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Heckle and Jeckle

Terrytoons character

First appearance The Talking Magpies

Created by Paul Terry

Voiced by Dayton Allen

Sid Raymond
Roy Halee
Ned Sparks
Frank Welker

Species Magpie

Gender Male

Heckle and Jeckle are cartoon characters created by Paul Terry, and released by his own studio, Terrytoons for 20th
Century Fox. The characters are a pair of identical magpies who calmly outwitted their foes in the manner of Bugs
Bunny, while maintaining a mischievous streak reminiscent of Woody Woodpecker. However, in a number (perhaps
most) of their cartoons (Moose On The Loose, Free Enterprise, The Power of Thought, Hula Hula land) their foes
win in the end. Their names were inspired by Robert Louis Stevenson's famous novella Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll
and Mr. Hyde.

Who's Who?
One magpie spoke with an English accent, while the other spoke with a New York dialect. Heckle often refers to
Jeckle simply as 'chum' or 'pal', while Jeckle often refers to Heckle as 'old chap' 'old boy' and 'old featherhead',
indicating a close friendship between them. Although there seemed to be a great deal of uncertainty as to which was
which, in the short Bulldozing The Bulls, they clearly refer to each other by name, with the Brooklyn accent
belonging to Heckle and the English accent belonging to Jeckle. In the later short Stunt Men, Jeckle, in an English
accent, calls Heckle by name again. Furthermore, in the cartoon Rival Romeos, the magpies, after being
simultaneously smitten by the same female, run home to get dressed. They are shown to occupy two sides of the
same tree, and each character's home is marked with a sign—Heckle is clearly designated as the Brooklyn magpie
with his jaunty hat, and Jeckle dons an English-looking bowtie and monocle. While they usually referred to each
other by such names as Old Featherhead, these episodes clearly give the names to the accents. Both characters were
voiced at different times by Dayton Allen, Sid Raymond, Roy Halee, Ned Sparks and Frank Welker.[1] [2] In 1979's
The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse and Heckle & Jeckle, the birds introduced themselves by name in the opening
credits; Heckle had the Brooklyn accent, and Jeckle the English one.
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Characteristics
Heckle is slightly more cynical than Jeckle. Both of them treat their mutual enemies with threats and rudeness, but
Heckle will usually make his intentions clear from the outset, while Jeckle will (at first) treat enemies politely in
order to lull them into a false sense of security before unleashing magpie mayhem. In the short Blind Date, Heckle is
able to forcibly disguise the unwilling Jeckle as a girl, indicating that Heckle is physically stronger than Jeckle. In
The Power of Thought, it is Jeckle who realizes the unlimited possibilities of being a cartoon character, although
Heckle is quick enough to go along when this is pointed out to him.
The first Heckle and Jeckle cartoon premiered in 1946, the last in 1966. Their premiere short was entitled The
Talking Magpies, which cast the duo as a husband and wife looking for a new home.
New Heckle and Jeckle productions ceased in 1966. They then reappeared in 1979 in their own segment of
Filmation's The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse and Heckle & Jeckle.

Comic books
Heckle and Jeckle had their own comic book title for several years.
• St. John Publications, #1–24 (1951–55)
• Pines Comics, #25–34 (1956–59)

Popular culture
• Heckle and Jeckle made an unexplained appearance in Homer's vision of his funeral in The Simpsons episode
"The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace".
• Heckle and Jeckle make a cameo appearance in the final scene of Who Framed Roger Rabbit amongst the crowd
of Toons.
• Heckle and Jeckle appear in the ancillary cast in Ralph Bakshi's 1987 Mighty Mouse cartoon Mighty's Wedlock
Whimsy.
• In "Mr. Monk and the Candidate", the first episode of the USA detective series Monk, Monk and Sharona have
codenames Heckle and Jeckle on a stakeout. In "Mr. Monk Goes to the Ballgame", the famous baseball player
refers to his bodyguards as "Heckle and Jeckle".
• A Heckle and Jeckle comic is seen in Justin Green's comic Binky Brown Meets the Holy Virgin Mary.
• The song "Big Pink Heart" by Nothing Painted Blue has the repeated line, "Heckle and Jeckle had the right idea".
• In the film Alphaville by Jean-Luc Godard, a pair of characters are named Professors Eckel and Jeckel.
• In the episode of The Golden Girls "The Heart Attack," Sophia refers to Rose and Blanche as Heckle and Jeckle.
• In the last scene of Kill Bill Vol2, Beatrix's daughter B.B. is watching "The Talking Magpies" in the hotel room.
• In Coffee and Cigarettes, by Jim Jarmusch, Joie and Cinque Lee are called Heckle and Jeckle by Steve Buscemi
• "Heckle and Jeckle" is frequently mentioned on "Laverne and Shirley" because it is Lenny and Squiggy's favorite
show.
• In "Pitfall" (the atari VCS video game) the 'crocodiles' are from a Heckle and Jeckle cartoon. (from racing the
beam [3])
• In Cannonball Run II, JJ McClure (Burt Reynolds) calls Blake (Dean Martin) and Fenderbaum (Sammy Davis Jr),
"Heckle and Jeckle dressed as cops".
• In King of Kong, Twin Galaxies referee Walter Day refers to Heckle and Jeckle as one of the great rivalries of
all-time.[4]
• In the Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode "Spiral", Willow refers to a pair of chanting clerics attempting to break
through her magical barrier as "Heckle and Jeckle".
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References
[1] "The Heckle and Jeckle Show" (http:/ / www. imdb. com/ title/ tt0220902/ ). . Retrieved 2006-12-15.
[2] "Cartoon voice, actor Sid Raymond dead" (http:/ / web. archive. org/ web/ 20061212204739/ http:/ / www. cnn. com/ 2006/ SHOWBIZ/
Movies/ 12/ 11/ obit. raymond. ap/ index. html). CNN / AP. 2006-12-11. Archived from the original (http:/ / www. cnn. com/ 2006/
SHOWBIZ/ Movies/ 12/ 11/ obit. raymond. ap/ index. html) on 2006-12-12. . Retrieved 2006-12-15.
[3] http:/ / mitpress. mit. edu/ catalog/ item/ default. asp?ttype=2& tid=11696
[4] http:/ / www. imdb. com/ title/ tt0923752/ quotes

External links
• The Talking Magpies cartoon @ the Internet Archive (http://www.archive.org/details/the_talking_magpies)
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