Heathcliff (1984 TV series)
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| Also known as | 'Heathcliff and The Catillac Cats Heathcliff Cats & Co (UK) |
| Genre | Comedy |
| Created by |
George Gately (Heathcliff) Jean Chalopin, Bruno Bianchi (The Catillac Cats) |
| Developed by |
Jean Chalopin Alan Swayze Chuck Lorre |
| Directed by |
Bruno Bianchi Michael Maliani |
| Voices of |
Mel Blanc Donna Christie Peter Cullen (Season 1) Stanley Jones Jeannie Elias Danny Wells |
| Composer(s) |
Haim Saban Shuki Levy |
| Country of origin |
France United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 86 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Jean Chalopin Andy Heyward Tetsuo Katayama (season 1) |
| Producer(s) |
Jean Chalopin Denys Heroux (season 1) Lori Crawford (season 1) Andy Heyward (season 2) Tetsuo Katayama (season 2) |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
DIC Entertainment LBS Communications, Inc. McNaught Syndication Co. ICC TV Productions (season 1) FR3 (season 1) Chris-Craft Television (season 2) United Entertainment Group (season 2) |
| Distributor | DHX Media (current) |
| Release | |
| Original network | first-run syndication |
| Audio format | Mono (Season 1) Stereo (Season 2) |
| Original release | September 5, 1984 – 1988 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | Heathcliff (1980) |
Heathcliff (a.k.a. Heathcliff and The Catillac Cats) is a French-American animated television series that debuted on September 5, 1984. It was the second series based on the Heathcliff comic strip and was produced by DIC Entertainment. It ran in syndication until 1988 with a total of 86 episodes. The first show based on the comic strip was Heathcliff and Dingbat, which debuted in 1980. The Catillacs Cats characters were created by Jean Chalopin and Bruno Bianchi. Mel Blanc provided the voice of Heathcliff. Animation was outsourced to many Japanese, Taiwanese, and Korean studios including TMS, Studio Korumi, Wang Film, Cucoo's Nest, Mushi, Araki, and others for the first season before DIC utilized their own, private Japanese studio to avoid paying other companies.
The first season ran for 65 episodes while the second season ran for 21. Each episode included an additional segment featuring The Catillac Cats. While the series was on the air, the movie Heathcliff: The Movie, was released which was a compilation of segments.
A gang of cats that played alongside Heathcliff. When Riff-Raff is not around, the Catillac Cats are sometimes helping Heathcliff in some adventures or sometimes tease him. They drive a slick Cadillac which could transform into an RV and a boat. They live in a junkyard.
Note: The DVD lists episode, May the Best Cat Win as first, and titles the episode Pilot.
The theme was recorded by Noam Kaniel and written by Shuki Levy and Haim Saban.
Heathcliff: The Movie was released to theaters on January 17, 1986, and subsequently on VHS in 1988 by Paramount Video. It includes seven segments from the original show:
In the United States, the series was aired in national first-run syndication from September 5, 1984 until 1988, and reruns of the series were then aired on Nickelodeon from 1988 until 1993. It was rerun on Family Channel from 1993-1998 and Fox Family Channel from 1998 until 1999. From September 27, 2010 until September 23, 2011, reruns of the series were aired in the United States on the This Is for Kids block on This TV. In the U.K. the series aired on CBBC during the late 1980s and early 1990s, then it was repeated on Channel 4 until 1996, then in the early 2000s it was aired on Toon Disney U.K. in 2000 also in 2000 the TV Show was aired in Syndication in North American Local Channels, and was usually billed under the title Heathcliff Cats & Co. The series also aired in Japan.
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