Mr. Squiggle and Friends

Australian kids TV show created by Norman Hetherington that ran for just over 40 years (1959-1999) and originally aired as Mr. Squiggle and Friends. It features Mr. Squiggle, a puppet with a pencil for a nose, who comes from the moon in his rocket to draw pictures out of squiggles kids sent in. A female assistant puts the picture on to blackboard, who says "Hurry Up!" Also has a snail called Gus who wears a TV or a flowerpot instead of his shell, and a steamshovel called Bill who tells bad jokes.