Beany and Cecil - So What and the Seven Whatnots

[@frederickbrule7484]

I love this show. Though the cultural references relate to the 1950's and 60's the humor is timeless. Great silly fun!! So glad that I can view it!!

[@Farrah300]

The humor is absolutely priceless!!!

[@ToniHunterOne]

I loved this as a kid. Especially Cecil the Seasick Sea Monster. There's so much adult humor in this, they really made an effort to make this fun for kids and adults. Just like the Flintstones and a few others like Bugs. I use to run around the house making that laugh that Dishonest John made. I was four when most of the cartoons were new. Thank you so much for uploading this. I came across this by accident.

[@eddiedeezen8191]

TRULY HILARIOUS. I LAUGHED MY HEAD OFF. I LOVE BEANY AND CECIL. THIS IS A CLASSIC. THANKS FOR SHARING.

[@salvelazquez5749]

Grew up watching these as reruns on local TV. Now it's time to show them to my kids. It's a circle of life kinda thing.

[@starofjustice1]

Beany and Cecil was one of the cartoons that most of the jokes were ones you never got when you were a kid because you didn't get the puns or celebrity references. My dad showed this to me and my sister when we were little but nothing made sense until I saw it again when I was 25.

[@dougobrien4877]

I loved this as a kid growing up in the early 1960’s. Seeing them as an adult is a treat…now I get the puns.

[@ACDZ123]

Ha ha yeah like, lost wages Nevada 🤣

[@citizenterryk]

only Clampett would attempt something like this.....only Clampett could get away with it.....B&C was a criminally underappreciated cartoon......and So What was a babe.......

[@josephebacon]

I haven't seen this in 50 years and it still has me Rolling on the floor laughing my ass off!

[@davidchavers5881]

Bob Clampett even shows Squealy Smith wiping her nose as she sings...just like Keely used to do. This is borderline genius stuff. Nothing else like it, then or now.

[@alanstrong55]

You could trust Dishonest John as far as you could see around a corner at twilight. He got his just rewards. D.J needed to be scared away by a great horned owl.

[@lindaeasley5606]

" Lost Wages " Yep . That's the true name of that city 😂

[@sebastiantrus6733]

I remember my grandma showed this to me when I was 10 in 2015 and I loved watching this show

[@markschildberg1667]

Bob Clampett had to come up with more than 70 cartoon stories over a weekend to sell this series to Mattel and ABC. Fortunately, he was also able to hire some veteran cartoon writers like Disney's Jack Kinney and Jay Ward's Lloyd Turner to create all those wonderful puns.

[@unclesporkums]

Another nod to Clampett's love of jazz

[@Themaddprof]

I was three years old when these last aired in 1967, so unlike Underdog and the Hanna Barbera/Jay Ward, Filmation, and Rankin Bass Cartoon stables, I have no childhood memories of Beany & Cecil. I did hear about it and get the DVDs back in 2013 and now I'm hooked. This is some really knee-slapping stuff. The Cadillac of Television Cartoons. To me, the true test of a good cartoon is if it entertains people who have no nostalgic connection to them. This passes with flying colors.

[@maxhenderson7524]

Subliminally adult , sublime , sophisticated , surreal , superlative , slurp , I loved it then , and still love it now. I had the Beany Doll, and Cecil puppet. Toys that ultimately vanish, like so many do. I wish I had salvaged them for posterity......I could just KICK my posterior for not doing so.

[@Staszu13]

Hmmm. Only Clampett would've referenced Toulouse-Lautrec, Keely Smith and Lili St. Cyr in a kid's cartoon.

[@shawnmalone9711]

Also Liberace , Fred McMurray Louis Armstrong ,Desi Arnaz , and Harpo Marx

[@secretsquirrel7300]

If you watch the old Bugs Bunny cartoons, there's a lot of humor directed at adults in them also

[@loriawesomesingerwolf899]

BEANY AND CECIL. WE'RE. SO AWESOME TO WATCH . AS A CHILD.. ON KTLA. CHANNEL 5.

[@tonycanabal1659]

This was Bob Clampett's second Snow White satire. When he was at WB cartoons he made the notorious Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs which is now banned from TV and DVDS

[@MrTruckerf]

It has probably been destroyed but I bet it was pretty funny.

[@louayhamdouni5793]

Except on 3rd reprints of the film.

[@ThorD4602]

Liberace the flamer sure gets the bad guy in the butt. Wow, there is so much naughty humor in this episode it's amazing.

