The Electric Company – “Hey Diddle Diddle”

Original Air Date: early 1970’s

Directed by: Jim Simon

Synopsis: A group of cool animated cats sing a jazzy song featuring double D’s.

Cartoon Cats: A heavy-set cat plays the piano and sings the song Hey Diddle Diddle about a cat on a fiddle. He is accompanied by two beautiful female cat backup singers with bushy tails.

The Electric Company - Hey Diddle Diddle - jazzy cartoon cats in band playing and singing

The cat playing the fiddle is thin and blue and plays along with the song.

The Electric Company - Hey Diddle Diddle - jazzy cartoon cats in band playing and singing
The Electric Company - Hey Diddle Diddle - jazzy cartoon cats in band playing and singing
The Electric Company - Hey Diddle Diddle - jazzy cartoon cats in band playing and singing

The short was produced for the children’s educational series The Electric Company by Jim Simon, who created Wantu Animation, Inc., a studio which produced many entertaining shorts for series such as Sesame Street and Vegetable Soup.

The Electric Company - Hey Diddle Diddle - jazzy cartoon cats in band playing and singing
The Electric Company - Hey Diddle Diddle - jazzy cartoon cats in band playing and singing
The Electric Company - Hey Diddle Diddle - jazzy cartoon cats in band playing and singing

Final Mewsings: There were some cool cats working on kids’ shows back in the 70’s!

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