Nancetta
03-04-2012, 08:40 PM
Do you remember Skippy the Bush Kangaroo?
After recent gobsmacking news you can’t blame me for reminiscing about the things I got up to when I was just knee-high to a grasshopper.
One of my favourite pass times as a kid, besides giving grief to my younger sister, was getting stuck into a bread roll filled with nothing more than Smith’s Potato Chips and a very good splash of tomato sauce in front of our black and white television watching “Skippy the Bush Kangaroo”.
Amazing enough, several days ago a documentary on the making of this Australian TV series "Skippy the Bush Kangaroo" popped up on the television. The series ran from 1966 to 1968 with the support of James Packer’s grandfather, the late Sir Frank Packer, who was one of Australia’s first media moguls.
This YouTube video may jog your memory – Google Reader’s etc click here
What I didn’t know until the doco showed up was that the series was taken up worldwide, with the only exception being Sweden. Apparently the powers to be didn't want their ankle biters watching it because Skippy may have given them “a misleading impression of an animal’s abilities”.
You see, Skippy the Bush Kangaroo could talk, just like Flipper. Not that I could understand them of course, as it all sounded like gobbledygook to me, but at least I could play a mean gum leaf just like Garry Pankhurst who played the young boy, Sonny Hammond in the series.
Mister Ed, the talking horse, however was an entirely different matter as he spoke the Queen’s English with an American accent!
Now that you have read one of my “from the womb to the tomb” stories, what more can I ask of you? Well here goes, ”Do you remember Skippy the Bush Kangaroo?”
To be continued…
Do you remember Skippy the Bush Kangaroo? (http://stvincentsdarlinghurstmalenurses.blogspot.com/2009/10/do-you-remember-skippy-bush-kangaroo.html)
I just saw this documentary on telly the other day as well. It was so interesting to see what went on behind-the-scenes in the making of 'Skippy the Bush Kangaroo'. (Not that I remember much of this show...being as young as I am...:RpS_biggrin:)
I have to give it to the Aussies...they are almost up-to-par with a great sense of humor like Canadians...:RpS_wink:
On a serious note, if you haven't seen the documentary, try to catch it.
After recent gobsmacking news you can’t blame me for reminiscing about the things I got up to when I was just knee-high to a grasshopper.
One of my favourite pass times as a kid, besides giving grief to my younger sister, was getting stuck into a bread roll filled with nothing more than Smith’s Potato Chips and a very good splash of tomato sauce in front of our black and white television watching “Skippy the Bush Kangaroo”.
Amazing enough, several days ago a documentary on the making of this Australian TV series "Skippy the Bush Kangaroo" popped up on the television. The series ran from 1966 to 1968 with the support of James Packer’s grandfather, the late Sir Frank Packer, who was one of Australia’s first media moguls.
This YouTube video may jog your memory – Google Reader’s etc click here
What I didn’t know until the doco showed up was that the series was taken up worldwide, with the only exception being Sweden. Apparently the powers to be didn't want their ankle biters watching it because Skippy may have given them “a misleading impression of an animal’s abilities”.
You see, Skippy the Bush Kangaroo could talk, just like Flipper. Not that I could understand them of course, as it all sounded like gobbledygook to me, but at least I could play a mean gum leaf just like Garry Pankhurst who played the young boy, Sonny Hammond in the series.
Mister Ed, the talking horse, however was an entirely different matter as he spoke the Queen’s English with an American accent!
Now that you have read one of my “from the womb to the tomb” stories, what more can I ask of you? Well here goes, ”Do you remember Skippy the Bush Kangaroo?”
To be continued…
Do you remember Skippy the Bush Kangaroo? (http://stvincentsdarlinghurstmalenurses.blogspot.com/2009/10/do-you-remember-skippy-bush-kangaroo.html)
I just saw this documentary on telly the other day as well. It was so interesting to see what went on behind-the-scenes in the making of 'Skippy the Bush Kangaroo'. (Not that I remember much of this show...being as young as I am...:RpS_biggrin:)
I have to give it to the Aussies...they are almost up-to-par with a great sense of humor like Canadians...:RpS_wink:
On a serious note, if you haven't seen the documentary, try to catch it.