Heathcliff (1980 TV series)
| Heathcliff | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | 'Heathcliff and Dingbat Heathcliff and Marmaduke' |
| Genre | Animated series |
| Created by |
George Gately (Heathcliff character) Brad Anderson (Marmaduke character) Joe Ruby Ken Spears |
| Story by | Tony Benedict Tom Dagenais Paul Haggis Gordon Kent Michael Maurer Dalton Sandifer Buzz Dixon Elana Lesser Cliff Ruby Jack Enyart Jack Hanrahan Mark Jones Don Jurwich Kayte Kuch Jim McNamara Mark Shiney |
| Directed by |
Charles A. Nichols John Kimball |
| Voices of |
Mel Blanc June Foray Paul Winchell Henry Corden |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Joe Ruby Ken Spears |
| Producer(s) | Jerry Eisenberg |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Ruby-Spears Productions McNaught Syndicate United Features Syndicate (season 2) |
| Distributor | Taft Broadcasting |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC |
| Picture format | NTSC |
| Audio format | Mono |
| Original release | October 4, 1980 – December 5, 1981 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | Heathcliff (1984) |
| External links | |
| Website | |
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.
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.
Each episode consists of two 5-minute Heatcliff cartoons and two 5-minute "Dingbat and the Creeps" cartoons.
Each episode consists of a 6-minute Heathcliff cartoon sandwiched between two 6-minute Marmaduke cartoons. Scatman Crothers sang its theme song.
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.
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