Skippy

[HollyLimbo]

Ed Devereaux went on to help market kangaroo meat. True ! (As far as I know, anyway - saw an article noting his unpopularity in some sectors of society.)

[andwestuk]

Skippy went on to be the Australian PM

[mrsqonk]

I thought skippy was an australian dolphin..

[mistigri56]

Tellement de souvenirs !!!

[Luisveram]

Skippy...I love you !

[musamoloch]

What a memory!



[moonboots69]

...it brings tears to my eyes

[wingully]

@moonboots69 eye

[Adammarketis]

You know, even if it was possible to teach a Kangaroo to communicate in such an sophicated of sounds that can cover any possible situration, it still doesn't mean it would be able to save people's lives.

If someone was in trouble she would more likely stand there and watch them die. Why should she care? they arn't her owner. Training a kangaroo to have a sense of humanity is the biggest strecth of imagination

[Catherineone]

Visited the ranger house in the 80s.

It was left just as it was after the last day of filming.

Was filmed just outside of Sydney in a place called Waratah National Park.

I understand they had a fire so I dont know if it's still standing.

Used to pass it on the way to Palm beach where they film Home and away

[110665bigguy]

why do they call him skippy when he jumps they shouldv called him jumpy

i remember watching this

[davetee1976]

I remember that show as I was a kid in the 80's and used to watch that all the time

[hardyfh1]

Never bettered. I had a budgie called Skippy. Don't know why, though.

[probro9898]

Skippy! Skippy! Skippy the bush kangaroo!

Skippy! Skippy! He can jump higher than you!

[rebornproblems1977]

skippy is my cats name and his brother is called jude

[roughnut1963]

what's that Skip?

[BaddaBigBoom]

Aw shit - that made my eyes water ! The first time I've heard the theme in about 40 years.

[danielshon]

Unforgetable, 

[albagubrath44]

"Whats that Skip , someones fell down the Well" ?

[twinsonic]

Ken James is alive! Google his name..

[vania1013]

ken james died got eaten by a shark while swimming in 1979

[bardsidhe]

just for the record this clip is not from 1966

it is 1968 as shown by the MCMLXVIII, at the credits near the end of the clip,

thanks for the upload just the same :-)

[hardon70]

@Sohny2006 Chanceux, aurais-tu aimé qu'elle t' appele Skippy au lieu?

[JBofBrisbane]

My personal favourite -

"Jim? It's Jim! He's in trouble, his car's broken down and he can't get to the show. Is that it, Skip?"

[jsilence418]

Little did I realize when watching this as a kid, that Skippy was capable of gutting that kid with his back claws!!

[bardsidhe]

@jsilence418 LMAO, I knew it back then, never stopped me from trying to pet a wild one though... probably would not do it now though..

[ITT56RLC]

Nearly finished watching the 1st season box set .The best £6 I have ever spent

[trackend]

tut tut tut "what's up skip? " tut tut tutututut " Crikey ! 3 miners are trapped in the billabong mud mine?" tutututututut "bring a 4 by 4 and some high tensile line? right o skip mate" ahhhhh

Shoot the bloody roo someone and that dopey kid and the rest of the cast and then nuke the studio

[44johnconnor]

ah nostalgie quand tu nous tient

[ourDC888]

Thanks!

[brarbali]

deepak jooth bolda hai.............



[brarbali]

@brarbali .....dseepak australian ...lol

[MultiLaboulette]

je kiff cela aussi est mon enfance lol cela fait du bien de 38 ans à passée a wouah c est loin quel coup de vieux merde lol gag

[BifMcAwesome]

Frankenstein doesn't scare me. But marsupials do. "Cause their fast!

[14jwh]

why do i think skippy was doin some nasty stuff to that kid?...the affection of one boy and one marsoopial should not be judged..i guess

[cartmanofsp]

HOLY FUCK KEN JAMES LOOKS LIKE XJAWS! Swoah!!!!

[namdor11]

are u fucking kidding me?

[noelpne]

What is it Skippy? The bank robbers are holed-up in a cave 2 miles away at the Burra Burrra waterfall just on the other side of Goldrush village? 

