Dooby Duck's Disco Bus

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| runtime = 10 min.

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| country = United Kingdom

| network = BBC

| first_aired = {{start date|1989|1|5|df=y}}

| last_aired = {{end date|1992|12|23|df=y}}

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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'.{{Cite web|url=http://www.rogerstevenson.com/puppet.php?id=4|title=Roger Stevenson - Master Puppeteer|website=rogerstevenson.com}}

Series guide

; Dooby Duck's Disco Bus: 13 editions. Broadcast 5 January 1989{{Cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbcone/london/1989-01-05#at-15.50|title=BBC One London - 5 January 1989 - BBC Genome|website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk}} – 30 March 1989{{Cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbcone/london/1989-03-30#at-15.50|title=BBC One London - 30 March 1989 - BBC Genome|website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk}}

; Dooby's Duck Truck: 13 editions. Broadcast 3 January 1991{{Cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/26147ca151424238b4f6490b9b33fe51|title=Dooby's Duck Truck|date=3 January 1991|issue=3497|pages=142|via=BBC Genome}} – 28 March 1991{{Cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbcone/london/1991-03-28#at-15.50|title=BBC One London - 28 March 1991 - BBC Genome|website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk}}

; Dooby Duck's Euro Tour: 13 editions. Broadcast 30 September 1992{{Cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbcone/london/1992-09-30#at-15.50|title=BBC One London - 30 September 1992 - BBC Genome|website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk}} – 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.{{Cite web |date=2009-02-12 |title=Dooby Duck's Disco Bus/Dooby's Duck Truck – Nostalgia Central |url=https://nostalgiacentral.com/television/tv-by-decade/tv-shows-1980s/dooby-ducks-disco-busdoobys-duck-truck/ |access-date=2024-08-15 |website=nostalgiacentral.com |language=en-GB}}

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."{{Cite book |last=Sangster |first=Jim |url=https://archive.org/details/tvheaven0000sang/mode/2up?q=%22Dooby+Duck%27s+Disco+Bus%22 |title=TV heaven |date=2005 |publisher=London : Collins |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-0-00-719099-7}}

References

External links

{{youTube|Bc-gEotfX40|Dooby Duck's Duck Truck}}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20070524104846/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/415690 BFI database entry for Dooby Duck's Disco Bus]

Category:1989 British television series debuts

Category:1992 British television series endings

Category:BBC children's television shows

Category:Television series about ducks

Category:British television shows featuring puppetry

Category:1980s British children's television series

Category:1990s British children's television series

Category:British English-language television shows