Time for Beany

Name: Time for Beany
Genre: Family
Released: 1949-02-08
Rating: 8
Cast: Daws Butler, Stan Freberg, Walker Edmiston

TV Series
1949–1954
15m

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8.0/10

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Time for Beany was an American television series, with puppets for characters, which aired locally in Los Angeles starting in 1949 and nationally (via kinescope) on the improvised Paramount ... Read allTime for Beany was an American television series, with puppets for characters, which aired locally in Los Angeles starting in 1949 and nationally (via kinescope) on the improvised Paramount Television Network from 1950 to 1955. It was created by animator Bob Clampett, who later r... Read allTime for Beany was an American television series, with puppets for characters, which aired locally in Los Angeles starting in 1949 and nationally (via kinescope) on the improvised Paramount Television Network from 1950 to 1955. It was created by animator Bob Clampett, who later reused its core characters in the animated Beany and Cecil series. The principal characters... Read all

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IMDb RATING

8.0/10

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Won 3 Primetime Emmys
- 3 wins & 1 nomination total

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It was rumored that Albert Einstein liked it so much, he stopped work every day to watch. He was addressing a group of Nobel prize winners in 1950, and stopped abruptly, telling his audience he had to leave since it was "Time for Beany". Groucho Marx of the Marx Brothers wrote that it was the only show adult enough for his young daughter Melinda to watch. In fact, Groucho even made "Time For Beany" references on his own popular early television program, "You Bet Your Life".

Actor Jimmy Stewart pleaded with Paramount not to change the show's air time so that he would not be forced to miss it. When actor Lionel Barrymore worked on the MGM set, studio head Louis B. Mayer forbade television sets on the lot because he felt they were a threat to the motion picture industry. So, Barrymore was forced to send his chauffeur to a local bar to watch "Time For Beany" and return to report on the plot developments in the puppet show when he wasn't able to see it himself because of the shooting schedule.

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Featured in Natural Vision 3-Dimension (1952)

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Beany Cap

Nobody mentioned the beany cap with the propeller on top.

I never watched the cartoon version, which evidently the boomers liked, but to us war-time babys, the puppet version was a daily must in Los Angeles. Too bad it wasn't Nationwide.

The Beany cap was manufactured and sold in Los Angeles. Kids wore them much the same as the coonskin cap from Davy Crockett show later in the 50's.

I have often wondered if Jim Henson was inspired by this show, especially with his creation of the Cookie Monster, which used the same expressions as Cecil.