Do you remember Mr Squiggle, Miss Jane and Blackboard? Mr Squiggle insisted that Miss Jane hold his hand and Blackboard was always “Hurry Up!” Kids would send in a squiggle which Mr Squiggle would cleverly turn into a picture with his pencil nose, but he would draw the picture upside down or sideways. “Upside down Miss Jane. Upside down.” The popular ABC show was created by Norman Hetherington and ran from 1959 - 1999. Hetherington, voiced and operated all of the show's puppets, while his wife M

Happy Birthday Mr Squiggle! 🎉 Mr Squiggle and his friends made their first appearance on Australian television 65 years ago. Norman Hetherington had only six days to develop the storyline for the show and make Mr Squiggle’s friends Rocket and Blackboard in time for the first episode. Rocket was made from wood, cardboard and papier-mâché, and painted in greys well suited to black-and-white television. After it wore out from so many launches and landings, it was replaced by a more durable alumini

The National Museum of Australia has acquired the puppets, scripts, graphics and squiggles from the iconic television show, Mr Squiggle. He was the beloved man from the moon with a pencil for a nose who graced Australian television screens for more than 40 years. #ABCNews #ABCAus #MrSquiggle | ABC Canberra