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The Nutty Squirrels Present
GenreCartoon series
Directed byJoseph Bernstein
William Hudson
Voices ofAlexander "Sascha" Burland
Don Elliott
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes30 x 30min episodes (USA) 150 shorts (USA) 90 x 6 min shorts (Australia)
Production
Executive producersRobert Bean
Fred Levinson
ProducerJoseph Bernstein
Running time30 min. per combined show, 6 min. each cartoon
Original release
NetworkSyndicated
ReleaseSeptember 1960 (1960-09)

The Nutty Squirrels Present is a 1960 animated television series that was inspired by characters from The Nutty Squirrels hit 1959 novelty record. The series was produced by Transfilm-Wylde Animation, and aired for one season (1960–1961) on first-run syndication in the United States with over 150 six-minute episodes, being formatted originally into 30 half-hour shows.[1]

The original cartoons themselves were purchased from overseas countries like Eastern Europe, by the Russian born, Fima Noveck, the President of Flamingo Telefilm Sales. After the original cartoons arrived in the United States, they would receive a new soundtrack, including English language and music, that would appeal to American children.

Reception

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In his 2019 autobiography, Mr. Know-It-All, John Waters wrote, "I should have told my mother about the Nutty Squirrels. They did jazz and they weren't junkies. This sped-up vocal group who imitated the Chipmunks actually beat them to television with an animated show called The Nutty Squirrels Present, and they looked down on the pop sound of Alvin and his gang. The Nutty Squirrels actually had a big jazz hit with "Uh Oh, Part One and Two," but if you go back and listen to the rest of their discography, you'll be blown away by some of their other riffs. These cats were smoking! If my mom had heard jazz like this at the wrong speed, she might have loved it."[2]

Broadcasting television stations

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United States

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Canada

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Overseas

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Australia

Known in Australia simply as The Nutty Squirrels, the series was first transmitted on Australian television during early 1966, on the ABC. It first featured as part of a series called Cartoon Time, which ran on Saturday afternoons at 5pm. This 40-minute program also consisted of other cartoons, including King Leonardo and His Short Subjects and Felix the Cat.

The Nutty Squirrels cartoon series then made frequent appearances over the years, appearing off and on in 1970 and also during 1972. At the time in Australia, these transmissions were in black and white.

From 1976, the Nutty Squirrels series was again shown, this time in its original color format.

The main transmission of the Nutty Squirrels cartoon series in Australia came in the form of a package of at least 80 x 6 minute episodes. From December 1977, the Nutty Squirrels series was permanently adapted to the 5:30pm weekday timeslot, running Monday through to Friday. During this run, the Nutty Squirrels series ran right through to March 1979.

Through the ABC's facilities in Sydney, the cartoon was relayed and broadcast to all the other Australian state capital cities, plus all the Australian regional areas covered by the ABC.

After broadcast on the ABC, the Nutty Squirrels series, was for a short time, resyndicated to some of Australia's regional commercial television stations. These were mainly in NSW, with the broadcasts occurring during 1981 and 1982.

Episodes

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  1. A barrel of fun
  2. A horse for dinner
  3. A recipe for courage
  4. A Santa visit
  5. A very strange adventure
  6. An old fable
  7. And so on
  8. Animal school
  9. Animals in dreamland
  10. Bad Company
  11. Bear cub at large
  12. Big deal
  13. Big little hero
  14. Brave whistle light
  15. Bullies in a Toyshop
  16. The Cheese Hunters
  17. Chess game in the sky
  18. Dangerous dreamland
  19. Detective nightmare
  20. Dodo and the monster
  21. Dog magician hunt
  22. Don't be a pig
  23. Dumb Dora
  24. Enchanted morning
  25. Eraser and Pencil
  26. Fire and Ice
  27. Fire fighters
  28. Foxy Wolf
  29. Friendship Island
  30. Golden feather
  31. Gone with the goose
  32. Grandpa Caleb's canoe
  33. Grandpa whirlwind
  34. Happy end
  35. His master's mouse
  36. Hole in the sky
  37. How it all began
  38. Hurray for the winner
  39. Imp and the angel
  40. Just reward
  41. Kingdom of color
  42. Kings conscience
  43. Kitten Blues
  44. Life in doggywood
  45. Life with Eva
  46. Lion and gazelle
  47. Lion and the donkey
  48. Locomotive
  49. Magic mirror
  50. Magic mountain
  51. Magic penny
  52. Magic room
  53. Magic wood
  54. Malicious ink spot
  55. Marsh King
  56. Master skier
  57. Millie the kid
  58. Monkey and the Atom
  59. Monkey Business
  60. Moon Monster
  61. On the moon
  62. Once upon a time
  63. One and one is two
  64. One little pig
  65. One sunny day
  66. Pedro's Secret
  67. Play ball
  68. Pole painters
  69. Polite neighbors
  70. Prehistoric adventure
  71. Puppy's pets
  72. Rabbit's feet for luck
  73. Railroad story
  74. Recipe for courage
  75. Red riding hood
  76. Road pest
  77. The Robin and the Bumble Bee
  78. Round and Round
  79. Scarecrow adventure
  80. Shining star
  81. Shoo! Fire!
  82. Sing sing sparrow
  83. Skating follies
  84. Sleepy keeper
  85. Sticks and stones
  86. top thief
  87. Storm in a coop
  88. Teamwork
  89. Teddy wants to sleep
  90. The barefoot king
  91. The Bargain
  92. The Beggars Treasure
  93. [The Bouncing Bassoon
  94. The Brave Mosquito
  95. The Concertina
  96. The dinosaur hunt
  97. The Drought
  98. The faker
  99. The first song
  100. The Great Bank Robbery
  101. The Hold Up
  102. Kind orphan
  103. The king and the shepherd
  104. The lion cub
  105. The little cobbler
  106. The little glutton
  107. The lonely mermaid
  108. The magic rainbow
  109. The magic wand
  110. The old man and the spring
  111. The party
  112. The peace treaty
  113. The puppeteer
  114. The racers
  115. The rescue
  116. The Santa visit
  117. The scheme
  118. The soccer game
  119. The Stable Boy and the Princess
  120. The statue
  121. The trouble shooter
  122. The wind
  123. The wolf trap
  124. The Wooden Boy
  125. Thermometer fever
  126. Three clumsy hunters
  127. Three lumberjacks
  128. Tiger trouble
  129. Tit for Tat
  130. To Texas and back
  131. Treacherous fox
  132. Two magicians
  133. Wanderlust
  134. War and peace
  135. War of colors
  136. What a Boar
  137. Wheels
  138. When in Rome, Don't
  139. Where There's Smoke, There's Fame
  140. Who's cooking
  141. Who's Scared
  142. Winged wedding
  143. Winter palace
  144. Woody in toyland
  145. Zoo revolution

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 433. ISBN 978-1538103739.
  2. ^ Waters, John (2019). Mr. Know-It-All: The Tarnished Wisdom of a Filth Elder. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. ISBN 9780374715571. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
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