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Episode 4 (but not quite the last!) of Wu da Pirate!

It has been an exciting, not to mention hair-…er..fur-raising adventure for Mr. Wu and his mama! Here is the next installment in our saga.  (I told you I wouldn’t let anything bad happen to Mister Wu.)

Mister Wu and his new friends.

Mister Wu and his new friends.

Stay tuned next week for the final episode of our adventure with Wu Da Piwate.  Where will Wu go next?

Be the Bear!

Bob T. Panda

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Another Episode of Pirates of the Pandabean, starring Mr. Wu! (It is Wednesday, after all.)

Yes, me hearties and fans of Mr. Wu!  It’s time for another episode of the piratical adventures of Mr. Wu! Arrrgh!

Can looting and plundering be far behind?

Can looting and plundering be far behind?

Yo ho ho Huzzah!  Oddly enough, I’m listening to a story on the radio about pirates as I write this post.  Arrgh and avast me pandys!  (Strangely, there was no mention of panda involvement in the story of pirates on the Carolina coast.  Go figure.)

Be the Bear!

Bob T. Panda

Wunderful Wu’sday!

I just can’t resist!  Wu is the perfect panda child…precocious, plump, and poofy! (not to mention immanently cuddlable!)

After his brilliant debut a few weeks ago, and the discovery of his newfound talent for choreography, it was high time Mr. Wu gave a press conference, wouldn’t you think?

Thank you all for coming! Buy my book here!

Thank you all for coming! Buy my book here!

We expect great things from Mr. Wu! And for those of you who have become addicted to Mr. wu’s appearances here, never fear!  As long as Mr. Wu continues to be cute (and, like, is THAT ever going to stop?  I don’t think so,) we will bring his antics to you here, at The Panda Chronicles!

Stay tuned on Friday, when we reveal secret HISTORICAL panda photos!

Be the Bear

Bob T. Panda

A special “Wu Saturday Post”

The incomparable Doxiemom Pandamonium sent me this link to one of her videos starring the fabulous Mr Wu, playing with his leaf.  This is where Mr Wu, an up and coming choreographer, got his idea for his composition “Dances wif Weaf” Mr Wu is one of the youngest pandas to participate in the “Putting Pandas to Work Program” which trains young pandas for useful employment once they graduate from panda kindergarten.  Here’s the link.

And here’s my cartoon that was inspired by this video, in case you missed it:

"Wu calls his dance, 'Ode to a Weaf' "

“Wu calls his dance, ‘Ode to a Weaf’ “

Happy Saturday,

Be the Bear

Bob T. Panda

A special “Wu Saturday Post”

The incomparable Doxiemom Pandamonium sent me this link to one of her videos starring the fabulous Mr Wu, playing with his leaf.  This is where Mr Wu, an up and coming choreographer, got his idea for his composition “Dances wif Weaf” Mr Wu is one of the youngest pandas to participate in the “Putting Pandas to Work Program” which trains young pandas for useful employment once they graduate from panda kindergarten.  Here’s the link.

And here’s my cartoon that was inspired by this video, in case you missed it:

"Wu calls his dance, 'Ode to a Weaf' "

“Wu calls his dance, ‘Ode to a Weaf’ “

Happy Saturday,

Be the Bear

Bob T. Panda

It’s fabulous Furry Friday….again!

Well, I hadn’t thought much in advance about what cartoon I was going to post today, so I will now go to the cartoon archives and see what strikes my fancy.  In the meantime, here are some links to some of Doxiemom’s wonderful (and adorable) videos of Mr. Wu.  Sorry, I could not find the one with the leaf, but these videos are guaranteed to make you smile.

Bears are on the ball!

Bears are on the ball!

Mr. Wu does still somewhat resemble a soccer ball, so I included this cartoon starring Binky!

Have a fabulous Friday!

Be the Bear

Bob T. Panda

PS: work has started on Book 2 of The Panda Chronicles! Don’t miss out on the history of Bob and the beginnings of the panda kindergarten! Get your copy of The Panda Chronicles Book 1: Your Brain on Pandas here!

Woot, Woot, it’s Wednesday, and that means Wu’sDay!

Like every other panda fanatic in the country …no, the world, I can’t stay away from Mr. Wu and his vast repertoire of adorableness.  The other day, the incomparable Doxiemom Pandamonium of the most honorable society of panda fans posted a video of Mr. Wu playing with a leaf.  I did this cartoon as a tribute to both Mr. Wu (Wu!) and his esteemed videographer.

