Get our schedule here. Heckle and Jeckle cartoons were originally created by animator Paul Terry at his animation studio, Terrytoons. Terrytoons is now owned by Paramount Pictures, though most of the Heckle and Jeckle original cartoons like the one linked in this post are in the public domain. Your email address will not be published.
Yes, subscribe me I would like to UNsubscribe. Search for:. Annie Krug. One comment Tim Bryant says:. March 8, at am. Leave a Reply Cancel reply Your email address will not be published. Contact Us. They're pals who routinely outwit and play pranks on folks, mischievous and often on the move these two birds are always getting into trouble and messing with anyone that they can. One thing we haven't mentioned yet are the comics, in the same year that they began appearing in their own cartoons, the pair started to appear in Terrytoons Comics, which at that time was published by the company that would later become Marvel.
Their most recent appearance in that medium was in In the late 's, CBS was interested to producing a new TV series of cartoons with the classic TerryToon characters, so the animation studio Filmation, which had be gaining traction was given the job of bringing the series to life, the series starred Mighty Mouse as well as Heckle and Jeckle, and a newly created character called Quacula , in the series Frank Welker provided the voices for Heckle and jeckle.
The dynamic between the two changed slightly, with Jeckle often being the one in charge instead of them always being on the same page, and also having Heckle be more of a goof up. Heckle and Jeckle along side several other TerryToon characters appeared in Ralph Bakshi's Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures , in the episode " Mighty's Wedlock Whimsy " as some of Mighty's friends who attend both his bachelor party as well as his wedding, the two sadly didn't have any speaking lines.
In , Nickelodeon created the pilot Curbside, It was meant to re-introduce the Terrytoons characters to a newer younger audience, with the format being presented as if it was a late night talk show hosted by Heckle and Jeckle, and accompanied by Dinky Duck , featuring three newly created shorts starring other Terrytoons characters.
The strangest thing about the pilot is that they got the character's names wrong, Heckle the more easy going one is called Jeckle, and Jeckle the more refined one is called Heckle. Unlike Bugs Bunny, who retaliates against a foe only after repeated provocation, their comic aggression is often unprovoked, and in a number of Heckle and Jeckle cartoons Moose on the Loose , Free Enterprise , The Power of Thought , Hula Hula Land their foes win in the end.
Although identical in appearance, they are differentiated by their voices. Jeckle speaks with a slightly falsetto English accent, and his dialogue is somewhat more refined.
Heckle is more rough around the edges, and speaks with a more informal, slangy vernacular and gruff New York City dialect with traces of Jimmy Durante. However, the two magpies are far more alike in temperament than they are different. The characters seldom referred to each other by name, leading to some confusion as to which one was which. Heckle usually refers to Jeckle familiarly, as "chum" or "pal", while Jeckle often calls Heckle "old chap", "old thing", "old boy" or "old featherhead", indicating a close friendship between them.
Among the few instances where the two are positively identified, they clearly refer to each other by name in the short Bulldozing the Bull , with the Brooklyn accent belonging to Heckle and the English accent belonging to Jeckle.
In Rival Romeos , the magpies, after being simultaneously smitten by the same female, race home to get dressed. They are shown to occupy two sides of the same tree, and each character's home is marked with a sign—Heckle is clearly designated as the Brooklyn magpie with his jaunty porkpie hat, and Jeckle dons an English-looking bowtie, monocle and straw boater.
Rival Romeos is also one of the only cartoons where the magpies are at odds with each other rather than united against a common adversary usually either of two series "regulars": Dimwit , a moronic hound dog, or Chesty , a belligerent, disagreeable bulldog. While both are basically brash, cynical and antagonistic, Heckle may be more openly confrontational, and Jeckle slightly more devious.
Both may deliberately annoy their mutual foils with insults, slapstick violence and rudeness, but Heckle is more likely to make his intentions clear from the outset. Conversely, Jeckle often treats enemies politely at first, in order to lull them into a false sense of security before unleashing magpie mayhem. They are alternately cast as a pair of conmen actively out to swindle an unsuspecting dupe—or just freeloading opportunists, idly in search of a free ride or mooching a meal.
However, even when they're gainfully employed as in The Super Salesmen or Pill Peddlers , there's often a hint of hucksterism or prankishness involved. In Sappy New Year , they're a couple of inveterate, compulsive practical jokers trying unsuccessfully to turn over a new leaf.
In Taming the Cat , they stop the action just to perform a lively version of "Get a Couple of Songbirds Today" on piano, in the style of Jimmy Durante. Robinson, and Groucho and Harpo Marx.
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