Mr Squiggle collection to appear in the National Museum of Australia, 65 years after TV debut
An Aussie childhood classic is making a comeback 65 years later.
Decades after it first debuted on Aussie screens in 1959, the iconic Mr. Squiggle collection is set to appear in the National Museum of Australia.
Mr. Squiggle appeared on television for 40 years as a puppet with a pencil for a nose who would recreate a 'squiggle' sent in by kids.
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The show also brought us other puppet characters such as Bill the Steam Shovel and Gus the Snail, all created and voiced by Norman Hetherington.
"Mr. Squiggle and his friends have found a new home at the Museum!" the National Museum of Australia announced the acquired the collection in an Instagram post.
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"With a pencil for a nose, Mr. Squiggle delighted generations of children with his impromptu drawings and cheerful banter," the statement read alongside old pictures of the nostalgic puppet.
"The original Mr. Squiggle and more than 800 related objects, including puppets, artworks, scripts, costumes, production notes and more have joined the National Historical Collection 65 years after first debuting on Australian television," it continued.
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"The extraordinary collection captures the life's work of Norman Hetherington, master puppeteer, cartoonist, artist and performer who was the genius and the voice behind the characters who featured in Mr. Squiggle and Friends."
Hetherington, who died in 2010 aged 89, famously created the series with his wife Margaret, who wrote the scripts.
While some of the collection is already on display, the full collection? of puppets, scripts and more is expected to be available to the public next year.
The news that Mr. Squiggle has been acquired by the ?National Museum of Australia prompted many Aussie fans to comment their excitement and feeling of nostalgia.
"I can't wait to see him, I loved him?????," one person wrote.
"Yay! Love Mr. Squiggle, so stoked he has a new home," another said.
"Earliest memory of tv was this funny little puppet and miss Jane," another said, referring to the show co-host Miss Jane, who Mr. Squiggle would say her drawings were 'upside down'.
Mr. Squiggle ran for 41 seasons on the ABC, from 1959 to 1999.?
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