Colonel Bleep was the first color cartoon ever made for television. It was created by Robert D. Buchanan, and was filmed by Soundac of Miami. The show was originally syndicated in 1957 as a segment on ...

Regarding the amusing article “If You Get Directions Wrong, You’ll Be Banished to Null Island” (page one, July 14): This was known in the late 1950s as Zero Zero Island, where the cartoon character ...