C Bear and Jamal

C Bear and Jamal was an animated series that aired on Fox Kids between 1996 and 1997. It starred 9-year-old Jamal, who has a singing bear named C Bear (voiced by rapper Tone Loc), who would often dole out advice to his somewhat gullible friend.

The show only lasted 13 episodes, and received a few VHS releases.


 * Do-It-Yourself Theme Tune: Tone Loc sings the theme song, being a rapper and all.
 * Five-Bad Band:
 * The Leader - Jamal
 * The Lancer - C Bear
 * The Smart Guy - Kwame
 * The Big Guy - Big Chill
 * The Chick - Maya
 * Sixth Ranger - Kim
 * The Heart - Chipster
 * Tagalong Kid - Javier
 * Team Pet -Sooner
 * Friendly Tickle Torture - C-Bear tickles Jamal's bare feet with a feather during his karate training.
 * Once per Episode - Each episode features at least one song.
 * Short-Runners - C Bear and Jamal lasted for only 13 episodes of two season.
 * The Smurfette Principle - Maya is only girl in the group in the first season, until Kim added to the main cast of the second season.