Squiddly Diddly

Squiddly Diddly is an American fictional anthropomorphic squid created by Hanna-Barbera for his own cartoon segment on The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show in 1965.

[1][2] The round-headed, sailor-hatted Squiddly (who resembles an octopus—albeit with only six tentacles—rather than a squid) is kept captive in an aquatic park known as Bubbleland and resides in a pool with his name on it.

[3] Squiddly Diddly is an aspiring musician and entertainer who makes many attempts to escape and attain musical stardom, but he is constantly foiled by Bubbleland's administrator Chief Winchley.

In some episodes, Squiddly Diddly manages to escape, but chooses to return to Bubbleland after finding the outside world to be too harsh.

On November 3, 2015, Warner Archive released The Secret Squirrel Show: The Complete Series on DVD in region 1 as part of their Hanna–Barbera Classics Collection.

Squiddly playing the saxophone, the guitar, and the bongos.
Squiddly Diddly (middle right) participates in the Superstar Olympics. From Hanna-Barbera Presents #6.