TAGGED: 1980s
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These press clippings from Simon Townsend's scrapbooks cover the 1986 release of his board game, 'Simon Says'. 

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This K-Tel album release featured a song performed by Simon Townsend called 'Simon Says', along with a number of well-known novelty songs like 'Rubber Duckie' and 'Mah-Na-Mah-Na' by various artists

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Simon Townsend is pictured accepting the 1983 Logie Award for Best Children's Television Program from none other than Sesame Street's Big Bird.

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When Simon Townsend got a new Labrador puppy in late 1986, the show held a competition to give the puppy a name.

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In the 1000th episode of Simon Townsend's Wonder World!, Simon looks back on how the show began. 

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You can watch the animated short film Crust here in its entirety.

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A Tasmanian tiger paces inside its caged enclosure, then is seen in its native environment and in suburbia. In voice-over, people recount their sightings of the animal.

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Idyllic hills and a lush banana plantation are rendered in glowing watercolours. A farmer emerges from his Queenslander home and greets the day.

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'Boys in Town' was written by Chrissy Amphlett, Mark McEntee and Jeremy Paul.

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‘Bran Nue Dae’ was the title track from Kuckles’ first album Brand New Day (Milliya Rumarra), released on cassette only in 1981.