The half-hour Aussie kid’s show from HSV7 debuted at the end of March 1979 and featured former Skyhooks frontman Graeme “Shirley” Strachan and co-host Liz Rule.
They were joined by a cast of characters including Norm the Kangaroo (“the most talented kangaroo in Australia”); his wife Narelle and Normie their baby joey; wise, bespectacled Ol’ Possum; trouble-making Claude the Crow; Stanley the Snake; Green Finger the Irish Garden Gnome (who lectured on horticulture and told terrible jokes); Yippee the Bunyip; Bartholomew the Sheep and a band of monkeys.
Franciscus Henri appeared in the show as a regular, both as himself presenting musical segments and as Professor Henri in comical sketches.
The show aired five afternoons a week on Channel 7.
Strachan went on to be a regular presenter on the home makeover series Our House where he resurrected skills from his pre-Skyhooks carpentry trade.
He was killed in a helicopter accident on 29 August 2001. He was just 49.
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