Smokey the Bear: Which One Is It? There is no “the” in Smokey Bear. The confusion came about thanks to a song recorded by 1950s country star Eddy Arnold. The song’s writers, Steve Nelson and ...

First things first. Smokey Bear’s middle name is not “the.” “The origin of the ‘the’ is somebody made a fun little song about Smokey and, to make the cadence of the song work ...