简介：TheBearThatWasn'twasthetitleofthefirstpicturebookbyFrankTashlin,thegreatestdirectorofHollywoodfilmcomedy.Bearwaspublishedin1946whenTashlinwaswritingscriptsforCBSradioand,inthefollowingsixyears,Tashlinwroteandpublishedthreemoresimilarpieces,ThePossumthatDidn't,TheWorldthatIsn'tandTheTurtleThatCouldn't.Tashlin,likeAesopbeforehim,intendedthesetobehumourous,wittyandengagingmoralfables. Sadly,Tashlinneverfilmednorrepublishedanyofhisfourpicturebooks.However,twoDutchfilm-makershavebravelytriedtotranslatesomethingofTachlin'sironicsatireontofilm.TheheroofBearwakesupfromhibernationtofindthatafactoryhasbeenbuiltaroundthemouthofhiscave.Whenheemerges,noonewillbelievethatheisreallyabear-forexample,theforemanofthefactorythinksheisaworkerinafurcoat.Thebeargivesuparguingandagreestobeaman.Butthatisnottheendofthestory....…