TV History - Questions

Leo_Puglisi6 · October 11, 2019, 9:41am

Thanks!

TV.Cynic · October 11, 2019, 9:46am

Not sure if this counts - Channel 10 - 4 - and 5a

Leo_Puglisi6 · October 11, 2019, 9:47am

Does count - thanks!

Radiohead · October 11, 2019, 10:05am

That’s an novel way to do local content …

A 10 mins “What’s On” program at 5pm and then 20 mins local news from 6:10 to 6:30 …

JBar · October 11, 2019, 10:11am

They do.

IanG · October 11, 2019, 10:21am

Probably around that time. Was probably around the same time NBN 3 Newcastle used it too

IanG · October 12, 2019, 2:22am

Just wondering. Back in the late 80s Early 90s one of the prominent Australian sketch comedy shows put out a series of sketches that were a spoof of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Only were Frogs. Also seem to remember the Shredder pisstake was covered in kitchen utensils.

I can’t remember if it was The Comedy Company or Fast Forward. Plus I haven’t been able to find any of them on YouTube

Tane04 · October 12, 2019, 3:49am

I know Full Frontal did a send-up of Power Rangers which featured Ross Williams covered in kitchen utensils.

IanG · October 13, 2019, 12:02am

swans9605 · October 16, 2019, 10:22am

Does anyone know when WIN’s Toowoomba news bulletin first moved from its Toowoomba studio to its Rockhampton studio in the 1990s?

According to the clip below, the Toowoomba news team were still presenting WIN’s Toowoomba bulletin as late as 1992 at 6.30pm as opposed to WIN’s other Queensland bulletins which aired at 6pm.

digitaldan · October 16, 2019, 10:46am

That’s a good question. Apart from Pat O’Shea on sport and Arther Copeland on weather, who are the other 2 presenters? And also interesting that Win News was broadcast at 6.30 as opposed to 6pm in other markets during that era?

swans9605 · October 16, 2019, 2:00pm

At the moment, I couldn’t honestly tell you who the main newsreader is. I thought it might have been Carolyn Barlow, but I don’t think it’s her. Yeah quite interesting considering WIN Toowoomba was a part of the WIN Queensland network after aggregation. I’m thinking studio production of Toowoomba bulletins moved to Rockhampton some time between 1993 and 1995, based on videos I’ve watched on YouTube, before moving back to Toowoomba in time for the new Sunshine Coast bulletin in 1998.

Aaron_Evans_2005 · October 28, 2019, 3:15am

Which show once did a parody of “Two And A Half Man”, portraying them as a silent-era comedy trio called “The Tramp” or something like that? Pretty sure it might’ve been on Channel Nine, during the period when they flogged the show (and I think I saw this moment a few times).

Ricketycricket · October 28, 2019, 3:52am

The only sketch comedy program on the Nine Network I can think of from the time is Comedy Inc. It might be that?

Aaron_Evans_2005 · October 28, 2019, 5:16am

Pretty sure it might be from later. Around 2009-2010 perhaps, maybe an Ellen skit?

Frankie · October 28, 2019, 6:00am

Ben Elton Live From Planet Earth perhaps?

IanG · October 28, 2019, 6:14am

What a fart in church that was

Tane04 · October 28, 2019, 7:10am

I watched that ‘Girl Flat’ sketch, what a disaster that was.

Leo_Puglisi6 · October 31, 2019, 8:34am

Didn’t Southern Cross run a Darwin bulletin in the early 2000’s? If so, does anyone have any vision or caps?

TelevisionAU · October 31, 2019, 9:38am

Yes they did. It was based at the TNQ (Ten Qld) studios in Townsville and presented by Joanne Desmond. There was a clip on youtube but might be gone now.