I picked this 1oz Smokey Bear bar up on eBay a while back and this year is Smokey's 80th birthday so I thought I'd share it.
Smokey made his first appearance on a wildfire prevention poster in 1944.
In 1950 there was a bear cub that was orphaned in a wild fire in New Mexico. It was up a tree and got burned but survived. Though not the original, this bear turned into Smokey. He lived until 1976 :)
There's no "the" in Smokey the Bear. It's just Smokey Bear. In the 1950s a country singer, Eddy Arnold had a hit where he sang about "Smokey the Bear", and now every US Forest Service employee has to correct just about everyone.
This bar is funny because Smokey does not say, "give a hoot don't pollute".
Woodsy Owl, was introduced by the US forest service in 1971.
And his catchphrase is, "give a hoot, don't pollute".
Here is some more interesting info on Smokey. Also has a cool video history of Mr Bear ;)
https://weather.com/safety/wildfires/news/2024-08-26-smoky-bear-history-birthday
That's one of the best bars I've seen because of that weird misquote.
I always hated smokey as a kid. It's too much pressure on a 10 year old to be the only one in Canada that can prevent forest fires.
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That's funny they fucked up his slogan..
You had one job...
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Naw... I've left better ones all over the internet..
Edit. You shoulda seen the one I left at your mom's house. 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣
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I remember well Woodsy and Smokey from when I was a kid. Brings back memories. Wonder if the error on the catch phrase does anything to the collectable value for the bar.
I don't think it changes the value much. Just being a vintage bar makes it more expensive though. I'd guess most folks don't even realize the mistake.
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@coinjoe, I sent you anThey'd have to probably be boomers or early GEnX to get it.
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Interesting story, funny about messing up that slogan.. oops!
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Yeah, it took me a minute to figure that out too. I knew it was not Smokey's slogan but I couldn't place what it was. Either way it's a cool vintage bar :D
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But I've lived here for last 216 years, and haven't heard anything unusual.
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Nice grab.
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Mixing up your character and it's catchphrases😂😂
The bar designer must've had an ear full for weeks before the bar became popular...
Haahaha, didn't even think of that, but yeah. That's funny xD
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