Robot Squid

Robot Squid
Premiere date	October 1, 1966
Starring	Paul Frees John Stephenson
Music composed by	Ted Nichols
Writer(s)	Tony Benedict Dalton Sandifer
Director(s)	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
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"Robot Squid" is the fourth episode of Squiddly Diddly season two, and the twenty-fourth overall, which came as a segment of The Secret Squirrel Show. It aired on October 1, 1966 on NBC. It was written by Tony Benedict and Dalton Sandifer, and produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the founders of Hanna-Barbera.

Chief Winchley calls Squiddly's bluff about quitting, by replacing him with a robot lookalike.

Memorable quotes

Squiddly: I like my eggs over easy, but this is ridiculous!

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Squiddly Diddly	Paul Frees
Chief Winchley	John Stephenson
Squeaky	Paul Frees

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Bubbleland

Music

• 0:00 - Main title theme (Ted Nichols)

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: September 24, 1966 on NBC

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
French	Le Robot	The Robot
Portuguese	As Voltas Com o Robo	Around with Robot
Spanish	Robo Pulpo	Robot Squid

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • November 3, 2015: Warner Archive Collection releases The Secret Squirrel Show: The Complete Series on DVD.