Heathcliff And The Catillac Cats was
a popular cartoon loved by many. Heathcliff was a big orange striped cat who
went around his neighborhood playing practical jokes on a lot of people. He
tormented his owner, Grandpa, but was friendly to Grandma, and Iggy Nutmeg. When
he wasn't stealing fish from the fish market, he was out on a romantic evening
with his girlfriend Sonja, or outsmarting the neighbor's bulldog Spike.
Heathcliff got his start as a comic strip in the newspaper. He was created by
George Gately and the strip continues to this day. Check out the links section
to see where you can read the Heathcliff comic strip online.
Even though Heathcliff has been in a few different Saturday morning cartoons,
this page focuses on the Monday through Friday syndicated cartoon from 1984 by
DiC Entertainment. Each half hour show consists of two 11 minute episodes, and a
minute long "pet tips" segment at the end of the show. The first episode stars
Heathcliff and the second episode was Cats and Co. about a gang of cats named
the Catillac Cats. Although both episodes take place in the town of Westfinster,
Heathcliff and family never appeared in the Cats and Co. episodes, and Riff Raff
and Cleo never appeared in a Heathcliff episode (possibly due to copyright
reasons between DiC and the McNaught company that owned Heathcliff, although the
characters Hector, Mungo, and Wordsworth appeared in both segments).
The Catillac Cats starred Riff Raff, a short cat who had a tall girlfriend named
Cleo, and a Cadillac car that could change into anything. Riff Raff's friends
included Hector, a Himalayan cat who felt that he should be the boss of the
gang, not Riff Raff. Wordsworth was a white cat who wore headphone and rollar
skates and usually spoke in rhyme, and Mungo, a big dumb purple cat. A dog lived
in the junkyard named Leroy, who felt the cats shouldn't live in the junkyard,
and was often trying to chase them out. Cleo lived in a music store with a hairy
sheepdog named Bush.
Theme Song:
Heathcliff, Heathcliff no one should
Terrify their neighborhood
But Heathcliff just won't be undone
Playing pranks on everyone
There's a race to be on top
The competition doesn't stop
Mixing with the ladies' fair
Being charming, debonair
The gang will reign supreme
And no one can deny
They'll make some history
And always have an alibi
So join in the jubilee
The cats are great, they'll all agree
Find in each calamity
The cats' superiority
Ooooooohhhhhoooohhhhhooooooohh-oh-oh
Ooooooohhhhhoooohhhhhooooooohh-oh-oh
Heathcliff, Heathcliff no one should
Terrify their neighborhood
But Heathcliff just won't be undone
You should realize, he can win it with you
Pics:
Sounds: