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Created by Story by Tony BenedictTom DagenaisPaul HaggisGordon KentMichael MaurerDalton SandiferBuzz DixonElana LesserCliff RubyJack EnyartJack HanrahanMark JonesDon JurwichKayte KuchJim McNamaraMark Shiney Directed by Charles A. NicholsJohn Kimball Voices of Mel BlancJune ForayPaul WinchellHenry Corden Network American Broadcasting Company Cast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Heathcliff the movie
Heathcliff is a 30-minute Saturday morning animated series based on the Heathcliff comic strip created by George Gately and produced by Ruby-Spears Productions. It premiered on ABC on October 4, 1980, with a total of 26 episodes produced under the titles Heathcliff and Dingbat and Heathcliff and Marmaduke.
Contents
- Heathcliff the movie
- The heathcliff and dingbat show
- History
- Cast
- Heathcliff and Dingbat 1980
- Heathcliff and Marmaduke 1981
- DVD release
- References
The heathcliff and dingbat show
History
The first season, called Heathcliff and Dingbat, ran for 13 episodes and included backup segments with Dingbat and the Creeps, who were created for the show. Dingbat and the Creeps revolved around the adventures of three monstrous characters who were self-employed as "Odd Jobs, Inc." which consisted of Dingbat, a vampire dog who used a bat-shaped novelty straw to eat most foods, Sparerib, a strangely rotund skeleton with the ability to change himself into useful items (such as a floor lamp, which he did in the opening credits), and Nobody, a gravelly-voiced jack-o-lantern who led the team and often found them various work.
The second season, called Heathcliff and Marmaduke, ran for 13 episodes and featured backup segments with fellow comic strip character Marmaduke (although the Marmaduke segments are actually the first to be seen in each half-hour show).
Reruns of the second season (Heathcliff and Marmaduke) were seen occasionally on Boomerang.
Two years after this show ended, another one based on Heathcliff was produced by DIC, which was called simply "Heathcliff", although for distinction this series is usually referred to by the expanded title of Heathcliff and the Catillac Cats.
Cast
Heathcliff and Dingbat (1980)
Each episode consists of two 5-minute Heatcliff cartoons and two 5-minute "Dingbat and the Creeps" cartoons.
Heathcliff and Marmaduke (1981)
Each episode consists of a 6-minute Heathcliff cartoon sandwiched between two 6-minute Marmaduke cartoons. Scatman Crothers sang its theme song.
DVD release
On August 14, 2012, Warner Bros. released The Heathcliff and Dingbat Show on DVD in region 1 via their Warner Archive Collection. This is a Manufacture-on-Demand (MOD) release, available exclusively in the US and only through Warner's online store or Amazon.com.