Underplayed Gems

Secret Squirrel (1965)

Secret Squirrel poster
Original title
The Secret Squirrel Show
Directed by
William Hanna
Genre
comedy television series
Country
United States
Length
2 seasons, 39 episodes
Rated
NR
Rating
7.5 of 10 from 76 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This is a cartoon from the 1960s about a squirrel who works as a spy. The show parodies James Bond movies with over-the-top gadgets and secret missions.

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What happens

Secret Squirrel is a cartoon character created by Hanna-Barbera for The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show, which debuted in 1965 on Saturday mornings. The character was given his own show in 1966, titled The Secret Squirrel Show, but was reunited with Atom Ant for one more season in 1967. The half-hour The Secret Squirrel Show included three individual cartoon segments: Secret Squirrel and Morocco Mole, Squiddly Diddly and "Winsome Witch". Secret Squirrel first appeared in a prime-time animated special called The World of Secret Squirrel and Atom Ant, which aired on NBC on September 12, 1965. Secret Squirrel is a parody of the spy genre, and most of the shorts parodied elements of the James Bond films. Secret Squirrel was also known as "Agent 000". In 1993, 13 new Secret Squirrel cartoons appeared in-between the 2 Stupid Dogs first-season episodes, with the updated title Super Secret Secret Squirrel and a new cast. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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