HORSE HEIDT, and his Mare-sical Knights. Clampett did for Republic a horse cartoon, his last short, for movies, "It's a grnad old nag", with Stan Freberg as a lovestruck (and starstruck!) horse who goes to a Hollywood with many horse punny names (actuallly beginning at the critter's barn, with "Heady La-mare", his love, and "Clark Stable"..:rolleyes")
In the late 80's my parents recorded about 14-15 Beany and Cecil episodes onto a VHS tape that I've seen over 100 times as a kid and on the last episode recorded, it shows the Horse Opera as an upcoming episode and it feels really delighting to finally see it after all these years.
Anybody notice the phantom is doing Jerry Colonna? And the reference to "Horrors Heights" probably went over the heads of anybody who wasn't around when Horace Heidt and His Musical Knights were regaling us with swing music. Ah, the nostalgia ...
I love the showbiz puns in this toon. Far and away the wackiest part is neat the end when Cecil is fighting the Phantom and Beany is cheering him on... all covered in invisible paint! ("This the greatest fight ever filmed! Too bad you can't see us!") The victory pose where only Beany and Cecil's mouths are seen seals the deal! :D Kinda makes you wonder if Bob Clampett was sniffing paint when he wrote the script for this thing. Rich Rodriguez West Covina, CA
Just a little too young to remember Beany and Cecil on network TV (I was born in '65) but I've seen some of the reruns and I think it's a great cartoon! Very cleverly written! Of course one can't go wrong with Bob Clampett, one of the finest directors ever to come out of the WB studios!
Greetings from Lima-Peru (South America); Fantastic and Very Funny "Benito y Cecilia" (Beany and Cecil)! The spanish version for Latin America kept the songs untouched in it's original english version...quite a challenge and motivation for learning it! Cesar
This is one of the 54 Beany & Cecil cartoons that don't appear on either of the 2 DVD sets. Really funny stuff for kids and adults. Thanks for posting.
Aww, Cecil really is lovable. I just felt a pang of pity for the kids who came after me (I'm 50). We had Cecil; they had Barney the Dinosaur. No contest.
I recall another time when Cecil was fighting Billy the Squid. It showed Cecil flying through the air into the water as his entire body including his pointed tail went plunging in.
Villain's "invisible paint" didn't work, I see, on the hat, saddle, etc. Lucky for him he's just after a foolishly adventuring unarmed boy, old man, sea serpent, and crow,...instead of an armed lawman!
I just realized that in one scene Beany says, "Cecil, you shouldn't talk with your mouth full.", yet Cecil talks while flipping the horse like discus with the horse's tail in his mouth. Really, how can Cecil avoid talking with his mouth full, when he has no limbs! Finding Beany and Cecil on TH-cam has truly brought back memories of 1962. It has also cleared up some old images I have in my memory. One was the opening of the show of the flying propeller to reveal children around a television.
And the big band riff from Alvin and the Chipmunks used during chase scenes or when someflicte's clobbered somewhere or stepped on some pin was archived and used as a circus theme for Beany!
This segment displays the creativity and fun that were a consistent part of the Beany and Cecil series. I wonder . . . has anyone else noticed that at 2:00 - 2:07, one of those giant hamburgers temporarily disappears without the aid of the invisible paint?
You're right. My bad. I'm just glad I was in the same general era for that comparison. I should have remembered all the times Jerry made it out with Bob to entertain the troops during WWII.
@EvilCleric Only in three instances: in the episode "Beany and the Jackstalk" Cecil's entire body is wound up from head to tail in the tension coil of the giant's cuckoo clock; in another episode where Cecil is gagged and mummified and he spells out "N-O-W" with his body when a worm on a fishing line asks "Now?" to help him; and when he turns into Super Cecil, the big green S on his chest is actually a miniature of his body shaped like an S.
This series brings back a flood of memories from around 1962, except I saw the original in black and white (no color television yet). I think I'd like to be Beany, the freckled blond, in any cartoon. I get the jokes now! "I'd put a gag in this kid's mouth, but I'm running out of material." I didn't learn of Groucho Marx for another decade, so I did not get "Ain't that a kick in the head?" I'd like to see the country progress toward the 21st century again after decades of reaction.
