I'm a Bear Called Jeremy

All of us Galvin kids loved this funny little show about a singing bear. It was a bit confusing though - was his name Jeremy or Barnaby? I think the first version we saw was on Irish television and it was Jeremy (theme song here). That version was the Canadian version. The British version however was Barnaby the bear (same theme tune but different lyrics and much deeper voice), and as we got British as well as Irish TV stations, we saw episodes that were Jeremy and episodes that were Barnaby.

The show was originally French and the bear's name was Colargol (theme tune in French). The little bear got around. Here he is singing his theme song in Dutch, and he was popular in Poland too, but I can't find that theme song.

I challenge you to listen to all versions of the theme tune and not be humming it for the rest of the day.

Here's what my brother Michael, the youngest of us, said when I sent him the clip:

Y'know I have absolutely zero memory of that theme tune.  The only thing I remember about that is one show where he's walking in snow.  Aaaaand that's it.  Of course I was pretty drunk in those days...

Comments

[Markus]

Wow, was checking the internet to settle an argument, and here's the answer- there were 2 versions as you say. I remember the one that RTE showed because we only lived in two channel land. Thanks for this!!