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Aunty Jack Introduces Colour
''Aunty Jack Introduces Colour'' is a one-off television special edition of ''The Aunty Jack Show'', broadcast on ABC television on the night of 28 February 1975. It was created two years after ''The Aunty Jack Show'' finished, and featured the main character, Aunty Jack, played by Grahame Bond, even though she had been killed off in the last season in 1973. The episode was five minutes long and was the first show on ABC television to be broadcast in colour. Features The special shows the three main characters trying to combat the invasion of television by the colour monster, but Aunty Jack (Grahame Bond), Thin Arthur (Rory O'Donoghue), and Kid Eager (Garry McDonald) are swallowed into the world of colour television, as colour wipes from the bottom to the top of the screen, converting the ABC television into colour. The characters attempt to resist, with Aunty Jack making a futile endeavour to fight the process with "colour remover". Cast * Aunty Jack - Grahame Bond * Kid Eag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice Murphy (director)
Maurice Brendan Murphy (born 1939 in Sydney) is an Australian film and television director, producer, writer and actor. He is best known for his influential work as a director of TV comedy programs for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation – most notably ''The Aunty Jack Show'' – and for his 1980 feature film adaptation of the Australian comic strip ''Fatty Finn''. After a month as a Melbourne University student, Murphy realised that his true calling was in the entertainment world. For the next three years, he financed his theatrical pursuits at The Little Theatre in South Yarra, by working at the Victorian Railways. In 1960, Murphy joined the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC) where he worked his way up to being a director: 'The ABC was a great training institute at that time, and a place which allowed me much creative freedom. I learned a great deal there'. His first big break was in 1967 with the big budget 20-episode variety series, ''I'm Alright Now'', with Reg L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |