Bedtime Bear

Ruffy the Rascal at a Meet and Greet at TR Hughes Ballpark 2007

Bedtime Bear, real name Jeff Oberle, is a professional mascot performer living in St. Louis Missouri.

Bedtime got his start as a mascot through the Missouri River Otters of the former United Hockey League back in 2005 as a backup/community mascot and has not stopped performing since. He has done professional teams in both Missouri and Illinois across sports including baseball, hockey and football.

Rascal at a Pre Season Game at TR Hughes Ballpark 2007

Bedtime also works with St. Louis Children's Hospital as a volunteer to bring joy and inspiration to kids with terminal illnesses or other injuries. He also suited up for Six Flags St. Louis during the summer of 2006. As of 2007, he has performed at well over 500 professional events and sporting events.

Bedtime has been involved in the furry fandom since 2004, but has only been to 2 conventions due to sports team conflicts. He made his mascot debut as "Tenderheart Bear" of the Care Bears at Anthrocon 2004 performing in the Masquerade that year as well with Rapid T Rabbit doing some guitar to Starship's "We Built This City." Bedtime has also done Care Bear appearances with Rapid T. Rabbit in the Ocean City DooDah Parade.

[edit] Fursuit characters

Oscar the Otter hangs out with Mike from 92.3 WIL in St. Louis the Event Coordinator 2006

• Tenderheart Bear 2004 - Present

[edit] Mascot / Professional

• 2005 - 2006 Missouri River Otters (UHL) Primary Community Mascot/Backup for Home Games Oscar the Otter

Chip the Buffalo at US Cellular Coliseum 2006

• 2006 Season Six Flags St. Louis, Costume Character/Entertainer/Bodyguard Various Characters
• 2006/2007 Season St. Louis Bandits (NAHL), Volunteer Backup Mascot Smokey the Bandit
• 2006 - 2007 Bloomington Prairie Thunder (UHL), Mascot Coordinator Chip the Buffalo
• 2007 - 2010 River City Rascals (FL), Mascot Coordinator Rascal, Ruffy and Buffy
• 2007 - 2010 St. Louis Children's Hospital, Volunteer Mascot Snerdlihc
• 2007 - present St. Louis Cardinals (MLB), Backup Fredbird
• 2009 - present Kelloggs, Various Characters
• 2010 - present Energizer Co.

[edit] Furry fandom event participation

• Anthrocon 2004 (Philadelphia, PA) - Masquerade
• Murdi Gras 2005 (St. Louis, MO) - Fursuit Bowling at Sunset Lanes
• Ocean City NJ DooDah Parade 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011 (Ocean City, NJ) - Parade, Rapid T. Rabbit Show, Meet and Greet
• Mephit Fur Meet 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
• Midwest Furfest 2011

Bedtime Bear was listed as "Fursuit Lead" for Waystation FurCon, a convention proposed for 2013 in Illinois, U.S.A.^[1] The Waystation FurCon website stated

edtime has been in the Furry Fandom since 2004. His first con attended was Anthrocon 04, and he's been attending conventions ever since. After largely being an attendee the last couple of years, he has started to reach out and take on more responsibilities at conventions, including working with Security, Video Gaming, and Fursuit Tracks. Bedtime also has a track record as a Professional Mascot[1]

[edit] References

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} http://waystationfurcon.org/Staff.php Retrieved December 3, 2012.

[edit] Career notes

• Largest Crowd Entertained at a Sporting Event - 13,945
• Number of Mascot Related Injuries - 0
• Number of Media Interviews with Newspapers/Magazines - 6
• Number of New Characters Performed/Introduced - 2
• Number of National Championships with Sports Franchises- 2

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