Genre: | Comedy |
Creator: | Terry Stapleton |
Director: | Marie Trevor |
Starring: | John Farnham Olivia Hamnett Maurie Fields |
Country: | Australia |
Language: | English |
Num Seasons: | 1 |
Num Episodes: | 14 |
Executive Producer: | Ian Crawford Ian Jones |
Producer: | Marie Trevor |
Runtime: | 25 minutes |
Network: | Seven Network |
Bobby Dazzler was an Australian television sitcom produced by Crawford Productions, starring pop singer John Farnham as the title characters, up-and-coming pop music star Bobby Farrell. The other regular cast members were Maurie Fields as Bobby's father Fred, an old vaudeville performer; and Olivia Hamnett as Bobby's officious manager, Della McDermott. Qing Ling was a regular special guest star as the singing bartender. It was aired on the Seven Network during the summer of 1977–78.
The English word bobby-dazzler was originally a Yorkshire and Lancashire dialect term for a person who is considered (with affection) remarkable or excellent, shows smart dress sense or is maybe "flashy".[1] [2]