Dudley Vs. Hypnotized Bear

Let's take a look at an episode of Dudley Do-Right of the Mounties featuring hypnotic mind control.

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Image Source: Dudley Do-Right of the Mounties

Snidely Whiplash (voiced by Hans Conried) mesmerized Stokey the Bear to start fires. Whiplash's stated reasoning was to barbeque hot dogs. What was the real reason? Well, because he thought it was good sport. Because some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn...Oh, sorry. That was from The Dark Knight. Maybe it was just to barbeque. Was it really that uninspired?

It may seem Stokey the Bear looks like a Five Nights at Freddy's reject but this cartoon was originally broadcasted in the early 1960s so Stokey is meant to be a parody of Smokey the Bear.

While in his brainwashed state to be in favor of forest fires Stokey burns down most of the forestland of Canada. The pyromaniac bruin, always with a huge mischievous smile, eventually ends up hiding from Constable Dudley Do-Right (voiced by Bill Scott) at a Quebec firehouse posing as a brand new firefighter. No, Dudley Do-Right could not notice that a 700 pound bear wearing a firefighter uniform was the arsonist he was pursuing. Do-Right thought it was a firefighter who hadn't shaved that morning.

Stokey sets fire to the firehouse and then flees up to the roof of the burning building. Stokey jumps off and lands on Constable Do-Right. Apparently Dudley Do-Right went by B.B.C. logic that the hypnotic trance could only be undone by the original hypnotist so Stokey was just left in that state for the time being. Instead of trying to recondition Stokey Dudley Do-right took him to Chicago for a change of scenery.

The cartoon ends with Stokey the Bear causing the Great Chicago Fire of 1871.

According to a screenrant.com article the U.S. Forest Service accused the cartoon's animators of copyright infringement and threatened criminal prosecution for their Smokey the Bear parody. The "fair use" doctrine wasn't codified into copyright law until later in 1976. Probably since cases such as Hustler Magazine, Inc. v. Falwell have established that parody is protected speech those kinds of legal threats wouldn't be made nowadays. I made the good life choices to not be a lawyer and that's just my layman perspective.

Even so, I did find this notice on nal.usda.gov:

The use of Smokey Bear images requires the approval of the U.S. Forest Service and must be associated with a message of fire prevention. For approval, please contact [email protected]



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