''The Nutty Squirrels Present'' is a 1960

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that was inspired by characters from ''

The Nutty Squirrels The Nutty Squirrels were a jazz virtual band formed in imitation of Alvin and the Chipmunks. The Nutty Squirrels' music was characterized by their use of scat singing. They received a Top 40 hit in late-1959 as the song "Uh! Oh!". They also preced ...

'' hit 1959 novelty record. The series was produced by Transfilm-Wylde Animation, and aired for one season (1960–1961) on

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with over 150 six-minute episodes, being formatted originally into 30 half-hour shows. The original cartoons themselves were purchased from overseas countries like Eastern Europe, by the Russian born, Fima Noveck, the President of Flamingo Telefilm Sales. After the original cartoons arrived in the United States, they would receive a new soundtrack, including English language and music, that would appeal to American children.

Reception

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wrote, "I should have told my mother about the Nutty Squirrels. They did jazz and they ''weren't'' junkies. This sped-up vocal group who imitated the Chipmunks actually beat them to television with an animated show called ''The Nutty Squirrels Present'', and they looked down on the pop sound of Alvin and his gang. The Nutty Squirrels actually had a big jazz hit with "Uh Oh, Part One and Two," but if you go back and listen to the rest of their discography, you'll be blown away by some of their other riffs. These cats were smoking! If my mom had heard jazz like this at the wrong speed, she might have loved it."

Broadcasting television stations

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simply as ''The Nutty Squirrels'', the series was first transmitted on Australian television during early 1966, on the

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. It first featured as part of a series called ''Cartoon Time'', which ran on Saturday afternoons at 5pm. This 40-minute program also consisted of other cartoons, including ''

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'' and ''

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''. The Nutty Squirrels cartoon series then made frequent appearances over the years, appearing off and on in 1970 and also during 1972. At the time in Australia, these transmissions were in black and white. From 1976, the Nutty Squirrels series was again shown, this time in its original color format. The main transmission of the Nutty Squirrels cartoon series in Australia came in the form of a package of at least 80 x 6 minute episodes. From December 1977, the Nutty Squirrels series was permanently adapted to the 5:30pm weekday timeslot, running Monday through to Friday. During this run, the Nutty Squirrels series ran right through to March 1979. * ABC-TV Channel 2 Sydney, NSW

* ABC-TV Channel 3 Canberra, ACT

Through the ABC's facilities in Sydney, the cartoon was relayed and broadcast to all the other Australian state capital cities, plus all the Australian regional areas covered by the ABC. After broadcast on the ABC, the Nutty Squirrels series, was for a short time, resyndicated to some of Australia's regional commercial television stations. These were mainly in NSW, with the broadcasts occurring during 1981 and 1982. * NRN Channel 11 Northern Rivers, NSW

* RTN Channel 8 Northern Rivers NSW

* RVN Channel 2 Wagga, NSW

* CTC Channel 7 Canberra, ACT

List of the cartoon shorts used in the series

001 A barrel of fun 002 A horse for dinner 003 A recipe for courage 004 A Santa visit 005 A very strange adventure 006 An old fable 007 And so on 008 Animal school 009 Animals in dreamland 010 Bad company 011 Bear cub at large 012 Big deal 013 Big little hero 014 Brave whistle light 015 Bullies in a toyshop 016 Cheese hunters 017 Chess game in the sky 018 Dangerous dreamland 019 Detective nightmare 020 Dodo and the monster 021 Dog magician hunt 022 Don’t be a pig 023 Dumb Dora 024 Enchanted morning 025 Eraser and the pencil 026 Fire and ice 027 Fire fighters 028 Foxy wolf 029 Friendship Island 030 Golden feather 031 Gone with the goose 032 Grandpa Caleb’s canoe 033 Grandpa whirlwind 034 Happy end 035 His master’s mouse 036 Hole in the sky 037 How it all began 038 Hurray for the winner 039 Imp and the angel 040 Just reward 041 Kingdom of color 042 Kings conscience 043 Kitten Blues 044 Life in doggywood 045 Life with Eva 046 Lion and gazelle 047 Lion and the donkey 048 Locomotive 049 Magic mirror 050 Magic mountain 051 Magic penny 052 Magic room 053 Magic wood 054 Malicious ink spot 055 Marsh King 056 Master skier 057 Millie the kid 058 Monkey and the atom 059 Monkey business 060 Moon monster 061 On the moon 062 Once upon a time 063 One and one is two 064 One little pig 065 One sunny day 066 Pedro's secret 067 Play ball 068 Pole painters 069 Polite neighbors 070 Prehistoric adventure 071 Puppy’s pets 072 Rabbit’s feet for luck 073 Railroad story 074 Recipe for courage 075 Red riding hood 076 Road pest 077 Robin and the bumble bee 078 Round and round 079 Scarecrow adventure 080 Shining star 081 Shoo! Fire! 082 Sing sing sparrow 083 Skating follies 084 Sleepy keeper 085 Sticks and stones 086 Stop thief 087 Storm in a coop 088 Teamwork 089 Teddy wants to sleep 090 The barefoot king 091 The bargain 092 The beggars treasure 093 The bouncing bassoon 094 The brave mosquito 095 The concertina 096 The dinosaur hunt 097 The drought 098 The faker 099 The first song 100 The great bank robbery 101 The hold up 102 Kind orphan 103 The king and the shepherd 104 The lion cub 105 The little cobbler 106 The little glutton 107 The lonely mermaid 108 The magic rainbow 109 The magic wand 110 The old man and the spring 111 The party 112 The peace treaty 113 The puppeteer 114 The racers 115 The rescue 116 The Santa visit 117 The scheme 118 The soccer game 119 The stableboy and the Princess 120 The statue 121 The trouble shooter 122 The wind 123 The wolf trap 124 The wooden boy 125 Thermometer fever 126 Three clumsy hunters 127 Three lumberjacks 128 Tiger trouble 129 Tit for tat 130 To Texas and back 131 Treacherous fox 132 Two magicians 133 Wanderlust 134 War and peace 135 War of colors 136 What a boar 137 Wheels 138 When in Rome, don’t 139 Where there's smoke, there’s fame 140 Who's cooking 141 Who's scared 142 Winged wedding 143 Winter palace 144 Woody in toyland 145 Zoo revolution

References

External links

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