Beany and Cecil was an animated
cartoon series created by
Bob Clampett for the
ABC Television Network. The cartoon was based on the television
puppet show Time for Beany, which Clampett produced for
Paramount Pictures beginning in 1949. The animated series first appeared in
Matty's Funday Funnies in 1959, later renamed
Matty's Funnies with Beany and Cecil and finally
Beany and Cecil in the USA. Another season was produced in 1988. In its original form with hand puppets, the show conveyed a greater sense of personal communication than did the animated series that followed. The hand puppets were extensively marketed and sold well.