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Memory Lane

Whispering_Jack
in Melbourne Demons

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It's hard to believe for those of us who were around back in the day, that 1987 marks 30 years since the demise of World of Sport, an iconic programme which began in the early days of television in this country and was a viewing must for so many of us every Sunday morning.

There characters were larger than life, mainly lovable and with the recent passing of Lou Richards, most of them are no longer with us.

Here's a piece from the very last show ~

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    39 minutes ago, Whispering_Jack said:

    It's hard to believe for those of us who were around back in the day, that 1987 marks 30 years since the demise of World of Sport, an iconic programme which began in the early days of television in this country and was a viewing must for so many of us every Sunday morning.

    There characters were larger than life, mainly lovable and with the recent passing of Lou Richards, most of them are no longer with us.

    Here's a piece from the very last show ~

    Pure Gold

    look at the colours of the set!!!

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    14 minutes ago, Whispering_Jack said:

     

    Geez watching Robbie in the handball competition brings back some great memories. It was pretty tough being a young fella barracking for the demons in the 80s. But luckily we had Robbie - what a star. It's funny to think now, but at the time I would take that handball comp very seriously and Robbie would rarely let me down! 

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    Great memories.  I grew up with WOS as mandatory viewing every Sunday morning, without fail.  Was a real institution!  Although, I often got impatient with all the non-footy bits, just wanting them to get to the important stuff (the footy!)

    Thanks for the memories, jack!

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    In those days, the footy media consisted of blokes that did not take footy too seriously and had a lot of fun. Seriously good entertainment. 

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    Was fortunate to meet most of the guys as my uncle was Colin Long and I went in a few times. Another good moment was I was catching the last  flight home to London from Dublin in 1976 and Ron Casey was sitting there and we met again.  Had such a great chat. Very interesting man. Great memories from that show.

     

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    13 minutes ago, jumbo returns said:

    WOS and Epic Theatre that followed....or the wrestling..

    "Epic Theatre" Swords and Sandles what classics!

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    8 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

    "Epic Theatre" Swords and Sandles what classics!

    I could have sworn that Victor Mature starred in every single one of those

    I'm sure my mum had a crush on him

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    10 hours ago, Whispering_Jack said:

     

    Robbie getting 5 bulls in a row to win is like Larry Bird sinking 3s to win the three point comp on all star weekend.

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    18 minutes ago, jumbo returns said:

    I could have sworn that Victor Mature starred in every single one of those

    I'm sure my mum had a crush on him

    He did! Frank Thring was an extra in many of them

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    2 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

    He did! Frank Thring was an extra in many of them

    Haha...Frank Thring! Omg, forgot about him

    Too eccentric for Melb - way ahead of his time!

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    6 minutes ago, jumbo returns said:

    Haha...Frank Thring! Omg, forgot about him

    Too eccentric for Melb - way ahead of his time!

    Frank and Michael Pate did a lot of Holywood "Epic Theatre" movies back in the day

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    12 hours ago, Whispering_Jack said:

     

    Played out like Inigo Montoya vs Dread Pirate Roberts...

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    On 6/3/2017 at 5:52 AM, Vagg said:

    Great memories.  I grew up with WOS as mandatory viewing every Sunday morning, without fail.  Was a real institution!  Although, I often got impatient with all the non-footy bits, just wanting them to get to the important stuff (the footy!)

    Thanks for the memories, jack!

    For me, the skiing segments were like a rain delay in the cricket: the cue to go outside and kick a ball around. Though I fell in love with the Irish sport of hurling thanks to WoS.

    On a side note - I've always thought that hurling would be as rich if not richer pool than Gaelic footy for AFL player raids. Something about the balance and movement of the sport strikes me as a closer match for AFL despite the difference in apparatus. Coincidentally, one of the sports greatest modern champions is a bloke by the name of Carey. 

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    29 minutes ago, Nasher said:

    Man, they sure knew how to dole out cringeworthy jingles in the 80s.  

    Indeed.

    But they were infinitely more melodious than "Spitwater- that's what it does" .

    As a consumer ,where once we were lulled into the purchasing possibility of a nice plain beer or a healthy pack of winfield reds we now get useless products rammed into sentences- stats are now owned by Bosch for example.

    Its not even seductive- it's aggressive - as is most language in society. Nowadays.

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    16 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

     

    Ahh Uncle Doug I remember way back when channel 7 did one of their first all night Grand Final Eve footy marathons and Uncle was spruiking a bubbly, Seppelts perhaps, by downing a glass or two with every advert at every quarter break. Well the ads were getting longer and less coherent as the night wore on and then at about 2.30 a.m. Peter Landy appeared to do the advert saying Uncle had been taken home. Those were the days of live telly, anything could happen. 

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    Careful SWL- some people might find your product endorsement Patranising.

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    1 minute ago, Earl Hood said:

    Ahh Uncle Doug I remember way back when channel 7 did one of their first all night Grand Final Eve footy marathons and Uncle was spruiking a bubbly, Seppelts perhaps, by downing a glass or two with every advert at every quarter break. Well the ads were getting longer and less coherent as the night wore on and then at about 2.30 a.m. Peter Landy appeared to do the advert saying Uncle had been taken home. Those were the days of live telly, anything could happen. 

    Hahahaha! Just like Hal Todd....

    live TV was just superb. To watch and to work on

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    1 minute ago, Biffen said:

    Careful SWL- some people might find your product endorsement Patranising.

    Woof Woof Patra...

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    Just a  question SWL,

    if they roll Bert Newton out again does that still count as " live " TV?

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