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The RIP thread
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"Polly Perkins at the MCG... Gary Brice at Waverley... Phil Pinnell at Princes Park..."
Used to like listening to Smokey Dawson on the ABC; "Robbo.......................at the Park!"
Mallett was very good but Davidson was a great of the game. Short notice perhaps, but Andrew Wu has sold him way short in his Fairfax piece.
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Bloody hell. Just heard it 83yo. What a legend of Australian TV this bloke was.
I reckon he was a bigger legend than Gra Gra on Aust TV. Hit his peak when on the Don Lane Show. Great times.
He sure was. Dunno of anyone who didn’t like Bert. Him and Don Lane together. Great memories as a kid growing up watching those two.
Gra Gra, Lane, and Newton yep big names of Aussie TV when Aussie TV was Aussie TV.
The Don Lane Show and Blankety Blanks were must watch tv back in those days.
Perfectly said My Dear Redsox.
The same thoughts, Great times back then on Aussie Tv.
Its f#%$&%#&%# dire as these days.
Aussie TV Royalty was ol Moon Face.
RIP Bert Newton an icon.
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Bert was a legend of Aussie TV. I had an uncle who was a dead spit of him. Mum went into a bank one day and there was an ad with Bert in there. My mother thought initially why her brothers picture was on this advert, then realised it was Bert.
Bert Newton dressed up as ol mate Demis Roussos as well and dressed up in Kiss Garb for their interview from memory.
My parents never missed the Don Lane Show when i was a kid.
Think it was on after Prisoner or Cop Shop which my mum loved back in the day
My parents never missed the Don Lane Show when i was a kid.
Think it was on after Prisoner or Cop Shop which my mum loved back in the day
Another great memory of Bert - is his KFC Colonel Sanders ad lib ads he did with Graham Kennedy
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Totally agree craigo. Miss that TV so much nowadays. As an adolescent I couldn't wait until I was 18 to get my first car and drive out and watch this great entertainment we 'used' to have live at the studio.
I was a nerd of Aussie primetime TV back then. Never missed an episode of all those 3 shows.
