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- ↑ Woolery, George W. (1983). Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981, Part 1: Animated Cartoon Series. Scarecrow Press. pp. 191–192. ISBN 0-8108-1557-5 . Retrieved 14 March 2020.
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