I agree as well, a conjecture that I've made before since Bob designed used puppets on "The Ed Sullivan Show" in 1960 of the Chipmunks for Ross Bagdasdarian. Now who can tell any mor eabout Jack Roberts?? Darrell Calker's "Woody Woodpecker": theme is heard a few themes in other episodes, "Dirtyh Birdy" for example.
Run a keyword search for "D.J. the D.J.", in which Cecil writes and sings "Rag Mop" with two dogs under the guidance of Dishonest John. It satirizes teen pop music, Tin Pan Alley and even Alvin and The Chipmunks! BTW, the title is short for Dishonest John the Disc Jockey. :)
Actually, that voice is supposed to be Jerry Colonna, who was frequently used in many Warner Brothers cartoons. Usually, he was seen with wide eyes, and a big mustache. The real Jerry Colonna was part of Jack Benny's troupe in the 40s.
Yep, and at the end when the Phantom ends up shaped into a stone sphinx, his face takes on Colonna's likeness as well! I also enjoyed Colonna's work with Disney, narrating "Casey at the Bat" and "The Brave Engineer," and voicing the March Hare in "Alice in Wonderland".
It's funny how the animators never decided to give Cecil a body. You just see his upper half. But maybe that's a good thing. Remember the rare instances where you would see Alf's entire body? It didn't look right. Kinda scary.
Oh the subtle humor kids would never have understood in the 60's. References to "Wuthering Heights" and "Horrors Heights" (a play on Horace Heidt, a popular band leader in the 30-40s. Never got those jokes till now
actually, it WAS on Cartoon Network a few years ago if one looked hard enough. CN used to have a show called the Bob Clampett Show, which was 30 mins of "Bob Clampett cartooooooooons!"...erm, 'scuse me. anyway, it was mostly Bugs Bunny kind of stuff, but if one watched enough eps, they'd occasionally come across a Beanie & Cecil cartoon.
Just saw a video where the person was wearing a beanie boy hat and made think back to my child hood of Bosco and Beanie and Cecil yeah i dated my self but any one watching this has got be as old or older than me so haha
Nope. It was a tradition carried over from the "Time for Beany" puppet show, where Cecil was a sock puppet whose tail was never seen because in reality Cecil was the arm of puppeteer and voice actor Stan Freberg. Only two cartoons showed Cecil's entire body: "Beany and the Jackstalk", when Cecil is wound up in the spring of a giant cuckoo clock; and another one with a little worm repeating "Now?" to help Cecil, who is mummified and gagged and spells out N-O-W with his entire body. :)
Ollie of Kukla, Fran and Ollie fame was cute, too. We just had better sorta-reptilian critters than subsequent generations did. But... they had Animaniacs. XD
Watching a doc on making of Ren and Stimpy and John K just said he hired Billy West for the show because of the work they did together on The Beany and Cecil Show. Never heard of this before! it's ... interesting..
it was a reboot of the show that he made at DiC in 1988, entitled The New Adventures of Beany and Cecil. this video here is the original show produced by Bob Clampett, and the two shows did not share any of the same crew.
Beany and Cecil was one of my favorite cartoons when I was a child. Not too many people remember it, but I loved it!
Me to. I had the Cecil hand puppet with a pull string which made him talk.
I had talking beanie boy doll. I was never without him lol
I still love Beany & Cecil!
Me too
lori xavier mmm! I love the intro especially. If you have a tickling fetish, that will get you going!
"Who writes your dialogue, kid?"
"I'd put a gag in this kid's mouth, but I'm running out of material!"
Heh. I love these one liners, here.
