The Bobby Limb Show

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The Bobby Limb Show
Also known asThe Mobil Limb Show
Genre
Directed byPeter Bernardos [1]
Presented by Bobby Limb
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes117 [1] [2]
Production
ProducerAlec Kellaway
Running time
  • 50 minutes [1]
  • 55 minutes [2]
Original release
Network TCN-9
Release1959 (1959) 
1964 (1964)

The Bobby Limb Show was an early Australian television music/variety series which aired from 1959 to 1961, and was later re-titled (with minor format changes) as The Mobil-Limb Show from 1961 to 1964. It was hosted by Bobby Limb, and was produced by the Nine Network's TCN-9. Episodes included music, dancing, and comedy sketches. [3]

Regulars in The Bobby Limb Show included Limb's wife Dawn Lake, Buster Fiddess, Johnny O'Connor, The Delltones, Tikky Taylor, and The Bobby Limb Show Band. [1]

Regular guests in The Mobil-Limb Show included Leonard Teale, Gaynor Bunning, and Noel Brophy. [2] Many episodes of both series exist as kinescope recordings [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "THE BOBBY LIMB SHOW". National Film and Sound Archive . Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 "THE MOBIL-LIMB SHOW". National Film and Sound Archive . Retrieved 17 March 2013.
  3. "THE BOBBY LIMB SHOW. EP. 07". National Film and Sound Archive . Retrieved 17 March 2013.
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