The Bobby Limb Show

The Bobby Limb Show
Also known asThe Mobil Limb Show
Genre
Directed byPeter Bernardos[1]
Presented byBobby Limb
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes117[1][2]
Production
ProducerAlec Kellaway
Running time
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.[3]

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.[1]

Regular guests in The Mobil-Limb Show included Leonard Teale, Gaynor Bunning, and Noel Brophy.[2] Many episodes of both series exist as kinescope recordings[4]

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. ^ a b c d "THE BOBBY LIMB SHOW". National Film and Sound Archive. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  2. ^ a b c "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".[dead link‍]