Dooby Duck's Disco Bus Explained

Runtime:10 min.
Country:United Kingdom
Network:BBC

Dooby Duck's Disco Bus is a children's puppet show presented by Dooby Duck (created by Alan Hausrath and Harry Stuart), a puppet duck with a shiny showbiz jacket and a pink bow-tie, who introduced puppets singing contemporary songs of the day. Dooby signed off each show laughing and saying 'Dooby Dooby Dooby Dooby Dooby Quack Quack'. The character first appeared as a segment on the children's sketch programme 'The Satellite Show'.[1]

Series guide

Dooby Duck's Disco Bus: 13 editions. Broadcast 5 January 1989[2] – 30 March 1989[3]
  • Dooby's Duck Truck: 13 editions. Broadcast 3 January 1991[4] – 28 March 1991[5]
  • Dooby Duck's Euro Tour: 13 editions. Broadcast 30 September 1992[6] – 23 December 1992

    • All series were given repeat airings.

    Reception

    "This puppet duck presented other puppets singing contemporary songs of the day for five minutes just before 4.00 pm. Sounds simple, yet it achieved a viewing audience of 3 million and had something of a cult following with students.", according to the website Nostalgia Central.[7]

    Jim Sangster also considers that Pinky and Perky's "basic format (...) was revived in 1989 for the bizarre Dooby Duck's Disco Bus (5 Jan-30 Mar 1989), which once again had marionette animals performing contemporary pop hits."[8]

    External links

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Roger Stevenson - Master Puppeteer. rogerstevenson.com.
    2. Web site: BBC One London - 5 January 1989 - BBC Genome. genome.ch.bbc.co.uk.
    3. Web site: BBC One London - 30 March 1989 - BBC Genome. genome.ch.bbc.co.uk.
    4. Web site: Dooby's Duck Truck. 3 January 1991. 3497. 142. BBC Genome.
    5. Web site: BBC One London - 28 March 1991 - BBC Genome. genome.ch.bbc.co.uk.
    6. Web site: BBC One London - 30 September 1992 - BBC Genome. genome.ch.bbc.co.uk.
    7. Web site: 2009-02-12 . Dooby Duck's Disco Bus/Dooby's Duck Truck – Nostalgia Central . 2024-08-15 . nostalgiacentral.com . en-GB.
    8. Book: Sangster, Jim . TV heaven . 2005 . London : Collins . Internet Archive . 978-0-00-719099-7.

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