Globi Globi Globi is a Swiss cartoon character occasionally referred to as Switzerland's Mickey Mouse. He is pictured as an anthropomorphic blue parrot with a yellow beak wearing a black beret and a pair of red and black checkered trousers. He was created by the Swiss cartoonist Robert Lips, as an advertising character for the Swiss department store Globus in 1932 for the company's 25th anniversary. He was originally planned to be called "Kimbukku", but later renamed Globi after the local Basel German "(Baseldytsch)" dialect word for the department store that created him. He initially appeared in a cartoon strip called
Robert Leighton (cartoonist) episodes for live action and animated cable shows including "Bear in the Big Blue House", Cartoon Network's "Ed, Edd N Eddy" and Nickelodeon's "The Off-Beats" with creator Mo Willems. Leighton has illustrated a number of books, including "What's Going on Down There?”, a book about puberty, and "Poop Happened! A History of the World From the Bottom Up", a book about human sanitation throughout history. In the 1970s, Leighton made an appearance on the television program "To Tell the Truth", as the central character (himself, the real "Robert Leighton"). He and the two impostors stumped the panel of judges and