Why thanks Skippy, I 'd never have figured that one out ! Thanks for telling us !

[bark0d]

Skippy ! Skippy ! Skippy sa bouche pleine de mouches !

[FrenchyBunnyStudio]

very nice!

[inenglishwithseries]

Another serie I loved when I was a child with the amercians series "Daktari" and "Flipper".

[ViccardXViccc]

THE MEMORIES :D

[kalepable]

it is Martin Harrich

To je Martin Harrich

[THGHOST2010]

Keep pressing 2.

[mblism]

awesome 

[Kaynos]

Skippy, Skippy, Skippy the peanut butter !

[FlyyProductions]

ken james is sexy and could have been the 60s justin bieber for all i noe ;) DAYUM!

[martingb66]

Que de bons souvenirs!

[korkzzz]

hahaahha tony bonner

[gagoone1]

UY!!! que habrá sido de ese cangurito... Era mi preferido y hasta hoy suelo llamar a mis mascotas con ese silbido. El algún momento de mi niñez llamaba así a mi gata..... Y venía!!!! era sorprendente. Gracis por poder recordarlo.

[JDherts]

NojewishNo - Hahahaha what a twat you are

[hclchicago]

the copyright on the credits states 1968, not 1966.

[NOjewishNO]

shit jewish made fuck

[Knobbingham]

As the final season was drawing near its end, "Skippy" (real name Jonathan Gallagher) went through a lengthy depression. At the peak of his acting career, he was forced to turn down many job offers feeling that he was being misunderstood and type cast. In 1979 he was committed to drug rehabilitation in Adelaide, where he remained until late 2009. He currently resides in Siberia, where he lives the quiet life of a woodsman, with his partner Russian screen-writer Stanislav Lubushkin.

[711ATOM]

@Knobbingham I had to read your comment twice - what, Skippy wasn't the kangaroo? You are a nut, therefore I salute you.

[7sigma9]

@Knobbingham They called him Skippppppy, Skipppy, Skippy the bush kangaroo; Skipppppppy. Skippppy, Skippy a friend ever true.

[hunterofthephoenix]

22 people don't have a bush(kangaroo)...

[hellzdk1]

love skippy i still watch it nearly everyday on tv like around 1am i think

[mkn316]

skippy con el zafrada....

[TheSnowballEarth]

How do you kill a kangaroo? GRAB HIS BALLS, MATE!!!

[computergasm]

@TheSnowballEarth You're not Australian, are you? They can retract their balls into their body's so if they get kicked in the crotch they're fine. Rather awesome really... True story.

[TheSnowballEarth]

@computergasm So The Mighty Boosh episode "Killeroo" lied?

[computergasm]

@TheSnowballEarth ...The Mighty Boosh... THATS the reference your'e going with? Good one bro...

[laiosto]

We went to the National Park back in 1978,and like all dumb kids all of us were asking which of the many roos there was the real Skippy,and whether she had laryngitis because none were doing "CH,CH" of Skippy.The Ranger's house and the National park are now sadly in a bad state.

[scarfacedaw]

LOL, I just checked the roman numerals at the end, the comments say that it is the 19 66 opening, but, MCMLXVIII, is 1968.

[ModelChronoForce]

22 idiots unliked this good video

[woodstockhippie7]

WE WANT TO HAVE THE 60'S 70'S 80'S SERIES BACK !!!!!!!!

[Davecw1953]

@woodstockhippie7  DEFINATELY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

stingray,skippy,the invaders,thunderbirds,mr Ed, Bonanza,voyage to the bottom of the sea AND MANY MANY MORE

[1953skippy]

I have been called skippy for as long as I can remember. Dam you Paul Lewis.

[justlookinz]

I think I've just come

[viewtube0504]

Oh, and Ken James is a bit of a babe ;).

[viewtube0504]

Aaw, I want to be skippys best friend :).

[PresidentZod]

I know a good story about the production of Skippy.

When the late, great Frank Thring guest starred on the show and first arrived on set he spied a large hessian sack tied to a tree branch containing a large bulky object. Upon enquiring as to it's purpose he was told Skippy was kept inside the sack between takes because it was the best way to keep the wild animal "quiet".