HORSE HEIDT, and his Mare-sical Knights. Clampett did for Republic a horse cartoon, his last short, for movies, "It's a grnad old nag", with Stan Freberg as a lovestruck (and starstruck!) horse who goes to a Hollywood with many horse punny names (actuallly beginning at the critter's barn, with "Heady La-mare", his love, and "Clark Stable"..:rolleyes")
In the late 80's my parents recorded about 14-15 Beany and Cecil episodes onto a VHS tape that I've seen over 100 times as a kid and on the last episode recorded, it shows the Horse Opera as an upcoming episode and it feels really delighting to finally see it after all these years.
"This is the greatest fight ever filmed, folks. Too bad you can't see it"
lol!
Anybody notice the phantom is doing Jerry Colonna? And the reference to "Horrors Heights" probably went over the heads of anybody who wasn't around when Horace Heidt and His Musical Knights were regaling us with swing music. Ah, the nostalgia ...
I love it at the end when the Phantom crashes into the stones and gets shaped into a sphinx with Colonna's face.
I love the showbiz puns in this toon.
Far and away the wackiest part is neat the end when Cecil is fighting the Phantom and Beany is cheering him on... all covered in invisible paint! ("This the greatest fight ever filmed! Too bad you can't see us!") The victory pose where only Beany and Cecil's mouths are seen seals the deal! :D
Kinda makes you wonder if Bob Clampett was sniffing paint when he wrote the script for this thing.
Rich Rodriguez
West Covina, CA
Thank you for sharing such a wonderful show...🙏✨👌👻🥰🐲❣️
Help Cecil help, help Cecil help, help Cecil help
Just a little too young to remember Beany and Cecil on network TV (I was born in '65) but I've seen some of the reruns and I think it's a great cartoon! Very cleverly written! Of course one can't go wrong with Bob Clampett, one of the finest directors ever to come out of the WB studios!
Greetings from Lima-Peru (South America);
Fantastic and Very Funny "Benito y Cecilia" (Beany and Cecil)!
The spanish version for Latin America kept the songs untouched in it's original english version...quite a challenge and motivation for learning it!
Cesar
i havent seen this show in forever
This is one of the 54 Beany & Cecil cartoons that don't appear on either of the 2 DVD sets. Really funny stuff for kids and adults. Thanks for posting.
I HAD A BEANIE COPTER WHEN I WAS YOUNG AND DARN PROUD OF IT.
-with no emotion- "Help, Cecil. Help. Help, Cecil. Help. Help, Cecil. Help."
Phantom: "Who writes your dialogue kid? -mockingly- 'Help, Cecil. Help. Help, Cecil. Help.' "
so many puns...i love it! no way i could grump about this
That cartoon episode bought back memories. Invisibility and all!
I watched them often as a kid.
been watching sat cartoons today. all beany and Cecil . confidntialy this ending sphinxs. lol pun loaded .
OMG! I remember Beany and Cecil from when I was 4 or 5...I'm 50 now. Thanks for finding this!
Aww, Cecil really is lovable. I just felt a pang of pity for the kids who came after me (I'm 50). We had Cecil; they had Barney the Dinosaur. No contest.
i havent seen this in years! my mom had a bunch of these on an old vhs that i used to watch back when i was like 4 or 5 major nostalgia trip!
got to be one of my favorite cartoons from my childhood, thanks for the upload
I recall another time when Cecil was fighting Billy the Squid. It showed Cecil flying through the air into the water as his entire body including his pointed tail went plunging in.
Never forget Tear-A-Long, The Dotted Lion.
Here's wishing this will be on DVD.
Here's wishing YOU a HAPPY THANKSGIVING.
Villain's "invisible paint" didn't work, I see, on the hat, saddle, etc. Lucky for him he's just after a foolishly adventuring unarmed boy, old man, sea serpent, and crow,...instead of an armed lawman!
The first cartoon apperance of billy mays!
I barely remember watching this-Mostly I remember Cecil saying "DJ you dirty guy"
I love it more now than then-lol thanks for uploading
I just realized that in one scene Beany says, "Cecil, you shouldn't talk with your mouth full.", yet Cecil talks while flipping the horse like discus with the horse's tail in his mouth. Really, how can Cecil avoid talking with his mouth full, when he has no limbs!
