Jester Minute

Jester Minute
Premiere date	January 1, 1966
Starring	Mel Blanc Paul Frees
Music composed by	Ted Nichols
Writer(s)	Michael Maltese Dalton Sandifer Warren Foster Tony Benedict
Director(s)	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
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"Jester Minute" is the fourteenth episode of Secret Squirrel and Morocco Mole season one, and came as part of The Secret Squirrel Show. It aired on January 1, 1966 on NBC. It was written by Michael Maltese, Dalton Sandifer, Warren Foster, and Tony Benedict, and produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the founders of Hanna-Barbera.

Yellow Pinkie steals a king's crown.

Memorable quotes

Double-Q: Why can't you use the boarding ladder like everybody else?
Secret: We came by torpedo.
Morocco: Yes, we can't afford a submarine on what you pay us.

Yellow Pinkie: Well, that's spacebiz.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
King	Unavailable
Butler	Unavailable
Double-Q	Paul Frees
Sailor agent	Unavailable
Secret Squirrel	Mel Blanc
Morocco Mole	Paul Frees
Lord Rufflebottom	N/A
Lady Rufflebottom	N/A
Yellow Pinkie	Paul Frees
Taxi driver	Unavailable

Organizations

• Super Secret Service
• Yellow Gold Taxi

Locations

• Earth
  • King's palace
  • French Riviera
  • Driftwood
  • Midnight Mountain

Objects

• Crown
• X-ray Reconstructo Slideviewer
• M-1 Ozone Soliderfliter
• El Shrinko Pellet
• Dr. Hyde's Jekyl Juice
• Retracting Rocket Reacher

Vehicles

• Yellow Pinkie's rocket

Music

The music was composed by Ted Nichols.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: January 1, 1966 on NBC

Behind the scenes

• The episode title is a play on "Just a minute."

Errors

• The apostrophe is missing from the jar of Dr. Hyde's Jekyl Juice.

Home availability

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