Twinkles the Elephant — Season 1, Episode 13: Twinkles and the Haunted House

Episode synopsis

Wilbur claims that a ghost lives in a haunted house that he shows Twinkles, but he and Sanford believe there are no such thing as ghosts. Wilbur tells them to come back at sundown so he can show them. When they do, Wilbur invites them inside and slams them in. They hear ghost laughter which scares Sanford so badly he tries to open the door to leave, which is stuck shut. Twinkles turns his trunk into a hammer and knocks it down. When the three make their escape, so does Herman Hyena in a sheet, admitting it was a trick Wilbur made him do. Sanford claimed he wasn't scared.

About Twinkles the Elephant

Twinkles the Elephant is an American animated Total Television Productions series that aired as part of the NBC Saturday morning cartoon King Leonardo and His Short Subjects in 1960. The series was a tie-in with Twinkles cereal, and the titular elephant Twinkles served as the mascot. The character was actually created by Total Television. The segment was the only segment on Short Subjects to not return in later syndication, primarily due to the FCC whom were stern about television shows consisting of cereal brand characters, as well as the character being dated regardless due to the cereal's discontinuation.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1Twinkles and the Sailboat
• E2Twinkles and the Trip to China
• E3Twinkles and the Bull Fight
• E4Twinkles and the Airplane
• E5Twinkles and the Honey Bees
• E6Twinkles and the Big Fan
• E7Twinkles and the Fishing Trip
• E8Twinkles and the Roller Skates
• E9Twinkles and the Carnival
• E10Twinkles and the Bananas
• E11Twinkles and the Mountain Climb
• E12Twinkles and the Pirate