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This article is about the 1967 Rankin/Bass television special. For the song the special is named after, see Cricket on the Hearth (song).

“	I suppose, I had never seen a happy room. And in there, in the corner, was the nicest little hearth you could ever hope for.	”
— Cricket Crocket looking at a room inside of the toy shop.

Cricket on the Hearth is a Christmas special produced by Rankin/Bass, and it is suggested by the book of the same name by Charles Dickens. It premiered on NBC on December 18, 1967, as an installment of The Danny Thomas Hour.^[1]

Synopsis

The special begins in England where the chorus sings the title song. Our main character, Cricket Crocket, goes inside to warm up and tells us how he became a part of his human family.

Vlcsnap-2019-02-09-16h26m11s194 — Caleb offering the cricket to stay with him and Bertha.

It was springtime and he was looking for a proper family to "adopt". Just then, he spots a toy shop and meets its owner, Caleb Plummer. Caleb suggests to him if he could stay with him and his family for a little while, and Cricket accepts his hospitality.

Cricket enters and sees Caleb's daughter, Bertha weeping as she hugs her fiance, Edward. Edward is a sailor in the Royal Navy and must leave for a voyage lasting several years. The two share a tearful farewell and Bertha promises to always be faithful to him ("Don't Give Your Love Away"). Later, Caleb and Bertha, with some help from Cricket, build some toys. Bertha sings "Smiles Go With Tears". Once she's done, Jeremiah Bleak drops in to inform the family that Edward has died at sea. The shocking news makes Bertha suddenly and inexplicably go blind. Caleb does all he can to make Bertha feel better, but nothing works. He hires doctors to try to cure her blindness but they cannot. Caleb loses his passion for work and takes out loan after loan. When he's unable to pay the mortgage, he has no choice but to pack up and leave.

Caleb, with Cricket and Bertha, try to find a bit of work. As he's about to give up, Cricket spies a toy shop in need of employment ("Through My Eyes"). Caleb meets the greedy toyshop owner Tackleton and his pet crow Uriah and urges him for a job. Tackleton signs on Caleb and tells him that he can sleep on the premises and eat leftovers but won't be paid. Caleb also learns he's the only toymaker working for Tackleton and must do quadruple the usual workload on his own. In their new home, Caleb pretends they're living with other workers and that their situation isn't quite so grim so as to not worry Bertha.

Cricket meeting Uriah Caw, Tackleton's pet crow.

Later that night, as Caleb and Bertha are sleeping, Uriah appears to chase Cricket around and tries to eat him, until Tackleton calls him back to his cage. The next day is the week before Christmas. Caleb starts to work night and day to keep up with the demands of the season and Tackleton's penny-pinching orders. Two days before Christmas, Caleb bumps into an old man who is really Edward in disguise. Caleb invites him to come home with them, and Bertha is surprised when this supposed stranger knows her name. Caleb declares that they are all one family, and that Christmas is a time for mankind to come together ("The First Christmas").

Tacklton gives Caleb and Bertha a Christmas Bonus — Tackleton giving Caleb and Bertha a Christmas bonus.

On Christmas Eve, the trio builds toys until Tackleton and Uriah stop by to give them a Christmas bonus of a few shillings. What Tackleton really wants, however, is to make Bertha his wife. He gives her an hour to think it over. Bertha, unaware of Tackleton's true nature and age, is honored, though Caleb initially refuses since he still sees her as just a child. She tells Caleb that he must accept the fact that she is grown-up now ("That Was Yesterday"). Edward arrives intending to finally tell Bertha the truth about him, but Bertha happily tells him that she's decided to marry Tackleton. Edward leaves in heartbreak.

Cricket is determined that Bertha doesn't yes to Tackleton's proposal, so he calls on his friends to sabotage her meeting with him. After it ends with Tackleton running out sneezing (as Cricket put black pepper in his tea), Tackleton orders Uriah to get rid of the cricket by any means necessary. Uriah goes to an animal bar down by the docks and meets his associates, a dog and monkey named Strangler and Slink. They listen to a cat named Moll sing "Fish and Chips".

After the song, they go over plans to eliminate Cricket. Slink proposes an alternate solution to killing him: they can capture him and sell him to a sea captain who's keen on capturing and selling crickets for their luck. Uriah, Strangler, and Slink kidnap Cricket and bring him to the captain's ship in a cage. The captain, however, shoots them and sets sail to China, intending to sell Cricket Crocket there for a pretty price.

