Other puppet characters that appeared in the show included: Blackboard, the grumpy blackboard that Mr. Squiggle uses for an easel, whose catchphrases are "Hurry up", "Hmmph", "Double hmmph" and "Booorrriing". Gus the Snail, who had a TV for a shell and later, a flower pot, often tells knock-knock jokes.
Hetherington's premise for Mr Squiggle was simple: children would send in their “squiggles” and Mr Squiggle would complete them, turning them into something recognisable by connecting the lines with his pencil nose.Jul 18, 2019
Hetherington's concept for the Mr Squiggle character was simple: he completed ''squiggles'' sent in by young viewers into fully realised drawings and cartoons by connecting lines with his pencil nose. He worked upside down most of the time and when the drawing was completed he would call ''Upside down!Dec 8, 2010
puppeteer Norman HetheringtonCartoonist and puppeteer Norman Hetherington created Mr Squiggle in the late 1950s. Hetherington saw his puppets as 'three-dimensional cartoons which could be animated and brought to life for a show'. He combined his two loves by creating a puppet that could draw.Oct 13, 2020
93 Crater Crescent, The MoonMr Squiggle the marionette was the popular ABC children's character with the pencil nose who lived at 93 Crater Crescent, The Moon. Mr Squiggle and his friends Rocket, Blackboard, Gus the snail and Bill Steamshovel were the artistic creations of Norman Hetherington.
The Squiggle Game, described by pediatrician/child psychiatrist D. W. Winnicott, is a pencil-and-paper technique for eliciting children's thoughts and feelings. Unlike drawing tests such as the Goodenough Draw-A-Person Test and the Bender-Gestalt Form Copying Test, the Squiggle Game has an entirely unstructured format.
1 : squirm, wriggle squiggling in her seat. 2 : to write or paint hastily : scribble. transitive verb.
1:364:01Drawing Game: The Squiggle - YouTubeYouTubeStart of suggested clipEnd of suggested clipSo I actually had a friend do this and then you're gonna take a pencil and you can turn all of theseMoreSo I actually had a friend do this and then you're gonna take a pencil and you can turn all of these squiggles into whatever your imagination. Comes up with so like maybe I see this as a mustache.