George and Junior
The cartoons would usually follow the misadventures of two bears inspired by George and Lennie from John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men": George , the short , short-tempered intelligent one ( voiced by Dick Nelson ) and Junior , the tall , dim-witted one ( also voiced by Nelson ) . 
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