Baby Squidder

Baby Squidder
See? I told you I'd save you, but I'd better find your mommy!
Premiere date	October 15, 1966
Starring	Paul Frees John Stephenson Jean Vander Pyl
Music composed by	Ted Nichols
Writer(s)	Tony Benedict Dalton Sandifer
Director(s)	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
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"Baby Squidder" is the sixth episode of Squiddly Diddly season two, and the twenty-sixth and final overall, which came as a segment of The Secret Squirrel Show. It aired on October 15, 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.

Squiddly has to keep a wandering child safe.

Memorable quotes

Squiddly: What a cute little future president!

Squiddly: From now on, you do your aquatics in the bathtub!

Squiddly: Alright, Ponce de Leon, come on down!

Chief Winchley: Easy on the mustache!

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Chief Winchley	John Stephenson
Kid	Unavailable
Mother	Jean Vander Pyl
Squiddly Diddly	Paul Frees

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Bubbleland

Objects

• Lollipop

Vehicles

• None

Music

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

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: October 15, 1966 on NBC

Behind the scenes

• The title of the episode is a play on "Baby sitter."
• There's a recurring gag of Winchley constantly getting his face stuck to a lollipop.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
French	Squiddly le baby-sitter	Squiddly the Babysitter
Japanese	ぼくが人さらいなんて	I Can't Believe I'm a Kidnapper
Portuguese	Uma Babá de Amargar	A Bitter Babysitter
Spanish	Pulpo Canguro	Kangaroo Octopus

Home availability

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