Time For Beany! April 1950

On January 2, 2013 - TV History

Time For Beany! April 1950

Above is a photo from April of 1950 at KTLA. In the middle, doing Cecil is Stan Freberg and on the right is Daws Butler doing Beany. I’m not sure who the ‘spare hand’ is handling the seltzer bottle, but it could be producer Bob Clampett. If not, it may be one of the writers Charles Shows or Lloyd Turner. The puppets, created by Maurice Seiderman. The puppet show ran from 1949 till 1955. Freberg and Butler left in early 53 and were replaced by Jim MacGeorge and Irv Shoemaker.

Here is an early episode.

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2 Comments

  1. Michael Hayne January 2, 2013

    Daws once regaled me with the story of the day one of the puppet heads fell off during the show. as it is said: zany antics ensued!!!

  2. Bobby Reyes January 2, 2013

    …Daws Butler became famous as the voice of Huckleberry Hound, Elroy Jetson, and I think Cap’n Crunch, Mr. Jinx and many more voices for both Hanna Barbera and Jay Ward.