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Tagged: Skippy
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Skippy's enormous popularity at home and abroad inevitably resulted in a range of merchandising spin-offs, including several sound recordings related to the series.
Here, Ed Devereaux (who played...
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Large crowds gather at a Newcastle shopping mall in 1969 to see 'Skippy' with her handler, Scotty Denholm. Skippy's popularity saw huge crowds turn out on this national tour.
This silent clip appears...
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This is rare, silent footage of the production of Skippy. The clip shows most of the main actors outside and inside Ranger Headquarters.
It is of interest for its behind-the-scenes glimpse of Liza...
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Shani Wood interviews Skippy co-creator, John McCallum, on Meeting in the Middle.
Meeting in the Middle was an early Sunday evening chat show hosted by Canberra teenagers that ran for 26 weeks. The...
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In this excerpt from Skippy: Australia's First Superstar (Stephen Oliver, Australia-UK, 2009), members of the crew talk about how they were able to get Skippy to 'act'.
Animal handler Scotty Denholm...
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'See death-defying abalone divers!' is an unusual selling point for a movie trailer, but it features in this full-length cinema trailer for The Intruders (also known as Skippy and The Intruders). The...
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In this excerpt from Skippy: Australia's First Superstar (Stephen Oliver, Australia-UK, 2009), narrated by Magda Szubanski, Tony Bonner and Liza Goddard reflect on how overwhelmed they were at their...
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The success of Skippy meant that other companies quickly saw an opportunity to promote products and services to the same audience.
This advertisement from the Commercial Banking Company (CBC Bank) is...
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In this TV advertisement for the Skippy Club, Ed Devereaux is in character as Head Ranger Matt Hammond, standing in front of the fictitious 'Ranger Headquarters, Waratah National Park'.
At its peak,...
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Popular but doddery old Mayor William Plato is retiring after 50 years, and the hunt is on for a new mayor for Bushtown. Skippy is asked to keep an eye on things, while the slovenly garbage collector...