(NBC Saturday Mornings, 1963 - 1964)
[Hector Heathcote was a lab-coat wearing scientist who created a
time machine -- so he proceeded to go back in time and horn in
and add his name to history's greatest moments retroactively;
(A pretty sneaky way to teach kids U.S. history, if you ask me...)
The series was created by Terrytoons in 1959, which first
distributed the cartoons theatrically via Twentieth Century-
Fox; Then Terrytoons became a division of CBS Films; and
Viacom packaged the series for distribution;
It was picked up by NBC for two seasons on Saturday Mornings;
Each show had two "Heathcote" cartoons, plus one cartoon each
of "Hashimoto" (Japanese house mouse) and "Sidney The Elephant"]
[this THEME was based upon and adapted from the traditional U.S.
Revolutionary War tune "Yankee Doodle" by Phil Scheib -- who had
composed the music for the "Mighty Mouse" THEME Song ("Here
I Come To Save The Day")]
Adapter/Arranger: Philip A. Scheib (BMI)
1978 Publisher:
2001 Publishers: Ensign Music Corporation (BMI)
c/o Famous Music Publishing
of Los Angeles, CA; and
Viacom Music (BMI)
c/o Viacom Intl. Copyright Dept.
of Los Angeles
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