"My God," he drawled. "If that's the star of the show's dressing room then I dread to think what you're going to give me!"

[QueenBeatlesWings]

what happened to all the good old TV shows?

[jax1961]

I get the feeling from this everytime I watch it that the little boy wasn't to keen on petting the Kangaroo. Might even been a tad afraid of it. If you watch close there are some small hesitations in his body language. I cant blame him any as they smell bad and those claws can rip you up good. I enjoyed them when I was in Australia and saw them in the wild many times. Even in my yard.

[radiolox1x2]

Skippy one of the best Kangaroo ever!!!

[munkyspyder]

Ken James looks just like that Bieber faggot

[philsinatra]

Skippy, one of the great Australian actors.

[ramses2do]

Mmm anos de esa serie yo cortaba esas hojas y así silve con ellas waoo buenos tiempos todo sano no había violencia en el mundo

[foxsux6000]

boush

[mblism]

wicked !!!!

[Infordust]

Skippy got shot with a Rifle on a farm for being a pest LOL

[winterweib]

We saw this back in the Sixties in TV, it was SO great!

Today I think how much our families were nice to let us wach all that children serials without complaining :)

[TracyAndersonFoxhunt]

i wonder what kangaroo meat tastes like... hey Skippy! c'mere a minute!

[mooneepondskid]

@TracyAndersonFoxhunt Tastes vere gamey. But it is good for you..high in protein..low in fat..hehe.

[TracyAndersonFoxhunt]

@mooneepondskid yummy :)

[PierceBrosnanXXX]

@belfastgreen >_> Skippy is cute and sweet..... LEAVE ALONE SKIPPY YOU MOTHER F%$CKER!!!!!

[jwspencer2001]

this is all my konner wants to watch

[PierceBrosnanXXX]

@truetony383 <_< my god you sound so so so fucking cute O_O cuteeeeee!!!!

[jakubkrcma]

We used to watch and love that in 1980's (in former communist Czechoslovakia). We also enjoyed The Professionals (CI5), Dempsey and Makepeace and lots of other TV series from UK/US/Australia/West Germany etc. under communism. Both sides of the iron curtain spewed lots of BS propaganda against each other, but in everyday reality, we went along quite well (if communists were THAT bad, they wouldn't buy and broadcast TONS of American movies etc.). And people genuinely enjoyed watchin all that. :-)

[PierceBrosnanXXX]

@jakubkrcma >_> Skippy is not comunist all right?? leave alone skippy...

[aramat111]

I've spent most of my life in the bush but have yet to meet a roo as smart as Skippy,,,

[CubanadelCerro]

I remember this when I was a kid. They used to play the episodes in Cuba when I was growing up. For the guy who said we were all faggots, I'm sorry you do not have innocent childhood memories you can relate to, your childhood must have been rough.

[FetodeOrca]

@CubanadelCerro,yes,I remember too,I was actually a teen (oh my God!..,14 years)

and it make me back in the time for.........THREE DECADES,yeap,for 30 years,I can't beleive it to myself,you know what I mean?.By the way,you are from "El Cerro de la Habana"?,I am from not so far from there,I am from Centro Habana,see?...greetings for you,bye,bye....

[derkawren]

yall some faggots

[solomusika]

We got it in Cuba too in the early 80's.... I even learned how to make noises with leaves!

[jenzeppelin]

this was a favourite here in Canada when i grew up in the early 80s.

[larrydelperu]

skippy skippy

[diabledesbois]

4-0

[larry930legend]

another theme song from my youth, this one was rare growing up in Mass.

[SomeOfTheAnswers]

A nice-looking show from a different world (time) than today. Thanks for posting!

[Rkerekes13]

Lassie and Flipper, eat your hearts out!

[TracyAndersonFoxhunt]

i'd make this sonuvabitch Skippy into Australian peanut butter

[horstb29]

mcmlxviii = 1968 good grief am I that old LOL

[nitiflor]

skippy la bouche pleine de mouches !

[diabledesbois]

@nitiflor  haha

[OnlinEJunkeY]

i <3 skippy!

