Australian puppetry - Dickie Knee

Dickie Knee is a ‘popular’ (I never liked him) character on the TV show Hey, Hey, It’s Saturday. You can find a short video at the bottom of the post: please be warned, it’s not safe for work or young kids. (Overseas people may know this as the Aussie TV show that caused chaos in the media recently by having performers wearing black paint on their faces. Yep, the very same show) HHIS is the longest-running Aussie show which began in the 70s and ran up until its cancellation in 1999; the show came back in 2009 for a reunion and was apparently so popular they’re starting again in 2010 (personally I think it’s a bit dated now. It seems others agree, and the main reason for the show’s recurrence is actually a very large Facebook fan page).

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@Alex: Actually I find no reference to the word 'Japanese' on this page. The only word that's close (and I suspect you mean this one) is 'JaVanese'. Java is an Indonesian island, and Indonesia is known for its shadow puppetry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java. Thanks for the thought though.

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