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Theodore Lee Zeigler (3 June 1926 - 12 December 1999) was a Canadian comic actor.
Hanna-Barbera Works[]
- Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1979 TV series)
- The Little Rascals
- Shirt Tales
- Galtar and the Golden Lance
- Challenge of the GoBots
Biography[]
Ted Zeigler played the character "Johnny Jellybean" on Canadian television in the mid-1960s. It was on CFCF Tv out of Montréal after school and, for a period of time, it also aired at lunchtime. It was a huge hit for children. Zeigler became the third and the last performer to play Johnny Jellybean. He did the show for Canadian kids only.
The two classic routines that Zeigler did on The Johnny Jellybean Show were:
- The "Squawk Box": He continually hit a wooden birdhouse with a hammer. The birdhouse was hanging on a rope. He did this in many episodes until each time it was literally smashed to a few splinters and left hanging. Every time the "Squawk Box" was hit, viewers would hear sounds of gasping, screeches or hacking. Every episode would start off with a new "Squawk Box".
- "Toomey the Duck": Johnny Jellybean would talk and talk to him, and Toomey would quack away like crazy, but you couldn't understand what it was saying at all. Viewers could tell, though, by the way the fake feet were moving, that he was rocking back and forth in a rocking chair.
Ziegler passed away on 12 December 1999.
External Links[]
- Ted Zeigler at the Internet Movie Database