Dooby Duck's Disco Bus

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Dooby Duck's Disco Bus
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Production
Running time10 min.
Original release
Network BBC
Release5 January 1989 (1989-01-05) –
23 December 1992 (1992-12-23)

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]

Contents

Series guide

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

"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]

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References

  1. ↑ "Roger Stevenson - Master Puppeteer". rogerstevenson.com.
  2. ↑ "BBC One London - 5 January 1989 - BBC Genome". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk.
  3. ↑ "BBC One London - 30 March 1989 - BBC Genome". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk.
  4. ↑ "Dooby's Duck Truck". 3 January 1991. p. 142 – via BBC Genome.
  5. ↑ "BBC One London - 28 March 1991 - BBC Genome". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk.
  6. ↑ "BBC One London - 30 September 1992 - BBC Genome". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk.
  7. ↑ "Dooby Duck's Disco Bus/Dooby's Duck Truck – Nostalgia Central". nostalgiacentral.com. 12 February 2009. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  8. ↑ Sangster, Jim (2005). TV heaven. Internet Archive. London : Collins. ISBN   978-0-00-719099-7.


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