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Mike Berenstain returns to talk about Too Loose, Too Tight, Just Right, a rediscovered story from Stan and Jan’s archives. We discuss recreating their classic illustration style, navigating publishers’ suggestions, and more unpublished treasures headed for print. Plus: childhood artistic revelations, Dr. Seuss, Peanuts, Richard Scarry, and my entirely reasonable demand for more Ferdy Factual … Continue reading "Episode 518 – Too Loose, Too Tight, Just Right (2026)"

Merrrrrrrrrry Happy! It’s Christmastime, y’all! At least it is as far as COMMERCE is concerned and we’re got a new Berenstain Bears book! It’s “The Berenstain Bears’ 12 Days of Christmas” and it’s a little bit religious, a little bit secular, and a whole lot I-don’t-think-a-mayor-is-allowed-to-do-that. It’s a bunch of fun!

We’re talking bout a BABY; we’re talking bout a BEAR; we’re talking bout a b-b-b-b-baby Berenstain Bear! It’s “The Baby Berenstain Bears SCHOOL TIME!”

I’m getting OLD.

So many Episodes to discuss!

I’m back with TWO EPISODES in ONE. That translates to FOUR EPISODES! because there’s two episodes per episode. So, it’s four.

Let’s learn how to BEHAVE and how to RESIST HYPNOTISM! It’s The Berenstain Bears Forget Their Manners and The Wicked Weasel Spell!

Let’s kick off Season 2 of The Berenstain Bears with the classic “Mama Gets Angry” episode “The Messy Room” and follow it up with the Raffish Ralph classic “The Terrible Termite!”

Are you ready to rip that binky out of that baby’s face?! It’s Baby Berenstain Bears Pacifier Time!

This week I couldn’t get my book, so I’ve decided to do an entire episode about BOARD BOOKS ABOUT PACIFIERS and WATCH MY LISTENERSHIP DROP LIKE A HOT POTATO.

Let’s take a trip with Mama, Papa, Sister, Brother, Honey and… Doctor Bear? Doctor Bear. To the ICE AGE as I GEEK OUT over prehistoric animals and BORE YOU TO TEARS with BUCKETS of FACTS. Also, standwithminnesota.com still needs donations to help families affected by the recent ICE invasion.

This week, we’re watching along with The Berenstain Bears In the Dark and Ring the Bell. The last two segments of Season One! WOO HOO! Also, standwithminnesota.com is still the best place to go for donations but there’s also https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-south-high-school-families to directly support the familes of South HIgh students primarily with rent support.

You ready to LEARN ABOUT STRANGERS? You ready to DISAPPEAR SOME HONEY?! Let’s go, then, bruh! Help out in Minnesota! standwithminnesota.com https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-south-high-school-families

Who’s got the SPOOKIEST Pumpkin?! Who’s got the DANCINGEST Bees?! Let’s find out TOGETHER! And, if you want to help out in the Twin Cities during this time of strife, visit linktr.ee/mplsmutualaid

Watch me watch Sister Bear getting insufferable and Snuff getting the bone! It’s The Berenstain Bears No Girls Allowed AND The Missing Dinosaur Bone from 1985! More importantly, if you want to help out in the Twin Cities during this time of strife, visit linktr.ee/mplsmutualaid