WDCC Baloo and Mowgli: Good ol’ Papa Bear!
From Walt Disney's Jungle Book
10 Inches Tall
Limited To 2011 Production Year
The irresistible sculpture highlights the close friendship between “Little Britches” (Mowgli) and his loving “Papa Bear” (Baloo).
You can almost hear the music and start tapping your feet as this pair be-bops along in this terrific moment from Walt Disney’s classic film, The Jungle Book which legendary animator Frank Thomas felt depicted one of the strongest friendly relationships between two characters in the numerous Disney films he worked on.
Sculpted By Bruce Lau
Walt Disney Classics Collection Certificate Of Authenticity Included
Be-bopping along and singing a jungle song, Baloo
the jive-talking bear and Mowgli the man-cub are
an inseparable pair. “I kept thinking how can I
make this bear and this kid feel closer together,”
noted animator Ollie Johnston, while fellow
Disney artist Frank Thomas added, that with Baloo
and Mowgli,“I think we got the strongest friendly
relationship between two characters we ever got
in any picture.” Baloo was to originally have
had a much smaller role in The Jungle
Book but the relationship between
the boy and bear was so heartfelt,
the jazzy bruin’s role
grew. Plussed with
a pewter cowlick on
Mowgli, this irresistible
sculpture highlights
the humorous and heartwarming
jungle-born kinship between two of
Walt Disney’s most cherished characters — the
endearing “Little Britches” and his ever-lovin’
“Papa Bear.”