Editing Colonel Bleep (section)

==Production==
[[File:Colonel Bleep credits.webm|right|thumb|A credits sequence that was produced for the Streamline VHS releases in the early 1990s]]

''Colonel Bleep'' was produced by Soundac, Inc. Soundac was originally formed in 1951 in [[Buffalo, New York]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/1959businesss1960creenmav20v21rich/page/n171 | title=Business screen magazine | year=1959 }}</ref> by [[Bobby Nicholson]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/cantwaittillmond00kemp|title=Can't Wait Till Monday Morning|last=Kempner|first=Marvin|publisher=Rivercross Publishing Inc.|year=1998|isbn=0944957730|location=New York|page=[https://archive.org/details/cantwaittillmond00kemp/page/56]|oclc=1029261298}}</ref> After Nicholson left, [[Robert D. Buchanan]] took his place.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/cantwaittillmond00kemp|title=Can't Wait Till Monday Morning|last=Kempner|first=Marvin|publisher=Rivercross Publishing Inc.|year=1998|isbn=0944957730|location=New York|page=[https://archive.org/details/cantwaittillmond00kemp/page/57]|oclc=1029261298}}</ref> In 1955, Soundac relocated to [[Miami, Florida]].<ref>https://americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-Television-Magazine-IDX/IDX/50s/1958/Television-1958-Dec-OCR-Page-0031.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>

A collection of wraparounds for a hosted show illustrated the initial concept of ''Colonel Bleep'': the animated shorts would serve as the framework for a full-service children's [[variety show]], complete with quizzes, riddles and interactive content. It may have had a public airing on ''Colonel Bleep's'' Buffalo affiliate, [[WGRZ|WGR-TV]] (channel 2).<ref name=beck_colonelbleepshow>{{cite web|first=Jerry|last=Beck|url=https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/the-colonel-bleep-show/|title=The Colonel Bleep Show|date=September 12, 2018|access-date=January 9, 2020}}</ref>

The show was syndicated by Richard H. Ullman in Buffalo,<ref name=beck_colonelbleepshow/> and the wraparound segment reel was sponsored by the Canadian grocery store chain [[Loblaws]], which had locations in the Buffalo area at the time.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211210/Ghyf2zHbiME Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20200514125619/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ghyf2zHbiME&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite AV media| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ghyf2zHbiME| title = The Colonel Bleep Show | website=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

The show's working title was ''The Adventures of Colonel Bleep''.<ref name=beck_colonelbleepshow/><ref>https://archive.org/stream/bub_gb_yR0EAAAAMBAJ/bub_gb_yR0EAAAAMBAJ_djvu.txt {{Bare URL plain text|date=March 2022}}</ref> The animation in the show was extraordinarily [[limited animation]], as was typical of TV animation during that era. Local newscaster Noah Tyler was the narrator for the show and provided virtually all of the vocal characterizations (most of the characters were mute).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Erickson |first1=Hal |title=Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 |date=2005 |edition=2nd |publisher=McFarland & Co |isbn=978-1476665993 |pages=208–209}}</ref> Jack Schleh directed all of the episodes.  The design of the series was greatly influenced by the futuristic [[Googie Architecture|googie]] designs of the 1950s and early 1960s: space vehicles included angular designs and large tailfins, [[boomerang]]s were frequently incorporated into signs, architecture and some vehicles, and stereotypical atomic symbols were used frequently, particularly to represent Bleep's futomic energy.

Schleh and Buchanan also produced a series of syndicated physical fitness cartoons for children through Soundac called ''The Mighty Mister Titan''. The series premiered on January 1, 1964, with 100 episodes airing.<ref>https://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Annuals/Archive-BC-YB-IDX/60s-OCR-YB/1968-YB/1968-BC-YB-OCR-Page-0485.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>