TV-G | 5min | Animation, Family, Short, Sci-Fi, TV Series | Episode aired 1958
From their earth headquarters on Zero Zero Island, Colonel Bleep, Squeek and Scratch battled intergalactic villains such as Doctor Destructo, the master criminal of the universe, The Black Knight, and Captain Patch, a displaced pirate.
Directors: Robert D. Buchanan, Jack Schleh
Writers: Robert D. Buchanan (creator), Jack Schleh (creator)
Star: Noah Tyler
From their earth headquarters on Zero Zero Island, Colonel Bleep, Squeek and Scratch battled intergalactic villains such as Doctor Destructo, the master criminal of the universe, The Black Knight, and Captain Patch, a displaced pirate.
Directors: Robert D. Buchanan, Jack Schleh
Writers: Robert D. Buchanan (creator), Jack Schleh (creator)
Star: Noah Tyler
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Short filmTranscript
00:00And now, stand by for adventure, three, two, one.
00:22And the exciting story of the prehistoric present.
00:34The morning sun beamed down on the entrance of the cave home of Scratch, the world's only
00:44living caveman.
00:46Scratch, as you know, fell asleep several thousand years ago and probably would have been
00:53sleeping yet. But the first atomic test explosion blew him right out of the past and into
01:01the present. And now, with his friends, Colonel Bleak and Little Squeak, the caveman's
01:09life is filled with exciting adventures, wonderful adventures, like the time Scratch
01:16smelled smoke and saw a fiery glow inside his cave.
01:20He dashed inside to find Squeak with a giant birthday cake, all aglow with candles, just
01:29for Scratch. The happy caveman jumped for joy and made a very special wish when he blew
01:38out all the candles.
01:40And then Scratch felt sad and big tears dripped from his eyes, for he felt sure that his
01:51birthday wish could never, ever possibly come true.
01:58For Scratch had wished to return once again to his prehistoric past, to play again with
02:04Dimples, his lovable pet dinosaur.
02:07Yes, Scratch missed Dimples very much, and now he would never see her again.
02:16But to Colonel Bleak, nothing seems impossible, and so the spaceman's birthday gift to
02:21Scratch was a golden key, the key to Scratch's wish come true.
02:27For this was the key that operated Colonel Bleak's Futonic Time Transformer, that
02:35fantastic invention which made it possible to transport anything or anybody anywhere
02:43in time or space.
02:45Quickly, the caveman hopped aboard and Bleak adjusted the time controls to allow Scratch
02:50to visit for one hour with Dimples back thousands of years in the past.
02:56Squeak turned the golden key, as Scratch waved farewell, then the whole contraption
03:03suddenly vanished, as it raced backwards carrying the caveman through time, then suddenly,
03:11there he was, back home again with Mama Scratch, Papa Scratch, and Dimples, dear old Dimples.
03:25Scratch's pet dinosaur.
03:30Meanwhile, back in the present, Bleak and Squeak watched the dials and signals of the
03:35Futonic Time Transformer as the minutes ticked by.
03:39The hand of the clock was rapidly approaching the time for Scratch's scheduled return.
03:44There's the signal.
03:45Now Bleak throws the reverse control switch, but Scratch is having such a wonderful time,
03:51he forgets to climb aboard, and the machine returns empty.
03:56Quickly, the colonel sends it racing back, and again it returns, but this time with Dimples.
04:03Now Bleak is worried, for only enough Futonic power remains in the machine for one more
04:09try.
04:11Scratch must come back this time, or he will be left forever in the past.
04:16Once again, Bleak throws the switch, and just in time, Scratch jumps aboard the Futonic
04:21transport, and now he's really on his way back.
04:24But wait, the power's beginning to fade, and the years are clicking off slower and slower,
04:30until finally, the machine stops dead, somewhere in the past century.
04:37Poor Scratch is stuck back in the 1800s, now he'll never get back.
04:43But wait, what's that strange noise?
04:46And that, it's getting louder and louder, closer and closer, but what can it be?
04:52Why, it's Scratch, riding back from the 19th century in an early automobile,
04:57blowing the rundown time transformer behind him.
05:01And so, Scratch had a wonderful birthday, and now he's back with his friends again,
05:07and you can just bet that no one else in the whole wide world ever got a pet dinosaur for a present.
05:15Yes, it's fun to dream about the past, but for real fun, there's no time like the present.