The sea captain talks to the cricket — "You'll fetch a pretty price, you will."

Eager to return home to his family, Cricket plays dead and successfully tricks the captain into throwing him out of the boat. He makes his way back to land with the help of a whale, a pelican, and various helpful fish.

When Cricket finally makes it back to the toyshop, it's midnight. The toys start to come alive, which they can only do on Christmas Eve when there are no people present (they inform Cricket Crocket that crickets don't count). Cricket asks for their help in preventing Bertha's marriage to Tackleton, which they agree to since Bertha and her father have looked after them so well. They take Cricket to Edward, who is sleeping outside, and remove his disguise. The toy elephant explains that Edward didn't drown when his ship went down. He built himself a raft, sailed to an uncharted island, and lived there for two years before a whaler found him and brought him back to England.

Edward wakes up and Cricket demands to know why he never told Bertha and Caleb who he was. Edward says he came directly to Bertha once he returned home, but blamed himself for her sudden blindness. He felt guilty stepping back into her life after what he feels he did to her, so he adopted the disguise so he could still Bertha with her without anyone knowing. He finally gathered up the courage to tell her the truth, only to see how happy she was when Tackleton proposed to her and decided not to take that happiness away from her. He came back tonight to have one last look at Bertha before she is married. Cricket insists that Bertha will be happy that he's alive and wakes her. Just as Cricket said, she is thrilled to find Edward again and the two are married right away.

Caleb tells the cricket that he was the luckiest thing.

On Christmas morning, Tackleton is shocked to see Bertha has already been wed to Edward. He cries over how nobody loves him, but Bertha tells him that there will always be a place in her heart for him. Tackleton is suddenly moved by Bertha's kindness and happily changes his ways. Caleb tells Cricket that he was the luckiest thing that ever happened to anyone.

Songs

Title	Performed by
"Cricket on the Hearth"	Danny Thomas The Norman Luboff Chorus
"Don't Give Your Love Away"	Ed Ames
"Smiles Go With Tears"	Marlo Thomas
"Through My Eyes"	Danny Thomas
"The First Christmas"	Danny Thomas The Norman Luboff Chorus
"That Was Yesterday"	Marlo Thomas
"Fish and Chips"	Abbe Lane
"Through My Eyes (Reprise)"	Ed Ames
"Medley: Cricket on the Hearth/The First Christmas"	Danny Thomas The Norman Luboff Chorus

Availability

As of 2016, the special is currently owned by NBC Universal, who obtained all rights to the pre-1973 Rankin/Bass library when they purchased Classic Media's parent company, DreamWorks Animation, in April 2016.

The special was distributed on home video by Sony Wonder in 1998 and 2006, by Genius Products in 2007 and 2009, and by Universal Pictures Home Entertainment in 2019. Prior to getting its own individual Blu-ray release in 2019, it was also included in Universal's Original Christmas Classics Deluxe Edition Blu-ray and DVD sets in 2018, sharing a disc with The Little Drummer Boy.

Edits

On Freeform's airing of the special, some scenes were sometimes cut for time. Caleb's song, "Through My Eyes" and Bertha's second song "That Was Yesterday" were shortened as well. Also, while the first bookend segment was still kept, while shortened, the other one in the end was cut entirely to go straight to the credits.

Cast

Voice actor/actress	Character(s)
Danny Thomas	Caleb Plummer (animation) Himself (live-action bookends)
Marlo Thomas	Bertha Plummer
Ed Ames	Edward Benton
Abbe Lane	Moll
Roddy McDowall	Cricket Crocket
Hans Conreid	Tackleton
Paul Frees	Jeremiah Bleak Money Lender Uriah Caw Dog Strangler Slink Captain Toy Elephant Rocking Horse
The Norman Luboff Chorus	Themselves

Gallery

References

↑ The Enchanted World of Rankin/Bass, by Rick Goldschmidt. 1997, Miser Bros. Press.

External links

Cricket on the Hearth (1967) at the Internet Movie Database
Cricket on the Hearth (1967) at the Big Cartoon DataBase
Platypus Comix's review

Rankin/Bass

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer • Cricket on the Hearth • The Little Drummer Boy • Frosty the Snowman • Santa Claus is Comin' to Town • "A Christmas Tree" • 'Twas the Night Before Christmas • The Year Without a Santa Claus • The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow • Frosty's Winter Wonderland • Rudolph's Shiny New Year • The Little Drummer Boy, Book II • Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey • The Stingiest Man in Town • Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July • Jack Frost • Pinocchio's Christmas • The Leprechauns' Christmas Gold • The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus • Santa, Baby!

