JMS: "I hate cute. Everybody knows me, knows that. So after buying Peter David's script #2, Peter sends me a gift. A bear. A teddy bear. With my initials JS in front, and Bear-ba-lon 5 in the back. I call Peter back. I say that I must now get him for this. He asks what I had in mind. I said wait and see. So I wrote the entire bear thing at the end of the show, and inserted it into his script. Never send me something cute."

@ScorpiusZA.

3 жыл бұрын

If that is true - That is very funny.

@greggoat6570

Жыл бұрын

It is true. Also highlights that JMS gives his protagonists the same initials as himself.

@ScorpiusZA.

Жыл бұрын

@@greggoat6570 I literally never noticed that until now! my mind just got blown by that

HE SPACED TEDDY! I am traumatized.....

With that music, I thought we were going to run into the Shadows again. Suddenly, bear.

What I liked about it is how they matched up the radar with the bear. It's a little thing that probably cost them a bit of money but it shows how much effort they put into this show.

@trazyntheinfinite9895

4 жыл бұрын

twas a passion project for JMS to fuck this bear over in particular.

@davfree9732

Жыл бұрын

It's possible the finished CGI was reverted back to it's wireframe model. Both could then be rendered as the finished item and wireframe so that the timings matched and would correspond to what was seen on screen. Damn good use of CGI to create an effect. They only had to build it once, then revert to the line model for the tactical display. One shot, two renders.

i never get over seeing the teddy bear on the targetting computer just slowly slide off

"J.S.?" John Sheridan!" Or Jeffrey Sinclair

@SuperWelsh93

3 жыл бұрын

Yes

@tarnishedknight9909

3 жыл бұрын

Jeffrey SinBEAR ?

@Jallorn

3 жыл бұрын

Or Joseph Straczinsky

This is Commander Sheridan and this was my least favorite bear on the citadel.

@QuentinSciascia

7 жыл бұрын

Oh good very very good

@trazyntheinfinite9895

4 жыл бұрын

Here, take this like.

Friend: "Hey, what's your favorite sci-fi series?" Me: "Babylon 5!" Friend: "Seriously? What's so great about that show?" *Plays video*

Why do I get the feeling that Ivanova ran into Sheridan to get that PRECISE result?

@pioneer_1148

3 жыл бұрын

Because Ivanovna is god

@r.c.auclair2042

Жыл бұрын

A reasonable hypothesis. It is the sort of thing she's known to do. She never liked the idea of the shop aboard & needed a way to get Sheridan to order the eviction. I have a question of my own: was the bear really part of the shop, or did Ivanova have it made just to arrange the shop's eviction? Sheridan had never seen the bear before. There's no other mention of the bear. We've no way to prove it was ever from the shop; we've only Ivanova's word.

@andrewmalinowski6673

Жыл бұрын

@@r.c.auclair2042 Technically since in the scene neither of them state it came from the shop you're led to believe based on the shop's existence that that's where the bear came from, all we (the audience) have is that he seems pleased before asking about the initials; "This is supposed to be me?" and then orders the entire shop closed down. The idea it was never from the shop itself is reasonable, since it was never seen although most of the shop is never seen

This is one of the single greatest friendships ever committed to the screen. I will never be over how much I love the dynamic duo of Sheridan & Ivanova, BFFs extraordinaire!

One of my favourite fun scenes of the second season. Loved how that bear just appeared on the targeting scanner.

I miss Babylon 5. It is one of the best sci-fi stories out there.

The best part is the bear showing up in the fighter's targeting sensors.

Spacing a teddy bear. Poor Teddy!

@tenhirankei

7 жыл бұрын

If he did that to one of the teddy bears, I wonder what happened to the individual that made them?

One of the funniest episodes! The THUMP of the bear against the starfury's windshield always makes me laugh hysterically. As for where to get a bear like that one, try Vermont Teddy Bear. They do custom bears.

@elizabethjansen2684

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah considering that's where the original came from

The actor's expression during the whole bear scene is awesome he deserved an award for that.

BAD Sheridan! Poor bear.

Fans of Doctor Who are putting a TARDIS in orbit for the shows 50th anniversary. Would it not be supremely awesome if we could find a replica teddy and stick that in orbit for Babylon 5's 50th? ;)

"He spaced the Bear", I'm shocked! ;-)

The legend behind this famous scene goes like this: The wife of the guy who wrote this episode, Peter David, gave a teddy bear from the Vermont Teddy Bear Company to Babylon 5 creator J. Michael Straycznski as a gift for allowing her husband to write an episode of B5. Straycznski has said that he hates cute things so he wrote this scene in the last minute. David got his revenge when he included a scene in which a teddy bear was floating in space during a episode of David's TV series Space Cases.

