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Cecil the Sea-sick Sea Serpent - One of television's
earliest sea serpents was featured on BEANY AND CECIL/SYN/1950-55,
a 15-minute puppet show produced by Bob Clampett and later
featured on the animated cartoon BEANY & CECIL/ABC/1962-64
The programs followed the exploits of a small boy named Beany
(voice of Daws Butler) who sailed the seven seas with his pet,
Cecil (voice of Stan Freberg), a green "seasick" sea serpent and
Captain Horatio Huffenpuff, the blowhard commander of their ship,
the
Leakin' Lena
The animated series BEANY & CECIL (first called Matty’s Funnies
with Beany & Cecil) continued their adventures and interaction
with the
Dishonest John (Stan Freberg), the program's chief
villain who had a sneering "Nya ha ha!" laugh.
As always, when Beany was in trouble Cecil rushed to his rescue
and shouted his signature catchphrase "I'm coming Beany-boy!"
A short-lived
revival of the series aired in 1988.
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Huffenpuff,
Beany & Cecil |
TRIVIA NOTE:
The Cecil character was inspired by the pre-historic
dinosaurs that animator Bob Clampett had remembered from the
1920's silent film feature Lost World. See
also "Time for Beany"
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BEANY & CECIL/ABC/1962-64 |
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Voice
Credits |
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Jim MacGeorge |
as |
Beany Boy / Huffenpuff
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Irv Shoemaker |
as |
Cecil / Dishonest John
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Billy West |
as |
Cecil (1988) |
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Sody Clampett |
as |
Sody Pop |
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Don Messick |
as |
Various |
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Joan Gerber |
as |
Various |
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Daws Butler |
as |
Various |
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Paul Frees |
as |
Various |
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Bob Clampett |
as |
Various |
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Eddie Brandt |
as |
Various |
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Freddy Morgan |
as |
Various |
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Mark Lawrence Hildreth |
as |
Beany Boy (1988) |
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William Werstine |
as |
Cecil (1988) |
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Maurice La Marche |
as |
Dishonest John (1988) |
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