Heathcliff (1980 TV series)

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Heathcliff is a half-hour 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,[1] with a total of 26 episodes produced under the titles Heathcliff and Dingbat and Heathcliff and Marmaduke.[2]

History

The series began production on November 10, 1979.[3]

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.[4]

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).[4]

Reruns of the second season (Heathcliff and Marmaduke) were seen occasionally on Boomerang and are sometimes seen on MeTV Toons.

In 1983, NBC reran the show as a segment on Thundarr the Barbarian reruns.

Two years after this show ended, another one based on Heathcliff was produced by DIC Entertainment, which was called simply Heathcliff, although for distinction this series is usually referred to by the expanded title of Heathcliff and the Catillac Cats.

Dingbat has appeared as a cameo in a Yogi Bear comic with many Hanna-Barbera animal characters captured. He was the only Ruby-Spears character there.[5]

Cast

Additional voices

Episodes

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Season 1: Heathcliff and Dingbat (1980)

Each episode consists of two 4-6-minute Heathcliff cartoons and two 4-6-minute "Dingbat and the Creeps" cartoons.[6][7]

Nº Heathcliff Dingbat and the Creeps Air date
1 Feline Fugitive / Doggone Dogcatcher Football Flunkies / Lumbering Loonies Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
2 The Watchcat / Pumping Irony It's a Snow Job for a Creep / Knutty Knights Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
3 Great Cop 'n Cat Chase / Milk Run Mayhem Heir Today Gone Tomorrow / U.F. Oafs Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
4 Mascot Rumble / Heathcliff of Sherwood Forest Safari Saps / Prized Pooch Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
5 Angling Anglers / Cake Flakes Health Nutz / Retail Ruckus Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
6 The Mouse Trapper / Lion Around the House Window Washouts / Door to Door Sales Creeps Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
7 Robinson Cruise Ho / Heathcliff & the Sleeping Beauty Creep Crop Crack-ups / Nautical Noodnicks Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
8 Gold-Digger Daze / Hives Batty Boo-ticians / Carnival Cut-ups Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
9 Rodeo Dough / Pinocchio Rides Again Bungling Baby Sitters / Treasure Haunts Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
10 Cat In The Beanstalk / The Great Chase LeMans-ter Rally / Beach Blanket Bozos Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
11 Kitty a la Carte / Mystery Loves Company French Fried Fracas / Showbiz Shenanigans Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
12 Red Hot Riding Hooded Heathcliff / The Great Milk Factory Fracas Service Station Screwballs / No News Is Ghoul News Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
13 Star Trick / The Big Fish Story Detective Ding-a-Lings / High Flying Fools Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Season 2: Heathcliff and Marmaduke (1981)

Each episode consists of a 4-6-minute Heathcliff cartoon sandwiched between two (or 3) 4-6-minute Marmaduke cartoons.[8] Scatman Crothers sang its theme song. It competed with The Smurfs on NBC.

Nº Marmaduke Heathcliff Marmaduke Air date
1 Home Run Rover Gator Go Round Play Grounded Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
2 Missy Miseque Crazy Daze Shuttle Off to Buffalo Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
3 Wish Bones Caught Cat Napping Wondermutt Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
4 Gone with the Whim Dud Boat Seagoing Watchdog Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
5 Beach Brawl Of Mice and Menace Tricky Treat Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
6 Ghostly Goof Up A Briefcase of Cloak and Dagger Fret Vet Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
7 Bearly Camping Tabby and the Pirate Gold Fever Fracas Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
8 Police Pooch Mush Heathcliff Mush Bone to Pick with Marmaduke Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
9 Surburden Cowboy A Close Encounter Marmaduke of the Movies Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
10 Baby Sitting Shenanigans A New Kit on the Block Kitty Sitter Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
11 Leapin' Leprechaun Clon'en Around School Daze Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
12 Caper Cracker Cat Kit Barking for Dollars Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
13 The Lemonade Kid The Great Milk Factory Fracas (repeat from Dingbat) Double Trouble Maker Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Home media

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment released The Heathcliff and Dingbat Show on DVD in region 1 via their Warner Archive Collection in August 2012. This is a Manufacture-on-Demand (MOD) release, available exclusively in the US and only through Warner's online store or Amazon.com.[9]

References

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External links

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