![]() ![]() The episodes are short enough to catch the attention span of small children and not long enough to both fans of animation. 'Colonel Bleep' works as a cartoon for the majority of black-and-white televisions that it was first broadcast to, but it works in color as well. I wasn't impressed with the plots so much as I was impressed with the sophistication of the show through simplicity. In 2005, I purchased a public-domain DVD of what episodes existed (twelve). With advent of the Internet, I got the chance to see even more stills.and even hear the theme song. The stills from the show, with their sharp line-work, really caught my eye. In an animation magazine, I read an interview with the animation director Jack Schleh, in celebration of the VHS release. The first color cartoon made exclusively for television in an era dominated by black-and-white sets! Finding the treasure that is 'Colonel Bleep,' was a decade-long trek. It's quite clear that these full-colour cartoons are definitely geared to children, but I still liked them enough to give them a 6-star rating for their nostalgic value. Together this brave trio battle intergalactic villains who pose a serious and immediate threat to the peace & safety of the universe. Bleep's 2 sidekicks in the show are his loyal space deputies, Squeek, the mute puppet-boy, and Scratch, a caveman recently awakened after several thousand years of deep sleep. Bleep has set up headquarters here on Earth on Zero-Zero Island, which is positioned on this planet's equator. With the aid of sound effects, most of the stories were told through voice-over narration from actor Noah Tyler. These decidedly low-budget, limited-animation cartoons contained almost no dialogue at all between its characters. I'll admit that these Colonel Bleep cartoons from 1956 are far from being great, but, all the same, their sometimes-educational stories of interplanetary adventure did have a cute charm all of their own. ![]()
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