[llauly]

@OnlinEJunkeY me to :) <3

[animal90sFreak5]

Classic,I love Skippy,one of my fav. Kangaroos ever.I miss the reruns too,I remeber the new show they had for Skippy on Animal Planet back in the day aswell.Of course he loves Peanut Butter.

[FetodeOrca]

this video turn me back more than 30m years ago.................OHHH MY GOD!!

[CCbroadcasting]

FUCKING SKIPS

[pissedatyou2]

omg

[AlterWagner]

The song must've been the inspiration to "Banjo-Kazooie" by Rareware :-D

pa-ling pa-ling ^^

Loved it when I was a child....

[patsyd80]

skippy was a frekin head case. but its prob the 2nd best thing to come out of ozz. after kyle. aaggghhtttt..

[soixantecroissants]

I wonder what skippy's crime was?

[misteeq64]

I used to watch this on sunday afternnon in french lol

[HatfulofHollow65]

Great stuff, great times. This brings back a lot of memories. Thanks for posting.

[dermot51]

they banned it in Sweden cos they said it wasn t true to life what did they mean by that? a piano playin, drum bashin,. speedboat drivin ,crime bustin, kangeroo comes on the telly and they have to pick out faults in him some people are never happy

[soixantecroissants]

Even if this isn't true, it is still a fact.

[bitzofdata]

@dermot51 doggone bluenoses! What are these nitwits; San Franciscans???

[MacJARedd]

@dermot51 Well, the swedish government is pretty strange really...

[PerculaPlushPet]

@dermot51 Amusing when they do things like that. Heaven forbid that children would watch or read fiction! Totally contrived... unlike Willy Wonka ;)

[rhinobarrows]

@dermot51 Sweden they can talk with their perfectionist bullshit. Sweden is a make believe nation with super model blonde girls everywhere and blue eyed gym junks men walking around.

That isn't reality.

[14jwh]

@dermot51 no, they banned it because Skippy is a "bush" kangaroo, that means skippy is all about the p*ssy and the swedes don't like it man.

[dainatrakai]

0:23 Tony BONNER xDDDDDDDDDDdd btw.. This show is still goin in Lithuania

[PROTEST1990]

such a great time :/

[diztanguy]

i remember it well.merci beaucoup to the aussies

[IAitela1338]

Yeah it's 1968

[WordWizard1]

that theme tune could cheer up the coldest of people :D... remember in high school my friend broke his leg, and while he was on the crutches we nicknamed him skippy :)

[yoyuepz]

G'day mate!

[teewoods]

Does anyone know a certain Aussie series back in the 70's called the Rovers?

[greggybaby64]

omg....i thought the helicopter pilots name was tony boner...lol

[RandyRhoadsIsAwesome]

@greggybaby64 dude i was just about to write that but then i saw u beat me to it.. DAMN

[philsinatra]

@greggybaby64 Sponsored by Viagra.

[eyitsbennii]

@greggybaby64 BAHAHHAHA SAME!

[23vin850]

this is from 1968, read the roman numerals at the end MCMLXVIII.  thats the date 1968.

[afstralos1]

correct it is 1968......as pe the roman numerals,as you pointed out!!!!

[madcarl666]

what do you mean they've run out of 4 xxxx

[bondsee]

YA CANT BEAT ROO STEW !!!!

[korgri]

I guess in Oz that Skippy peanut butter oil is actually gelatinized roo corpses? Imagine an Oz accent: "Err, mate, we can't bring all these bloomin' peanut plant seeds in, remember the problem with the rabbits? We'll just grind up a whole lotta roos"

[molly1961]

I really loved this show .Very heartwarming o watch skippy.

[ianupton]

skippy, the buuu-uuush kangaroo'

[TashkentFox]

Why did Britain and Australia make TV shows in colour in the 60's? The UK didn't get full colour TV until 1969 and Australia didn't have colour at all until 1976.

[gusformflorida]

Tashkenfox: I'm going to tell you why, it was made in color so people in Mexico, Cuba, Spain, and all Latin America could see it in color. In Mexico they had color TV since 71,

[TashkentFox]

That's true, but I doubt that the majority of Mexicans or Chileans had colour TV sets until the early 1980's. I've been told since my comment that they made Skippy in colour to make it easier to sell to Canada and the United States.

