Skippy the Bush Kangaroo

Now for a change of pace, something light-hearted, well, silly. "Skippy the Bush Kangaroo" screened on Australian TV from 1968 to 1970:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skippy_the_Bush_Kangaroo

Here is a snippet of the series:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hByob-5pPEs

And another:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdvKAzHPkYk

The "Fast Forward" comedy show did sendups of it...

"Skippy and the White Slave-Traders"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zxo7wQkCIE8

"Skippy and the Nuclear Bomb"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcHJ4EC2nCM

"Marijuana"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdSr96qGsxM

"Skippy vs the Devil"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXZuJ8ktkmQ

OK, enough of that.    

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