@cbeuker

5 жыл бұрын

And that clip is here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/lHWM28yoeZiZktI.html

@diogenesesenna9323

3 жыл бұрын

@@cbeuker Thank you

he spaced the teady bearrrrr........... waaaaa i thought it was soooo cute!

It was a show called Spaces Cases, written by Peter David and Bill Mumy, Also stared a very young Jewel Staite, who later when to to Firefly/Serenity and Stargate Atlantic. There are some Spaces Caces clips here on youttube.

I've never seen anybody remind me more of Vince McMahon than Sheridan in this scene. The scowl he gives that bear was reminiscent of the distain you'd see on McMahon's face whenever dealing with Austin or a reporter or his family...

Funniest part is when he hits it the targeting screen shows ot as well

Claudia is such the sweetheart.

I love this scene! Thanks for posting it!

and they say the shadows were unpleasant

That pilot reminds of will smiths line.. just laughing at captain America over here... with honours!

I've never understood his immediate reaction to learning the bear is supposed to be him - his undying hatred.

@elizabethjansen2684

2 жыл бұрын

Except for the fact he kept one?

Its true that J.M.S. HATES! teddy bears,. he made the mistake of admitting that at the "Necronomicon" in Tampa Fl., many years back when he was GOH, during a fri. panel. At the Sat. panel at the con, (where he presented the first ever preview of the Season 4 opening credits) the podium & stage where he was to speak was covered with Teddy bears ;P.

Love the scene. One thing that bugs me about it though is that you would think the Star Fury's collision avoidance system would have been screaming long before the Teddy Bear hit.

i just realised jeffrey sinclair and john sheridan have the same initials. didnt think of that...

JS stands for Joe Straczynski and Sheridan plays the part of the Great Maker.

you have to admit, their sensors are pretty damn good to pick up a teddy bear emitting no power signatures at all.

I want that bear!

when he pushes the bear back into her chest.... lucky bear.

0:39 - 😆 When his face switched...

Poor bear.

I thought it might've been the SHADOWS 🤣

Poor Teddy Bear got thrown out of an airlock. I wouldn't do that to my teddy bear.

And I remember Space Cases... Walter Jones was in it, he was Zack from the original Power Rangers.

John nuke them Sheridan did it again this time against teddy bear

@ghfun1

8 жыл бұрын

+Daniel Appleton yeas that was JMS writing he hated the cure stuff so Sheridan is the voice of JMS but still when you think of everything Sheridan did it fits he will space teddy bear lol

Sheridans biggest crime was spaceing that bear he should have spaced Clark instead ugh

@babylon218 Joe Straczynski actually. The bear was a gift to JMS from the wife of Sci-Fi author Peter David. JMS apparently hates cute and cuddly, thus the bear gets spaced. AND! In a bit of payback, in the kids show Space Cases (which Peter David worked on) they find a teddy bear drifting in space.

Did Ivanova know? Seriously, Ivanova already hated the Babylon 5 Store concept already. Did she know that showing him the bear would set him off?

You can never convince me that this scene did not go EXACTLY how Ivanova planned it. She had such a grasp on the crew’s personalities.

Poor little teddy. I would have taken it as a present for my people at home.

@Taospark Yeah.. i love how the bear 3D model shows up XD

A classic hometown Vermont Teddy Bear!

Holy crap, thanks man!

Sheridan should meet madame airlock, they'd have much to talk about

This is one of my favorite scenes of Babylon 5. And by the way... I WANT THAT BEAR!! Any rumors on who has it?

Would have liked the expression on his face, when he spaced it!

Far as I know, JMS still has it. It was a gift to him (hense JS) and he put it on the show as a gag.

No idea but the show had the characters finding the bear floating in deep space. One character asks "what kind of evil person spaces a teddy bear?" And the answer was "The Straczyn" ;-)

Seeing this again now makes me wonder how Sheridan got the bear out of the station since they had already established that the stations gravity would hold something less than body-sized that came out of an airlock. 🤔😂

@babylon218 - if a small stuffed teddy bear is a hazard to your ship, you've got bigger problems than navigation. Small bits of asteroids are hazards to navigation, floating teddy bears are not. :)

I just can't bear it 🐻🐻😂😂

holy crap that sounds awesome!

