Jewel Finger

For the character himself, see Jewel Finger (character).

Jewel Finger
Premiere date	October 8, 1966
Starring	Paul Frees
Music composed by	Ted Nichols
Writer(s)	Tony Benedict Dalton Sandifer
Director(s)	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
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"Jewel Finger" is the fifth episode of Squiddly Diddly season two, and the twenty-fifth overall, which came as a segment of The Secret Squirrel Show. It aired on October 8, 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 accidentally swallows a priceless pearl necklace hidden by a thief at Bubbleland.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Newsboy	Unavailable
Jewel Finger	Unavailable
Little boy	Unavailable
Squiddly Diddly	Paul Frees
Lieutenant	Unavailable
Jewel Finger	John Stephenson
Shark	Unavailable

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Bubbleland
    • Jewel store

Objects

• Earl of Searle Pearls

Vehicles

• None

Music

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

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: October 8, 1966 on NBC

Behind the scenes

• Chief Winchley is conspicuously absent.

Errors

• The newsboy hardly sounds like a boy.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
French	Le Voleur	The Thief
Portuguese	So Vale Quem Tem	Only Those Who Have It Are Worth It
Spanish	Dedos de Seda	Silk Fingers

Home availability

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