The Berenstein Bears

While my family and I were in Coronado, Chompy was taking a break from all the fun and watching a show with her pal. The show they were watching was called the Berenstain Bears. My husband mentioned to me that he remembered it being the BerenstEin bears when he was a kid, and then I realized I remembered it that way, too.

What the heck! I thought maybe they changed it so it was easier for the kids to spell, or some kind of crazy anti-Semitic craziness. So I got online and I googled it. I thought for sure there would be all kinds of crazy discussion about the craziness of how they changed the name, and why they changed the name, and how kids are all getting dumber or something because we're making everything homogeneous and boring, but man, I WAS WRONG. It has always been the BerenstAin bears, not the BerenstEin bears. My mind was completely blown. I even looked up picture after picture of the old books trying to find out if there was a changeover somewhere, but nope. 

This guy Reece has a pretty amazing theory about what's going on. So I'm going with that. At least until I talk to my mom and find out what she remembers. My mom knows everything.

Also, he recently posted an update about his theory, as in, in between the time I first looked up his post, so here it is.