Highlights from Telethon 1981

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[purpleiceprincess]

i loved telethon....the 'thank you very much' song chokes me up a bit with memories lol.....strange but true :)

[riddicus1]

Aah! The New Zealand i knew as a kid. When ya jumped on ya pushbike[no helmet!] went to the shop to buy the old man some smokes then got a boot up the arse when ya got home coz ya spent the change on fireworks. All of which are nowadays ILLEGAL! . P was something ya did when ya drank too much L&P or ya ate with ya chops and didn't cost ya a term in jail. If ya used a cell phone it's coz you were in jail. You used a net to catch ya fish. Rugger was free to watch as Sky was for the birds. .......

[philmartellus]

You never got bored with the 24hr antics! Peter Sinclair (R.I.P) and 'mother of the nation' Judy Bailey were the anchors.Other celebrities of the nation got involved (Check out a young , then TV presenter Bob Parker - the one wif glasses doin da cross eye facial. Now mayor of Christchurch, what a fab job he's doin wit earthquake recovery). Don't forget the overseas Big Celebs; Boss Hog (dukes of haz), Estelle Getty (golden girls) Blair underwood (LA Law), and Liza Gibbons wif East Enders hubby

[chrisraupo]

In our region Roger Gascoigne was the anchor - had to get a lot of pledges to get him to do the big wink. John Hore went around with the big gumboot. Not embarrassed that I loved this

[neoimean7]

what the hell is this for?

[zacandmillie]

My goodness what a trip down memory lane. Seeing all those faces I grew up with watching on tele... I wonder where most of them are now? My friends and I would do our best to stay awake for the whole event and watch the television for 24 hours straight. How simple life was in the old days!

[Iamsoocool09]

all the good telethons are gone come tvnz show tv3 how do it do another telethon with short phone number like in the youtube video

[starquant]

At 8.12 I saw the women wearing Wrightsons NMA T-Shirts. What an iconic symbol that was. I think Wrightsons was taken over by Lion Nathan (such a shame). I remember when there was a Wrightsons store in nearly every town. Thankyou TVNZ for this archival footage. Its our history and worth preserving. I am going to watch every TVNZ clip posted on youtube in the next couple of days. Some "It's in the Bag" with Selwyn Toogood would be AWESOME to watch again.

[starquant]

How about Domestic Violence towards Women?. New Zealand has the highest rate in the Western World. If we don't respect our women, how can you teach people to treat anything with respect?. It all starts in the home. Change old attitutes towards towards Females, then a society matures and the quality and standard of life improves for everyone.

[theoriginalsuzycat]

@K0I0E0R0A0N It was, largely unscripted and way more fun. All the cities had a local TV studio and the towns that didn't had some kind of donation centre with a link, and so people went down to join in and bring their cash. And people took the fundraising activities really seriously. It obviously took a lot to do, logistically, but it felt very amateur in the very best way.

[theoriginalsuzycat]

Bob Parker. Shudder.

[riddicus1]

Here are some possible causes for today's telethon......P Addiction, Prevention of babies gettin bashed to death, violent crime prevention, Child porn prevention and so on..