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From: jeff@abnji.UUCP (jeff)
Newsgroups: net.tv
Subject: kids' tv, mid 60's
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Date: Wed, 20-Mar-85 16:57:44 EST
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Posted: Wed Mar 20 16:57:44 1985
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[This is a genuine question!!!]

	I vaguely remember a cartoon (saturday morning lineup, late 60's)
whose main characters were:
	Col'n Bleep ( a stick figure with a wheel for feet [or was he
		permanently mounted on a unicycle?] and a bubble head)
		He could fly, and made bleeping sounds.

	Squeak: a wood puppet (who moved on his own [a la Pinocchio] and
		squeaked by pulling his head up and down).

	Scratch: a caveman who scratched his back with a club.

The show was narrated since the characters couldn't speak.
They lived on a crescent shaped island under a bubble with a door on the top
	through which Col'n Bleep would fly (towing the others).


	WHAT WAS THIS SHOW?????? DOES ANYONE REMEMBER ANYTHING???

I have a book "KID'S TV - The First 25 years" by Stuart Fischer.
It has some good entries and really jogged my memory on some series, but
I notice many omissions besides the above, such as:
	Battle of the Planets (originally Gatchaman from Japan)
	Speed Racer (also from Japan)
	Astro Boy (also from Japan)
	Kimba The White Lion (also...)
	Courageous Cat (& Minute Mouse)
	Gigantor
	Felix the Cat
	and DODO


I remember the words to DODO were:

DODO the kid from outer space,
DODO can go most anyplace
with antennas on his ears
and propellers on his feet
he's a science fiction pixie from a strange atomic race
DODO the kid from outer space
DODO!!!!!!


Shows like Flipper, Skippy The Bush Kangaroo weren't included, but
the book lists mainly Saturday-morning lineup stuff (so how
did Soupey Sales get included?)
					Happy viewing!

					Jeff 'supercat' Skot
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