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The Sign (Bluey)
"The Sign" is the 49th episode of the third series of the Australian animated television program '' Bluey'', and the 153rd episode overall. In the episode, Bluey's family—the Heelers, also comprising her sister Bingo and their parents Bandit and Chilli—contend with selling their Brisbane home and moving away, along with an upcoming marriage between Bandit's brother Radley and Bluey's godmother Frisky. Animated by Brisbane's Ludo Studio, and inspired by creator Joe Brumm's real-life moving experiences, "The Sign" is the show's first special episode, and also the longest at 28 minutes in length. Promoted as the series 3 finale, it was produced as a test drive for a potential feature-film adaptation. It was broadcast on 14 April 2024 on Australia's ABC service (to an audience of nearly 2.3million), and overseas on Disney's cable and streaming platforms. Reception was mainly positive, while views on the ending were mixed; various outlets also took note of the episode's emotiona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bluey (TV Series)
''Bluey'' is an Australian animated television series aimed at preschool children, created by Joe Brumm and produced by Ludo Studio from Queensland. It was commissioned by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and the BBC, British Broadcasting Corporation, with BBC Studios holding global distribution and merchandising rights. ''Bluey'' premiered on ABC Kids (Australia), ABC Kids on 1 October 2018. It subsequently made its international debut on Disney Junior in the United States and is available for streaming on Disney+. The show follows Bluey, an Anthropomorphism, anthropomorphic six-year-old (later seven-year-old) Australian Cattle Dog, Blue Heeler puppy who is full of energy, imagination and curiosity about the world. She lives with her father, Bandit Heeler, Bandit; mother, Chilli; and younger sister, Bingo, who regularly joins Bluey on adventures as the pair embark on imaginative Play (activity), play together. Other characters featured each represent a different dog br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Bluey Characters
'' Bluey'' is an Australian animated preschool television series which premiered on ABC Kids on 1 October 2018. The program was created by Joe Brumm and is produced by Queensland-based company Ludo Studio. The show follows Bluey, an anthropomorphic six-year-old (later seven-year-old) Blue Heeler puppy who is characterised by her abundance of energy, imagination and curiosity about the world. The young dog lives with her father, Bandit; mother, Chilli; and younger sister, Bingo, who regularly joins Bluey on adventures as the pair embark on imaginative play together. Other characters featured each represent a different dog breed. The child characters of ''Bluey'' are voiced by children of the program's production crew and, for privacy reasons, are not credited in the show as voice actors. Cast table Main characters Bluey Heeler Bluey Christine Heeler is a Blue Heeler puppy. A six-year-old girl (roughly the size of a Cozy Coupe) who would later on turn seven, Bluey h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Simmons (comedian)
Sam Simmons (born ) is an Australian comedian, actor, and radio and TV presenter. He has toured extensively with his stand-up shows, as well as many appearances on TV in Australia, the US, and the UK. He has won and been nominated for many awards, and won the Helpmann Award for Best Comedy Performer in 2014. Early life and education Sam Simmons was born in in Adelaide, South Australia. He was raised in Adelaide by a single working mother, and has hinted in his shows that he was somewhat neglected as a child. His best friend described his childhood as "troubled". Going through a tough time as a 13-year-old, he attempted suicide. He watched a lot of The Goodies, ''Monkey'', and Benny Hill as a child, and says was also very influenced by John Cleese's character in ''Fawlty Towers'', Basil Fawlty: "Rage and silliness combined. What a mix!". Career Live Simmons' first performed comedy in 2001, at a benefit show for a friend whose handbag had been stolen. Performing as a duo wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myf Warhurst
Myfanwy Warhurst (, born 29 May 1974) is an Australian radio announcer and television personality, best known for her work at Triple J radio station and on ABC Television's long-running music-themed quiz show '' Spicks and Specks''. From 2017 to 2024 she served as Australia's commentator for the Eurovision Song Contest alongside Joel Creasey, and as co-host of the weekly podcast ''Bang On''. She also provides the voices of Aunt Trixie and Indy's Mum in the Australian animated show '' Bluey''. Early life Warhurst was born in Portland, Victoria, in 1974. She has three older brothers named, Shaun, Kit and Andre. Brother Shaun had a significant role in initially encouraging her interests ultimately leading her into the industry. Kit plays drums in the band Rocket Science. Warhurst's family moved to Donald in central Victoria when she was a child, then to Red Cliffs in northwest Victoria when she was eight years old. Warhurst studied Music and Fine Arts at Melbourne University. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claudia O'Doherty
Claudia O'Doherty (born 29 November 1983) is an Australian actress, writer, and comedian. She won the 2009 Melbourne Fringe Best Comedy Award and the Brisbane Comedy Festival Award for her debut show ''Monsters of the Deep 3D''. She has appeared in several films and TV series, including starring roles in ''Love'' and '' Killing It''. Early life and education Claudia O'Doherty was born 29 November 1983 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Her father is Mental As Anything band member and artist Reg Mombassa (born Chris O'Doherty). She attended SCEGGS Darlinghurst and the University of Sydney. At the University, she participated in the Arts Revue and met Nick Coyle and Charlie Garber, with whom she began writing and performing under the name Pig Island. Career O'Doherty's debut comedy show ''Monsters of the Deep 3D'' won the Best Comedy Award at the 2009 Melbourne Fringe Festival and the Best Comedy Award and the Brisbane Comedy Festival. The following year, she co-wrote the bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Brammall
