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Day 27: It’s a WUnderful Life, episode five

Oh poor Mr Wu…it is finally beginning to dawn on him, just HOW awful a world with no new panda cubs could be. And isn’t that a great segue into a word from one of our sponsors?

As we reach the end of the year, many organizations are filling the airways and our mailboxes with appeals for end of the year tax deductible donations. Please indulge me in making a plug for one of my favorites, Pandas International. Despite the fact that I spend most of my time here making fun of pandas and putting them in situations where you would not find a real panda, Pandas International has long been a follower and supporter of my work. Go Figure! So as you make your decisions on charitable contributions in the waning days of 2013, consider lending a paw to Pandas International. After all, without pandas, there could be no panda satire.

And now, on with the show and the next thrilling episode of, It’s a WUnderful Life!

You won’t like this, Mr Wu!

I hope you will continue to stay tuned for the next four episodes of It’s a WUnderful life! We have much pandaful stuff in store for you next year, which we hope you will stay tuned for. 2014 is going to be the year of the panda!

Be the Bear,
Bob T. Panda

Day 26: It’s a WUnderful Life part the fourth!

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Thanks to everyone who took a break from ripping open presents, eating way too much, or doing good works for your fellow bears, to check in with the pandas yesterday!

Is it time for me to pat myself on the back for not missing a single day of 31 days of pandas (at least not yet!) The pace has been grueling…I’ve had to watch many, many, many panda videos of Princess Pinky and Mr Wu (and let’s not forget the Twinkies!) so I could get their little panda selves. just. right.

Oh well, best not to get all puffed up about it…just keep on pandaing, that’s my motto!

And so without further delay, here is the next episode of It’s a WUnderful Life!

Be the Bear

Bob T. Panda

Just in case you haven’t turned off your computer yet,

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Have yourself a pandy little Christmas….

Thank you, each and every one.

With gratitude and cuppycakes,
Bob T Panda, Babette de Panda, Mehitabel the cat, Mr Wu, Binky, Pinky and don’t forget the Twinkies and the panda kindergarten.

Day 23: It’s a WUnderful Life, isn’t it?

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Today marks the start of a soon to be holiday classic! One that you will want to watch every year, just like some of those other holiday classics that turn up every year around now. I am, of course, speaking of our new feature adventure, starring the one and only, Mr Wu!

Hold on to your cuppycakes because you won’t want to miss a single minute of It’s a Wunderful Life!

(editor’s note: This series contains extreme melodrama, existential dilemmas and not a little bit of out and out pathos. Please don’t yell at me.)

Thank goodness Bee the Bear still has her magical wand from the last adventure.

Oh dear, we know where this is going, kinda sorta, don’t we?

Be the Bear,
Bob T Panda

Day 20: The penultimate episode of the Wizard of Wu

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That’s right Wu-self fans! It is the next to the last episode of our epic tale, The Wizard of Wu, brought to you by the panda loving fans here at The Institute for Contemporary Panda Satire!

Huzzah! If you have enjoyed this feature presentation of The Wizard of Wu, you can sign up for our every once in a while newsletter and get for your very own self, a pdf version of the entire story. all in one place! Huzzah! (coming in our January newsletter!) Or you can wait till next spring when we publish the collection of Mr Wu cartoons, tentatively titled: The Panda Chronicles Book 4: The Book of Wu, which will contain cartoons from the time Mr Wu was a little tiny panda and all of his feature adventure stories! Signing up for the newsletter means you will be among the very first to know when this book is published!

Okay, enough with the commercials already! Bring Me Mr Wu!

Don’t mess with Princess Pinky!

Okay, how many of you were expecting that little plot twist? One more episode to go and then we will be moving on to that favorite holiday classic, It’s a WUnderful Life! Starring Mr Wu, Bee, the bear, and many of your favorite pandas! *“Every time a bell rings, a panda gets a cuppycake!”

till tomorrow,
Be the Bear,
Bob T. Panda

* this brilliant line was provided by panda friend and cuppycake baker extraordinaire, Vicky Vladic. Thank you!

