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Darren: Did Bill Jackson have 2 characters by the name of Ferg and Mort?... If so, I remember them and am trying to locate pictures of them. I was living in Maxwell, In. at the time and was 5yrs old in 1966 and remember watching the show.

B.J.: Ferguson S. Martian and Mortimer M. Martian were the first two puppets I created. They originally appeared around the world on Armed Forces Radio and Television, then in Fort Wayne, Indianapolis, and Chicago.

Jeff: I had been telling my friends and wife about this show...The most specific character I remembered was the 'Blob'. I would describe the Blob as a piece of clay on a pedestal that would talk but only with sounds (didn't make sense). I would even try talking like the Blob. Of course everybody thought I had lost my marbles...I finally used Google images and punched in "clay, pedestal, children's show" and a picture of the Blob came up and I said 'That's It!!!!' This is what I have been talking about these past years.

B.J. "Clay, pedestal, children's show?" Isn't the internet wonderful? Now I ask you, how many children's show characters could be tracked down with that bizarre description? Blob feels quite honored.

C.J.: Is there anyway possible that I can get all of your available volumes plus volumes 1 -4 and volume 8? I grew up watching the show and would like the opportunity to share them with my children. I just wish we could all go back in a time machine.

B.J.: Sound the trumpets! At the top of the Web site you saw your answer. Gig Vol. 1 has been re-issued. And with luck, Volumes 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8 will follow.