Sleepytime bear6/14/2023 ![]() ![]() But is there truly a Sleepytime tea cult?įounders Mo Siegel and John Hay were followers of a new-age biblical text titled The Urantia Book. While the founders of Celestial Seasonings have not been tied to cult activity, the spiritual and religious practices often associated with them have. Yet, their reported mysterious and spiritual beginnings, as well as the conspiracies that accompany them, transforms their bear mascot from a sleepy, trustworthy character into a hibernating beast with a hidden agenda. There’s something rather calming about knowing that a company has devoted itself to consumer comfort. In short, Celestial Seasonings has perfected the nighttime tea regimen for drinkers of all types. Sick? Sleepytime Sinus Soother, Sleepytime Throat Tamer, and Sleepytime Echinacea Immune Boost are to the rescue! But what if you have a single-serve coffee maker rather than a kettle? Don’t worry, Sleepytime Tea now comes in pod options. If fruit flavors excite your taste buds, then Sleepytime Peach is the way to go. Their collection of herbal and fruit beverages continues to expand, as does their popular Sleepytime Tea line. Unbeknownst to you, there are dark conspiracies and potential cult connections behind the company that makes some of the most iconic and popular teas on the market.Īs of this writing, Celestial Seasonings is known for being the largest manufacturer of teas across America, having sold over a billion individual cups of tea each year. It's the perfect night for a soothing cup of Sleepytime Tea. A familiar bear in pajamas comes to mind-none other than the Celestial Seasonings mascot. Your kettle is heating on the stove while you wade through your thoughts on what tea to steep in order to relax from the responsibilities of the day. Altogether, disappointing.It’s a calm moonlit night. He may be a nuisance to his opponents but he wins the viewer over with his cuteness and timing, am always amazed too at how quick-thinking and brutal he is here for a character so deceptively cute. Prefer him when silent, and Grace Stafford's voice is a much better fit in the cartoons that he does speak in, but he still makes an impression. Lastly, Chilly is adorable, despite not being silent and having a voice that sounds wrong, and is also a lot of fun, with his actions speaking far louder than words. There are some, fluid and vibrant colours here and there, as well as some flat ones. Walter Greene's music is lively and rousingly, cleverly and beautifully orchestrated and fits very well. Despite some nice colours it's very simplistically detailed and even more carelessly drawn. Oh and before one forgets, the animation is scrappy. One never expects much from the story in a Chilly Willy cartoon, they are nearly always thin and formulaic, and 'Sleepy Time Bear' epitomises both those adjectives. The gags here in 'Sleepy Time Bear' are very tired, predictable and repetitive, being re-treads of similar gags done much better, and the timing is pretty dull particularly in the first half. Usually in a Chilly Willy cartoon, many of the gags are fun and solidly timed (not in all cases though), some like in the two Tex Avery cartoons (the two best Chilly Willy cartoons) are very inventive in timing and hilarious), even with obviousness and a lack of variety. The hunter is a variation of Colonel Pot Shot but without the menace or comic timing, so the conflict is severely affected. Have always loved Chilly and Maxie's chemistry but the material is too tired and Maxie not used particularly well for it to resonate. Daws Butler's lines are not droll or humorous enough and while he usually does a good job as Maxie (though in the Chilly Willy cartoons, where he is heard in multiple roles, he shines brightest as Smedley) he sounds like he just woke up from a sleep. Maxie on the other hand, usually an amusing and likable character, is at his blandest and most annoying. Chilly actually fares well and will talked about later on in the review, though it does have to be said that he registers much more strongly when silent and am still of the opinion that the voice here really does not fit the character. ![]() Maxie and Chilly are always watchable but this is not a satisfying enough representation of them or their chemistry. 'Sleepy Time Bear' is less than average and it is very difficult to believe that it came from the same person who was responsible for Chilly's debut cartoon 'Chilly Willy', which was great. Some of the later Paul J.Smith-directed Chilly Willy cartoons were good, the previous cartoon being more than that, but some were also average. 'Sleepy Time Bear' is a pretty weak late Chilly Willy cartoon, and one of his weakest. Chilly Willy's best cartoons were perfect examples of how a potentially one-joke character and concept could end up actually being a perfect mix of the cute and the funny with a lot of colour and good comic timing to go with it. ![]()
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