Beany and Cecil - Definition and Overview

Beany and Cecil was a cartoon that ran from 1962 to 1967. It was created by Warner Brothers cartoonist Bob Clampett based on the original puppets. It ran in prime time during the 1962 TV season, and the 78 shows were then repeated on Saturday mornings for the next five years. The cartoon featured Beany, a boy, and Cecil the Sea-Sick Sea Serpent.

The puppet origins and the form of Cecil inspired the famous Science Fiction author Larry Niven to invent an important extra-terrestrial race called Pierson's Puppeteer within his Known Space series of novels and short stories.

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