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what's that, skip? - 08:10 AM
(filed under 'baby')
smiley's tongue clicking has morphed into something new. it's a kind of "tsk! tsk!" sound, you know the one you make when someone does something you don't like? it's also the sound that skippy the bush kangaroo (this is as opposed to the city kangaroo, i assume?) used to make when he ('he' meaning male, of course, which is a whole other issue since only female kangaroos have pouches & skippy was supposedly a boy, yet he had a pouch) was trying to alert sonny to something fishy going on.
so whenever he does it, i have the complusion to say, "what's that, skip?" & sing the theme song, albeit our own version: "smiley! smiley! smiley, the bush kangaroo. smiley! smiley! smiley, a friend ever true. da da, da dum, da da, da dum, da da, da dum!"
searching for a skippy link made me discover that you can actually get the skippy series on dvd. wow .. you can watch as many times as you like that fake kangaroo paw on a stick come into shot & do amazing things which normally require an opposable thumb, like undo slide bolts & open doors etc. i'm mocking it, yes, but that doesn't mean that i didn't watch it as a kid, & enjoy it immensely, as almost any australian my age did, all those years ago. it really was a good show. really, it was. 
If only you had the same amazing language skills as Sonny had so you would know what full sentences Riley's conveying to his mum. Probably not about boys stuck in caves or cars in ditches, Smiley doesn't get around much on his own
Oh, and I've seen both Skippy and Flipper, they're two peas in a pod.
Yep, Skippy is definitely the Australian version of Flipper. I used to love them both actually! Come on though Corri, the kangaroo paw on a stick was so hilarious, it was one of the best parts of the show!!
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you defend the show so much it seems dubious. lol i guess it was a lot like our flipper, a show about a park ranger's kid and his pal the dolphin.