Heckle & jeckle's--- Original New Years Program.

Before Mr. Magoo's Christmas, or, Rankin Bass, this fine episode was made during the latter days of Heckle and Jeckle's career.

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[fromthesidelines]

This was originally released around December 1961, and was the magpies' last theatrical cartoon (and Roy Halee's last as their voices) until their "farewell" appearance in "Messed Up Movie Makers", in early 1966.

[imbaaackk]

oh really? I do know, the animation here is slightly different than earlier cartoons. I'm fairly sure, they also made a few "reunion" episodes in the 1070's. ....complete with "funky" music.

[fromthesidelines]

It would appear you're right, 'wm', since he was credited on the Columbia records he worked on as "Roy Halee, Jr.". I recall seeing this on {W}TBS in the '80s without the opening and closing titles, 'altfactor', so "complete" syndicated prints were also edited at the option of local programmers as well.

[wmbrown6]

@fromthesidelines - It would appear that the Roy Halee who voiced the magpies in this short was the father of the famed record producer who worked with Simon & Garfunkel, Blood, Sweat & Tears, and so on.

[altfactor]

Note that at the start of this cartoon, you see the opening credits, then the picture briefly fades-out before fading-up back on the cartoon title.

This was done to make it possible for a TV network to clip-out opening credits for this cartoon. Only the title and copyright appeared when this (and other 1960's-era Terrytoons shorts produced for theatres) appeared on TV.

[altfactor]

@imbaaackk Filmation did a "Heckle and Jeckle" TV series in 1979/80 which shared an hour with newly-made "Mighty Mouse" and "Quackula" episodes by that same studio.

[altfactor]

@fromthesidelines Didn't Paul Frees do the voices of Heckle and Jeckle in both "Messed Up Movie Makers" and the 1979/80 Filmation cartoons??

[fromthesidelines]

When I say "farewell", I meant their LAST theatrical cartoon (in 1966). The next time they appeared in a series was as part of "THE NEW ADVENTURES OF MIGHTY MOUSE AND HECKLE & JECKLE" on CBS (1979-'81), animated by Filmation Studios [Terrytoons' New Rochelle, New York studio closed for good in 1971], "funky music" and all.