Heathcliff (1984 TV series)

Heathcliff
Also known as
  • Heathcliff and the Catillac Cats
  • Les Entrechats (France)
  • Heathcliff Cats & Co. (in the UK)
  • Heathcliff und Riff Raff (Germany)
GenreAnimated series
Slapstick
Created by
Based onHeathcliff, by George Gately & McNaught Syndicate
Developed by
Jean Chalopin, Alan Swayze & Chuck Lorre
Written byAlan Swayze
Directed byMichael Maliani
Voices ofMel Blanc
Theme music composerHaim Saban & Shuki Levy
Opening theme"Heathcliff" (long version), performed by Noam Kaniel
Ending theme"Heathcliff" (short version), performed by Noam Kaniel
ComposerHaim Saban & Shuki Levy
Country of origin
  • United States
  • France (season 1)
Original languagesEnglish
French
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes86
Production
Executive producers
  • Season 1
  • Andy Heyward & Tetsuo Katayama
  • Season 2
  • Jean Chalopin
Producers
  • Season 1
  • Jean Chalopin, Denys Heroux & Lori Crawford
  • Season 2
  • Andy Heyward & Tetsuo Katayama
Running time22 minutes
Production companies
Original release
Network
ReleaseSeptember 3, 1984 (1984-09-03) –
September 30, 1985 (1985-09-30)
Related
Heathcliff (1980)
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Heathcliff (a.k.a. Heathcliff and the Catillac Cats, known as Les Entrechats in French) is a children's animated television series that debuted on September 3, 1984.[1] Produced by DIC Audiovisuel (and later DIC Enterprises), it was the second animated series based on the Heathcliff comic strip (after Ruby-Spears' Heathcliff from 1980). 65 half-hour episodes aired in first-run syndication in the fall of 1984, followed by a second season of 21 episodes in 1985 ran in syndication until it ended in 1988. The Catillac Cats characters (identified in the end credits as Cats and Co.) were created by Jean Chalopin and Bruno Bianchi.

Mel Blanc, who provided the voice of Heathcliff in the Ruby-Spears series, reprised his role as the titular cat.[2]

  1. ^ "Heathcliff". This TV. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
  2. ^ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 398–400. ISBN 978-1476665993.