And Mr. Morden was correct. The Drakh took their pound of flesh and then some from the Centauri.

2 things. 1. I took this whole merchendising plot of the episode as a not so subtle "screw you" to Star Trek DS9 which was running at the same time and was pretty much the same story. The story is that J.M.S pitched the show to Paramount years earlier and they rejected it, only years later to make DS9. Both shows were running at the same time but because Star Trek was the more popular brand that show got all the attention. So this plot thread was retaliation from Warner Bros. to Paramount 2. I like to think that the teddy bear went "beyond the rim"

He spaced the bear! ROFL!

you shouldn't have said that ... now I TOO crack up everytime i see the bear smacked up against the windshield ^^

What's even funnier is that someone actually wrote a story about the fate of that bear

@joshuahickey9196

Жыл бұрын

I must know!

Classic moment.

Hmm ! I bet that he found ' un-bear-able!' - wonder if Bruce Boxleiter gets this dreadful pun of mine!

Unidentified Furry Object

Babylon 5 had all these great little moments like that. My other favorite series, Ronald D. Moore's BSG, could've used some light moments like that on a regular basis. B5 & Battlestar Galactica had a lot in common.

ahh. that explains what I read in the security manual..

@DarkShinji250 I was making that up as alternate universe story idea. It never actually took place.

That was absolutely CRAZY FUNNY !!! The bear is encountered in an alternate universe by the USS Voyager, then by the re imagined Battlestar Galactica on its way to Earth. What a story idea !!

@williamskidfears You are SO SO RIGHT! I'm thinking she had that bear custom made just to show it to Sheridan knowing when he'd see it he'd blow his top and help her get what she wants.

That would make 1 helluva story ! The gang from " Sliders " encounter it as a tribal totem on an alternate Earth, then someone throws it through a Stargate powered by a ZPM, it finds its way to the Pegasus Galaxy, after which it gets caught by the " Heart of Gold " when it uses its Infinite Improbability Drive near Magrathea !! It briefly becomes a war trophy of Darth Maul..... To be continued ?????

A bit more background about this scene... The actual bear was a creation of the wife of Peter David, the writer for this particular episode. Apparently, when presented with the bear, Joe deliberately had this scene inserted to show his opinion of the gift. Reportedly, Peter's wife was distraught and, in retribution, Peter used the bear discovery in his other TV job, "Space Cases", his work with Babylon 5 co-star Bill (Lennier) Mumy. Thus... the reference to the evil "Straczyn".

@danielinraleigh Vorlons may be? Or Shadows...

I mean 20th.... by the time we get to the 50th I pretty much want us to have a working Starfury up there. :)

My only question - Where can I get a Babearlon 5 teddy bear? Ebay? Wal-Mart? Can anyone help?

@mitrooper actually, i was referencing that infamous event where a british woman teaching in a middle eastern country was thrown in jail because the class had a teddy-bear and they voted to call it Muhammad, she was called Racist and spent about a month in jail

Why do the doors have such a goofy shape ???

@ccolimon Same reason all the paper in BSG is missing the corners. IT'S THE FUTURE! But yeah, I don't really know either.

radar mash clue ha ha my teddy bear went off

JMS hates cute and cuddly, thats why Sheridan throws it out.

omg where can i finf that one?

What did he do?

Did you get the idea from Mr Burn's Bobo? :)

I LOVE THIS SHOW!!! Space the teddy bears! HA!HA!

Probably shouldn't have told him that the bear was supposed to be him Commander.

Did the bear also appear in the new Battlestar: Galactica?

Or John BEARidan?

wont that bear be a navigational hazard?

John Sheridan is about to find this - somewhat unbearable!

Won't that bear be a hazard for navigation?

@Hauntedman1 : awesome :P

@Martintheauthor Lmao!

The future of Build a bear

@gasdfw5 It's never really a good idea for dramatic works to be afraid to have comedic moments. Compare The Last Airbender with the cartoon it was based on. Or look at Shakespeare's tragedies. Even The Wire had its share of humor.

i think this video belongs to my name ^^

ivanova is such a good manipulator, ain't she???

sensors that sensitive and still they had to send someone out? Meh , it made for a funny scene

Just found it - unbearable!!! :-)