Hello panda fans! Mr Wu has had to step out of his new adventure, due to certain allegations regarding the NZ panda cam shutdown, but he will be back…um..where ever that adventure is taking place, next week. We pandy promise!
Are you now, or have you ever been a panda?
Really, if we couldn’t laugh about this, we would start crying.
Be the Bear!
Bob T. Panda
Huzzah! Just because the government felt the need to go to their room and take a nap, doesn’t mean that we ever rest here at The Institute for Contemporary Panda Satire!
Now, there have been a few allegations flying around cyberspace tonight, and I aim to put them to rest right here and now. There is absolutely no proof that Mr. Wu planned and implemented the government shutdown, for the sole purpose of shutting down the National Zoo Panda cams. Mr. Wu has called a press conference to clear up any misunderstandings….
Please refer any questions to Mr Wu’s legal team.
And now, back to our regularly scheduled feature: Episode 5 of the Wizard of Wu!
What could be waiting outside? Where the heck ARE we, Binky?
I definitely don’t think we’re in Kansas anymore.
Be the Bear!
Bob T. Panda
PS: Princess Pinky will be back in another Mini-Mei Monday episode next Monday!
Oh my ears and whiskers! Mr. Wu is in for it now! But let’s give you a re-cap of the first episodes of Mr. Wu’s newest adventure…
where happy pandas eat bamboo, oh why, oh why, can’t…Wu?
We’re in for it now, Binky!
Hang on to your hats, kids, it’s gonna be a bumpy ride!
And now, the latest episode:
I don’t think we’re in Pandiego any more, Binky….
This is getting kinda scary, (but very ‘citing!)
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Be the Bear,
Bob T. Panda
While Thursday is not a normal posting day (and don’t get any ideas about Princess Pinky Thursdays) It IS a national holiday, and by that, of course I mean, International Talk Like a Pirate Day! Huzzah!
In honor of International Talk Like A Pirate Day, I hereby re-run, in all it’s entirety, Mr Wu’s very first adventure, which I call, A Pirate’s Life for Wu! Enjoy!
Yo ho ho and a bottle of BooBeer!
Mr Wu is up the creek without a paddle…
An explorer’s work is never done.
Mister Wu and his new friends.
“You are right and Wu is wrong…I’ll never do it again, mommy.”
Don’t you love “rear shots” of baby pandas?
Avast mateys! You’ll be bein’ the bear now, I wager!
Happy International Talk Like a Pirate Day!
Bob T. Panda
Oh, this is getting so ‘citing!
Hang on to your hats, kids, it’s gonna be a bumpy ride!
And don’t forget…this is fiction.
Be the Bear
Bob T. Panda
If you haven’t guessed already, we are calling Mr. Wu’s new adventure, The Wizard of Wu! I can’t tell you exactly how it is all going to come out (I am after all a “pantser”*) but I can tell you that Mr Wu makes it home safely in the end, and learns a valuable lesson. I promised Doxiemom that there would be no flying monkeys, but I’m afraid the pandy kindy has stepped in to fill that role.
And remember, it’s all make believe.
We’re in for it now, Binky!
Tune in again next Wednesday to see the next exciting episode of The Wizard of Wu! (and of course, don’t forget Fabulous Furry Friday and Multiple choice Monday!)
Be the Bear
Bob T. Panda
*Pantser: A writer that does not outline a story, but flies by the seat of their pants! (I have no idea where that expression comes from. Anyone know?
I think we can now put to rest that very unflattering portrait painted of Tian Tian (Huh? who me?) in the New Yorker last week. Tests have shown that he’s the father of the newest, tiniest panda in the US. Almost everyone is hip-hip-hoorah-ing about our precious panda princess!
Almost.
Who’s the bear???!!!
Progress on Book 3 continues! Stay tuned, panda fans! And on Mr. Wu Wednesday, his new adventure really gets off the ground. Really.
Till next time, Be The Bear!
Bob T. Panda
It’s been a hard couple of months for the Wu-self…what with getting dragged home from the circus covered in cake, right in front of his new true love, Bee, the Bear. And then, spending his birthday in detention, and to make matters worse, there are now THREE new baby pandas on Wu’s home turf, not to mention a cubby explosion heard ’round the world.
Sigh….so what’s a little panda to do, except start thinking of where he could go, where he would always be the center of attention….
Where happy pandas eat bamboo, oh why, oh why, can’t…Wu?
Stay tuned for the start of Mr Wu’s next adventure!
Be the Bear!
Hello Panda Fans! It seems that several of you may have missed us over the weekend as we were doing some site renovations. You will most likely see some twiddling and refining as time goes on, as I wanted to get the pandas up and running (we can so run!) even though everything is not cuppycake perfect as yet!
Much excitement has been happening in the land of pandas…the Atlanta twinkies are now 7 (or is it 8?) weeks old and getting cute enough to send Mr. Wu into a tailspin of anxiety over his cuteness ratings (more on that coming Wednesday.) The newest panda in our nation’s capitol has survived a full week+ a few days and is getting fat and loud. Huzzah! I caught a glimpse of “starter ears” on the Facebook pictures this morning. Huzzah!
But all is not hunky-dorey…The New Yorker magazine ran an expose on the secret life of pandas, much to the embarrassment of guy pandas everywhere. “Did he HAVE to tell that story?”, more than one panda was heard to mutter around the pandasphere this morning.
Did he really have to tell them THAT????
Of Course Gao Gao, stud muffin of the SDZ had no complaints about the article!
Meanwhile, work on Book 3 of The Panda Chronicles is proceeding. Stay tuned here to be the first to know when it is ready. Speaking of staying tuned, as a result of a change in web hosting, it seems that all my subscribers disappeared in the transition (for the blog, not the newsletter) so if you would still like to receive new cartoons in your inbox 3 times a week, please re-subscribe via the form/button that says “Invite Pandas to Your Inbox” near the top of the righthand column. You don’t want to miss a single episode, especially with Mr. Wu starting on a new adventure next week!
till next time!
Be the Bear!
Bob T. Panda
Oh my…we have made Mr. Wu’s mother cry, and we are very sorry about that. (Perhaps not as sorry as we will be if she gets her paws on us, but never mind about that now!) Today she springs into action and brings in help from a very um… reputable source:
This is a case for…Inspector Panda!
Can Inspector Panda solve the case? Will Yun Zi eat his brother’s dessert while Mr. Wu is “away?” Will Mr. Wu wow the crowds as the Flying Wuzini at Le Cirque du Pandet? Tune in next week to read the next exciting installment of Bears Under the Big Top!
Till then, Be the Bear!
Bob T. Panda