King Louie did not appear in The Jungle Book 2 due to a legal dispute with Louis Prima's widowed wife Gia Maione ( though a shadow puppet of him can be seen at the very beginning of the movie, and Baloo stating that he " split ").

Kit Cloudkicker seems to be a stand-in for Mowgli of The Jungle Book, since Baloo calls him by the same nicknames as Mowgli, like " Little Britches " and " Baby Bear " with the former calling the latter " Papa Bear " in return.

The series centers on the adventures of bush pilot Baloo the bear, whose air cargo freight business, " Baloo's Air Service ", is purchased by Rebecca Cunningham upon his default on delinquent bills with the bank and renamed " Higher for Hire.

Robert Armitage Sterndale, from whom Kipling derived most of his knowledge of Indian fauna, used the Hindi word " Bhalu " for several bear species, though Daniel Karlin, who edited the Penguin reissue of The Jungle Book in 1989, states that, with the exception of colour, Kipling's descriptions of Baloo are consistent with the sloth bear, as brown bears and Asian black bears do not occur in the Seoni area where the novel takes place.

He, Baloo and Kaa sing for Mowgli " The Outsong " of the jungle.

During the movie, Bagheera often argues with Baloo, for he knows that as long as Shere Khan is in the jungle, the jungle is not safe for Mowgli despite all Baloo's attempts to protect him.

He, Baloo and Bagheera sing for Mowgli " The Outsong " of the jungle.

Unlike Reason, which is printed on glossy paper and has full-color photographs, Liberty is printed on uncoated paper stock and has line drawing cartoons by S. H. ( Scott ) Chambers and Rex F. " Baloo " May, no photographs except for advertisements, and only one extra color ( blue ), which is limited to the cover and occasionally a few ads.

Bagheera hears of Mowgli's departure from the village when the humans search the jungle for him, and immediately suspects Baloo.

Though successful as an orchestra leader, Harris is remembered today for his recordings as a vocalist, his voice work in animation ( probably most famous later in his career for his roles as bears, one being Baloo in Disney's The Jungle Book, and as Little John in Disney's Robin Hood ).

He worked as a vocalist and voice actor for animated films, lending his distinctive voice to the Disney animated features The Jungle Book ( 1967 ) as Baloo, The Aristocats ( 1970 ) as Thomas O ' Malley and Robin Hood ( 1973 ) as Little John ( another bear ).

" In 1989, Harris briefly returned to Disney to once again voice Baloo, this time for the cartoon series TaleSpin.

At the wolf pack's meeting at Council Rock Baloo the bear speaks for the man-cub and Bagheera the panther buys his life with a freshly killed bull.

The seven-year-old " man-cub " Mowgli, raised by wolves in the Indian jungle, is being tutored in the Law of the Jungle by Baloo the bear, but runs off in a temper when Baloo cuffs him for not paying attention.

Baloo is all for letting the matter rest, but Bagheera is insistent that Mowgli must be punished for all the trouble he has caused.

Dharwad is also the birthplace of Palwankar Baloo, the first member of the Dalit ( or " Untouchable ") caste to distinguish himself at cricket, and later to become a political activist for Dalit rights.

Despite bowling for hundreds of hours, Baloo later lamented that not once did any of the club members offer to allow him to bat — a role then considered the preserve of the aristocratic classes.

This seemed to settle the matter, for Baloo was invited to play with the Hindu Club.

In 1896, Baloo chose to move to Bombay with his family – at least partly because of the severe plague which broke out in the region, but also because of the greater opportunities for cricket in the larger city.

Baloo played for the Hindu side in the famous 1906 and 1907 matches against the Europeans of the Bombay Gymkhana, in which the Hindus defeated the Europeans by 109 runs and 238 runs respectively.

Baloo was chosen for an all-Indian team to tour England in 1911, consisting of Parsis, Hindus, and Muslims, captained by a Sikh.

In results terms, the tour was a failure, but Baloo was the outstanding performer for the tourists, taking 114 wickets at an average of 18. 84, 75 of which were in first class matches.

Written by Crisse and drawn by Marc N ' Guessan and Guy Michel, it resets the stories in a post-apocalyptic world in which Mowgli's friends are humans rather than animals: Baloo is an elderly doctor, Bagheera is a fierce African woman warrior and Kaa is a former army sniper.

He was also seen having far a less malevolent personality as a cub than as adult, once going to great lengths to save Baloo after he believes that he has endangered his friend with his hypnotic abilities, but he still has his sneaky ways in which he often attempts to ( unsuccessfully ) hypnotize the other cubs, partly threatening on one occasion.

