"The Happy Show", featuring Olivia Newton-John (HSV-7, 1965)

[markxxx21]

Geez all those little kids are at least 50 now. I wonder how many are dead?

[nazasmp]

..olivia was a cute teen..!

[290914]

I worked with Happy (Harry) Hammond in the 70's and he was exactly like this off screen, a gentleman who could always make us smile, simply by being around.

[Seattlecarnut]

Which one is Olivia Newton John?

[Conniptions886]

@Seattlecarnut - That's her second from left...

[Seattlecarnut]

@Conniptions886 To the left of the man with the hat, or one more to the left?

[Conniptions886]

@Seattlecarnut - From the left side of the screen, with the black sash around her waist...

[Seattlecarnut]

@Conniptions886 Ah! I see her! She was just a teenager at the time.

[petersj16]

such a lovely memory thank you very much for posting this

[gregbutcher1]

wow that was the year and month i was born. awesome clip.

[markxxx21]

How come Olivia wasn't waving goodbye? :o)

[hebneh]

Those little kids are now, like me, in their 50s.

At that age I wasn't allowed to drink Coke, since it had caffeine in it, which was presumed to be bad for children. But actually I hated it anyway, so there wasn't any chance of me drinking it secretly. 

[hugnkiss71]

Awesome clip - My mum was in the "Happy Olivettes" - great memories for her!

[Aussielass19]

OHHH MY Goodness ... What memories this brings back ... I was with Happy Hammond Princess Pand a Vic "Funny Face" Gordon and the Gang back Home in Oz in '62 !!! Always stayed with me LOVED them ALL ... 

THANK YOU FOR THIS >>>>>>>>

[nearlyoutofideas]

Very historical and fascinating to watch but wow, they sure dragged out the product placement section at the end!

[EarlJohn61]

I remember those paper straws, 1 sip and they were flat, you couldn't get anything through them. rofl

[RaySTD]

i was on the show as a kid, just can't remember how old I was.

[GreatestSingerEver01]

Love Olivia!  5 Stars!

[eddie100]

I only wet myself a litle. Remember I had only come to OZ via my 6th birthday on a plane via I already had deep and meaniful crap happenning.

It wasn't until another year you could see the fear in my eye's. IMe was you know I have no one to speak to Is it me?

[eddie100]

I was one of the scared little boys. I was 7 years old. Have more gut's than you. I pissed my pants on TV that day, (only 7 years old). What did you do in 1967?

[sturiglia]

This is so rare,thanks for share.

[Jvideostyle]

Great job!

[OliviaAndLove]

Oh wow. look how young Olivia is!!! Amazing even then. :) Thsi is so cool to see.

[LilMissae]

"Funny face" Vic Gordon is my grandpa so thank you very much for uploading this - it keeps his memory alive :)

[Conniptions886]

I was always a huge fan of Vic's - got an enormous amount of his TV work, mostly "Matlock Police", "Young Ramsay", and so on...

[viclagoon]

You see what i mean back then a singer had to sell themselves on tv shows like this one and make a name,you wonder Olivia so young asking herself is this what i want for the rest of my life she must have asked that i can only imagine what someone who decided not to go to college pursure a singing career meant to do to find a job man boy was this adilly for Livvy.

[CrummyCurtis]

What what ONJ does to 'Big John' at :35

[Conniptions886]

Elbows him in the ribs...

[CrummyCurtis]

Sorry...that should have beeen WATCH what ONJ etc.

[machiavelli99]

Shirley Radford on the organ. Those were the days!

[anthony19678]

great memories tony

[anthony19678]

gee were did you get the happy show from .Iwas on it .iam a twin you have made me very happy thanks tony 53 from cheltenham..good1

[IDLERACER]

This is a reminder of just how little it took to hold the attention of audiences (of any age) back in the 60s. Can you imagine a TV program nowadays showing a solid five minute block of nothing but kids drinking Coke while a skating rink organ plays "Happy Days Are Here Again" in the background?

[lake40]

intersting there is no credits at the end

[Conniptions886]

No on-screen credits, but they're done via the voice-over, which was fairly common back then...

[lake40]

two years before i was born

[Conniptions886]

Same here!

[CrummyCurtis]

Actually, this show was from January 1965, Sir Winston having died on the 24th of that month (unless of course, airmail was slow back then).

As for Olivia...I'm sure a lot of dads and uncles and big brothers watching the show with the kids honestly loved her and were hopelessly devoted to her then. You can tell that Big John standing next to her wishes he could get physical with her!

[angelcitynut]

Australia has the prettiest girls in the world.

[yogafan6500]

You can say that again especially the ones like Nicole Kidman.

[olivia4058]

What a treasure to Olivia!

[viclagoon]

It reminds you back then in different countries they all had tv shows and many chances for singers who wanted to be famous to be seen through this simple kind of tv shows.Also in Mexico ,many wannabes who wanted to be very famous sang through many tv shows aslo to get their name known out there.Heck today not to many chances for many to expose their talents,Livvy was so lucky to be in so many shows.Wish i had that chance when i was singing at saloon bars to get my break.

[ozpkennedy]

Id love to have these happy show clips .other than boomeride pilot these are the oldest ive heard that survive

[debbie0wayler]

speaking of that, i'm interested if anybody has good the boomeride show?

i would really apriciated..?

deby

[ozpkennedy]

I have a Boomeride show but not the olivia show i just have about 20 seconds of her show