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

Mr Squiggle is enjoying a final pampering session before he stars in our ‘Mr Squiggle and Friends’ exhibition! 🤩 Our conservator Daniel Bornstein has been getting Mr Squiggle into tip-top shape before he takes centre stage in the free exhibition. We heard that Mr Squiggle is super excited to see all his friends again, including you! ‘Mr Squiggle and Friends’ opens Friday 4 July. Learn more: https://www.nma.gov.au/exhibitions/mr-squiggle-and-friends | National Museum of Australia

Blast off with us on a nostalgia-fuelled adventure – ‘Mr Squiggle and Friends’ is officially open! 🚀 Join us for a trip down memory lane and relive your childhood with our free ‘Mr Squiggle and Friends’ exhibition. We’ll reunite the iconic man from the Moon with his friends Blackboard, Rocket, Bill Steamshovel and Gus the Snail! Break out the crayons and let your imagination run wild with this playful and in-depth look at the wonderful world of puppetry, cartooning and art. On show until Monday

An old favourite TV character is celebrating a special birthday. The famous pencil nosed puppet Mr Squiggle has turned 60. He was drawing pictures on our screens for 40 years, up until 1999. The Royal Australian Mint has released four limited edition coins of Mr Squiggle and his friends. They're available from Woolworths supermarkets. "My father says if he'd known it was going to go that long he might have thought twice about starting. But he loved every minute of it" - Rebecca Hetherington - Da

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