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Tagged: Hal Turner

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1960s Christmas TV Pantomimes
Watch clips from three of the annual Christmas pantomimes produced for TV in the 1960s by NWS9 in Adelaide.
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Bobo
The NFSA recently acquired costumes, scrapbooks and other memorabilia recording the career of Hal Turner, who played one of the first recognisable children's characters on Australian television.
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Hal Turner as Bobo the Clown
This clip from Hal Turner's home movies includes footage of him performing as Bobo the Clown with his daughter Gayle as Lenny the Lion. The footage also shows his wife, Pearl, setting up a stall at...
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Rex Heading on Bobo and Humphrey B Bear
In this filmed oral history from 2000, Rex Heading recalls working with Hal Turner's Bobo the Clown at NWS9 and creating Humphrey B Bear when Turner left the station to star in his own show on rival...
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Bobo the Clown visits the Heinz Factory
Bobo the Clown visits the Heinz food factory in Adelaide. Children gather at the entrance of the factory and Bobo greets them and the officials. He then takes a tour and rides a fork lift and...
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Hal Turner directing for NWS9
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Clown dolls dressed as Bobo
As Bobo's popularity grew, so did the range of Bobo-related merchandise. These two dolls appear to be commercial items that have been 'refitted' to look like Bobo. Note that their noses are red...
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Bobo cordial
As Bobo's popularity grew, a range of merchandise was created including Bobo-branded cordial in lemon and lime flavours.
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Bobo the Clown costume
Bobo the Clown costume worn by Hal Turner during the first half of the 1960s.
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Bobo with a group of Aboriginal men
Bobo the Clown with a group of Aboriginal men holding spears, boomerangs and a woomera. This image was taken in the 1960s at the height of Bobo's popularity and appears in one of Hal Turner's...
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