[@ebf1957]

I remember watching this Sunday mornings along with Bullwinkle. Both cartoons had an oft-kilter sense of humor..

[@secretsquirrel7300]

Bullwinkle? Who's Bullwinkle? LOL.

[@brianjones7660]

May I add Roger Ramjet and The American Eagle Squadron? Yank, Doodle ,Dan and Dee….featuring General G.I. Brass bottom…..👍🏻

[@yosefdemby8792]

@@secretsquirrel7300 He's a moose. His best friend's a flying squirrel named Rocky. Bullwinkle is incredibly stupid, but he's a punster, he breaks the fourth wall, and he read poetry.

[@secretsquirrel7300]

​@@yosefdemby8792 Um, it was sarcasm.

[@yosefdemby8792]

@@secretsquirrel7300 How was I supposed to know?

[@davidscottkrause1]

Thanks for posting these cartoons. So funny! When I saw these as a little kid I did not understand the puns and word-plays.

[@DarrellS54]

Good old fashioned silliness! I love it!

[@RatBatSpiderCrab]

Its gone! My headache's gone ! Looked like Cecil was having a bad trip.

[@ZakWolf]

Love the celebrity parodies in this! The Lost Wages nightclubs are advertising parodies of Frank Sinatra, Bob Newhart, Lili St. Cyr., and Milton Berle. Then we have the Whatnots that are caricatures of Louis Armstrong, Elvis Presley, Harpo Marx, Desi Arnaz, Fred MacMurry, Toulouse Lautrec, and Liberace! And there's also So What's Keely Smith impression. While it's not as crazy (or contriversial) as Clampett's earlier "Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs," it's still a great twist on the fairy tale.

[@Themaddprof]

I was born in 1964, so I never saw these when I was a kid. However, I'm all about B&C since I got the DVD recently. This is some REALLY funny stuff! I do remember seeing bits of this classic episode on Adam West's classic "Cartoons Lost and Found" special on Nick at Nite back in 1989 and that led to my curiosity of this show.

[@dyrldouglas2087]

I was a big Beany & Cecil fan at age 10.

[@kae4466]

milton boil and the lancers. these have me in stiches and lol

[@gamerzero7735]

Thank you, Uncle Scrooge-I mean, Uncle Captain.

[@deadytchannelbye1191]

I died at that part! 😂😂😂

[@TheBeanyandCecil]

Thanks. Keely, great personality of the era!

[@DavidEntrikin]

All those casinos and celebs are gone now. Great memories rekindled;thanks David

[@FostersHausFurFantasieFreunde]

Bob New Heart-Burn aka Bob Newhart is still with us though

[@FostersHausFurFantasieFreunde]

Well I was wrong

[@jerrybasye9037]

Cap'n Huff n Puff is my spirit animal.."Egads. I'm going below."

[@MattMcIrvin]

I watched this as a little kid and now discover that the scripts entirely consisted of puns and references I couldn't have possibly gotten.

[@TheBeanyandCecil]

Thanks for your comment about Keeley. She and her hubby were scat-singing superstars. One of the dwarf icons from the cartoon Satchmo did his share as well. Don't recall the origins of the line "My Headache is Gone", but the gang working on the Beany and Cecil cartoons got a lot of mileage out of it!

[@timmcinnes2594]

"It's gone! My headache's gone!" was from a Bayer aspirin commercial around 1960. How that sold aspirin is still a mystery today. The original Beany and Cecil was one of Albert Einstein's favourites, so we're in good company.

[@timmcinnes2594]

This just in... I'm being told it was Anacin.

[@jln55]

@@timmcinnes2594 The Anacin ad in the early sixties had a human's head with the hammer pounding inside, etc.

[@timmcinnes2594]

@@jln55 Thanks Barney! I'm, old enough to remember that commercial, but not too old to have forgotten it. Those were the days of giants in washing machines.

[@fromthesidelines]

That was the reaction of a woman taking Anacin, in one of their 1960 ads {Spike Jones also parodied it in "The Late Late Movies"}.

[@baldevis]

I probably saw this when I was little...and had absolutely no idea what most of it was about.

[@chadkincham]

I remember them saying the line, Cecil the seasick sea serpent.

[@ertznay]

Love the Keely Smith reference at 3:05

[@usmc-veteran73-77]

Memories of the 60s. Thanks.

[@Staszu13]

"Do you think there is too much violence on television?" Heh heh heh....and this before cable!

