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Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 full episode list

Release Date:

3 December 1967 (Netherlands) more

Genre:

Adventure | Family more

Awards:

1 win more

NewsDesk:

Bonner Not Entitled To Skippy Profits
 (From WENN. 2 July 2009, 1:11 AM, PDT)

User Comments:

Better than Lassie more (8 total)


Cast

 (Series Cast Summary - 6 of 47)
Elke Neidhart ... Dr. Anna Steiner / ... (28 episodes, 1966-1968)
Ed Devereaux ... Matt Hammond / ... (23 episodes, 1968-1970)
Garry Pankhurst ... Sonny Hammond (23 episodes, 1968-1970)
Ken James ... Mark Hammond (22 episodes, 1968-1970)

Tony Bonner ... Jerry King / ... (20 episodes, 1968-1969)
Liza Goddard ... Clarissa 'Clancy' Merrick (18 episodes, 1968-1969)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

Skippy the Bush Kangaroo (Canada: English title)
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Runtime:

25 min (91 episodes)

Country:

Australia

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:G (DVD rating)

Filming Locations:

New South Wales, Australia more


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

The role of Skippy was handled by three kangaroos: Jo-Jo, Stumpy and Wildy, together with a few others, handling less demanding tasks. more

Goofs:

Factual errors: Skippy's trademark 'tchk tchk tchk' noise was entirely fictional. Kangaroos make no such sounds. It was produced by someone clicking their tongue. more

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps: Dump (#3.9)" (2003) more


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3 out of 4 people found the following comment useful.
Better than Lassie, 23 September 2005
Author: Ruxskull

I always liked Skippy better than Lassie and Flipper. Most critics hated Skippy and the entire show. I have not seen it in 20 years, but the location was surely the attraction for me. It was quite a revelation seeing the adventures of a boy in location quite foreign to a Midwest town.

I doubt this would have much appeal to kids today, but you never know. Skippy was smart as a human and the exotic location of Outback Australia may not be as exciting for kids now as it was for me in the 1970s. I wish this was the type of show that would show up from time to time on one of the dozens of channels we have now. It would be good to see these old classics.

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