Inspired by the long running comic strip, the not so finicky feline Heathcliff stars in the 1980 television series "The Heathcliff and Dingbat Show," which is now available for the first time on DVD from The Warner Archive. The series is comprised of 13 episodes on two discs, each featuring four animated shorts, two starring Heathcliff and two starring Dingbat, a vampire dog who works odd jobs with his friends, Nobody and Sparerib. Like the comic strip version, Heathcliff is smart, determined stubborn and consumes a lot of fish in the animated series, which features the voice talents of the legendary Mel Blanc.
Dingbat may not be as familiar as Heathcliff, but is clearly inspired by classic horror movies and television shows. Dingbat has fangs like Dracula, exhibits a familiar accent made famous by Bela Lugosi, and can even turn into a "bat," which is essentially a smaller version of himself with wings. His pal Nobody is a pumpkin who wears sneakers and a baseball cap and appears to be the leader of the trio, which is rounded out by Sparerib, who is a skeleton. Sparerib talks like Curly from The Three Stooges and appears to be simple minded, but also displays talents that help his friends from time to time. The pals drive around in a car that is reminiscent of "The Munsters," their phone is located in a small coffin and a "helping hand" is sometimes seen, sort of like "Thing" from "The Addams Family." Collectively, they are known as Dingbat and the Creeps.
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