It's a Square World Cartoon Films Ltd. The actors were seen in many different disguises and Dick Emery started a number of his characters there, like the old codger, and developed his funny voices. The series was revived for one colour episode in 1977 for BBC 1 called "Michael Bentine's Square World". In total 57 black and white episodes (including the pilot) of 30 minutes' duration were produced by the BBC. Of this total, 11 episodes are thought to no longer exist. The cast included: An LP was released by Parlophone in 1962 (produced by George Martin) of sketches including "Football Results", in which
The Colgate Comedy Hour of their "2000 Year Old Man" routines), Phyllis Diller, Bob Newhart, Nipsey Russell, and Dan Rowan and Dick Martin. None of the performers who had performed in the original 1950–1956 shows appeared. The special, produced by George Schlatter, also served as a television pilot for a possible revival of the series, which never happened. In the 1954-1955 season, Donald O'Connor left the show and starred in his own musical situation comedy, "The Donald O'Connor Show", which aired on the NBC Saturday schedule alternating with "The Jimmy Durante Show". Notable guest stars who went on to find success in entertainment included