Tele-Variety
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- Australia
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The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This is a short-lived Australian variety series from the late 1950s. Each episode featured performers like musicians, dancers, and comedians in front of a live audience.
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What happens
Tele-Variety is a four-part Australian television variety series which aired fortnightly on Sydney station ABN-2 on Saturdays from 7 December 1957 to 18 January 1958. It alternated in the time-slot with Look Who's Dropped In. The producer was Harry Pringle. Many ABC series of the period often had shorter seasons than those on commercial television. The episode broadcast 21 December 1957 was hosted by Johnny Craig, and featured the Gus Merzi Quintet, harmonica player Barry Sandford, dance team The Tyroliers, balancing act The Warrens and Jandy the Musical Clown. Two of the episodes also appear to have been shown on ABV-2 in Melbourne via telerecordings (also known as kinescope recordings). It is not known if either of these two episodes still exist. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Variety View
Take Three- More like this series, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.