Patrick Brammall (born 30 March 1976) is an Australian actor and writer. He is best known for his roles as Sean Moody in the ABC comedy ''A Moody Christmas'' (2012); as Leo Taylor in Channel Ten's ''Offspring'' (2014–2016); and as Sergeant James Hayes in the ABC series ''Glitch'' (2015–2019). Alongside his wife Harriet Dyer, he is the co-creator, co-writer, and co-star of the comedy series '' Colin from Accounts'' (2022–present). He stars in the television series ''Evil'' (2019–2024) as Andy Bouchard, Kristen's husband, father of their daughters and a professional climbing guide. Early life Patrick Brammall was born in Canberra. He was born with the rare genetic disorder prune belly syndrome and his doctors did not think he would survive. He underwent several operations and spent quite a lot of time in and out of hospital during the first 10 years of his life. He attended St Thomas the Apostle Catholic Primary School in Kambah and secondary at Marist College Canberr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melanie Zanetti
Melanie Zanetti (born 20 March 1985) is an Australian actress. She is best known as the voice of Chilli Heeler in the critically acclaimed animated television program '' Bluey'' (2018–present). She has also portrayed Charlotte Ingram in the horror film ''Raven's Hollow'' (2022), and Julia Mitchell in the erotic romance film series '' Gabriel's Inferno'' (2020–2023). Early life Zanetti was born in 1985 in Brisbane, Queensland, and grew up with five siblings. Career She graduated from the University of Southern Queensland in 2007 with a Bachelor of Theatre Arts. After graduation, she started working as a stage actress. She appeared on stage for the Queensland Theatre Company in several plays, including as Eliza Doolittle in '' Pygmalion'' (2011), as Juliet in ''Romeo and Juliet'' (2012), as Catherine Earnshaw/ Cathy Linton in a stage adaptation of ''Wuthering Heights'' (2014), as Laura/Eliza Wishart in Kate Mulvany's adaptation of the novel '' Jasper Jones'' (2018), and as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David McCormack
David Liam McCormack (born 25 October 1968) is an Australian musician, singer-songwriter, and actor. He is best known for voicing the character Bandit Heeler in the Peabody Award-winning animated children's series '' Bluey'' and as the frontman of the Brisbane-based rock group Custard.McFarlan'Custard'entry. Retrieved 23 February 2010.Spencer et al, (2007McCormack, Davidentry. Retrieved 23 February 2010. Career 1986–1989: Early groups McCormack grew up in the west Brisbane suburb of Kenmore, Queensland, and attended Ipswich Grammar School. He started his musical career as a vocalist and guitarist in Brisbane blues hip hop rock outfit, Who's Gerald? in 1986. The band included school teachers Paul Medew on bass guitar and Glen Donald on keyboards, and they later recruited Cathy Atthow on drums.Spencer et al, (2007WHOS GERALDentry. Retrieved 23 February 2010. They released a cassette, ''Who's Gerald's Greatest Hits'' in the same year on their own Gerald Corp Records. In Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tower Viewer
A tower viewer is a telescope or pair of binoculars permanently mounted on a stalk. The device magnifies objects seen through its lenses, allowing users to see farther and more clearly than they could with the naked eye or with less powerful viewing devices. Tower viewers are typically metallic and most swivel horizontally and vertically (within given axes of rotation) to permit a range of view. The viewing machines are commonly placed in tourist destinations and scenic lookouts for the purpose of viewing attractions and events of interest; they are also used in residential, business, recreational and government locations for the purposes of surveillance and safety monitoring. Alternative names Tower viewers are known by a variety of names, including: * coin(-operated) binoculars, coin(-operated) telescope, coin(-operated) Telescopic sight, scope, coin(-operated) viewer * donation viewer * free use viewer * observation binoculars, observation telescope, observation viewer * opt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Touch Piece
A touch piece is a coin or medal believed to cure disease, bring good luck, influence people's behaviour, carry out a specific practical action, etc. What most touch pieces have in common is that they have to be touched or in close physical contact for the 'power' concerned to be obtained and/or transferred. Once this is achieved, the power is assumed to be permanently present in the coin, which effectively becomes an amulet. Cure of diseases by coins Coins which had been given at Holy Communion could be rubbed on parts of the body suffering from rheumatism and it was thought that they would effect a cure. Medallions or medalets showing the "Devil defeated" were specially minted in Britain and distributed amongst the poor in the belief that they would reduce disease and sickness.Waring, Philippa (1987). ''The Dictionary of Omens & Superstitions''. Treasure Press. The tradition of touch pieces goes back to the time of Ancient Rome, when the Emperor Vespasian (69–79 AD) gave coin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Coot-tha Lookout
Mount Coot-tha Lookout & Kiosk is a heritage-listed lookout at Sir Samuel Griffith Drive, Mount Coot-tha, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. At above sea level, it is the best known vantage point from which to view the city and surrounds. It was built from 1918 to . It is also known as One-Tree-Hill. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 13 January 1995. History Mount Coot-tha is part of the Taylor Range which forms a backdrop of hills to the City of Brisbane. Mount Coot-tha was previously known as One-Tree-Hill, a reference to when the hill terminated in a bare knoll with a solitary large tree at the summit. The Taylor Range was originally named Glenmorrison Range by the explorer John Oxley in 1823. In July 1828, this range was referred to as Glenmoriston's Range and Sir Herbert Taylor's Range by the colonial botanist Charles Fraser, and as Glenmorriston's Range by Captain Patrick Logan, Commandant of the penal settlement at Brisbane. The first rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
