Bob Clampett originally did this with puppets on a TV show that began in 1948 (with Stan Freberg as Cecil and Daws Butler as Beany) called "Time for Beany." It was a daily show on KTLA in Los Angeles.
The cartoon voices (in the ABC series were Irv Shoemaker as Cecil and Jim MacGeorge as Beany).
I loved that show; I was 6 at the time it aired in our area, and it was this show that gave me an appreciation for puns. There was a trip that they made through a desert and one of them had a "2 car mirage". There were also the other characters in between episodes of that day like Hareculeas, a rabbit with a scientific bent who had a rocket ship called a "Guided Muscle" I had a board game that came out about the same time as the Chatty Cathy dolls, which featured a hand puppet with a "Chatty" pull string that you pulled to get clues through out the game when you landed on the right spaces. Wish I still had it, it would probably be worth thousands now.
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Intro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgh59Bdckj8
I'll never forget Dishonest John and his tagline, Yuh, uh, uh!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sy8vj85JCb8
One of my childhood favorites. Hard to believe it there was only one season of 26 episodes.
The cartoon voices (in the ABC series were Irv Shoemaker as Cecil and Jim MacGeorge as Beany).
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