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Directed by: Chuck Jones
Written by: Chuck Jones
Release date: January 16, 1975
Running time: 30 minutes
Rating: TV-G
Available on: VHS
DVD

Yankee Doodle Cricket is 1975 Independence Day television special, produced, written and directed by Chuck Jones.

Plot[]

The War of Independence has begun, and Tucker the Mouse, Harry the Cat and Chester C. Cricket are indispensable to the American colonies' effort to free themselves from the rule of the despotic English king. Harry and Tucker help Thomas Jefferson write the Declaration of Independence. Chester creates the tune for "Yankee Doodle Dandy." And all the animals--including John and Marsha, the lightning bugs--help Paul Revere spread the message that The British are coming.

Voices[]

  • Les Tremayne - Chester C. Cricket, Harry the Cat, Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, Paul Revere, John
  • Mel Blanc - Tucker R. Mouse, Rattlesnake, Bald Eagle, Drunk
  • June Foray - Marsha, Queen Bee

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