[1] The Enchanted World of Rankin/Bass, by Rick Goldschmidt. 1997, Miser Bros. Press.

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-'''''Cricket on the Hearth''''' is a [[Christmas]] special produced by [[Rankin/Bass]], and it is suggested by the original story of the same name by [[Charles Dickens]]. It premiered on {{w|NBC}} on December 18, 1967, as an installment of ''The Danny Thomas Hour''.<ref>''The Enchanted World of Rankin/Bass'', by Rick Goldschmidt. 1997, Miser Bros. Press.</ref>
+'''''Cricket on the Hearth''''' is a [[Christmas]] special produced by [[Rankin/Bass]], and it is suggested by the book of the same name by [[Charles Dickens]]. It premiered on {{w|NBC}} on December 18, 1967, as an installment of ''[[:wikipedia:The Danny Thomas Hour|The Danny Thomas Hour]]''.<ref>''The Enchanted World of Rankin/Bass'', by Rick Goldschmidt. 1997, Miser Bros. Press.</ref>
 ==Synopsis==
 The special begins in England where the chorus sings the title song. Our main character, [[Cricket Crocket]], goes inside to warm up and tells us how he became a part of his human family.
 [[File:Vlcsnap-2019-02-09-16h26m11s194.png|thumb|250px|Caleb offering the cricket to stay with him and Bertha.]]
-It was springtime and he was looking for a proper family to "adopt". Just then, he spots a toy shop and meets its owner, Caleb Plummer. Caleb suggests to him if he could stay with him and his family for a little while, and Cricket accepts his hospitality.
+It was springtime and he was looking for a proper family to "adopt". Just then, he spots a toy shop and meets its owner, [[Caleb Plummer]]. Caleb suggests to him if he could stay with him and his family for a little while, and Cricket accepts his hospitality.
-Cricket enters and sees Caleb's daughter, [[Bertha Plummer|Bertha]] weeping as she hugs her fiance, [[Edward Benton|Edward]]. Edward is a sailor in the Royal Navy and must leave for a voyage lasting several years. The two share a tearful farewell and Bertha promises to always be faithful to him ("Don't Give Your Love Away"). Later, Caleb and Bertha, with some help from Cricket, build some toys. Bertha sings "[[Smiles Go With Tears]]". Once she's done, Jeremiah Bleak drops in to inform the family that Edward has died at sea. The shocking news makes Bertha suddenly and inexplicably go blind. Caleb does all he can to make Bertha feel better, but nothing works. He hires doctors to try to cure her blindness but they cannot. Caleb loses his passion for work and takes out loan after loan. When he's unable to pay the mortgage, he has no choice but to pack up and leave.
+Cricket enters and sees Caleb's daughter, [[Bertha Plummer|Bertha]] weeping as she hugs her fiance, [[Edward Benton|Edward]]. Edward is a sailor in the Royal Navy and must leave for a voyage lasting several years. The two share a tearful farewell and Bertha promises to always be faithful to him ("Don't Give Your Love Away"). Later, Caleb and Bertha, with some help from Cricket, build some toys. Bertha sings "[[Smiles Go With Tears]]". Once she's done, [[Jeremiah Bleak]] drops in to inform the family that Edward has died at sea. The shocking news makes Bertha suddenly and inexplicably go blind. Caleb does all he can to make Bertha feel better, but nothing works. He hires doctors to try to cure her blindness but they cannot. Caleb loses his passion for work and takes out loan after loan. When he's unable to pay the mortgage, he has no choice but to pack up and leave.
-Caleb, with Cricket and Bertha, try to find a bit of work. As he's about to give up, Cricket spies a toy shop in need of employment ("Through My Eyes"). Caleb meets the greedy toyshop owner Tackleton and his pet crow [[Uriah Caw|Uriah]] and urges him for a job. Tackleton signs on Caleb and tells him that he can sleep on the premises and eat leftovers but won't be paid. Caleb also learns he's the only toymaker working for Tackleton and must do quadruple the usual workload on his own. In their new home, Caleb pretends they're living with other workers and that their situation isn't quite so grim so as to not worry Bertha.
