In late 1946, animators Michael Lah and Preston Blair teamed up to exclusively direct more " Barney Bear "cartoons. Lah himself claimed to have finished Gordon's “The Unwelcome Guest”, which was unfinished and also featured Barney. Both were able to give the bear a new life, as the tone of these cartoons were more familiar to the comedic slapstick from other cartoons from Hanna-Barbera and Tex Avery. In just three more years, Lah and Blair's directorial careers were abruptly halted as MGM dissolved the third unit, only leaving Hanna-Barbera and Avery's units left.