[@fromthesidelines]

It was FCC Chairman Newton W. Minow who addressed that question during his famous May 1961 "vast wasteland" speech before the National Association of Broadcasters.

[@FostersHausFurFantasieFreunde]

Bob Newhart aka Bob New Heartburn passed away today, which i believe is the last celebrity they referenced that was still alive today, rest in peace Bob

[@Juliaflo]

One of my favorite episodes, next to Ben-Hare, and the Hammy Awards.

[@viralbuthow000]

Subliminal laden cartoons. What memories

[@marksitts2290]

Dishonest John is my #4 favorite cartoon Villain.

[@tonycanabal1659]

What rank is Dick Dastardly?

[@jons.6216]

Seems like Ren and Stimpy took a lot of inspiration from the design style and warped humor here! Haha!

[@BuddyBoy600alt]

R.I.P. Bob Hastings (1925-2014) I heard he was the voice of Beany on Beany and Cecil. :'(

[@WytZox1]

BuddyBoy600alt ~> Bob Hastings was the voice of Superboy!

[@tonycanabal1659]

Jim MacGeorge was the voice of Beany.

[@chadkincham]

Nyah,ah ah! Help, Cecil, help! I’m a comin’, Beany boy!

[@Kohdok]

It's like if /b/ was an old cartoon show...

[@TheBeanyandCecil]

Thanks for identifying the stripper Lili St. Cyr. Only thing St. Cyr was popular as a stripper most likely in the 1940's and definitely in the 1950's, a little later than you identified. And the previous question we believe refers to "Dragon Train" which is not presently on DVD. Sorry about that.

[@BuddyBoy600alt]

There were two other Sesame Street Game Show hosts like Sonny Friendly ("Are we having a nice day or what?) and Pat Playjacks (Squeal of Fortune). Game Show host Richard Dawson also appeared on Sesame Street doing "Family Food" (A parody of his game show, Family Feud).

[@bored1ca]

Oh thanks for posting these cartoons - I find these funnier than some of the Warner Brothers and a lot funnier than some of the Disney 'toons

[@Melscartoons]

...*whispers in ear* gravity falls........ *walks away slowly*

[@tonycanabal1659]

The Warner cartoons under Bob Clampett were great 😃

[@ebf1957]

That catchphrase was used for Anacin which illustrated how it worked in getting rid of headaches.

[@thekraemer1757]

I'm sitting here laughing out loud. Prank Sinatra lol.

[@richartrod]

I thought so! There's an Anacin commercial from the 1950's at NostalgiaTelevision here on KZbin that mentions part of that catchphrase. If you can post or link to where "It's gone! My headache's gone!" is said word for word, that would be a real treat. :)

[@protorhinocerator142]

FIRST!!!! 5:21 Of course you're all tired and bloodshot. This is what you get for trying to sleep when visiting Lost Wages Nevada. Don't blame us for partying. Blame you for being a drip.

[@alanstrong55]

Dishonest John gets no anesthesia at the dentists' office. Ahhh!!!!

[@richartrod]

"It's gone! It's gone! My headache's gone!" Was that a popular catchphrase for an aspirin or headache medicine of the time? I got a big kick out of the caricatures of the Seven Whatnots, especially Desi Arnaz and Liberace. So What's impersonation of Louis Prima's wife Keeley (aka Squeeley) Smith was a spot-on riot with the nose and hip scratching. Louis and Keeley were major scat-singing jazz superstars back in the 50's and early 60's with "That Old Black Magic" and "Just a Jigolo".

[@fromthesidelines]

YES.

[@markschildberg1667]

It was a catchphrase used by Anacin. Clampett used lots of topical advertising, broadcasting and music references in his cartoons.

[@thomopolusrex8436]

Back when Cecil was a puppet, each week there was a scene where the finale was when Cecil was triggered and slurped somebody. A slurp was a long wet lick. The kids really took to the slurp and began to imitate Cecil. The teachers at school were not amused. Public pressure forced Bob Clampett to drop the slurp surprises.

[@matman8540]

You can add Scrooge McDuck, Mr. Spacely, Mr. Slate, and Mr. Dithers (Blondie).

[@fromthesidelines]

4:16- Newton Minow, FCC commisioner at the time, thought so. 😏

[@jamescatneyarbuckle5390]

I love you, Cecil.

[@ricardocantoral7672]

"Lost Wages, Nevada". Jesus H. Tap dancing Christ.

