A whole generation of Brits were shocked to find out that Skippy, the marsupial start of a kid's TV series, was actually played, not by one animal, but a whole series of 'actors' who were sent to the dog food factory down the road from the studio when they got too big or otherwise became inconvenient. There is a famous shot, often played on British TV when this is being mentioned, of Skippy's paw operating the controls of a radio, which is actually a severed kangaroo paw on a stick worked by a crew member.
@margo,
Quote:Not where I live now...but in a previous incarnation! But they're bloody vegetarians so they're not at all appreciative of my roast lamb.
Ingrates. I've always hated that about kangaroos...
@contrex,
Skippy looks more like a wallaby than a kangaroo.
Quite the accomplished "actor" was our skip.
Here playing the drums.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3HkUKoGoc4
@Builder,
Several paws-on-sticks right there.
@Builder,
and I bet you still remember the theme song:
Skippeee, Skippeee, Skippy the bush kangaroo...
@margo,
First time I saw/heard that, oh!
@margo,
Singing it in my head now.
Dad took us hunting from an early age, so we had a good idea the show was mostly BS. That blondie gal though......
@Builder,
Builder wrote:That blondie gal though......
Liza Goddard? I see what you mean.
@contrex,
I actually drove the same green and white Ford wagon that Ranger Hammond drove. Thirsty old tank it was.
A Brit joke about Ozzies:
A young lad is brought up way out in the outback, miles from anywhere, and he reaches adulthood a virgin. No opportunities, you see. His father sends him to Sydney to a brothel he knows with a note to the madam to fix him up with a nice girl for the night. He goes in her room and says "Are we going to have sex?" She replies "Yes!". He says "Righto!" and immediately starts shifting all of the furniture, lamps, TV, etc out of the room. "What are you doing?" she asks. "Getting ready to have sex." he replies. "Have you ever had sex with a woman?" she asks. He replies: "No, but if they're anything like kangaroos, you don't want to take any chances!".
@contrex,
I'll pay that one.
Was going to say that the Skippy production was very Brit-oriented, though peopled with Aussies.
@Builder,
Builder wrote:Was going to say that the Skippy production was very Brit-oriented, though peopled with Aussies.
Liza Goddard, born 1950 in Smethwick, Staffordshire, England, is the daughter of British producer David Goddard who moved the family to Australia when she was 15 when he was appointed Head of Drama at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. She came back to Britain in 1969 after 48 episodes of Skippy. She was married to Alvin Stardust for a time!
@contrex,
Made me laugh. I had a colleague whose father sent him to a brothel at 14...
@contrex,
And the chopper pilot was also standard Brit-behavioured.
I think Liza's name was Clancy, so they made an attempt to Aussify her character.
@margo,
margo wrote:I like to serve kangaroo, also.
Does it taste like chicken?
I didn't eat any cheese again today.
@edgarblythe,
Then I have no choice, but, to double my intake. ☺☺☺
@Sturgis,
Hey, I bought some smoked provolone the other day. Haven't opened it yet.
Trying a new variety today; Gorgonzola Dolce. Smells great, and looks good. Tastes rather strong for a softer cheese. I'm liking it already.
My partner is cutting out meat, and is having fried Halloumi cheese, as a substitute, which I don't find appealing at all.
I remember reading somewhere that cooking cheese renders it almost indigestible.
