(NBC Saturday Mornings, 1963 - 1964) [Hector Heathcote was a lab-coat wearing scientist who created a time machine -- so he proceeded to go back in time and horn in and add his name to history's greatest moments retroactively; (A pretty sneaky way to teach kids U.S. history, if you ask me...) The series was created by Terrytoons in 1959, which first distributed the cartoons theatrically via Twentieth Century- Fox; Then Terrytoons became a division of CBS Films; and Viacom packaged the series for distribution; It was picked up by NBC for two seasons on Saturday Mornings; Each show had two "Heathcote" cartoons, plus one cartoon each of "Hashimoto" (Japanese house mouse) and "Sidney The Elephant"]
[this THEME was based upon and adapted from the traditional U.S. Revolutionary War tune "Yankee Doodle" by Phil Scheib -- who had composed the music for the "Mighty Mouse" THEME Song ("Here I Come To Save The Day")] Adapter/Arranger: Philip A. Scheib (BMI) 1978 Publisher: 2001 Publishers: Ensign Music Corporation (BMI) c/o Famous Music Publishing of Los Angeles, CA; and Viacom Music (BMI) c/o Viacom Intl. Copyright Dept. of Los Angeles Copyright Date: Renewal Date: Recordings: