Sunday, October 3, 2021

Rare Treats: Remember The Nutty Squirrels Present? (1960)

 The Nutty Squirrels Present was a syndicated anthology series of shorts imported from overseas, which lasted one season (1960-1), then revived for a rerun cycle in the 70's.

This was spun from a novelty band formed by jazzman Don Elliott and TV composer Sascha Burland, who composed the original theme to What's My Line? a decade earlier. The musical Squirrels were clearly a knock-off of Ross Bagdasarian's wildly popular Alvin & The Chipmunks, and the animated iteration beat Alvin to television by a whole year.

The Squirrels only appeared in the open and whatever bumpers were produced for the show, serving as hosts as the title implies.

Following is "Tiger Trouble".


Pedestrian, at best.

Rating: C-.

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