CREATED BY FORMER WARNER BROTHERS CARTOONIST, BOB CLAMPETT, TIME FOR BEANY WAS THE FORERUNNER OF THE BEANY & CECIL CARTOON. IT WON 3 EMMYS IN THE FEW YEARS IT WAS ON TELEVISION. A LIVE SHOW, IT WAS 15 MINUTES LONG. IT IS SAID THAT ALBERT EINSTEIN WOULD STOP WHATEVER HE WAS DOING AT THE TIME, JUST TO WATCH THE SHOW.
THE PUPPETEERS WERE WELL KNOWN VOICE ACTORS, STAN FREBERG & DAWS BUTLER, WHO ALSO PROVIDED THE CHARACTERS VOICES. MR. FREBERG SUPPLIED THE VOICES OF CECIL & DISHONEST JOHN. MR. BUTLER DID THE VOICES OF BEANY & CAPTAIN HUFFENPUFF. BOTH ALSO PROVIDED MANY OTHER VOICES FOR THE SECONDARY CHARACTERS IN THE SHOW.
HERE'S A PICTURE OF THE STARS OF THE SHOW, ALONG WITH DEAN MARTIN.
(FROM LEFT TO RIGHT IS STAN FREBERG, DAWS BUTLER, BOB CLAMPETT, BEANY, & MR. MARTIN)
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AND ANOTHER STAR FILLED PIC
(FROM LEFT TO RIGHT IS BOB CLAMPETT, BOB DENVER, CECIL & ALAN HALE JR.)
HERE ARE SOME PICTURES FROM THE ACTUAL SHOW.
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