Finding Beany and Cecil on TH-cam has truly brought back memories of 1962. It has also cleared up some old images I have in my memory. One was the opening of the show of the flying propeller to reveal children around a television.
Right into my ANIMATION playlist. Thank you :) ROCK ON!!!!!!!!!
classic. thanks for sharing!
Hold on Beany, I'm coming!
@KitiaraSkie I love the sneezing and tickling scenes
I love beany & cecil!
oh my god what wonderful memories
I don't think anybody can say Wut the heck better than cecil lol v
And the big band riff from Alvin and the Chipmunks used during chase scenes or when someflicte's clobbered somewhere or stepped on some pin was archived and used as a circus theme for Beany!
It isn't Jerry Colonna?
"Ah yes!"
This segment displays the creativity and fun that were a consistent part of the Beany and Cecil series. I wonder . . . has anyone else noticed that at 2:00 - 2:07, one of those giant hamburgers temporarily disappears without the aid of the invisible paint?
You're right. My bad. I'm just glad I was in the same general era for that comparison. I should have remembered all the times Jerry made it out with Bob to entertain the troops during WWII.
I have a bunch of old tapes of Beany & Cecil.
love it!!!
Thunderbolt. . . the WONDER COLT!!
@EvilCleric Only in three instances: in the episode "Beany and the Jackstalk" Cecil's entire body is wound up from head to tail in the tension coil of the giant's cuckoo clock; in another episode where Cecil is gagged and mummified and he spells out "N-O-W" with his body when a worm on a fishing line asks "Now?" to help him; and when he turns into Super Cecil, the big green S on his chest is actually a miniature of his body shaped like an S.
@Runespeak : YES.......YES.......YES!!!!! I'm 45 years old and I STILL sing that song to myself sometimes!!!
That was in 'D.J. the D.J.'. It's on the DVD.
This video was released in june 2006. I WASN'T BORN YET
lol my fav show when i was lil
2:50 HOLD THE MUSTARD! 😡
GREAT!!!
Is there an episode where they show Cecil's entire body?
Nostalgia Critical hit
This series brings back a flood of memories from around 1962, except I saw the original in black and white (no color television yet). I think I'd like to be Beany, the freckled blond, in any cartoon.
I get the jokes now! "I'd put a gag in this kid's mouth, but I'm running out of material." I didn't learn of Groucho Marx for another decade, so I did not get "Ain't that a kick in the head?"
I'd like to see the country progress toward the 21st century again after decades of reaction.
I Remember Me &' My Dad Would Always Watch This On Cartoon Network
Anyone else notice the "Leave it to Beaver" music at 1:20?
I agree as well, a conjecture that I've made before since Bob designed used puppets on "The Ed Sullivan Show" in 1960 of the Chipmunks for Ross Bagdasdarian. Now who can tell any mor eabout Jack Roberts?? Darrell Calker's "Woody Woodpecker": theme is heard a few themes in other episodes, "Dirtyh Birdy" for example.
Run a keyword search for "D.J. the D.J.", in which Cecil writes and sings "Rag Mop" with two dogs under the guidance of Dishonest John. It satirizes teen pop music, Tin Pan Alley and even Alvin and The Chipmunks! BTW, the title is short for Dishonest John the Disc Jockey. :)
Actually, that voice is supposed to be Jerry Colonna, who was frequently used in many Warner Brothers cartoons. Usually, he was seen with wide eyes, and a big mustache. The real Jerry Colonna was part of Jack Benny's troupe in the 40s.
Yep, and at the end when the Phantom ends up shaped into a stone sphinx, his face takes on Colonna's likeness as well! I also enjoyed Colonna's work with Disney, narrating "Casey at the Bat" and "The Brave Engineer," and voicing the March Hare in "Alice in Wonderland".
Awww so sweet...he looks a lot like Johnny Quest...LOL
Always loved this show when it first appearing...a lot of witty lines!
It's funny how the animators never decided to give Cecil a body. You just see his upper half. But maybe that's a good thing. Remember the rare instances where you would see Alf's entire body? It didn't look right. Kinda scary.
