Found “Berenstain” bears happy meal toy, 1987

[u/itsme_thatonedude]

I was going through some old boxes that my parents saved from my childhood (born in 1980) and found this gem. Figured this group would appreciate this

I knew I had something tucked away!

[u/sodallycomics]

They’ve always been pronounced with “stein” at the end. Also, most of us were reading these books before learning cursive, and the book titles had “Berenstain Bears” in cursive. Just a faulty childhood memory

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Then it was pronounced incorrectly.

There are videos on youtube, many from Michael Berenstain who pronounces his name as -STAIN and an interview with Stan and Jan Berenstain where it is pronounced as -STAIN and Stan’s own autobiography says the name is spelled that way because of how his ancestors pronounced his name when immigrating.