Squid on the Skids

"Squid on the Skids" is the eighth episode of Squiddly Diddly season one, and came as a segment of The Secret Squirrel Show. It aired on November 20, 1965 on ABC. It was written by Tony Benedict and Dalton Sandifer, and produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the founders of Hanna-Barbera.

Squiddly vies for the affections of a female squid, whose name he never learns.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#clear"| Squiddly Diddly
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Paul Frees
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Chief Winchley
 * style="background-color:#clear"| John Stephenson
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Chief Winchley
 * style="background-color:#clear"| John Stephenson

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * Bubbleland

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: November 20, 1965 on ABC

Music

 * 0:00 - Squiddly Diddly main title theme (Hoyt Curtin)

Behind the scenes

 * Floyd Bridges from "Sea Grunt" is mentioned.

Home availability

 * In the United Kingdom:
 * June 10, 1985: The Video Collection releases Squiddly Diddly on VHS.
 * November 3, 1986: The Video Collection releases Squiddly Diddly on VHS.
 * In the United States:
 * November 3, 2015: Warner Archive Collection releases The Secret Squirrel Show: The Complete Series on DVD.