The Original Live Action Blinky Bill Puppet Show

[YoungGarrett]

Ahhhh this one is way better than the cartoon!

[DavidJHilt]

Mr Kelly likes a screamer ;) Lol, then not a single word afterwards.

[DavidJHilt]

Mr Kelly likes a screamer ;)

[its4it]

I used to see this on ABCTV when I was growing up. They should put this on ABC 2 or ABC 3.

[yellowpete79]

I think i saw one of these puppets in the ABC a few months ago in the lobby

[JJPeatey]

Great video! lots of memories, thanks.

[qiqqrosatanbabcika]

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[FreeRideHorses]

Thanks for posting!

[tulscity]

oh man this feels like a different life ago. That lizard used to creep me out a bit

[elneeno]

Someone please tell me the actual name/title of this show?????

[doomlordkaka]

is that mr kelly???????

[2010choppy]

i remember watching this show as a kid and i'm very interested in getting a copy of the episodes if anyone can help email me at shawn9@tpg.com.au

[bugmancx]

Hah, I remember this episode.

[sliat1981]

sarah monoghan is a liar who should go back to america with her stupid accent for the sell out she is

[mjohnmeade]

I see you have uploaded some Mr Squiggle 83carebear may have some more Blinky Bill. My interest is that I wrote the pilot episode another for this series and was in three episodes. I was also guest on Mr Squiggle a few times as myself and also as a character I did on another ABC show (Alexander Bunyip). Wouldn't mind getting hold of some of this stuff.

[puppetease]

@mjohnmeade

Hey mike,

Madge Galah & (Alexander Bunyip ABC program)

Blinky Bill + Eric Echidna & Max the plain clothes ranger from Bollygum Nat Park here;-)  Its been yrs since we talked in Brisbane when i was then on tour for the Qld Art Council. Got a phone call from Dicky smith last week to shoot the breeze.

[Coldacre]

great upload! I've haven't seen this since the late eighties!! shame the ABC stopped repeats of the this since that stupid cartoon version came along. I loved Charlie goanna when I was a kid :D

[jon2johnny]

I remember when the ranger changed and one episode when they had a cosmonaut land in the national park (as the cold war was still on) and another when a jogger hit her head and was missing in the park.

Where did you get these clips from? An ancient VHS?

[jackoejacko]

@jon2johnny I rember the episode of the jogger hitting her head - thanks for reminding me! Yes it was an ancient VHS but unfortunately the only one I could find

[presley23]

I used to absolutely love this show! It's such a shame it is never shown anymore, this shows just how good kids TV used to be. Thanks for posting this!

[TheBEAR144]

I havent wached this since i was a kid, thanks for posting. I wish they still had Blinky Bill on TV like this for the kids that watched this that now have children of their own. Thanks for Posting!!

[jackoejacko]

No worries

[idontlikeit00]

Oh im so glad that I wasn't imagining things, I loved this as a kid!

[shimma25]

Thanks so much for posting - I used to love this as a kid - so much better than the animated Blinky Bill series that followed it - I guess this was kind of a precursor to The Ferals - another ABC classic - I miss these kinds of shows!

[aussieambo]

These were the absolute best Blinky Bill shows - ever

[Muppephile]

The camper was a Russian fellow, wasn't he?

That was the shuttle crash survivor, sorry.

[gpryceless]

haha Hey Dad as the ranger classic! Mr Kelly looking after angelina!

[puppetease]

MORE BLINKY BILL PUPPET SERIES CLIPS CHECK OUT click puppetease...blinky bill sings oppression introduced by Molly Meldrum...historic stuff. Glad to here someone still remembers me.

regards

Blinky, Charlie and all the crew at Bollygum.

[VoxEMan]

Wow - what a flashback. This certainly takes me back to my childhood years!

[vladkips]

I loved Charlie as a kid.

[vegining]

Mrs Magpie! : ))

[sunnyme78]

do you happen to have the clip where they sing 'termite rock' :D 'down at termite rock,where the ants are all a chew' or something like that *thanks for reminding me of a cool kids show*

[Violad]

You're a GEM for putting this up. Many thanks. Did you know that the original puppets are on display in the ABC building in Sydney? Fantastic.

[jackoejacko]

No worries and cheers, I didn't know

[msnowy]

gold.... blinky was and still is gold!

[HomerNixon1980]

This show was cool, much better than that stupid cartoon they have nowadays. Thanks for putting it on mate, Cheers

[spankiemcnaught]

HAHA YESSSSSS!

I LOVED this when I was a kid. No one ever remembers this show when I talk about it, they think of the lame cartoon.

[jackoejacko]

I know what you mean man, although Blinky Bill rocks either way

[hellcatt20]

omg thanks so much for uploading this! I was trying to tell people about it and everyone just thinks about the cartoon. THANKYOU! I LOVE THIS VERSION!!!!!!!!! I wish there was more footage floating around

[jackoejacko]

I know what you mean

[desden96]

top effort!! same here ive tried telling people about this and they had no idea! i used to watch this how religiously as a kid along with all the other great abc shows from the 80's! dont make them like they used to!!

[83CAREBEAR]

@desden96 I know i try and explain to people. I loved this show as a kid, my dad would tape it, and i would watch it over and over again, to the point my father was ready to throw the tapes out. Thank go he didnt, and he recently transfered them on to DVD for me.

[jackoejacko]

@83CAREBEAR Nice! You are very lucky. How many episodes do you have on DVD?

[mponekov]

do you have abc for kids live in concert

if you do can you put all the songs from the wiggles

[jackoejacko]

No I don't sorry mate

[fuzzyillogic]

I LOVED the original Blinky Bill series - thanks so much for keep this alive! Go charlie!

