Yankee Doodle Cricket
1975 American TV special
- January 16, 1975 (1975-01-16)
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Yankee Doodle Cricket is a 1975 American television animated special directed by American animator Chuck Jones.[1] June Foray was the voice of Queen Bee. It originally aired on ABC on January 16, 1975.[2] The special was released on VHS, and Laserdisc by Family Home Entertainment, and it was released on VHS again in 1999 and on DVD in 2002 and 2007 by Lionsgate Home Entertainment.
Plot
The War of Independence has begun, and Tucker the Mouse, Harry the Cat and Chester C. Cricket are indispensable to the American colonies' effort to free themselves from the rule of the despotic English king. Harry and Tucker help Thomas Jefferson write the Declaration of Independence. Chester creates the tune for "Yankee Doodle Dandy." And all the animals—including John and Marsha, the lightning bugs—help Paul Revere spread the message that The British are coming.
Cast
- Les Tremayne as Chester C. Cricket / Harry the Cat / John the Lightning Bug
- Mel Blanc as Tucker the Mouse / Rattlesnake / Bald Eagle
- June Foray as Marsha the Lightning Bug / Queen Bee
References
- ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. p. 349. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ^ Woolery, George W. (1989). Animated TV Specials: The Complete Directory to the First Twenty-Five Years, 1962-1987. Scarecrow Press. pp. 460–461. ISBN 0-8108-2198-2. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
External links
- Yankee Doodle Cricket at IMDb
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specials
- How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966)
- The Pogo Special Birthday Special (1969)
- Horton Hears a Who! (1970)
- The Cat in the Hat (1971)
- The Cricket in Times Square (1973)
- A Very Merry Cricket (1973)
- Yankee Doodle Cricket (1975)
- The White Seal (1975)
- Rikki-Tikki-Tavi (1975)
- Mowgli's Brothers (1976)
- Bugs and Daffy's Carnival of the Animals (1976)
- A Connecticut Rabbit in King Arthur's Court (1978)
- Raggedy Ann and Andy in The Great Santa Claus Caper (1978)
- Raggedy Ann and Andy in The Pumpkin Who Couldn't Smile (1979)
- Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales (1979)
- Bugs Bunny's Bustin' Out All Over (1980)
- Daffy Duck’s Thanks-for-Giving Special (1980)
- A Chipmunk Christmas (1981)
- Peter and the Wolf (1995)
- Gay Purr-ee (1962, screenplay)
- The Phantom Tollbooth (1970)
- The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie (1979)
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988, animation consultant)
- Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990, animation sequences)
- Stay Tuned (1992, animation sequence)
- Mrs. Doubtfire (1993, animation supervisor)
- The Bugs Bunny Show (1960-1962, new animated sequences)
- Off to See the Wizard (1967-1968, animated sequences)
- Curiosity Shop (1971-1972)
- Daffy Duck for President (1997)
- Bugs Bunny
- Charlie Dog
- Claude Cat
- Daffy Duck
- Elmer Fudd
- Gossamer
- Henery Hawk
- Hubie and Bertie
- Marc Antony and Pussyfoot
- Marvin the Martian
- Michigan J. Frog
- Nasty Canasta
- Penelope Pussycat
- Pepé Le Pew
- Porky Pig
- Ralph Wolf and Sam Sheepdog
- Sniffles
- The Three Bears
- Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner
- Witch Hazel
- Chuck Amuck: The Movie
- Chuck Jones: Extremes & Inbetweens – A Life in Animation
