Bear was either very polite or very sarcastic to me...
Well, as for me, I've never seen a full Bear episode, just snippets. I do know about the characters from you guys, Tough Pigs, etc.
Anyway, when Bear was relatively new, I had my first encounter with the furry fella. It was incredibly hot, sticky and humid outside, and I went to go mow the lawn. At the time, we had this clunky lawn mower that could've fit in perfectly at Grouchland. It smoked sometimes, the blades sometimes flew the grass skyward (it had no bag) and it had the permanent smell of old, dried gasoline.
After about an hour or so mowing with this
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worthy lawn mower out in the sticky heat and humidity, I came back in the house smelling heavily of motor smoke and gasoline. On my way to take a shower, I wanted to check the weather (we were having a heat wave).
Flipping through the channels, I paused at the Disney Channel when I saw this very large, Muppet-like bear on the screen, addressing me directly.
"Oh, hello there! It sure is good to see you today. Say...(sniff sniff) what's that smell?"
My face made the "Kermit look of disbelief" as Bear sniffed his way right up to the camera and pleasantly remarked "It's you! Boy, you sure smell good today! Do you always smell this good?"
What??? I remember doing a double take at the screen.
What did this bear just say to me???
If Bear can really "sniff us out", then in my case he was either a) being extremely polite or b) being sarcastic.
Having never seen Bear before, his "sniffing" really caught me off guard!
Convincing John