Sticky Squirrel

Sticky Squirrel is a stick squirrel and a cartoon character made prior to ATBW Label Networks (1925) in 1919. The cartoons were produced by Langile Studios (which adopted him as their mascot) from 1919 to 1924, with ones from 1922 being distributed by paramount. Due to Eric Langile's contract expiring by 1924, he ended up having to start a new studio and create a nearly similar character resembling him, but this one being a plain one, which would eventually become the new studio's most iconic mascot, Zach The Stick Person, which Langile would use for the studio and retain and keep the rights to permanently. Langile previously considered bringing Sticky to be the company's mascot for ATBW, but paramount refused to give it back as they owned the rights to him.

Sometime in 1994, 7 years after Eric Langile passed away, his great grandson became the CEO of ATBW Label Networks. One of EBS's content creators were going to leave to go to CBS, and Paramount was about to be sold to Viacom, but Eric Langile IV, Eric's great grandson, would let him go only if paramount gave them a character they always wanted. Neither Paramount, Viacom, CBS, nor the then creator of EBS knew or remembered who Sticky Squirrel was at the time, nor have ever heard of him, so he explained the full story about him, having been created by his great grandfather Eric Langile, who previously tried to get him back but failed. After hearing the story, Paramount agreed to sell Sticky Squirrel to his great grandson ATBW Label Networks in May 1994 as a trade deal for one of EBS's content creators to go to CBS.

Since being sold back, ATBW got all of the original cartoons from the 1920's, as well as the eventual movie as well, all being released in the Sticky Squirrel Cartoon Collection in 1995. It's movie was re-released in 1998, but with the ATBW intro with "ATBW" being replaced with "Langile" to reference its history to the pre-ATBW era of Langile Corporation. Sticky Squirrel currently appears as a recurring character in the Fender & Smiley series, as well as Zach Vs. Sticky, and has even appeared in the 2003 ATBW Channel series Squirrel Country, starring him, Pinto The Squirrel, Ozone The Squirrel, and many other squirrel characters the company owns.