Oh the subtle humor kids would never have understood in the 60's. References to "Wuthering Heights" and "Horrors Heights" (a play on Horace Heidt, a popular band leader in the 30-40s. Never got those jokes till now
@nealbfinn I got the "Wuthering Heights" joke--that was a good book!
thanks!
Nice Groucho Marx imitation. "You were expecting Lady Godiva?" LOL
It features two "U"s. The ghost should have ride the Great Dane instead of a horse. "Scooby Do, where are you?"
Actually, it's more of a cross between Colonna and Groucho Marx.
5:13 This is the greatest fight ever been film, Folks. Too bad you can't see it. (I think it's a reference to Screwy Squirrel Happy Go Nutty)
It would blow anime fights out of the water.
So did Cecil have like an infinite body length or what?
actually, it WAS on Cartoon Network a few years ago if one looked hard enough. CN used to have a show called the Bob Clampett Show, which was 30 mins of "Bob Clampett cartooooooooons!"...erm, 'scuse me. anyway, it was mostly Bugs Bunny kind of stuff, but if one watched enough eps, they'd occasionally come across a Beanie & Cecil cartoon.
Just saw a video where the person was wearing a beanie boy hat and made think back to my child hood of Bosco and Beanie and Cecil yeah i dated my self but any one watching this has got be as old or older than me so haha
I still have my stuffed talking Beanie doll with Beanie copter and pull cord. Too bad my dog ripped the stuffin' out of him.
This show has absolutely no 4th wall.
Nope. It was a tradition carried over from the "Time for Beany" puppet show, where Cecil was a sock puppet whose tail was never seen because in reality Cecil was the arm of puppeteer and voice actor Stan Freberg. Only two cartoons showed Cecil's entire body: "Beany and the Jackstalk", when Cecil is wound up in the spring of a giant cuckoo clock; and another one with a little worm repeating "Now?" to help Cecil, who is mummified and gagged and spells out N-O-W with his entire body. :)
Ollie of Kukla, Fran and Ollie fame was cute, too. We just had better sorta-reptilian critters than subsequent generations did.
But... they had Animaniacs. XD
LOL at 2:30! "WHUT D HECK?!"
No, it is a take on Jerry Colonna.
Great to see these old cartoons. But where is the episode with Ragg Mopp?!
Why does every single one in this look like they either just smoked 8 kg of weed or won an argument they had with their teacher?
They sailing through a 🏜...lol....
Game grumps :D
Steam Train*
helloimrobin GameGrumps.
Watching a doc on making of Ren and Stimpy and John K just said he hired Billy West for the show because of the work they did together on The Beany and Cecil Show. Never heard of this before! it's ... interesting..
it was a reboot of the show that he made at DiC in 1988, entitled The New Adventures of Beany and Cecil. this video here is the original show produced by Bob Clampett, and the two shows did not share any of the same crew.
these were hilarious, and written for the enjoyment of the adults also! get a sense of humour folks lmaoooooooooooo
I'm trying to find the episode with Cleopatra....
wow how old is this?I can remember as far back as lost in space,underdog tutor the turtle but not this!
HOLD THE MUSTARD!!! XD
@scotpens The dress was symbolic, too! Phantom? Christine? *wink wink*
uncle captain . hem.
Bob Clampett had a sneezing fetish.
sigh... game grumps
Do you have the one in which Dishonest John encounters a hive full of BEEZZZZZZ?
ace!!!
Lunch time maybe MY ASS!!!! 1:24 WHAT
(Close up on ass)
He says "Mm, ah yes!".
Do they ever show the rest of Cecil's body?
ah, gee, ah gee, ah gee gee gee, ah gee....aahhhphew!
I used to have a Beany and Cecil lunch box, I have really dated myself!
How in the world did you find this?!
Hahaha is the Phantom supposed to be like Groucho Marx?
he is supposed to be Jerry Colona
4:19 Dean Martin reference.
Ain't that a Kick is a lift from Dean Martin, due to his hit song then..
Ah yes violent isn't it? :)
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