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Posted: **Mon Jul 24, 2006 1:42 pm**

Last week whilst filming at the ABC, I went into the archives room, and found the following character.

He is the original one, still in perfect working order. Hand made from wood and wool!
So who is he?
And how old do you think he is?
And are you old enough to remember watching him?

Posted: **Mon Jul 24, 2006 1:47 pm**

Hallo Blinky Bill!

Posted: **Mon Jul 24, 2006 1:47 pm**

Barrie Unsworth?

Posted: **Mon Jul 24, 2006 1:50 pm**

Mal, I want your job!

Posted: **Mon Jul 24, 2006 1:52 pm**

Just imagine if we elected Mal to government. We'd definitely have a puppet government.

Posted: **Mon Jul 24, 2006 1:53 pm**

That looks like Bob Hawk..

Tim

Posted: **Mon Jul 24, 2006 1:54 pm**

.......DADDY........ is that where you have been......

Posted: **Mon Jul 24, 2006 1:56 pm**

nito wrote:Mal, I want your job!

Like most jobs it has good points and bad.
The bad last week was filming outside on Thursday and Friday on a windswept hill side lying in mud with the occasional torrential rain downpour for 10 hrs! The upside, I got paid to do it

Posted: **Mon Jul 24, 2006 1:59 pm**

gstark wrote:Barrie Unsworth?

Long time since I have heard that name

They do look very similar

Posted: **Mon Jul 24, 2006 2:01 pm**

I've got a similar situation, Mal.

This Saturday I had to work... that was the bad

That I was working with a quad g5 as an operator on a photoshoot, topless models, and a Hasselblad with Phase One digi back was good, as well as possibly getting paid for it.

The bad is that it goes on for 7 more weeks, it looks like. The upside (downside?) is that I'm probably going to get out of it for the AW.

The people onset (photographer, assistant, hair, makeup, etc) are nice too.

Posted: **Mon Jul 24, 2006 2:04 pm**

Nnnnsic wrote:I've got a similar situation, Mal.

This Saturday I had to work... that was the bad

That I was working with a quad g5 as an operator on a photoshoot, topless models, and a Hasselblad with Phase One digi back was good, as well as possibly getting paid for it.

-snip-

Cant believe you mentioned the computer specs before the topless model bit :shock:

Posted: **Mon Jul 24, 2006 2:08 pm**

ozczecho wrote:Cant believe you mentioned the computer specs before the topless model bit

He's a geek, and clearly not my son!

Posted: **Mon Jul 24, 2006 2:16 pm**

gstark wrote:
ozczecho wrote:Cant believe you mentioned the computer specs before the topless model bit

He's a geek, and clearly not my son!

I think we could turn this thread into the upside / downside of our jobs.

Next month I get to go to India for 21 days.
The upside:
I get to go to India
I get to work in Bollywood
The downside
I miss all the AW events
I will be away for my sons birthday
I will be working for 21 days straight!
I don't like Indian food BTW no one has posted how old they think Blinky Bill is. Any guesses?

Posted: **Mon Jul 24, 2006 2:36 pm**

Mal wrote:BTW no one has posted how old they think Blinky Bill is. Any guesses?

Too easy.

42.

(Dunno, but something around 70 would be my guess

Posted: **Mon Jul 24, 2006 4:21 pm**

Nnnnsic wrote:I've got a similar situation, Mal.

This Saturday I had to work... that was the bad

That I was working with a quad g5 as an operator on a photoshoot, topless models, and a Hasselblad with Phase One digi back was good, as well as possibly getting paid for it.

The bad is that it goes on for 7 more weeks, it looks like. The upside (downside?) is that I'm probably going to get out of it for the AW.

The people onset (photographer, assistant, hair, makeup, etc) are nice too.

i can't believe you mentioned the g5 over the Hasselblad and phase one digi back!!!

Mal is it blinky bill? i only remember skippy and fat cat

Posted: **Mon Jul 24, 2006 4:35 pm**

Next hell be bringing out his archive photos of the Leyland Bros.

Posted: **Mon Jul 24, 2006 4:41 pm**

Or his Force 7!

Posted: **Mon Jul 24, 2006 4:46 pm**

admajic wrote:Next hell be bringing out his archive photos of the Leyland Bros.

Where the hell are we Mike? Buggered if I know Mal......
Gee to get those pictures means going back to my parents place and dragging out the slides

Posted: **Mon Jul 24, 2006 6:51 pm**

What about Bill & Ben .... or Blackboard and Mr Squiggle ... maybe it's Geoff Dibble?

Posted: **Mon Jul 24, 2006 8:13 pm**

Mal wrote:So who is he?
And how old do you think he is?
And are you old enough to remember watching him?

Blinky Bill
As a character he's older than me because Dorothy Wall died in the early 40's. I believe she wrote most of the BB stories from 39-42. As for when Auntie had him on the box, I can't remember but I sure do remember watching.

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