Squiddly Diddly (segments)

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This article is about the segments. For the main title character, see Squiddly Diddly. For other uses, see Squiddly Diddly.
Squiddly Diddly

Title card of the first episode.
Network NBC
Production company Hanna-Barbera
Original release October 2, 1965-October 15, 1966
Starring Paul Frees
John Stephenson
Producer(s) William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
Music composed by Ted Nichols
Writer(s) Tony Benedict
Dalton Sandifer
Director(s) William Hanna
Joseph Barbera

Squiddly Diddly is a series of animated segments as part of The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show, produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions for NBC's Saturday morning children's programming debuting. It ran from 1965 to 1966, airing 26 episodes that spanned two seasons.

The entire series is available on DVD.

Production

Development

Music

The music was composed by Ted Nichols.

Episodes

Episode Original air date
1x01 October 2, 1965
1x02 October 9, 1965
1x03 October 16, 1965
1x04 October 23, 1965
1x05 October 30, 1965
1x06 November 6, 1965
1x07 November 13, 1965
1x08 November 20, 1965
1x09 November 27, 1965
1x10 December 4, 1965
1x11 December 11, 1965
1x12 December 18, 1965
1x13 December 25, 1965
1x14 January 1, 1966
1x15 January 8, 1966
1x16 January 15, 1966
1x17 January 22, 1966
1x18 January 29, 1966
1x19 February 5, 1966
1x20 February 12, 1966
2x01 September 10, 1966
2x02 September 17, 1966
2x03 September 24, 1966
2x04 October 1, 1966
2x05 October 8, 1966
2x06 October 15, 1966

Release

Dates are in order of release:

Cast

In popular culture

  • In "The Jolly Boys' Outing," the 1989 Christmas special of the British comedy Only Fools and Horses, Del Boy blames Squiddly Diddly as the reason his seafood stall failed, since people don't wanna eat sea creatures they've become fond of.

In other languages

Language Name
Spanish Pulpo Manotas
Japanese タコのロクちゃん (Tako No Roku Chan)
French Squiddly la pieuvre
Brazilian Portuguese Lula Lelé
Dutch Inky de inktvis
Serbian Сима Сипа (Sima Sipa)
Arabic قرينط الشلواش (Qrīnaṭ il-šalwāš)

Merchandise

Home media

References