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1959 Australian TV series or program
The Bobby Limb Show
Also known asThe Mobil Limb Show
Genre
Directed byPeter Bernardos
Presented byBobby Limb
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes117
Production
ProducerAlec Kellaway
Running time
  • 50 minutes
  • 55 minutes
Original release
NetworkTCN-9
Release1959 (1959) –
1964 (1964)

The Bobby Limb Show was an early Australian television music/variety series which aired from 1959 to 1961, and was later re-titled (with minor format changes) as The Mobil-Limb Show from 1961 to 1964. It was hosted by Bobby Limb, and was produced by the Nine Network's TCN-9. Episodes included music, dancing, and comedy sketches.

Regulars in The Bobby Limb Show included Limb's wife Dawn Lake, Buster Fiddess, Johnny O'Connor, The Delltones, Tikky Taylor, and The Bobby Limb Show Band.

Regular guests in The Mobil-Limb Show included Leonard Teale, Gaynor Bunning, and Noel Brophy. Many episodes of both series exist as kinescope recordings

Dawn Lake's enduring character was Ethel, first appearing in the early 1960s in The Mobil Limb Show. As a simple housewife talking over the fence to a neighbour she would say, "You tell 'em, luv!". This was Ethel's catchcry.

References

  1. ^ "THE BOBBY LIMB SHOW". National Film and Sound Archive. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  2. ^ "THE MOBIL-LIMB SHOW". National Film and Sound Archive. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
  3. "THE BOBBY LIMB SHOW. EP. 07". National Film and Sound Archive. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
  4. "NFSA – Error".

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