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George and Junior are cartoon characters, two anthropomorphic bears created by Tex Avery for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. All of the George and Junior shorts were directed by Tex Avery in the 1940s. They appeared in four cartoons: Henpecked Hoboes (1946), Hound Hunters (1947), Red Hot Rangers (1947), and Half-Pint Pygmy (1948).[2]

George and Junior
MGM Cartoons character
George (left) and Junior (right), seen in Red Hot Rangers
First appearance	Henpecked Hoboes October 26, 1946
Created by	Tex Avery
Voiced by	Dick Nelson (1946–1947)[1] Tex Avery (1946–1948)[1] Wally Maher (1948) John Rubinow and Tony Pope (1995)
In-universe information
Species	Bears
Gender	Male

The cartoons would usually follow the misadventures of two bears inspired by George and Lennie from John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men:[3] George, the short, short-tempered intelligent one (voiced by Dick Nelson[1]) and Junior, the tall, dim-witted one (voiced by Tex Avery[1]). George would usually come up with a plan to fix their current situation. Junior would accidentally mess it up somehow resulting with an angry George saying "Bend over, Junior", and, when Junior does so, George delivers a hard kick to his rear end.

Appearances

The characters' looks and voices were altered for their fourth appearance. Later, they were brought back to life by Pat Ventura on the Hanna-Barbera anthology franchise What a Cartoon! in the 1990s voiced by John Rubinow and Tony Pope, respectively. A gray-purple version of George made a headshot cameo appearance during the final scene of the 1988 film Who Framed Roger Rabbit (the octopus from Half-Pint Pygmy also made a cameo as a bartender at The Ink and Paint Club). Junior was planned to have a cameo in the film, but was later dropped for unknown reasons. They would later make appearances in Dark Horse Comics with Tex Avery's Wolf and Red and Screwy Squirrel.

Lucky Ducky was originally planned to feature George and Junior.[4]

In 2019, both George and Junior make an appearance as zoo catchers in the fourth season of The Tom and Jerry Show episode called "Shadow of a Doubt". They also make various cameos in the series. In the show, George is voiced by Ben Diskin, while Junior is voiced by Stephen Stanton.

Cartoons

#	Title	Release Date
1	Henpecked Hoboes	October 26, 1946
2	Hound Hunters	April 12, 1947
3	Red Hot Rangers	May 3, 1947
4	Half-Pint Pygmy	August 7, 1948
5	Look Out Below	April 9, 1995[5][6]
6	George and Junior's Christmas Spectacular	July 23, 1995[7]

Voice actors

• Dick Nelson (1946–1947, George)[1]
• Tex Avery (1946–1948, Junior)[1]
• Wally Maher (Half-Pint Pygmy, George)
• John Rubinow and Tony Pope (What a Cartoon!)
• Ben Diskin and Stephen Stanton (The Tom and Jerry Show)

Comics

List of comics appearances

• Tex Avery's Screwball Squirrel #1 (plus Wolf and Red) (1995) (Dark Horse Comics)
• Tex Avery's Screwball Squirrel #3 (plus Wolf and Red) (1995) (Dark Horse Comics) (Junior only)
• Comics and Stories #2 Featuring Tex Avery's Screwball Squirrel (1996) (Dark Horse Comics)

Home media

• Henpecked Hoboes is on the DVD of Till the Clouds Roll By
• Hound Hunters is on the DVD of Fiesta (1947 film)
• Red Hot Rangers is on the DVD of Tycoon

In 2020, Warner Archive released the cartoons Hound Hunters and Red Hot Rangers uncut and digitally restored as part of the Tex Avery Screwball Classics: Volume 1 Blu-Ray.

See also

• Of Fox and Hounds

References

External links

• George and Junior at Don Markstein's Toonopedia.

На других языках

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- [en] George and Junior

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[fr] Georges et Junior

Georges et Junior (George and Junior en version originale) sont des personnages de dessins animés créés par Tex Avery pour la Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Ces deux anthropomorphe ours apparaissent pour la première fois en 1946 dans le cartoon éponyme : Henpecked Hoboes inspirés par les souris et les hommes de George et Lennie après qu’Avery ait terminé avec son personnage de Screwy Squirrel en 1946.

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[it] George and Junior

George and Junior (noto anche in italiano come George e Junior) sono personaggi dei cartoni animati creati da Tex Avery per la Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ed apparso negli Stati Uniti in una serie di cortometraggi tra il 1946 e il 1948.

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