Bobby Dazzler
Bobby Dazzler | |
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Genre | Comedy |
Created by | |
Directed by | |
Starring | John Farnham Olivia Hamnett Maurie Fields |
Country of origin | Australia |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 14 |
Production | |
Executive producers | Ian Crawford Ian Jones |
Producer | |
Running time | 25 minutes |
Release | |
Original network | Seven Network |
Original release | 20 November 1977 3 March 1978 | –
Bobby Dazzler was an Australian television sitcom produced by Crawford Productions, starring pop singer John Farnham and Daniel Rumpf and Darrin Collier as the title characters: up and coming pop music stars Frankie Marie Vicars and Bobby Farrell. The other regular cast members were Maurie Fields as Bobby's father Fred, an old vaudeville performer; Shiva Gopalan as The Destroyer and Olivia Hamnett as Bobby's officious manager Della McDermott. Qing Ling was a regular special guest star as the singing Bar Tender.It was aired on the Seven Network during the summer of 1977–78.[1]
Etymology[]
The English word bobby-dazzler was originally a north east “Geordie” English dialect term for a person who is considered (with affection) remarkable or excellent, shows smart dress sense or is maybe “flashy”.[2]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Bobby Dazzler episode guide". Memorable TV. Archived from the original on 31 August 2007. Retrieved 28 October 2007.
- ^ "bobby-dazzler". Oxford English Dictionary. Retrieved 15 August 2010.
External links[]
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- Australian television sitcoms
- Seven Network original programming
- 1977 Australian television series debuts
- 1978 Australian television series endings
- Television series by Crawford Productions