Sold Date: November 6, 2022
Start Date: September 24, 2022
Final Price: $50.23 (USD)
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This is the 1966 album Squiddly Diddly's Surfin' Safari in its vinyl LP release in the US on Hanna-Barbera Records (HLP 2043). Squiddly Diddly is an anthropomorphic animated octopus created by Hanna-Barbera, who was featured in his own cartoon segment on The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show beginning in 1965. 
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. Squiddly Diddly is an aspiring musician who makes many attempts to escape and attain musical stardom, but he is constantly foiled by Bubbleland's administrator Chief Winchley. However, unlike Patrick McGoohan's iconic The Prisoner, in some episodes Squiddly Diddly manages to escape but chooses to return to Bubbleland after finding the outside world to be too harsh. Other times Squiddly and Chief Winchley would have to work together to solve problems in Bubbleland. The cartoons show people applauding Squiddly Diddly's musical talents, but often depict terrified people who mistakenly believed that octopuses are hostile.
The vinyl and picture sleeve are in Very Good condition; the vinyl with surface marks that do not affect play, it tracks through and plays fine; the picture sleeve with prior owner marks on the front and back, and with moderate edge wear and ring wear.
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