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Mr. Squiggle

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Mr. Squiggle	comment	Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })If you were a child that grew up in Australia during the second half of the 20th century, chances are you would have at least heard of one Mr Squiggle. Originally referred to by his full name of "Mr. Jolly Squiggle", he first appeared on the ABC's Children's TV Club before getting his own (evidently more popular) spinoff which started airing in July 1959. Initially the spinoff was intended as a six-week fill-in for another children's show, but the show proved to be so popular (at one point the ABC was getting box-fuls of squiggles from children) that it was back on air that November.The character of Mr Squiggle was a man from the moon who would come down in a rocket at the beginning of each episode. After greeting his (always female) offsider, he would examine pictures made of random squiggles sent in by young children. After doing so, he would make a picture out of those squiggles using his pencil nose. Upon finishing, the picture would be turned the other side up — et voilà — a picture that actually made some sort of sense!Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })Apart from his Lovely Assistant, Mr Squiggle also had acquaintances in Blackboard (whom he always used as an easel, often prompting a disgruntled "HURRY UP!"), Gus the Snail (who initially had a TV for a shell, but later had a flower pot), Bill the Steam Shovel (who often told bad jokes and blew steam out of his nose whenever he laughed) and Doormat (who was, erm... a doormat).The show aired its final episode on July 8, 1999 — just a week after its 40th birthday. Though Mr Squiggle made the odd cameo on television during the Turn of the Millennium, any hope of there being a revival was dashed when Mr Squiggle's creator and performer, Norman Hetherington, died in December 2010 at the age of 89.The entire cast of puppets from the show are now on display at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image in Melbourne.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_3'); })
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Mr. Squiggle / int_21c05222	comment	Long-Runners: It ran for forty whole years before ending in 1999.
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Mr. Squiggle / int_28a7a9cd	type	Sentient Vehicle
Mr. Squiggle / int_28a7a9cd	comment	Sentient Vehicle: Bill the Steam Shovel.
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Mr. Squiggle / int_82688f85	type	Grumpy Bear
Mr. Squiggle / int_82688f85	comment	Grumpy Bear / Sour Supporter: The ever-grumpy Blackboard and Gus.
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Mr. Squiggle / int_b219ac90	comment	Retool: Not too dramatically, but the show's format often changed throughout its lifetime. It was initially a five-minute format when it first aired, then it grew to an hour and a half (with cartoons, songs and the like included). In 1966 it was pared back to 15 minutes and became Squiggle, Pat and Bill. A few years after that it expanded to 30 minutes and was retitled Mr Squiggle and Friends. In 1986 a Story Arc was added, the idea being Mr Squiggle joining Roxanne in an old caravan in Bandywallop where she was waiting for Mr Wallop to fix her car. This arc was dropped 3 years later after Rebecca became the sixth and final presenter, and in 1993 the show reverted to its original 5-minute format. Another Story Arc was added in 1995, where Rebecca became shipwrecked on a desert island with Mr Squiggle and Blackboard coming by for the occasional squiggle.
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Mr. Squiggle / int_c33ba0a8	type	Chuck Cunningham Syndrome
Mr. Squiggle / int_c33ba0a8	comment	Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: Bill Steamshovel disappeared without any explanation when the show returned to it's original 5 minute format in the early 1990's.
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Mr. Squiggle / int_caa28b82	comment	Cloudcuckoolander: Even when he had a duty to make pictures out of children's squiggles, Mr Squiggle often experienced a desire to go on "space walks", leaving his assistant to attempt to calm him down and make him focus on the task at hand. Mr Squiggle also had an unnaturally-keen desire to have his lovely lady assistants to hold his hand.
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Mr. Squiggle / int_e6b5d22f	comment	Catchphrase: After Squiggle had finished his drawing and wanted his assistant to turn it 'right side up': Whenever Blackboard was impatient (which was all the time): Mr Squiggle also frequently changed his mind about the drawings.
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Mr. Squiggle / int_e90b789a	type	Lovely Assistant
Mr. Squiggle / int_e90b789a	comment	Lovely Assistant: Mr Squiggle had many over its long tenure. Miss Gina was the original presenter in 1959, before she was replaced by Miss Pat (1960-1975), then Miss Sue (1975), Miss Jane (1975-1986), Roxanne (1986-1989) and finally Rebecca (Norman and Margaret Hetherington's real-life daughter) (1989-1999).
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Mr. Squiggle / int_ee3ea61e	comment	Fourth-Wall Mail Slot / Official Fan-Submitted Content: Pretty much inherent within the show's concept.
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Mr. Squiggle / int_f6c2f4c6	comment	Overly-Long Tongue: For no obvious reason, Bill the Steam Shovel had a long flapping tongue protruding from his "mouth".
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