Bobby Dazzler

Bobby Dazzler was an Australian television sitcom produced by Crawford Productions, starring pop singer John Farnham as the title characters, up-and-coming pop music star Bobby Farrell. The other regular cast members were Maurie Fields as Bobby's father Fred, an old vaudeville performer; and Olivia Hamnett as Bobby's officious manager, Della McDermott. Qing Ling was a regular special guest star as the singing bartender. It was aired on the Seven Network during the summer of 1977–78.^[1]

Bobby Dazzler
Genre	Sitcom
Written by	Terry Stapleton
Directed by	Ian Crawford Marie Trevor
Starring	John Farnham Olivia Hamnett Maurie Fields
Theme music composer	Wayne Robinson
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	14
Production
Executive producers	Ian Crawford Ian Jones
Producer	Hector Crawford
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	25 minutes
Production company	Crawford Productions
Original release
Network	Seven Network
Release	20 November 1977 (1977-11-20) – 3 March 1978 (1978-03-03)

Cast

Main

• John Farnham Bobby Farrell
• Maurie Fields as Fred Farrell
• Olivia Hamnett as Della McDermott

Regulars/guests

• Terry Norris as Uncle Oz
• Carla Hoogeveen as Allison
• George Spartels as George
• Shane Porteous as Sergio
• Ernie Bourne as Seymour
• Andrew Sharp as Brook Carter
• Gabrielle Hartley as Katherine Carr
• Roy Day as Carstairs / MC
• Rowena Wallace as Ruth Rierdom
• Sigrid Thornton as Anastasia
• Sheila Florance as Mrs Jollie
• Andrew McKaige as Studio Assistant
• Gwen Plumb as Dinner Guest 1
• Lucky Grills as Himself
• Garry Meadows as Himself

Etymology

The English word bobby-dazzler was originally a Yorkshire and Lancashire dialect term for a person who is considered (with affection) remarkable or excellent, shows smart dress sense or is maybe "flashy".^[2][3][4]

See also

• List of Australian television series
• List of programs broadcast by Seven Network