The Jack Perry Show
The Jack Perry Show is an early Australian variety television series. Broadcast on Melbourne station GTV-9, it was one of the first regular series by the station. It was hosted by Jack Perry, aired live and also featured guests.[1] Lasting about a month, the half-hour series aired at 7:30PM, with competition in the time-slot consisting of British series The Adventures of Robin Hood on HSV-7 and American sitcom Life with Elizabeth (with Betty White) on ABV-2.[2] Although his variety series was short-lived, host Jack Perry proved popular with 1950s and 1960s era Melbourne viewers as part of the clown duo Zig and Zag, who had a long running children's show on station HSV-7 originally titled .
Although kinescope recording (an early method of recording live television) had been developed, given the short run and the era it aired in, the series is most likely lost.
References[]
- ^ Radio/TV Supplement, Sunday Television: G T V Channel 9 : P.M..7.30 JACK PERRY SHOW - "Live" variety show. pres. Jack Perry, with guest artist... - The Age
- ^ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HzRVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=15QDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3626%2C1985218
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