The Country Bears

Hop on the tour bus and make sure the banjos are tuned and ready to go, loser: we got a Bear Hall to save! Take a journey with us as we survey the many sights and sounds associated with The Country Bears, Disney's 2002 roadshow revue at once ahead of its time and forever out-of-touch. Listen as we struggle to place this cornball jamboree within the larger trend of theme park cinema while simultaneously puzzling over a great many larger questions: just what sort of alternate universe is taking place that allows bears to not only speak human languages and wear clothes but also desire to play country music to capacity crowds? Why has it taken our "hero" Beary Barrington *so* long to discover he is, indeed, not a human and why does he show absolute zero interest in tracking down his literal parentage, as he instead takes solace in a group of no account, mediocre musicians (though they are, admittedly, bears)? What manner of blackmail did Walt Disney Company CEO Michael Eisner have on screen legend Christopher Walken to entice an appearance, all too briefly we might add, in this dreck? Though we in no way guarantee to provide any sort of conclusive answers to these or other questions, you have our word we do our best to meet them all head on.

Feel free to skip to 1:37:54 for the beginning of our audio commentary.

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