Day 19: O-REEE-O, and CUUUppycakes, O-REEE-O….

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Mr Wu is in the thick of it now! Captured by the Panda Kindergarten, who are under the evil spell of the wicked witch (played brilliantly by Mehitabel the cat, if we do say so ourselves,) and it looks like there is…

Escape…….

Well,lookee here! isn’t that….?

Ha ha! Oh that Princess PinkY! What will she do next? Stay tuned for the next two episodes of The Wizard of Wu!

Huzzah!

Be the Bear
Bob T. Panda

Day 17: Bring Me the Slippers!

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The Wizard of Wu is in it’s final week and it’s all Wu all the time, and excitement doesn’t begin to cover it! Oh my ears and whiskers, things are getting exciting here at The Panda Chronicles!

The wicked witch has sent her hench-pandas out to capture Wu, so that she can get the magical bunny slippers. I did promise there would be NO flying monkeys, but I didn’t promise there would be no monkey business!

the wicked witch unleashes the flying monkeys

Ride you pandas! Ride! An evil wind breaks!

Don’t move from your computer because another episode of the Wizard of Wu will be here tomorrow! Stay right there! We’re (and by “we” I mean the NSA) watching.

Be the Bear!
Bob T. Panda

Day 13: Oh no, It’s Friday the 13th!!!!!

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Oh, they are back in the soup now! And on Friday the 13th to boot!

But we’ve come such a long way already….Bwahahaha!

I have NO idea how they are going to get out of this dilemma! (OK, not really, but I’m trying to build some dramatic tension here!)

And since it is Fabulous Furry Friday (the 13th!!!!) here are some encore presentations of some seasonal pandas!

Day 17…Naughty or Nice? you decide!

‘Tis the Season!

Babette de Panda, celebrating the season at Radio City Music Hall, in the company of her good friend Frances A….

…which serves as a reminder of how much fun YOU can have with panda paper dolls! (And a kind of cheesy reminder that there will be more outfits for Princess Pinky and the Twins coming up this weekend! Huzzah!

A big pandy thanks to all of you who have bought books this month, a portion of which will be sent to Pandas International (huzzah!) to support actual panda stuff! But don’t stop now! Perhaps more people on your christmas list would enjoy one or more of The Panda Chronicles books! Visit our book page here.

Another big pandy thanks to all who have supported Whidbey Life Magizine’s print project on Indiegogo. You guys are the bears!

Day 12:: Knock, Knock, who’s there? Mr Wu’s Adventure continues….

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…Panda- Panda Who?

Boy was that lame. Let’s just get to the cartoon, shall we?

Are you SURE you weren’t in an earlier scene?

Oh my! whatever will happen next? Another episode of The Wizard of Wu is coming up tomorrow! Huzzah! and maybe a bonus encore presentation ‘toon or two as well. But don’t put away that laptop for the weekend. 31 days of Pandas is serious about bring you pandas every day this month.

And there will be much panda fun and new projects to come in the new year! Sign up for my free…um…mostly monthly newsletter so you don’t miss a single panda,The newsletter sign-up form is in the right hand column, second from the top.

Be the Bear!
Bob T. Panda

Day 11 The Wizard of Wu Continues…

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…Good thing the action has become slightly less scary, at least for a little bit. Fans of Mr Wu’s latest adventure will be happy to know (well, maybe not…maybe you LIKE waiting a whole week between episodes) that we will be featuring Mr. Wu’s adventure on most weekdays, until it’s over, in order to bring you another short holiday theme Wu-self-story.

Huzzah!

Good witch Bee, the Bear, to the rescue!

And just another gentle reminder to check out Whidbey Life Magazine’s Indiegogo project! In the meantime, keep being the bear! More Wu-venture this week!

Bob T. Panda