Dooby Duck's Disco Bus

Dooby Duck's Disco Bus is a children's puppet show presented by Dooby Duck (created by Alan Hausrath and Harry Stuart), a puppet duck with a shiny showbiz jacket and a pink bow-tie, who introduced puppets singing contemporary songs of the day. Dooby signed off each show laughing and saying 'Dooby Dooby Dooby Dooby Dooby Quack Quack'. The character first appeared as a segment on the children's sketch programme 'The Satellite Show'.^[1]

Dooby Duck's Disco Bus
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Production
Running time	10 min.
Original release
Network	BBC
Release	5 January 1989 (1989-01-05) – 23 December 1992 (1992-12-23)

Series guide

Dooby Duck's Disco Bus

13 editions. Broadcast 5 January 1989^[2] – 30 March 1989^[3]

Dooby's Duck Truck

13 editions. Broadcast 3 January 1991^[4] – 28 March 1991^[5]

Dooby Duck's Euro Tour

13 editions. Broadcast 30 September 1992^[6] – 23 December 1992

All series were given repeat airings.

Reception

"This puppet duck presented other puppets singing contemporary songs of the day for five minutes just before 4.00 pm. Sounds simple, yet it achieved a viewing audience of 3 million and had something of a cult following with students.", according to the website Nostalgia Central.^[7]

Jim Sangster also considers that Pinky and Perky's "basic format (...) was revived in 1989 for the bizarre Dooby Duck's Disco Bus (5 Jan-30 Mar 1989), which once again had marionette animals performing contemporary pop hits."^[8]