They appeared in four cartoons: Henpecked Hoboes (1946), Hound Hunters (1947), Red Hot Rangers (1947), and Half-Pint Pygmy (1948).

[3] The cartoons would usually follow the misadventures of two bears inspired by George and Lennie from John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men:[4] George, the short, short-tempered, intelligent one (voiced by Dick Nelson[2]) and Junior, the tall, dim-witted, strong one (voiced by Tex Avery[2]).

They would later make appearances in Dark Horse Comics with Tex Avery's Wolf and Red and Screwy Squirrel.

[5] In 2019, both George and Junior make an appearance as zoo catchers in the fourth season of The Tom and Jerry Show episode called "Shadow of a Doubt".

In 2020, Warner Archive released the cartoons Hound Hunters and Red Hot Rangers uncut and digitally restored as part of the Tex Avery Screwball Classics: Volume 1 Blu-Ray.