The Uninvited Pests.

Hey kids (of all ages), it's Saturday Morning Cartoon time again!

Continuing with HECKLE & JECKLE, Terrytoons' second most popular characters after MIGHTY MOUSE, whose theatrical shorts were showcased in one of the first network Saturday Morning Cartoon shows starting in the mid 1950s.

In their prototype cartoon (featured here last week), THE TALKING MAGPIES were introduced as a bickering married couple. This is their proper introduction from later the same year (1946), with the duo now both male, and no contention between them. Their names are not established in this picture, other than "Joe", which is likely just slang. Their visual design is fully recognizable already. But their voices are not established. Both characters use the wiseguy accent that would later be Heckle's through most of the short, then they both playfully effect a sort of British accent, which would be Jeckle's in future cartoons, at the end.

Paul Terry's oldest character, Farmer Alfalfa returns to try to cope with the revamped magpies. His Dimwit dog sidekick in this and the previous outing would go on to be the magpies' primary foil in their future adventures.

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