"Wu calls his dance, 'Ode to a Weaf' "

“Wu calls his dance, ‘Ode to Wu’s Weaf’ “

Hopefully when he gets a little older, he won’t talk about his cute Wu self in the third person.  Stay tuned into to this station…um..I mean blog, for more Wednesday adventures of Wu!

Be the bear!

Bob T. Panda.

Bob Finally Concedes the Election…

We know, we know…the election has been over for months, but we were…um…busy, and besides, Babette de Panda insisted that the panda kindergarten be allowed to recount ALL the votes by..er..paw.  Needless to say, votes were eaten, tummies needed to be um..waited on for “evacuation,”  cuppycakes needed to be consumed. Sigh… nothing is ever easy around here.  Meanwhile, Babette wants to know just what she is meant to do with all those conservative “first girlfriend outfits” that she bought (with Bob’s credit card) for her new role as our nation’s hostess du jour.

Well, three votes isn't too bad, is it?

Well, three votes isn’t too bad, is it?

And from the tooting-our-own-horn department, it has come to my attention that there is a photo circulating around the internet that shows a congressperson with NASCAR-type stickers all over his suit.  I’d like to point out that the original cartoon suggesting this came out a week ago, right here on The Panda Chronicles, so once again, Bob and all the pandas here at The Institute for Contemporary Panda Satire have predicted humor trends once again.

In other Panda News, Young Master Wu, our nation’s youngest (and some might say cutest) panda is about to make his public debut at the San Diego Zoo tomorrow. We are sending the panda kindergarten to report on the story, so don’t forget to tune in next week to see their in-depth coverage of this event! I do hope they don’t get into any trouble!

Be the Bear!

Bob T. what-was-that-about-my-credit-card Panda

It’s Christmas Eve…Day 24 and “All I Want for Christmas, is Wu!!!!!!”

It’s Christmas Eve and all the little panda kindergarteners are snug in their beds, hoping that Pandy Claws will come down the chimney with lots of gifts, conveniently overlooking how very NOT good they have been this past year.  Do we need to count the ways?  I think not…we are hoping that Pandy Claws will overlook one …or …um…3,679 slightly naughty things they have done this year.

Those of us who are devoted to pandas have already gotten one very big gift this year, and that is of course our “little gift”  Xiao Liwu, affectionately called “little Mr. Wu” by those of us who love him and would like to get our hands on his furry little patootie…oops.  Excuse me…I get carried away when thinking of his cute Wu self.  So today’s cartoon is dedicated to Mr. Wu.

Leaping out of his holiday wrapping, we want to take this little gift home with us!

Leaping out of his holiday wrapping, we want to take this little gift home with us!

I’m taking tomorrow off from posting, but I’ll be back with more pandas on Wednesday!  You may have noticed that Mehitabel has been taking some time off from the pandas, but rest assured she is well and will be back in January to whip those panda kindergarteners into shape!

We do not forget the sadness we all felt earlier this fall when the new cub of our beloved Mei Xiang, did not survive this fall.  No one said being an endangered species was going to be easy.  We love our smallest bear in San Diego no less, and perhaps a bit more, than we might have otherwise.  To those of us who are having a less than jolly holiday, we hope we  pandas have lightened the darkness just a little at least. There is much in the world both at large and personally that makes us wonder if there will be light after all the darkness. Keep the faith, and be the bears.  I couldn’t do it without you.

Be the Bear,

Bob T. Panda

Day One of 31 days of Pandas! Huzzah!!!!!!

Well despite the fact that I was at my first book launch party ever, put on by those fine folks at The Rob Schouten Gallery, I came home and got to work finishing my first cartoon of 31 days of Pandas!   It is a “kinder and gentler” cartoon than usually appears on these pages, but I have been spending…um..a bit of time (do NOT ask how much time, because I’d probably lie about it) watching the newest San Diego Zoo Panda cub, who has just turned 4 months old this week.

This little guy has his picture in the dictionary, as an illustration of the word cute, so how could I not give him his own feature cartoon?  So, without further ado, here’s Little Mr. Wu!

"Howdy do!  I'm Mr. Wu!  Who are you?"

“Howdy do! I’m Mr. Wu! Who are you?”

Be the (incredibly cute) Bear!

Bob T. Panda

PS: if anyone asks, I did NOT eat ALL the cuppycakes at the book launch party, OK?