The character will always be linked hand and hand with australian television history as on 11. The aunty jack show on aso australias audio and visual. Colour comes to australian tv and aunty jack, thin arthur, and kid eager are there to watch it happen. The secret life of us broke the mould with its honest. Watch all 8 the aunty jack show episodes from season 1,view pictures, get episode information and more. Aunty jack introduces colour is a oneoff television special edition of the aunty jack show, broadcast on abc television on the night of 28 february 1975. Rory odonoghue may 1949 december 2017 was an australian actor and musician, best known for playing the character thin arthur in the 1970s abc television sketch comedy series the aunty jack show, and for playing the guitar solo on kevin johnsons biggest hit rock n roll i gave you the best years of my life. Hello friends, i searched a lot and finally got to know the name of the girl. The aunty jack show burst onto australian television screens in the nineteen seventies. Amusingly, the boneyard quarry at kiama, which was used for the performance of the aunty jack song that closed each episode of the second series.
Aunty jack introduces colour this clip shows a sequence from the first colour television broadcast by the australian broadcasting commission abc. Episode two starts with a look at some of the abc programs that have shocked audiences with coarse language, and how what is acceptable to viewers changes with time. First screened in november 1972, the series hasnt been repeated since the 1970s, apart from a best of show in the early 1990s. The fourth and final episode was the precursor to the norman gunston show. The title on the record doesnt capitalise the first word of aside tracktitle, or the first two words of the bside tracktitle. The goldengloved, moustachioed gargoyle is wisely saved until the end, as is thin arthur odonoghue has lost the afro but still looks great in the blackandwhite tights. The music was written by rory odonoghue, who also did the singing as the character thin arthur, whereas aunty jack. Grahame bond played the character of aunty jack, gravel voiced and mustachioed and clad in a huge blue dress and workboots. Learn to play guitar by chord tabs using chord diagrams, transpose the key, watch video lessons and much more. Grahame bonds outrageous character, the bikie and self proclaimed queen of wollongong, was the antithesis of television presenting. Theres a two minute, twelve part historical series in one act and australias other first family the ken howard family. Grahame bond from aunty jack guest on where are they now duration.
Aunty jack introduces colour national archives of australia. Averted in the specials and on her twitter account. Nbc, 19591963 two black and white seasons, two color seasons, namesake of the nbc laramie peacock signifying a color program when the peacock first appeared preceding an episode of. Farewell rory odonoghue, of aunty jack fame tv shows. Played by grahame bond, aunty jack was a character who would like to punch on but cringe at. Produced by and broadcast on abctv, the series attained an instant cult status for its lead character, aunty jack grahame bond, a unique comic creation an obese, moustachioed, gravelvoiced transvestite, part trucker and part. Shell rip your bloody arms off the aunty jack show was one of australias earliest and best loved tv comedy series. Aunty jack grahame bond farewell aunty jack 1973, vinyl. The transition to colour was a significant development in television broadcasting and australians quickly and enthusiastically adapted to the change. Aunty jack was only with us for a short time in the early 70s but got a go in the reruns later on.
Season 2, episode 6 the r certificate show aunty jack presents the first xrated television show, but because she cant find enough subjects beginning with x, she calls it the r certificate. The aunty jack show burst on to australian television screens in the 1970s. Young school boy meet aunty bhabhi first time boobs sarah pratt brief crossing. Audio commentarygrahame bond and maurice murphy episode kulture an interesting commentary on this episode covering the genesis of the characters, the problems they had with abc management and the censorship of this episode. Listen to farewell aunty jack, flash nick from jindavik and more from aunty jack. The aunty jack character made her tv debut in aunty jack s traveling show an episode of abctvs the comedy game, broadcast in december 1970. Aunty jack s wollongong the brave is a collection of four comedy specials derived from the australian television series, the aunty jack show. Welcome to colour television the aunty jack show abc television. Grahame bond aunty jack, kev kavangh, errol rory odonoghue thin arthur, neil. It is an excerpt from aunty jack introduces colour, a special oneoff episode of the aunty jack show featuring grahame bond 1943 as aunty jack, rory odonoghue 1949 as thin arthur and garry mcdonald 1948. Shows that switched to color in their original run. For those who grew up in the 1970s rory odonoghue, along with cocreator grahame bond, created the aunty jack show for the abc. The aunty jack show first series plus pilot aunty jack was unleashed upon the world in the 1972 and its off kilter humour caught much of the country unawares.
The aunty jack theme can be heard with the menu, preceded by a short message from aunty jack herself. Aunt and son mind control religious mom cory chase. It was rerecorded and released as a hit single in late 1973 and spent 3 weeks at number one in the charts in australia in february and march 1974. 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. Grahame bond played the character of aunty jack, gravel voiced and mustachioed and clad in. With grahame bond, rory odonoghue, sandra mcgregor, garry mcdonald. The aunty jack show episode 1 classic australian television duration. It is an excerpt from aunty jack introduces colour, a special oneoff episode of the aunty jack show featuring grahame bond 1943 as aunty jack, rory odonoghue 1949 as thin arthur and. Produced by and broadcast on abctv, the series attained an instant cult status that persists to the present day. I remember buying the ep of the theme song sad but hey it was the 70s and it had a picture of aunty jack with her dukes on one side and her and thin arthur on the bikesidecar as well.
