Heckle and Jeckle | |
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Terrytoons characters | |
First appearance | The Talking Magpies (Terrytoons, 1946) |
Created by | Paul Terry |
Voiced by | Dayton Allen (1946–1966)[1] Sid Raymond (1947) Roy Halee (1950–1955, 1959–1961) Tom Morrison (1959)[2] Frank Welker (The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse and Heckle & Jeckle) Toby Huss and Bobcat Goldthwait (Curbside) Shinsuke Minami Isamu Nagato (CR TerryToons) |
In-universe information | |
Species | Yellow-billed magpie |
Gender | Male |
Heckle and Jeckle are postwar animated cartoon characters created by Paul Terry, originally produced at his own Terrytoons animation studio and released through 20th Century Fox. The characters are a pair of identical anthropomorphic yellow-billed magpies who usually cause problems to others and for themselves with their bizarre antics. Heckle speaks in a tough New York style manner, while Jeckle has a more polite British accent. They were voiced at different times by Dayton Allen (1946–66), Sid Raymond (1947), Roy Halee (1950–1955, 1959–1961), and Frank Welker (1979).[3][4]
As per usual with cartoon records, they don't always deliver the genuine articles. In the case of "TV Terrytoons Cartoon Time", it's about 50/50. The six stories are not soundtracks lifted from the original cartoons (dated from 1937 to 1953), but instead studio-recorded adaptations narrated and voiced by Tom Morrison.