM --THE BOYS/BIG CUBS-- TAKE YOU INTO THEIR SILLY CLUB! AND IF THEY DON'T, I AM GOING TO DESTROY THAT CLUBHOUSE LIMB FROM LIMB!

Right!

I don't think that's the answer. Those boys are being unfair. Sometimes boys act that way, so do girls, but whoever does it, it's wrong. The important thing is not whether you're a boy or girl, but the sort of person you are. Be that as it may, you can't make cubs play with you.

No, but you can tear them limb from limb! [to Papa] Come on, Papa!

Wouldn't it be a better idea for you to form your own club and build a secret clubhouse of your own?

Could I?

Why not? I'd be glad to help. Why, we can build it in the old climbing tree!

Terrific! The first thing we'll need is a big sign that says: "No Boys Allowed".

No, the first thing you'll need is members.

Those boys were just being mean because I outhit them and won all their marbles! They're bad losers!

I suppose that's true, but you know, there's such a thing as a bad winner, too.

Bad winner? What's that?

A bad winner is somebody who makes a big braggy show every time she wins.

I see what you mean.

But I think we can work something out.

I'm gonna send it up and follow it in the car. You wanna come along?

Wow! Can I?

[Stops him] DON'T YOU DARE!

[sing-songy] ♪BROTHER TALKED TO A STRANGER! BROTHER TALKED TO A STRANGER!♪

But it was a big, orange-and-green radio-controlled job!

That doesn't matter! We have rules about strangers, and they're important!

We have rules about tattletales, too!

Sister wasn't tattling. Tattling is telling just to be mean. Sister was telling because she loves you and she was worried.

Do you think that guy was a bad apple?

Probably not.

That's right, but you have to be careful, just in case.

What are you going to take out at the library today?

Same thing I took out last time.

Help! Screamed the three friends. Help!

STOP! STOP! STOP READING! STOP! STOP! I DON'T WANT TO HEAR IT ANYMORE!

Sister is a scaredy bear! Sister is a scaredy...!

Now, now! That will be enough of that! [To Sister] Now sweetie, you mustn't let your imagination run away with you like that. It's only a book.

[Agrees with Papa] Yeah. It's only a book.

A STUPID DOPEY SCARY BOOK!

I heard it! It went... [cowardly moaning like a ghost] ...ooooohhh, oooooohhhh, oooohhh!

Do you know anything about this, young fella?

It's like Papa said. She just let her imagination run away with her.

Uh-huh. [puts Sister Bear back in the top bed] Well, let's just put it this way. [angrily looking down at Brother] If there's anymore "ooh ooh ooh", it's going to be followed by a little "ow, ow, ow!"

Alright. Let's settle down and get some sleep. Papa and I are going to bed now so we'll be right by and we'll leave the lights on for the time being

Thank you Mama.

[Angry] Leave the lights on?! What about me? I can't sleep with the lights on! They keep me awake!

Well that's just too bad. [Brother angrily gets out of bed and turns the lights off.] HELP!!! CAVE MONSTERS!!! MAMA!!! PAPA!!! COME QUICK!!!