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Name that show...please

Postby JAS » Thu Nov 29, 2007 6:56 pm

I have a little challenge for you guys. Last night a mate and I were discussing tv shows from our childhood (yes kids we had tv's back then :wink: ). There was one that I remember but she doesn't only I can't remember the name of it (don't you just hate it when that happens). Reason I'm asking you lot is I'm sure it was Aussie :D What I remember (not necessarily accurately) about it is:

Set in Aus around the 19th century (from memory of the costumes)

Based around the exploits of two guys...one tall and one short and stocky who wore a bowler hat and smoked cigars. A bit like Alias Smith and Jones I think only they weren't so young and goodlooking.

Other main character was a woman who I think ran a ranch....maybe

Any ideas???? :roll: :lol:
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P.S. forgot to mention it would have been on tv arond the late 1960's to early 1970's
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Re: Name that show...please

Postby Leaping Lindner » Thu Nov 29, 2007 7:14 pm

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Re: Name that show...please

Postby rd » Thu Nov 29, 2007 7:18 pm

I think it had Gus Mercurio starring in it - didnt watch it however - bit on the boring side.

The Box was THE AUSSIE SHOW of the 70s.
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Re: Name that show...please

Postby Leaping Lindner » Thu Nov 29, 2007 7:33 pm

rd wrote:I think it had Gus Mercurio starring in it - didnt watch it however - bit on the boring side.

The Box was THE AUSSIE SHOW of the 70s.


The Box was good but when it comes to GREAT Aussie shows of the 70's there can only be one.......
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Re: Name that show...please

Postby JAS » Thu Nov 29, 2007 7:38 pm

Thanks LL you're a star...would have gone mad trying to remember that.

As for 'The Box' I'm afraid you guys have lost me now :? I'll stand corrected but I'm not sure it was shown over here...all I remember is Cash & Co and Skippy :lol:

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Re: Name that show...please

Postby GWW » Thu Nov 29, 2007 9:52 pm

My immediate thought was the tv show, "The Colonials", i remember seeing it at school a few times, i'm sure a few other people would have seen it during school days as well.
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Re: Name that show...please

Postby bayman » Thu Nov 29, 2007 9:56 pm

whatabout number 96 ?
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Re: Name that show...please

Postby rd » Fri Nov 30, 2007 7:50 pm

The quality of the flesh seen on The Box was of a far higher quality than what was displayed on Number 96. The Box introduced Cheryl Rixon to tv - surely one day a dvd box set of The Box will be released!
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Re: Name that show...please

Postby bayman » Fri Nov 30, 2007 8:07 pm

rd wrote:The quality of the flesh seen on The Box was of a far higher quality than what was displayed on Number 96. The Box introduced Cheryl Rixon to tv - surely one day a dvd box set of The Box will be released!



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Re: Name that show...please

Postby southee » Sat Dec 01, 2007 1:07 am

GWW wrote:My immediate thought was the tv show, "The Colonials", i remember seeing it at school a few times, i'm sure a few other people would have seen it during school days as well.



Yes I thought the same GWW.I remember watching it in class in primary school...I could not stand the show....had John Walters in it from memory.
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Re: Name that show...please

Postby johntheclaret » Mon Dec 03, 2007 1:14 am

bayman wrote:whatabout number 96 ?


I can remember that. A soap based in an apartment block wasn't it. Had a deli on the ground floor. And the girls :roll:
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Re: Name that show...please

Postby Magpiespower » Mon Dec 03, 2007 6:03 am

johntheclaret wrote:
bayman wrote:whatabout number 96 ?


I can remember that. A soap based in an apartment block wasn't it. Had a deli on the ground floor. And the girls :roll:


Very controversial - sex, nudity and Australia TVs first openly gay character.

Then they blew the joint up at the end of its run.

Only a few eps remain thanks to the pretty common policy of taping over shows to cut costs...
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Re: Name that show...please

Postby johntheclaret » Mon Dec 03, 2007 9:09 am

Magpiespower wrote:
johntheclaret wrote:
bayman wrote:whatabout number 96 ?


I can remember that. A soap based in an apartment block wasn't it. Had a deli on the ground floor. And the girls :roll:


Very controversial - sex, nudity and Australia TVs first openly gay character.

Then they blew the joint up at the end of its run.

Only a few eps remain thanks to the pretty common policy of taping over shows to cut costs...


How long did it run for MP. Was still on when I came back.
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Re: Name that show...please

Postby Magpiespower » Mon Dec 03, 2007 10:39 am

How long did it run for MP. Was still on when I came back.


Courtesy of IMDB...

The TV series ran between 1972-1977.

A movie came out in 1974.

And there was a US version which lasted for one season (1980).
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Re: Name that show...please

Postby heater31 » Mon Dec 03, 2007 10:41 am

Magpiespower wrote:
Only a few eps remain thanks to the pretty common policy of taping over shows to cut costs...


does this policy still exist? I can think of at least two current shows that deserve this treatment.


JTC number 96 finished years ago I have never seen an episode and I am in my mid 20's now. The old man says it was way better than any of the current shite currentley on the idiot box.
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Re: Name that show...please

Postby Leaping Lindner » Mon Dec 03, 2007 10:45 am

southee wrote:
GWW wrote:My immediate thought was the tv show, "The Colonials", i remember seeing it at school a few times, i'm sure a few other people would have seen it during school days as well.



Yes I thought the same GWW.I remember watching it in class in primary school...I could not stand the show....had John Walters in it from memory.


Do you mean "Rush"? John Waters was the policeman/trooper in that.
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Re: Name that show...please

Postby Magpiespower » Tue Dec 04, 2007 5:49 am

heater31 wrote:
does this policy still exist? I can think of at least two current shows that deserve this treatment.


The ABC and 10 were the worst offenders.

But don't do it any more.

Though maybe they should - The Librarians and The Wedge are two deserving of their masters being taped over...
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Re: Name that show...please

Postby Leaping Lindner » Wed Dec 05, 2007 12:00 am

Magpiespower wrote:
heater31 wrote:
does this policy still exist? I can think of at least two current shows that deserve this treatment.


The ABC and 10 were the worst offenders.

But don't do it any more.

Though maybe they should - The Librarians and The Wedge are two deserving of their masters being taped over...


Hours and hours of what would now be classic SANFL footage from the 60s and 70s......GONE :(
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Re: Name that show...please

Postby johntheclaret » Thu Dec 06, 2007 10:35 am

Magpiespower wrote:
How long did it run for MP. Was still on when I came back.


Courtesy of IMDB...

The TV series ran between 1972-1977.

A movie came out in 1974.

And there was a US version which lasted for one season (1980).


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Re: Name that show...please

Postby johntheclaret » Thu Dec 06, 2007 10:38 am

heater31 wrote:
Magpiespower wrote:
Only a few eps remain thanks to the pretty common policy of taping over shows to cut costs...


does this policy still exist? I can think of at least two current shows that deserve this treatment.


JTC number 96 finished years ago I have never seen an episode and I am in my mid 20's now. The old man says it was way better than any of the current shite currentley on the idiot box.


Remember it well H31. I must be about your old mans age. I thought it was great, but then again I was only about 14 or 15 so you didn't get many t1ts on a primetime soap in those days :lol: :wink:
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