The Ghost is Clear

The Ghost is Clear
Premiere date	January 8, 1966
Run time	6:36
Starring	Paul Frees John Stephenson Jean Vander Pyl Janet Waldo
Music composed by	Ted Nichols
Writer(s)	Tony Benedict Dalton Sandifer
Director(s)	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
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"The Ghost is Clear" is the fifteenth episode of Squiddly Diddly season one, and came as a segment of The Secret Squirrel Show. It aired on January 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 is invited as a special guest at a ghostly kid's birthday party.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Mrs. Spooky	Jean Vander Pyl
Sam Spooky	Unavailable
Wilbur Spooky	Janet Waldo
Squiddly Diddly	Paul Frees
Chief Winchley	John Stephenson
Sam's pet crocodile	Unavailable
Sam's pet bear	Unavailable
Sam's pet gorilla	Unavailable

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Spooky house
    • Bubbleland

Objects

• Birthday cake

Vehicles

• Chief Winchley's bus

Music

• 0:00 - Squiddly Diddly main title theme (Ted Nichols)

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: January 8, 1966 on NBC

Behind the scenes

• The episode title is a play on "The coast is clear." You're welcome.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
French	Le Fantôme	The Ghost
Japanese	お化けの坊や	Spooky Boy
Portuguese	As Voltas com Fantasmas	Getting Around with Ghosts
Spanish	El Fantasma esta claro	The Ghost is Clear

Home availability

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