Beany and Cecil is an American animated television series. The cartoon was based on the television puppet show Time for Beany, which Clampett produced for Paramount Pictures. The series was broadcast first as part of the series Matty's Funday Funnies during 1959. It was one of the first three color television series by the ABC television network. In 1988, the show was revived as The New Adventures of Beany & Cecil.