+Caleb, with Cricket and Bertha, try to find a bit of work. As he's about to give up, Cricket spies a toy shop in need of employment ("Through My Eyes"). Caleb meets the greedy toyshop owner [[Tackleton]] and his pet crow [[Uriah Caw|Uriah]] and urges him for a job. Tackleton signs on Caleb and tells him that he can sleep on the premises and eat leftovers but won't be paid. Caleb also learns he's the only toymaker working for Tackleton and must do quadruple the usual workload on his own. In their new home, Caleb pretends they're living with other workers and that their situation isn't quite so grim so as to not worry Bertha.
-[[File:Cricket meeting Uriah.png|thumb|250px|The cricket meeting [[Uriah Caw]], Tackleton's crow.]]
+[[File:Cricket meeting Uriah.png|thumb|250px|Cricket meeting [[Uriah Caw]], Tackleton's pet crow.]]
 Later that night, as Caleb and Bertha are sleeping, Uriah appears to chase Cricket around and tries to eat him, until Tackleton calls him back to his cage. The next day is the week before Christmas. Caleb starts to work night and day to keep up with the demands of the season and Tackleton's penny-pinching orders. Two days before Christmas, Caleb bumps into an old man who is really Edward in disguise. Caleb invites him to come home with them, and Bertha is surprised when this supposed stranger knows her name. Caleb declares that they are all one family, and that Christmas is a time for mankind to come together ("The First Christmas").
@@ Line 27: / Line 26: @@
 On Christmas Eve, the trio builds toys until Tackleton and Uriah stop by to give them a Christmas bonus of a few shillings. What Tackleton really wants, however, is to make Bertha his wife. He gives her an hour to think it over. Bertha, unaware of Tackleton's true nature and age, is honored, though Caleb initially refuses since he still sees her as just a child. She tells Caleb that he must accept the fact that she is grown-up now ("That Was Yesterday"). Edward arrives intending to finally tell Bertha the truth about him, but Bertha happily tells him that she's decided to marry Tackleton. Edward leaves in heartbreak.
-Cricket is determined that Bertha doesn't yes to Tackleton's proposal, so he calls on his friends to sabotage her meeting with him. After it ends with Tackleton running out sneezing (as Cricket put black pepper in his tea), Tackleton orders Uriah to get rid of the cricket by any means necessary. Uriah goes to an animal bar down by the docks and meets his associates, a dog and monkey named Strangler and Slink. They listen to a cat named Moll sing "[[Fish and Chips]]".
+Cricket is determined that Bertha doesn't yes to Tackleton's proposal, so he calls on his friends to sabotage her meeting with him. After it ends with Tackleton running out sneezing (as Cricket put black pepper in his tea), Tackleton orders Uriah to get rid of the cricket by any means necessary. Uriah goes to an animal bar down by the docks and meets his associates, a dog and monkey named Strangler and Slink. They listen to a cat named [[Moll]] sing "[[Fish and Chips]]".
-After the song, they go over plans to eliminate Cricket. Slink proposes an alternate solution to killing him: they can capture him and sell him to a sea captain who's keen on capturing and selling crickets for their luck. Uriah, Strangler, and Slink kidnap Cricket and bring him to the captain's ship in a cage. The captain, however, shoots them and sets sail to China, intending to sell Cricket Crocket there for a pretty price.[[File:The sea captain talks to the cricket.png|thumb|250px|"You'll fetch a pretty price, you will."]]
+After the song, they go over plans to eliminate Cricket. Slink proposes an alternate solution to killing him: they can capture him and sell him to a sea captain who's keen on capturing and selling crickets for their luck. Uriah, Strangler, and Slink kidnap Cricket and bring him to the captain's ship in a cage. The captain, however, shoots them and sets sail to China, intending to sell Cricket Crocket there for a pretty price.
