It's a Square World the newsreader gets increasingly excited as he appears to be about to win a fortune on the football pools. There was a follow-up series in 1966 for ATV called "All Square" which tried to repeat the former series' success. For this series, Bentine was located in the capital city, Filthnik, in the fictitious country of Ozonia. In the 8 October 1966 episode, Bentine tries to turn Ozonia into a Mecca for tourists. This episode also featured the Jack Parnell Orchestra. It's a Square World It's a Square World is a British comedy television series starring Michael Bentine and produced by
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