[ManfredDeJesus]

I was just thinking that myself. I know the British TV shows such as The Avengers, The Saint, The Baron etc were all filmed in colour specifically for the American TV market. It's definately the reason why The Avengers switched to colour in '66. Must've been the same reason for Skippy.

[Sabariedades]

Maybe the secret of the Internet was very protected until now and they used to know about the re-runs....

[droopydoo]

skipinder the punjabi kangeroo is better

[slowdating]

The odd thing is that more Australians know the words to Skippy than their National Anthem !

[69bloodmoney]

KILL SKIPPY, FLIPPER and all the other motherfuckers....

[TheGringoLoco]

Haha! WTF is this?? Is this like the Australian version of "Lassie"? LMAO Let me guess......Skippy saves the day in every episode. lol Fucking roo's got a brain the size of golf ball. If four stupid humans need a kangaroo to help get them out of a jam, then they better not procreate. Please don't pass those 'stupid genes' onto future generations. lol

[nickbaldeagle01]

In real life, Skippy went on to become a delicious 'roo steak in a local restaurant.

Mmmmmm 'roo steak...

[NapalmAlbertWesker]

Oh man wie Langweilig.

[bigtool66]

I do not remember this stupid show.  When was it on??

[John27346]

I heard they tied Skippy next to a burning building once during a shoot. burned his eyebrows. Skippy No.4 I think.

[tracyterry]

i saw this before. i wouldn't want a pet kangaroo because he might kick me :P

[kindbluey]

Thankyou for uploading aussie icon..........

[mrsbonniemoore]

Yay Skippy! I had been looking for this, thanx for uploading!!!

[only257]

looks interesting!

[RDozi]

Skipply would give Lassie a floggin if they ever met ...hehe

[klipsch69]

Skyppi la bouche pleinne de mouche

[ThyBlogger]

Ah, the good ol days. Sitting in front of the TV watching Skippy. Bloody Bonza !!

[yieww]

hahah wtf flipper? this is skippy the best kangaroo ever!

[tubester4567]

Ya skippy was cool he could play drums and drive a helicopter. Not all kangaroos a friendly though i tried to feed one in the bush and it almost kicked the livin shit outta me!!.

[forestgumpaed]

the best detective ever is skippy.clever aussie wallaby.

[preg2692]

skippy skippy mon ami le kangourou, skippy spippy mon ami le kangourou, lalalalala lala lala lala la lala.......... :D

[markape1]

I grew up with this show. I recently filmed a tv commercial for a competition in the same national park as where they filmed Skippy. Check it out and see if you recognise any of the landmarks from the Skippy series. It's called PRANKSTERS IN THE PARK.

[paardenvriendinnetje]

Skippy&Lassie&Blackbeauty love it <3

[oratorioo]

Je pense au sketch des inconnus, Skippy le grand gourou!

[JEROME02100]

moi aussi lol

[LoveleyVideos]

ok. they look so similar. this is a kagaroo and flipper a baby wale. ok

[LoveleyVideos]

Is this the intro to Flipper? I miss flipper in this intro? Why making a intro to a series about a baby wale without showing the wale??

[aelia88]

this is a skippy the kangaroo intro, not flipper ! I don't know where you saw the word flipper....

[TARH8R]

im 19 and even i know this show awsome as hahaha

[bongo155]

When I was a kid I tried to whistle using a gum tree leaf like the kid does at the beginning. Never worked.

[didinedu75]

garry c le nom de l' acteur mais sion je connais je ne man pas aujourd'hui garry sapelle franck kiss a tous mon skippynou a moi

[chapa15happy5yupi]

the BUSH kangaroo!!!!!!!!!! XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD­DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD I didnt get it until now

[zvxcxc]

Itwas similar to ''lassie'' ..where there was always someone stuck down a mineshaft......we dont need boss's at work ..just need kangaroos or dogs to tell us what to do!! lol

[chapa15happy5yupi]

hahahahahahaha