Baloo and Bagheera try to reason with Khan by recounting the Red Dogs story, in which they and the other animals saved Khan's life, but Khan refuses to listen.

In feature films, among the characters and scenes Thomas animated were the dwarfs crying over Snow White's " dead " body, Pinocchio singing at the marionette theatre, Bambi and Thumper on the ice, Lady and the Tramp eating spaghetti, the three fairies in Sleeping Beauty, Merlin and Arthur as squirrels and the " wizard's duel " between Merlin and Madam Mim in The Sword in the Stone ( in which he was paired with animator Milt Kahl to great effect ), King Louie in The Jungle Book ( the song number " I Wan ' na Be Like You " featuring King Louie and Baloo the Bear re-teamed him with Kahl ), the dancing penguins in Mary Poppins, and Winnie The Pooh and Piglet in Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day and Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too.

* In the ' 90s, screenwriting duo Bob Hilgenberg and Rob Muir submitted a Jungle Book 2 screenplay in which Baloo ventured to save his romantic interest from a poacher.

They participate in the " I Wan ' na Be Like You ", during which Baloo and Bagheera attempt to free Mowgli from Louie.

Baloo and Bagheera insist that the Bandar-log are a boastful and ignorant race who have no leader and no laws, which is why they are shunned by the rest of the jungle.

One of the Europeans, a Mr Tross, encouraged the young Baloo to bowl to him in the nets.

* 1934 – Baloo Gupte, Indian cricketer ( d. 2005 )

The resulting public outcry successfully forced the government to adopt an equitable arrangement through negotiations mediated by Palwankar Baloo.

* The Jungle Book: Baloo, King Louie, Kaa, Shere Khan, the 4 Vultures, Mowgli, Bagheera, The Monkeys, Shanti, Colonel Hathi, Akela, Winifred, and Colonel Hathi's Son.

The Cub Scouting program used elements of Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book series, with the Cubmaster taking the role of Akela and the assistant Cubmaster the role of Baloo.

Baloo the bear, teacher of wolves, has the thankless task of educating Mowgli in The Law of the Jungle.

There was also a BBC radio adaptation in 1994, starring actress Nisha K. Nayar as Mowgli, Freddie Jones as Baloo and Eartha Kitt as Kaa.

# " Mowgli's Brothers ": A boy is raised by wolves in the Indian Jungle with the help of Baloo the bear and Bagheera the black panther, and then has to fight the tiger Shere Khan.

When Mowgli is abducted by monkeys, Baloo and Bagheera set out to rescue him with the aid of Chil the Kite and Kaa the python.

Maxims of Baloo.

* The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli and Baloo ( 1997 ) – starring Jamie Williams as Mowgli.

* The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo, 1997 film starring Jamie Williams as Mowgli, but the movie's story has little or no connection with the stories in Rudyard Kipling's The Second Jungle Book.

The song The Bare Necessities from Disney's The Jungle Book ( 1967 ), where a cheerful Baloo explains how " a bear can rest at ease with just the bare necessities of life " was rendered as Probier ’ s mal mit Gemütlichkeit (" consider trying Gemütlichkeit ") in the German version.

Kahl animated Louie's interaction with Mowgli, Thomas his solo song and dance portions, while Lounsbery animated his memorable duet with a disguised Baloo.

Several of the characters are loosely based on characters from Disney's animated film version of The Jungle Book: in particular Baloo, the hot-shot pilot hero of the series ; Louie, the owner of Baloo's favorite bar ; and Shere Khan, a business tycoon who appears in many episodes.

In one episode, Baloo comments that " The Great War ended 20 years ago ," suggesting that the series specifically takes place in 1938.

" An orphan boy and former air pirate, the ambitious Kit Cloudkicker, attaches to Baloo and becomes his navigator.

The relationship between Baloo and Rebecca owes something to the screwball comedy films of the 1930s.

Among the Disney silhouettes at the end are Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy, Snow White, the Seven Dwarfs, Lady, Tramp, Hyacinth Hippo, Mad Hatter, Rabbit, Aladdin, Jasmine, Genie, Magic Carpet, Belle, the Beast, Mrs. Potts, Chip, Mowgli, Baloo, Stitch, Peter Pan, Tinkerbell, the Lost Boys, Quasimodo, Victor, Hugo, Laverne, Dumbo, Brer Bear, Flora, Fauna, Merryweather, Mulan and Terk.

Baloo is a fictional character featured in Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book from 1894 and The Second Jungle Book from 1895.

Baloo, a sloth bear, and Bagheera, a panther, save Mowgli from Shere Khan the tiger, and endeavor to teach Mowgli the Law of the Jungle in many of the stories of the Jungle Book.