Category: Comedy


The Great Aussie Joke

Record: The Great Aussie Joke – Maurie Fields and Shane Bourne

Record Label: Hammard

Catalogue Number: HAM 186

Category: Comedy

Also appearing on the LP (not credited, Daryl Somers, Ernie (Ossie Ostrich) Carroll and John Blackman)

Compiled by The Terrace Audio Productions P/L

Engineered by Helen Patullo

Assistant Producer: Suzee Robin

Compiled from “The Great Aussie Joke” Segment of “Hey, Hey, It’s Saturday” – 1988

Released: December 1988 (21 years ago this week, to be precice)

Side 1

The Telegram, Vacuum Salesman, Piggyback, Fingers, The Teacher, The Drunk and the Elephant, The Drover’s Dog, Bath Survey, Australia Post, The Clothesline, What’s Your Name?, The Five Ton Truck, The Gorilla and the Lion, The Barnyard, Ring Back in 10 Minutes, Snakes, Kids on Horses, the Three Hut Island, “The T-Model, the Porsche and the Ferrari”, The Quiz, The Queen of Egypt, Keep Peddaling, The Army Hospital, The Smartest Man in Australia, The Male Sexuality Survey, The Opening Batsman, Two Caterpillars, The Three Legged Chook, How Big is Your Property, Hey Hey It’s Saturday Go To Heaven.

Side 2

The Black Horse, Thanks Donkey, Warrick Capper, The Maternity Hospital, Three Men in Heaven, Explain Yourself, The Diagnosis, The Country Club, Monk It Up!, King of the Jungle, The Farmer, The Fancydress Cow, The Golf Game, The Bald Man, Penguins, The Jewish Flat Hunter, Fluffy the Cat, Three Men and a Firing Squad, David Jones Menswear Dept., Half A Lettuce, The Pet, At The Movies, The Freezer, E. D. K. T. M., Old School Friends, A Man on the Sun, Sulphuric Acid, Geronimo, God Will Save Me, Private Johnson.

 60 jokes sent in by viewers from “The Great Aussie Joke” Segment from Hey, Hey, It’s Saturday. (A “Best of 1988″ collection, so to speak)

This was (to date) the only recording of material taken from the show that has appeared commercially.

on a technical note: This LP was one of the last recordings that was released by Hammard, as the company ceased operations around January 1990.

The Muppet Show Music Hall

The Muppet Show Music Hall 45 RPM EP by Pye Records

Record Label: Pye Records

Category: TV Show

Release Number: 7NX 8004

Produced by Jim Henson with the assistance of Peter Harris and Philip Cason

Recorded by Ted Scott and Roger Knight

Producer for Pye Records: Jed Kearnes

Remix Engineer: Larry Bartlett

Sleeve Design: Paul Chase

Orchestra Conducted by Jack Parnell

Musical Associate: Derek Scott

Starring Frank Oz as Miss Piggy and Fozzie Bear and Jim Henson as Kermit The Frog, with the entire Muppet Audience

Side 1: Don’t Dilly Dally On The Way, Waiting at the Church

Side 2: The Boy In The Gallery, Wotcher Knocked ‘Em In The Old Kent Road

Copyrighted: 1977


The Muppet Show (1976-1981) was a half hour of music and mayhem from the creative mind of Jim Henson. and each week would have an international guest star joining in the madness.

Historically, there were three volumes of the Muppet Show released : Volume 1 (UK: NSPH 19, AU: SPLP 1502), Volume 2 (UK: NSPH 21, AU: SPLP 1527) and “The Muppet Show Music Album” (UK: PRAT 18613, AU: SPLP 1580)

However there was one final record, a 45 RPM extended play LP featuring four Music Hall numbers, three performed by Miss Piggy, and one performed by Fozzie Bear

This EP featured songs that originally appeared in the U.K. versions of season 3 of “The Muppet Show”.

My copy was an import EP, and as far as I know, was never released outside of the U.K.


Muppet Show Music Hall - Back Cover

For a history of Pye Records in Australia, go here

Spike Jones and his City Slickers

Over the next couple of days, I will be publishing posts that I previously had done on the “Off the Record” blog between June 2007 and August 2007.  There will be approximately 2 posts every day until I have completed the archive

Spike Jones and his City Slickers - Jass Records (JASS 2)

Record label: Jass Records

Category: Compilation

Release No: JASS 2

A Howard Melton Production

Source recordings from Henry Schmidt, Jr.

Sound: Carl Seltzer

Artwork: Milton Knight

Design, Lettering and inking: Collin Kellogg

Copyrighted: 1986

Side 1: My Gal Sal (Vocal, Del Porter), Ugga Ugga Boo Ugga Boo Boo Ugga (Vocal: Ding Bell), Molasses (Vocal: George Rock), Dance of the Hours (Commentary: Doodles Weaver), Yakka Hula Hickey Dula (Vocals: Del Porter and Eddie Metcalf, Guitar: Freddy Morgan), Oh! By Jingo (Vocal: Del Porter), Down in Jungletown (Vocal: Paul Judson, Freddy Morgan and the Headhunters), Daddy Won’t You Buy Me A Baby Brother (Vocal: George Rock)

Side 2: The Ringmaster (Vocals: The Ensemble), Drip! Drip! Drip! (Vocal: Del Porter), April Showers (Vocal: Doodles Weaver), Charlie My Boy (Vocal: Del Porter), Too Young (Vocals, Paul Frees and Sara Berner), Shortning Bread (Vocal: Doodles Weaver), Ballet For Bosun’s Mate (Liszt), Five Foot Two, Eyes Of Blue (Vocal: Del Porter)


This compilation LP from Jass is a rare collection of studio performances by Lindley Armstrong (Spike) Jones, and his City Slickers.

Most (if not all) of these recordings were originally made for radio broadcast, and to my knowledge only two have recently appeared on CD (Ugga Ugga Boo… for one) and the Slickers demolition of the song “Too Young”

For cartoon fans, the cover art was done by the legendary Milton Knight. (the only LP to date that has Milt’s wildly imaginative artwork that I have in my collection at the moment)

I have the image of the back cover.  click on the cover below to see a larger version

The Back Cover - Spike Jones and his City Slickers (JASS 2)

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