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Date: Fri, 21-Feb-86 10:37:17 EST
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[Sinbad the sailor, the bla bla, oh forget it!]

	Does anybody remember the name of this early 60's cartoon?
I honestly cannot remember, and can't find any references in books.

There were three main characters:
	Colonel Bleep - a stick figure with a globe for a head
	(or was it a helmet?) with his feet attached to a wheel
	(or was he permanently mounted to a unicycle?).  He
	seemed to have a nervous tic - he could never stay still,
	his feet would always move (perhaps the unicycle?).

	Squeak - a wood puppet, looked like pinocchio

	Scratch - a caveman

general details:
The program had background music and was narrated.
The characters made sounds, but never spoke.
I vaguely remember the beginning:
	We see Col. Bleep flying with his friends in tow (holding hands)
	"...Colonel Bleep ("doodle doodle doodle doodle best describes his
	sound), Squeak ("squeak squeak" as he pulls his head up and down)
	and Scratch ("scratch scratch" as he scratches his back with
	his club) are going to the island of _____ to ..."

They lived on a crescent shaped island under a glass dome with a door
on the top through which Col. Bleep would fly.

In one episode, Col. Bleep was in front of a classroom full of
creatures just like him.

	Help!  Surely someone must remember this series!
[I remember the series, and stop calling me surely!]

			Jeff 'I was too young for drugs at the time' Skot
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