Happy Cephalopod Day!
Squiddly Diddly isn’t an icon, but given today is Cephalopod Day, he is getting some love
Called a squid but looks like an octopus
Squids have 10 tentacles, octopus have eight, but Squidly had six legs – four for walking, two others like arms
Lives in an aquatic park called Bubbleland
The bossy antagonist was Bubbleland Administrator Chief Winchley (voice was done by John Stephenson)
Squiddly continually tried to escape so he could use his musical talents to pursue a show business career
Can simultaneously playing a saxophone, a guitar and a set of bongo drums
A short clip of Squiddly encountering the Queen of Hearts
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Created by Hanna Barbera
Seen as a segments on the Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show
Two seasons, 26 episodes (20 the first, six the second)
First episode: Way Out Squiddly; October 2, 1965
Last episode: Baby Squidder; October 15, 1966
Squidly is voiced by Paul Frees
Known in other languages as Lula Lelé (Brazilian Portuguese), El Pulpo Manotas (Spanish), Squiddly la pieuvre ((French), Inky de inktvis (Dutch), Squiddly Diddly (Italian), Squiddly Diddly (German), Tako no Roku chan (Japanese)
Had an LP, Squiddly Diddly’s Surfin’ Surfari (Hanna Barbera Records, 1966)
Squidly appeared in Yogi’s Treasure Hunt, Yo Yogi!, and a MetLife commercial
Enjoy this tribute to Squidly Didley to Octopuss’s Garden, written by Ringo Starr, performed by The Beatles, and released on Abbey Road (1969)
A Frank Angle 