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Saturday, May 20, 2006

Kids Time Warp The Return of George Spartels

The kids got out all the old CDs that they used to listen to over a year ago. It was instant nostalgia as all the old favourites were rehashed and sung along to. Out came the instruments and the orchestra got going. Ryan loves George meets the Orchestra, which is a great kids CD from the ABC. He used to get up on a little table and conduct the orchestra. He only did it when we left the room, but we sneaked some looks over time. Hannah prefers one of his other CD's, Return of the Spangled Drongo. George Spartels is very good and I learned from Wikipedia that he is most famous as a television soap opera star in Neighbours, playing "Benito Alessi". Of course we know better. He is much better known as a children's entertainer and friendly face from Play School. Personally I like his rendition of Ning Nang Nong by Spike Milligan. We saw one of his kids shows at Henley Town Hall and he autographed the CD's. The kids have all the Play School CDs and videos, although they have not been played for a while. In Australia, Play School is on at 9:30 and 3:30 and gives many houses across the country some peace and tranquility for up to half an hour as the under fives of Australia settle down to be entertained. Our kids often go into a zone and cannot be disturbed, short of physically turning off the television. George and Benita and all the Play School people finally got some recognition when they got a lifetime award at the Logies, Australias TV Awards, this year. Well deserved.

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