+[[File:The sea captain talks to the cricket.png|thumb|250px|"You'll fetch a pretty price, you will."]]
 Eager to return home to his family, Cricket plays dead and successfully tricks the captain into throwing him out of the boat. He makes his way back to land with the help of a whale, a pelican, and various helpful fish.
@@ Line 57: / Line 58: @@
 |"[[Fish and Chips]]" || Abbe Lane
 |-
-|"[[Through My Eyes|Through My Eyes (Reprise)]]" || Danny Thomas
+|"[[Through My Eyes|Through My Eyes (Reprise)]]" || Ed Ames
 |-
 |"Medley: [[Cricket on the Hearth (song)|Cricket on the Hearth]]/[[The First Christmas (song)|The First Christmas]]" || Danny Thomas<br />The Norman Luboff Chorus
 |}
+==Availability==
+As of 2016, the special is currently owned by {{W|NBC Universal}}, who obtained all rights to the pre-1973 Rankin/Bass library when they purchased Classic Media's parent company, {{W|DreamWorks Animation}}, in April 2016.
+The special was distributed on home video by Sony Wonder in 1998 and 2006, by Genius Products in 2007 and 2009, and by Universal Pictures Home Entertainment in 2019. Prior to getting its own individual Blu-ray release in 2019, it was also included in Universal's ''Original Christmas Classics Deluxe Edition'' Blu-ray and DVD sets in 2018, sharing a disc with ''[[The Little Drummer Boy (Rankin/Bass)|The Little Drummer Boy]]''.
+<gallery widths=200 bordersize=none spacing=small>
+CriketOnTheHearth VHS 1998.jpg|{{GNH|VHS|Golden Books Family Entertainment/Sony Wonder<br>September 1, 1998}}
+CriketOnTheHearth DVD 2006.jpg|{{GNH|DVD|Sony Wonder/Classic Media<br>September 5, 2006}}
+CriketOnTheHearth DVD 2007.jpg|{{GNH|DVD|Genius Products/Classic Media<br>September 4, 2007}}
+CricketOnTheHeartAndLittleDrummerBoyDVD.jpg|{{GNH|''Holiday Double Feature'' DVD|Genius Products/Classic Media<br>August 18, 2009}}
+Cricket on the Hearth DVD 2019.jpg|{{GNH|DVD|Universal Pictures Home Entertainment/Classic Media<br>November 5, 2019}}
+Cricket on the Hearth Blu-ray 2019.jpg|{{GNH|Blu-ray|Universal Pictures Home Entertainment/Classic Media<br>November 19, 2019}}
+</gallery>
+==Edits==
+*On [[Freeform]]'s airing of the special, some scenes were sometimes cut for time. Caleb's song, "[[Through My Eyes]]" and Bertha's second song "[[That Was Yesterday]]" were shortened as well. Also, while the first bookend segment was still kept, while shortened, the other one in the end was cut entirely to go straight to the credits.
 ==Cast==
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 !Voice actor/actress !! Character(s)
 |-valign=top
-|{{w|Danny Thomas}} || Caleb Plummer {{s|(animation)}}<br />Himself {{s|(live-action bookends)}}
+|{{w|Danny Thomas}} || [[Caleb Plummer]] {{s|(animation)}}<br />Himself {{s|(live-action bookends)}}
 |-
 |{{w|Marlo Thomas}} || [[Bertha Plummer]]
@@ Line 72: / Line 90: @@
 |{{w|Ed Ames}} || [[Edward Benton]]
 |-
-|{{w|Abbe Lane}} || Moll
+|{{w|Abbe Lane}} || [[Moll]]
 |-
 |{{w|Roddy McDowall}} || [[Cricket Crocket]]
 |-
-|{{w|Hans Conreid}} || Tackleton
+|{{w|Hans Conreid}} || [[Tackleton]]
 |-valign=top
-|[[Paul Frees]] || Jeremiah Bleak<br />Money Lender<br />[[Uriah Caw]]<br />Dog<br />Strangler<br />Slink<br />Captain<br />Toy Elephant<br />Rocking Horse
+|[[Paul Frees]] || [[Jeremiah Bleak]]<br />Money Lender<br />[[Uriah Caw]]<br />Dog<br />Strangler<br />Slink<br />Captain<br />Toy Elephant<br />Rocking Horse
 |-
-|{{w|Norman Luboff|The Norman Luboff Chorus}} || Themselves
+|{{w|Norman Luboff|The Norman Luboff Chorus}}||Themselves
 |}
-==Availability==
-As of 2019, the special is currently owned by {{W|NBC Universal}}, who obtained all rights to the pre-1973 Rankin/Bass library when they purchased Classic Media's parent company, {{W|DreamWorks Animation}}, in April 2016.
