The Ballad of Smokey the Bear tells the story, or a story of Smokey the Bear. The premise has Smokey’s big brother, voiced by James Cagney, telling the story of how his brother got his name. It’s a long winded and rambling tale that has very little Smokey and a great deal of a cranky Jimmy. The story has the animals trying to find out who set a forest fire and is poisoning the water. Its not giving anything away to say it’s an escaped circus gorilla that smokes cigars.
James Cagney | Narrator (voice) |
Herbert Duncan | Mr. Beaver (voice) |
Rose Marie Jun | Mrs. Beaver (voice) |
William Marine | Mr. Turtle (voice) |
Barry Pearl | Smokey the Bear (voice) |
George Petrie | Fox (voice) |
Bryna Raeburn | Mama Bear (voice) |