Dooby Duck's Disco Bus
| Dooby Duck's Disco Bus | |
|---|---|
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Production | |
| Running time | 10 min. |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC |
| Release | 5 January 1989 – 23 December 1992 |
Dooby Duck's Disco Bus is a children's puppet show presented by Dooby Duck (created by Alan Hausrath and Harry Stuart), a puppet duck with a shiny showbiz jacket and a pink bow-tie, who introduced puppets singing contemporary songs of the day. Dooby signed off each show laughing and saying 'Dooby Dooby Dooby Dooby Dooby Quack Quack'. The character first appeared as a segment on the children's sketch programme 'The Satellite Show'.[1]
Series guide
[edit]- Dooby Duck's Disco Bus
- 13 editions. Broadcast 5 January 1989[2] – 30 March 1989[3]
- Dooby's Duck Truck
- 13 editions. Broadcast 3 January 1991[4] – 28 March 1991[5]
- Dooby Duck's Euro Tour
- 13 editions. Broadcast 30 September 1992[6] – 23 December 1992
All series were given repeat airings.
Reception
[edit]"This puppet duck presented other puppets singing contemporary songs of the day for five minutes just before 4.00 pm. Sounds simple, yet it achieved a viewing audience of 3 million and had something of a cult following with students.", according to the website Nostalgia Central.[7]
Jim Sangster also considers that Pinky and Perky's "basic format (...) was revived in 1989 for the bizarre Dooby Duck's Disco Bus (5 Jan-30 Mar 1989), which once again had marionette animals performing contemporary pop hits."[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Roger Stevenson - Master Puppeteer". rogerstevenson.com.
- ^ "BBC One London - 5 January 1989 - BBC Genome". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "BBC One London - 30 March 1989 - BBC Genome". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "Dooby's Duck Truck". 3 January 1991. p. 142 – via BBC Genome.
- ^ "BBC One London - 28 March 1991 - BBC Genome". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "BBC One London - 30 September 1992 - BBC Genome". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "Dooby Duck's Disco Bus/Dooby's Duck Truck – Nostalgia Central". nostalgiacentral.com. 12 February 2009. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
- ^ Sangster, Jim (2005). TV heaven. Internet Archive. London : Collins. ISBN 978-0-00-719099-7.
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