Jim Ritter

Teddy Bear Land Jim Ritter

Two men come together, with teddy bears in hand, to play and play again the soap-opera game called Teddy Bear Land, one man insane and the other desperately trying to reverse his own spiral toward insanity. Hoganthor ("Hogi") Splash makes, plays with, and talks to his teddy bears (even though teddy bears can't really talk, of course), every night performing the soap-opera game "Teddy Bear Land" in which Hogi's twenty-five bears come together to act out the latest installment of the drama. Matt Cavanaugh and his fiancée have just moved into the new condo building across from Hogi. Matt's exciting new life is about to hit a snag, though, when a telescope given as a gift finds Hogi at the other end of it and Matt's life begins a downward spiral as he becomes obsessed with Hogi's strange behavior. Matt ends up joining Hogi in the madness, hoping the conclusion of the soap-opera game he's been watching all these nights holds the answer to getting his life back.