Characters
Other puppet characters that appeared in the show included:
- Blackboard, the grumpy blackboard that Mr. Squiggle used for an easel, whose catchcries were "Oh Hurrry uuup" and "Hmmph" and double "Hmmph".
- Gus the Snail, who had a TV for a shell and later, a flower pot.
- Bill the Steam Shovel, who liked to tell corny jokes and belched steam out of his "nose" when he laughed.
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