SHAKESPEARE

Synopsis

Animated cartoon series created by Bob Clampett. It features Beany, a boy, and Cecil the Sea-Sick Sea Serpent embarking on a series of adventures, often to discover ancient civilisations and artifacts. These escapades were rife with cartoon slapstick and puns. In this episode William Shakespeare Wolf tries to eat little Graham Quacker (a duck), but is foiled. The connection with Shakespeare appears to be just in the naming of the wolf.

Series

Beany and Cecil Show, The

Language

English

Country

United States

Medium

Television

Technical information

Colour / Sound

Transmission details

17 Mar 1962 (Channel: ABC)

Duration

30 mins

Credits

Director

Bob Clampett; Dick Kinney; Jack Hannah

Cast

Irv Shoemaker	Cecil, the love-sick serpent
Jack MacGeorge	Beany Boy

Additional Details

Production type

Animation

Keywords

animals; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Notes

Contained in BEANY AND CECIL. Vol. VI released on video by RCA/Columbia Home Pictures in 1985. The compilation tape is out of distribution.

Figures

Season 1, episode 11

Production Company

Name

Bob Clampett

Archive

Name

Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting & Recorded Sound Division

Web

http://catalog.loc.gov/ External site opens in new window

Phone

(20) 707-8572

Fax

(20) 707-237’1

Address

Motion Picture & Television Reading Room
James Madison Building, LM 336
101 Independence Avenue, SE
Washington, D.C.
20540-4690
United States