Osler's Razor: Political Mayhem Thursday: Not the A & W Root Bear!!!!!

Thursday, January 26, 2023

Political Mayhem Thursday: Not the A & W Root Bear!!!!!

Yesterday I came across this alarming notice:

In the wake of the scandal around the Green M & M no longer wearing go-go boots, it seemed like now A & W was bowing to the demands of... uh, somebody... and giving the Root Bear pants.

As most of you know, there is a long tradition of bears sporting variations of being partially clad. For example, Winnie the Pooh has the classic shirt-no-pants look:

Yogi Bear has more of a tie-but-otherwise nude thing going:

Paddington Bear varied the theme with an overcoat-no-pants ensemble (often with a jaunty hat):

While Smokey the Bear mixes it up with pants-but-no-shirt outfit (accessorized with a classic hat and shovel):

Meanwhile, the Berenstain Bears were all fully clothed-- but they were a bunch of weirdos who hung out at the Credit Union (which is very unusual for bears):

Anyways... it turns out the whole thing with the A & W Root Bear getting pants was a prank baiting Fox News to get the outrage machine going-- and it totally worked!