''Bobby Dazzler'' was an

Australian television Television in Australia began experimentally as early as 1929 in Melbourne with radio stations 3DB and 3UZ, and 2UE in Sydney, using the ''Radiovision'' system by Gilbert Miles and Donald McDonald, and later from other locations, such as Bris ...

sitcom A sitcom, a portmanteau of situation comedy, or situational comedy, is a genre of comedy centered on a fixed set of characters who mostly carry over from episode to episode. Sitcoms can be contrasted with sketch comedy, where a troupe may use ne ...

produced by

Crawford Productions Crawford Productions is an Australian media production company, focused on radio and television production. Founded in Melbourne by Hector Crawford and his sister, actress and voice artist Dorothy Crawford, the company, also known as Crawfords ...

, starring pop singer

John Farnham John Peter Farnham Officer of the Order of Australia, AO (born 1 July 1949) is a British born Australian singer. Farnham was a Teen idol, teen pop idol from 1967 until 1979, billed then as Johnny Farnham, but has since forged a career as an Adu ...

as well as Daniel Rumpf and Darrin Collier as the title characters: up-and-coming pop music stars Frankie Marie Vicars and Bobby Farrell. The other regular cast members were

Maurie Fields Maurice Fields (born Maurice Sheil, 4 August 1926 – 18 December 1995) was an Australian vaudeville performer, actor and stand-up comedian. Career Fields became a well-known face on television first thanks to his comic sketches on live progra ...

as Bobby's father Fred, an old vaudeville performer; Shiva Gopalan as The Destroyer; and

Olivia Hamnett Olivia Jane Hamnett (1942/1943 – 2 November 2001) was an English actress known for numerous television roles in Australia, primarily in soap operas and miniseries. including '' The Sullivans'' as Meg Fulton in 1979, in ''Prisoner'' as Dr. K ...

as Bobby's officious manager, Della McDermott. Qing Ling was a regular special guest star as the singing bartender. It was aired on the

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during the summer of 1977–78.

Etymology

The English word ''bobby-dazzler'' was originally a northeast "

Geordie Geordie () is a nickname for a person from the Tyneside area of North East England, and the dialect used by its inhabitants, also known in linguistics as Tyneside English or Newcastle English. There are different definitions of what constitut ...

" English dialect term for a person who is considered (with affection) remarkable or excellent, shows smart dress sense or is maybe "flashy".

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External links

* {{IMDb title, id=0276648
Bobby Dazzler at the National Film and Sound Archive
Australian television sitcoms Seven Network original programming 1977 Australian television series debuts 1978 Australian television series endings Television series by Crawford Productions

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