Original upload date: Sun, 27 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT
Archive date: Mon, 06 Dec 2021 01:59:18 GMT
“The Happy Gang" ran on Melbourne's Own 3DB from 1953 till 1962. It owed its origin to the earlier 3DB test cricket broadcasts with a bright atmosphere of fun and frolics. The first resident comedians
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were Dick Cranbourne and John Stuart and later Bill Collins and Jack Perry. Regulars on the program
included Eula and Marie Parker, June Hamilton, Shirlene Clancy, Rod McLennan, Lou Toppano, Tom Davidson, Stan Stafford , Don Kinsey and many others. Norman Spencer was the shows first producer and he later went on to bigger and better things in television and GTV9 in 1956. His work with Graham Kennedy is legendary in the history of Melbourne TV. After Spencer, Alf Spargo took over the production of the show as well as scripting it. He was followed by Mike Dyer and finally Peter Surrey. This is a true example of "Radio as it Used to Be".