[@marlawhite1430]

All she needed was a kiss to wake up. What is so ironic is that any of them could have kissed her to wake her up 🤣

[@MrMarkerickson]

His entire year's salary is one shiny nickel? What a cheap chump that captain must be!

[@Mer.Saloon]

And here I thought most television cartoons from this era were tripe. I find one of the few good ones. Now why couldn't Hannah Barbera be this well animated?

[@slashermaster28]

They didn't have John K., that's why.

[@yosefdemby8792]

@@slashermaster28 Neither did this series! This series was made in the 1960's, when Kricfalusi was just a kid!

[@slashermaster28]

@@yosefdemby8792 You’re right. I was thinking of the 80’s revival.

[@RatBatSpiderCrab]

LOL! So all she needed was a kiss? I find that hilarious because any one of them could of kissed her instead of just standing around crying.

[@pavelsarneki354]

Ain't no Rocky and Bullwinkle 🤷🏼‍♂️🤓😎✌🏻

[@ebf1957]

The origin of that line was the catchphrase of Anacin asprin which showed how Anacin worked in relieving headaches. So you can thank Sterling/Whitehall the makers of Anacin.

[@timmcinnes2594]

Thought it was Bayer aspirin. Oh, well, I was just 7 years old at the time.

[@Sammerkona]

My headache's gone!

[@glitch-pr3nr]

Take me to your Lido, milton boil😅

[@DLAbaoaqu]

Louis Armstrong Elvis Pressley Harpo Marx Toulouse Lautrec Liberace Desi Arnaz Who was Fred McFurry based on?

[@jghamann]

My is guess is he got the name from Fred MacMurray but the looks from Harry Lauder.

[@TheBeanyandCecil]

Oft-Kilter? Whacked!

[@secretsquirrel7300]

Nyah ah ahh.

[@mikehanns373]

I think "My Headache is Gone" was from an old aspirin commercial.

[@fromthesidelines]

ANACIN.

[@firetopman]

So funny!

[@MEGAMAND1]

Game Grumped, From San Diego Comic Con!!

[@thomopolusrex8436]

The puns.

[@AlmightyToonGod]

Does anyone know who Lili Insincere is supposed to be a parody of?

[@arober9758]

Wow!!

[@magxenideutz]

hello, i'm looking for an episode of beany and cecil with a shark in a western adventure. can you help me and what is the name of the episode and have you got this episode here in youtube.com ? i like this old cartoons.

[@lennypayne4241]

3:02 Why is Louis Armstrong white?

[@gperisian]

It might have been Louis Prima since he was with Keely Smith.

[@oldcremona]

It was Louie Prima, obviously.

[@BSmith8181]

I don't know who's cheaper..... Mr. Krabs or Captain Huffenpuf

[@Golemoid]

i don't think spongebob or squidward make 10 cents a year, so this guy wins

[@fennerguyreloaded]

3:08 Scooby Doo

[@andydensmore5293]

If anyone.could do a remake of this cartoon.script for a arthur cartoon for arthur season19in this one arthur and his frends are pretending they are the seven what nots and Beany and Cecil

[@shawnmalone9711]

Andy Densmore

[@glitch-pr3nr]

Screw loose La Trec

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

Certainly Mr. Krabs isn't the first.

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

They should've (instead of the one that put Squidward in the role).

[@Cartoonkal]

Lost Wages XD

[@khtyson1]

A brand new shinny nickel.

[@deadytchannelbye1191]

A brand new shinny nickel?! Thank you uncle scrooge, I mean, uncle captin

[@andydensmore5293]

Arthur season18should have a remake of so what and the seven what nots Beany and Ceci episode141062with look a likes of arthur and sue Ellen and Ladonna and bud

[@dreamingdigitaldork]

1:51 Im hurring Im hurring Slut. SLLUUTTT!!

[@kathleenbyrnedalton]

That's So What, not Slut

[@avremirine8986]

3:26

[@Rgoid]

Elfis= Elvis, of course.

[@ertznay]

@AlmightyToonGod Lili St. Cyr a popular stripper in the 1930s.

[@champstatus41]

Game Grumps!

[@Melscartoons]

Game grumps

[@EricFarmer01]

Beany never seems to be part of the plot tho.

[@ul7185]

Various Funny Cartoons from The Bozo Show

[@ACDZ123]

Elfis 🤦

[@allanegleston4931]

thank you uncle scrooge . hear . hear. Hee hee lost wages Bit outdated as most of those people are gone But punishing nevertheless