History Series / MrSquiggle

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Bill Steamshovel disappeared without any explanation when the show returned to it's original 5 minute format in the early 1990's.
* {{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.
* CreatorCatchphrase:

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* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Bill Steamshovel disappeared without any explanation when the show returned to it's original 5 minute format in the early 1990's.
* {{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.

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 [[Creator/TheABC ABC]]'s ''Children's TV Club'' before getting his own ([[MorePopularSpinoff 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.

Apart from his LovelyAssistant, Mr Squiggle also had acquaintances in [[GrumpyBear Blackboard]] (whom he always used as an easel, often prompting a disgruntled [[CatchPhrase "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 [[SoUnfunnyItsFunny bad jokes]] and blew steam out of his nose whenever he laughed) and Doormat (who was, erm... [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a doormat]]).

* GrumpyBear / SourSupporter: The ever-grumpy Blackboard and Gus.

* NiceShoes: Squiggle's cute little elfin shoes.

* NiceHat: Squiggle's tall hat, which concealed the string used to hold him upright. Also, the tip of the hat - which was never seen onscreen - was used as the handle for his human operator to move the head in order to for Mr Squiggle to draw with his nose.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Squiggle.

The show aired its final episode on July 8, 1999 -- just a week after its 40th birthday. Though Mr Squiggle made the odd [[TheCameo cameo]] on television during the TurnOfTheMillennium, any hope of there being a {{revival}} was dashed when Mr Squiggle's creator and performer, Norman Hetherington, [[AuthorExistenceFailure died in December 2010 at the age of 89]].

* {{Catchphrase}}: After Squiggle had finished his drawing and wanted his assistant to turn it 'right side up':
--> "Upside down! Upside down!"

--> "HURRY UP!"
*** Mr Squiggle also frequently changed his mind about the drawings.

* [[LongRunners Long Runner]]: It ran for forty whole years before ending in 1999.

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 [[TheABC ABC]]'s ''Children's TV Club'' before getting his own ([[MorePopularSpinoff 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.

* BowtiesAreCool: Squiggle's attire (including, of course, a bowtie) remained as part of his character for 40 years.

* {{Blooper}}: The show had its fair share of these in its early days when it went out live. Mr Squiggle's longest-running LovelyAssistant, Pat Lovell, once told of an incident where Squiggle's pencil nose fell out, leaving her to place her handkerchief over his face and turn him away from the camera in order to protect children watching from any horrific imagery.

* CreatorCouple: Norman Hetherington's wife Margaret would write the scripts for the show.

* NiceHat: Squiggle's tall hat, which concealed the string used to hold him upright.

Apart from his LovelyAssistant, Mr Squiggle also had acquaintances in [[GrumpyBear Blackboard]] (who he always used as an easel, often prompting a disgruntled [[CatchPhrase "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 [[SoUnfunnyItsFunny bad jokes]] and blew steam out of his nose whenever he laughed) and Doormat (who was, erm... [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a doormat]]).

* HeyItsThatGuy: The comedian and radio announcer Mikey Robins played recurring character Reg Linchpin in 1989 and 1990.

* {{Blooper}}: The show had its fair share of these in its early days when it went out live. Mr Squiggle's longest-running LovelyAssistant, Pat Lovell, once told of an incident where Squiggle's pencil nose fell out, leaving her to place her handkerchief over his face and turn him away from the camera in order to protect children watching from any NightmareFuel.

* GrumpyBear / SourSupporter: The ever-grumpy Blackboard.

* 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 StoryArc 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 StoryArc was added in 1995, where Rebecca became shipwrecked on a desert island with Mr Squiggle and Blackboard coming by for the occasional squiggle.

* BowtiesAreCool: Squiggle's attire (including, of course, a bowtie) remained as art of his character for 40 years.

The character of Mr Squiggle was a man from the moon who would come down in a rocket at the beginning of each each episode. After greeting his ([[AlwaysFemale always]] [[LovelyAssistant female]]) offsider, he would examine pictures made of random squiggles [[OfficialFanSubmittedContent 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!

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 [[TheABC ABC]]'s ''Children's TV Club'' before getting his own ([[MorePopularSpinoff evidently more popular]]) {{spinoff}} which started airing in 1959.

Apart from his LovelyAssistant, Mr Squiggle also had acquaintances in [[GrumpyBear Blackboard]] (who he always used as an easel, often prompting a disgruntled [[CatchPhrase "HURRY UP!"]]), Gus the Snail (who initially had a TV for a shell, but later had a flower pot) and Bill the Steam Shovel (who often told [[SoUnfunnyItsFunny bad jokes]] and blew steam out of his nose whenever he laughed).

* {{Blooper}}: The show had its fair share of these in its early days when it went out live. Mr Squiggle's original LovelyAssistant, Pat Lovell, once told of an incident where Squiggle's pencil nose fell out, leaving her to place her handkerchief over his face and turn him away from the camera in order to protect children watching from any NightmareFuel.

* HeyItsThatGuy: The comedian Mikey Robins played recurring character Reg Linchpin in 1989 and 1990.