Friday, February 2, 2018

Saturtainment: Heckle & Jeckle meet Quacula (1979)

While Heckle & Jeckle never met Terrytoons stablemate Mighty Mouse, they did meet Filmation's vampire duck, Quacula, in a one-shot crossover.

"Where There's a Will" has Heckle & Jeckle (Frank Welker voices both) learning they've inherited their uncle's mansion, which happens to be home to Quacula (Welker). Let the fun begin!



Part of the reason this is labeled as "very rare" by the poster is because animator Scott Shaw filed suit against Filmation alleging copyright infringement, as he'd created a similar vampire duck for Star*Reach around the same time that Quacula was in production. As a result, "Where There's a Will" and all 16 Quacula shorts are largely out of circulation.

Rating: B+.

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