''Dooby Duck's Disco Bus'' is a children's

puppet show Puppetry is a form of theatre or performance that involves the manipulation of puppets – inanimate objects, often resembling some type of human or animal figure, that are animated or manipulated by a human called a puppeteer. Such a performan ...

presented by Dooby Duck (created by Alan Hausrath and Harry Stuart), a puppet duck with a shiny showbiz jacket and a pink bow-tie, who introduced puppets

singing Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or with ...

contemporary songs of the day. Dooby signed off each show laughing and saying 'Dooby Dooby Dooby Dooby Dooby Quack Quack'. The character first appeared as a segment on the children's sketch programme 'The Satellite Show'.

Series guide

; ''Dooby Duck's Disco Bus'': 13 editions. Broadcast 5 January 1989 – 30 March 1989 ; ''Dooby's Duck Truck'': 13 editions. Broadcast 3 January 1991 – 28 March 1991 ; ''Dooby Duck's Euro Tour'': 13 editions. Broadcast 30 September 1992 – 23 December 1992 All series were given repeat airings

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External links

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BFI database entry for Dooby Duck's Disco Bus
1989 British television series debuts 1992 British television series endings BBC children's television shows Television series about ducks British television shows featuring puppetry 1980s British children's television series 1990s British children's television series English-language television shows {{child-tv-prog-stub