Aunty jack presents the first xrated television show, but because she cant find enough subjects beginning with x she calls it the r certificate show. Jan 28, 2020 aunty jack was filmed in advance at gore hill. 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 aunty jack show was one of australias earliest and best loved tv comedy series. The miniseries was released to dvd by the abc in march 2007. Jan 30, 2020 although the first episode, in which karvans character gets drunk at the walkley awards and goes home with an illchosen colleague, was perhaps more real for some of us than others. Try to bother or insult anyone who are friends with aunty jack and you will have arms ripped off. This sketch comedy series is presented by the outrageous motorbikeriding television hostess, aunty jack grahame bond, and her subversive team of thin arthur rory odonoghue, flange desire sandra mcgregor and narrator neville john derum.
Then with a fanfare at midnight on 1 march 1975, despite aunty jack threatening to. Grahame bond rory odonoghue maurice murphy garry mcdonald john scott. Aunty jack will rip your bloody arms off starts at 60. Can anyone shed some light on how much survives of aunty jack surreal australian comedy from the very early 70s by graham bond and rory odonahue produced by the abc and whether anyone knows why this has never been released on either video or dvd, and only the odd episode has ever been repeated. Aug, 2012 aunty jack was only with us for a short time in the early 70s but got a go in the reruns later on. Starring a motorcycling tranvestite boxer, it ran from 1972 to 1973 on. The aunty jack show was a logieaward winning australian television comedy series that ran from 1972 to 1973. Maurice brendan murphy born 1944 in sydney is an australian film and television director, producer, writer and actor. The episode was five minutes long and was the first show on abc television to be broadcast in colour. The aunty jack show was one of australias earliest and best loved tv logie award winning comedy series.
Watch fantasias en foco capitulo 7 hd full episode download. Rory odonoghue, the creative force alongside grahame bond for australian hit 70s comedy the aunty jack show, has died at age 68. The aunty jack show takes a serious turn from which it hardly recovers. Starring a motorcycling tranvestite boxer, it ran from 1972 to 1973 on australias national broadcaster abctv and attained an instant cult status that persists to this present day. Plot synopsis the aunty jack show has become something of a legend of australian television. Farewell aunty jack was the closing theme to the aunty jack show, played at the end of each episode. Aunty jacks wollongong the brave is a collection of four comedy specials derived from the australian television series, the aunty jack show. This special episode of the aunty jack show, broadcast on 1 march 1975 two years after the series officially ended, was the first abc program to contain a colour segment in its broadcast. This clip shows a sequence from the first colour television broadcast by the australian broadcasting commission abc. The episodes were filmed in 1974 and were aired during 1975. The season 2 opener the channel 9 show is about this aunty jack becomes fed up with the executives meddling she walks out of the tv and rips the executives arms off. Two genuine diggers fill us in on how ordinary great people really are. As with most filmed sequences at the abc in the transition from blackandwhite to colour, the opening and closing musical sequences of the aunty jack show were filmed in colour although all programs were transmitted in blackandwhite until the changeover date. Rumours abounded that the abc was involved in a dispute with star grahame bond, or that some.
Rory odonoghues daughter has reported the passing of her father born march, 1949, on december, 2017. Just as well, otherwise i would have missed out altogether. The episode was released on the aunty jack show complete series 1 and 2 box set on dvd in 2006. In the film bond played mister kevin, the first incarnation of the popular aunty jack show character kev kavanagh. Jul, 2009 welcome to colour television the aunty jack show abc television. There are italian lessons for the jetsetter and gaelic lessons for the irish setter. It is an excerpt from aunty jack introduces colour, a special oneoff episode of. Jul 21, 2016 the character will always be linked hand and hand with australian television history as on 11. In wollongong, norman gunston reveals the wollongong sex horror scandal. It is an excerpt from aunty jack introduces colour, a special oneoff episode of the aunty jack show featuring grahame bond 1943 as aunty jack, rory odonoghue 1949 as thin arthur and garry mcdonald 1948 as kid eager. A large, violent, masculine, mustached, boxing glovewearing, motorcycle riding woman and her troupe of other offbeat characters. Starring a motorcycling tranvestite boxer, it ran from 1972 to 1973 on australias national broadcaster abctv. It was originally to be called aunty jack s travelling abbatoirs but, needless to say, the suits thought this and inappropriate title. Although the first episode, in which karvans character gets drunk at the walkley awards and goes home with an illchosen colleague, was perhaps more real for.
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