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Skippy the Bush Kangaroo: Australia’s Favorite TV Animal

Skippy the Bush Kangaroo was an Australian TV series created for kids by John McCallum. The show was produced between 1966 and 1968, following the adventures of an Australian boy and his intelligent pet kangaroo, Skippy. The story is set in a fictional nature reserve called Waratah National Park. The show was met with success both in Australia and abroad. American children were especially enraptured with the tales of childhood in a distant land.

According to Classic Australian TV, “It could be argued that most well-known Australian television star internationally is a kangaroo.” The TV show was released in English in America and Canada, but was later dubbed into Spanish and aired in Mexico, Cuba and Spain. Half a century later, this promo video for the Skippy series is delightfully dated. The producers used puppetry and camera tricks to give Skippy the appearance of picking up objects, opening doors and using human body language. These visual illusions concerned Swedish psychologists because they felt that the show misrepresented reality. The TV show was eventually banned in Sweden because the psychologist thought it would lead to kids believing that animals could do things that they actually couldn’t.

You can find out more about Skippy the Bush Kangaroo on Wikipedia.

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November 8, 2012 Catherine Nessworthy Mayhem & Muse

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Sheep In The Island – Part 1

A sadistic sheep is stranded on a tropical island with  a dinosaur duck which quickly begins to look like a tasty treat to the intrepid ruminant. This quirky animation was directed by Aaron Lim and animated by the team at RG Studios. The animated short was included in the Samsung YP-P2, a portable media player […]

November 12, 2012 Catherine Nessworthy Mayhem & Muse

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Weird and Wonderful Surrealist Art by David Ball

Weird and Wonderful Surrealist Art by David Ball

David Ball has his own twisted approach to surrealism, an art genre that is known for its obscure forms and alienish landscapes. That David Ball’s art works are bizarre within his genre is testament to just how “out there” his work is. Ball’s surrealist paintings bridge the gap between traditional surrealism and pop surrealism while […]

November 8, 2012 Catherine Nessworthy Mayhem & Muse
  • November 8, 2012
  • by Catherine Nessworthy
  • Humor
  • animal, australia, character, children, comedy, cute, funny, humor, inspiration, kangaroo, kids, life, performance, television, tv, tv show, video, vintage

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