[IanGorton]

Man I loved this show when I was a kid

[spindude3456]

I actualy remember this episode! Cheers mate, if I track any more down I'll let you know.

[spindude3456]

I actually remeber it too, youtube needs a spellcheck :p

[jackoejacko]

Yeh great series hey! Cheers mate if you can that would be unreal. LOL spalcheck <3

[sequens2000]

ohh my god the best show...how cute are those little puppets..I hope they are in a collectors hands now somewhere.

Mr Kelly! wheres Betty??

I want this show back on telly..and Hunter too

[Skyhorse82]

Ok, it was the Hey dad dude...just read the info :P

[Skyhorse82]

Argh! I just stumbled on this...Gold! Watched it as a little kid, always loved the echidna's spikes and wanted to know what they felt like, for some odd reason. Oi, is that the dude from 'Hey Dad?...the only aussie sitcom....there was also 'All Together Now' I think...pfft :P

[Piatnitskysaurus]

The puppet of Charlie appeared briefly on "Swap shop" afew years after Blinky stopped being shown.

[lozzy31]

I was into my teens when this started. Old enough to really know better, but I LOVED watching this show. I wish you had the opening titles. I loved the song, it was catchy. Love you Blinky Bill!!

[liebo1000r1]

awesome footage, those were the days.

[seventhwave87]

those very puppets are on display at the ABC ultimo centre. i get a wash of nostalgia whenever i see them.

[jackoejacko]

Cool where is that? What other info do you have mate?

[judesmith]

Charlie was the funniest dude ever, me and my girl remember the episode where he starts up a disco in his rock, wish I could find that scene.

[torgosassistant]

He pronounces Cthulhu strangely.

[rebeat2u]

i used to love this show and would download it if i could find it just for the memories lol..

[blondy4spikey]

There are so many great shows like this that are so hard to find! Thanks for this!

[anperm]

Charlie the goanna isn't as scary as I remembered... Must have had a fear of goannas as a child lol

[Piatnitskysaurus]

I loved goannas, he was my favorite character. He did have that very contagious laugh, which was abit maniacal.

[BabyBoomerEater]

I used to love this show as a kid. I've been searching for it for ages. It's not even on IMDB. Post more vids if u have them!!!!

[jackoejacko]

I wish :(

But if you do happen to come across any more please let me know

[Piatnitskysaurus]

My dad has afew episodes on BETA.

[ayumigoomy]

wasnt the 'hey dad' guy the ranger? or was it don spencer?

[jackoejacko]

yup the hey day guy

[lrt1980]

I emailed the ABC about releasing this series on DVD. The replied saying that no deal with the original production company had been signed, or looked like being signed, so unfortunately, don't think we'll be seeing this on DVD. Sad really, as it was a great series - many fond memories from this clip.

[jackoejacko]

Yes that is a darn shame. The fact that so many people have forgotten about this series doesn't help things either.

[magicsquirrel86]

They're more interested in plugging the crap thn they are in keeping quality programming alive. Very sad to hear. I remember Blinky Bill too :)

[cogt22]

ayyy so it was real. Couldn't find it just the animated one. Me thought I used to watch and enjoy this after school.

[scarlett4242]

Fantastic...well done. I was startung to think I imagined this show as no-one knows what I am talking about. Yay You

[jackoejacko]

Cheers mate, I know what you mean. Nobody else I've asked remembers this.

[paelzerin]

Thanks so much for posting this! Had completely forgotten about until I stumbled across the Mysterious Cities of Gold clip on here and saw a link for Blinky Bill. Absolutely loved this when I was a kid. Long live 1980s ABC TV.

[kateasaurus89]

I remember this show! No one else that I know seems to. I remember when Mrs Magpie was singing Happy Birthday - it was so slow and screachy...my parents sing like that whenever we have birthdays.

Glad you put this up, it was an awesome show!

[loc81]

i can remember bits and pieces of this show and me and y g/friend talk about it- thanks for uploading it!!

[jackoejacko]

No probs glad to share it

[addergoesforth]

Fucking brilliant, havn't seen this in yrs, way better than mr bloody squiggle

[brettshears]

Oh this is it, the REAL Blinky Bill, I've flashed right back to primary school. Stuff the stupid cartoon version . Cheers for this

[breet07]

Thanks so much! YouTube seems to be the place for old ABC kids shows, found Fat Tulip's Garden and SuperTed.

Is that the guy from Hey Dad?

[jackoejacko]

Sure is, Robert Hughes.

[emgenki]

seriously love that..classic and quality,thanks..

[sequeensland]

i miss this show

[ivorykisses]

Absolutely amazing to see footage of this after so many years! I remember this episode too! Thanks heaps for uploading it, and I would be very interested to see more.

[jackoejacko]

No probs mate, likewise. Unfortunately parts of this episode were taped over :( Please let me know if you come across any others.

[velvetangel81]

Thank you so much for posting this! Like everyone else it was one of my favourite shows and I too was beginning to think that I was the only one who remembered it. This is awesome! Thanks again! Wish I had taped a couple of episodes too =o(

[lecheminduchagrin]

Thank you so much for uploading this!! Watching it brings back so many memories, Blinky Bill was one of my absolute favourite shows as a kid, and I can remember this episode! It's a shame that the clip doesn't have Mrs Magpie in it though, in my opinion the best character. If you do come across any more footage, please post it too. It's been a joy watching and reminiscing.

[cheekyem]

Thanks for posting this! I'd been looking everywhere for something on this, one of my old favies. No one I talk to remembers ever watching it. I was beginning to think it was all a childhood fantasy. My favourite was the goanna.

[jasoncolz]

WoW!!! One of the hardest aus shows to find anything on.This footage brings back some memories, the show was very well put together and its a shame that it is not shown anymore.I can't believe that you had footage still on tape,thanks for the memories :)