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Secret Squirrel was a Hanna-Barbera cartoon character voiced by Mel Blanc who spoofed the traits and tropes of James Bond, The Shadow and other well-known detectives and spies. Secret's short Fez-wearing side-kick "Morocco Mole", who in many ways resembled Peter Lorre, was voiced by Paul Frees. The pair fought crime and evil enemy agents using cunning and a variety of spy gadgets including a machine gun cane, a collection of guns kept inside Secret's coat, and a variety of devices concealed in his hat (which he almost never removed).
Secret Squirrel shared the bill with "Atom Ant" from his debut in 1965 before getting his own show in 1966, though these were just re-runs of the '65-'66 episodes: in 1967 Secret was sharing the bill once again with Atom Ant (voiced by Howard Morris and later, Don Messick) until 1968. The character was given a revival of sorts in the mid '90s when he was resurrected for the television program 2 Stupid Dogs.
One of the more memorable aspects of the programme, kept for the 90's revival, was the theme song, with it's refrain "What's his name? Shhhhhh...Secret Squirrel!"
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