-The special was distributed on home video by Sony Wonder in 1998 and 2006, by Genius Products in 2007 and 2009, and by Universal Pictures Home Entertainment in 2019. Prior to getting its own individual Blu-ray release in 2019, it was also included in Universal's ''Original Christmas Classics Deluxe Edition'' Blu-ray and DVD sets in 2018, sharing a disc with ''[[The Little Drummer Boy (Rankin/Bass)|The Little Drummer Boy]]''.
-<gallery widths=200 bordersize=none spacing=small>
-CriketOnTheHearth VHS 1998.jpg|{{GNH|VHS|Golden Books Family Entertainment/Sony Wonder<br>September 1, 1998}}
-CriketOnTheHearth DVD 2006.jpg|{{GNH|DVD|Sony Wonder/Classic Media<br>September 5, 2006}}
-CriketOnTheHearth DVD 2007.jpg|{{GNH|DVD|Genius Products/Classic Media<br>September 4, 2007}}
-CricketOnTheHeartAndLittleDrummerBoyDVD.jpg|{{GNH|''Holiday Double Feature'' DVD|Genius Products/Classic Media<br>August 18, 2009}}
-Cricket on the Hearth Blu-ray 2019.jpg|{{GNH|Blu-ray|Universal Pictures Home Entertainment/Classic Media<br>November 19, 2019}}
-Cricket on the Hearth DVD 2019.jpg|{{GNH|DVD|Universal Pictures Home Entertainment/Classic Media<br>November 5, 2019}}
-</gallery>
-==Edits==
-*On [[Freeform]]'s airing of the special, some scenes were sometimes cut for time. Caleb's song, "[[Through My Eyes]]" and Bertha's second song "[[That Was Yesterday]]" were shortened as well. Also, while the first bookend segment was still kept, while shortened, the other one in the end was cut entirely to go straight to the credits.
 ==Gallery==
 <gallery widths=200 spacing=small>
+Title-cricketonthehearth.png|The second title card during the opening credits.
 The cricket as an elder cricket.png|The cricket (as an elder person) looks at us.
 Edward hugging Bertha.png|Edward hugging Bertha.
+Vlcsnap-2018-12-28-15h32m02s694.png
 Bertha starts to cry.png|Bertha starts crying.
+AA0862AB-8A10-4C2C-A0B7-B0A56176B964.jpeg
 The cricket and Caleb laugh.png
 Bertha covering her eyes.png
@@ Line 112: / Line 116: @@
 Caleb at Tackleton's office.png
 Caleb, the cricket, and Bertha at the new home.png|Caleb, the cricket, and Bertha at the new home.
+Vlcsnap-2018-12-28-15h36m10s805.png
 Caleb and Bertha sleeping.png|Caleb and Bertha sleeping.
 The cricket in pajamas.png
@@ Line 119: / Line 124: @@
 Edward and the Plummers have tea.png
 vlcsnap-2019-02-09-17h08m12s779.png|Caleb hugging his daughter.
+Vlcsnap-2018-12-28-15h38m22s840.png
 The trio making toys.png|The trio making toys.
+Vlcsnap-2018-12-28-15h40m00s411.png
 The cricket with the trio.png|The cricket calls one of his mates.
 Uriah with Strangler and Slink.png
 The cricket sits down.png
 The cricket gets captured.png|The trio finally found the cricket.
-Uriah,_Slink,_and_Strangler_capture_Cricket.png
+Uriah, Slink, and Strangler capture Cricket.png
 Slink puts the cricket in the cage.png|Slink putting the tangled cricket in the cage.
 Where's our pay.png|"Now, where's our pay?"
@@ Line 134: / Line 141: @@
 The toys come to life.png|The toys come to life.
 The toys help the cricket.png|The toys help the cricket get to Edward.
-That is not an old man, that's.png|"That is not an old man, that's..."
+That is not an old man, that's.png|"That is not an old man, that's…"
-Edward Belton.png|"...Edward Benton!"
+Edward Belton.png|"…Edward Benton!"
 Cricket Crockett's on to you.png|"Cricket Crocket's on to you!"
 Cricket wakes Bertha up.png|The cricket waking Bertha up.
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 ==External links==
 *{{imdb title|0387954}}
+*{{bcdb title|54936|Cricket on the Hearth (1967)}}
 *[http://www.platypuscomix.net/hollywood/misfits/misfit46.html Platypus Comix's review]
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 [[Category:Classic Media]]
 [[Category:Originally aired on NBC]]
-[[Category:Films and specials based on books]]
+[[Category:Based on books]]
 [[Category:Musicals]]
 [[Category:1967 releases]]
+[[Category:Golden Books Family Entertainment]]
+[[Category:Sony Wonder]]