Mr Squiggle

Intro to ABC's "Mr Squiggle" during Miss Jane's era. For More read on...

"Mr. Squiggle was Australia's longest-running children's series, and the name of the title character from that ABC TV show. Mr. Squiggle (the character) was a marionette string puppet with a pencil for a nose who visited his friends from his home on the moon (93 Crater Crescent), flying in his pet rocket (named Rocket). In every episode he would create several pictures from "squiggles" sent in by children from around the country.

Mr. Squiggle was created by Norman Hetherington, and the show first aired on 1 July 1959. Hetherington voiced all the show's puppets, while his wife Margaret wrote the scripts. The last episode went to air just over 40 years later on 9 July 1999.

The show has been presented in many formats, from five minute slots to a one-and-a-half hour variety show featuring other performers, and has had several name changes, originally airing as Mr. Squiggle and Friends. Yet the basic premise of the show remained the same: children wrote in with their "squiggles" and Mr. Squiggle would turn them into a recognisable drawing by connecting lines with his pencil nose. More often than not, the picture would be drawn upside down (Hetherington manipulated the puppet from above by viewing the drawing upside down), and then Mr. Squiggle would chant "Upside down! Upside down!" -- turning the picture the right way up and revealing the completed drawing.

Mr. Squiggle was helped by a human female assistant in all the show's incarnations; they included Miss Gina (Gina Curtis), Miss Pat (Pat Lovell), Miss Jane (Jane Fennell), and later series featured Roxanne (Roxanne Kimmorley) and Rebecca (Rebecca Hetherington, Hetherington's daughter).

Other puppet characters that appeared in the show included:

Blackboard, the grumpy blackboard that Mr. Squiggle would draw upon, whose catchcry was "Hu-rry u-p, hu-rry u-p"
Gus the Snail (who had a TV for a shell and later, a flower pot)
Bill the Steam Shovel" -- (Info direct from wikipedia)

Be sure to check out NormKangaroo's channel for other Mr. Squiggle clips.

Enjoy!

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[ClassicCartoons90s]

Follow this link, ON MY PAGE, it takes you to ABC kids contact box.

Type a message expressing your desire to have the classic 90's cartoons and Childrens programs put back on the ABC.

It's time to get these shows back on the air!

(Australia only)

[jackoejacko]

Have done so mate. Cheers ;)

[swiand8c2]

this was a great show hell funny at the end the guy in the back saying "next slide"

[jackoejacko]

LOL Haha yeh didn't notice that cheers

[pinksparkle161]

i... cant... stop... grinning!!! thanks for posting this!!!

[jackoejacko]

you're welcome mate

[4getfulness16]

Mr. Squiggle rocked! It's so sad that kids shows are rubbish these days :(

[MissMaryanne1]

i used 2 love mr squiggle wat happened to all the classic kids programes

[xxSWORDINATORxx]

FKKK YEERRR, MR SQUGGLE

[Shp00k]

I have been terrified of this my entire life.

I'm currently 17 and don't think I have it in me to watch this.

[jarrod1685]

remember gus the snail

[Dr0fBubbles]

I want to get back the good old shows from when I was young :( What's even worse is I'm not that old and I STILL want these old shows back on the TV screen instead of the new ones they get :(

Little kids these days (cause I still a kid) are missing out on the GOOD shows

[StayHuman]

Captain Squibble - iPhone App

[z120p]

RIP MR. SQUIGGLE :(

[andymate2006]

RIP Norman Hetherington (Mr Squiggle)

[BillORele]

RIP Mr. Squiggle

[superkatie181]

scary shit!!!