House Party

Country

Australia

How it feels

This is a daytime variety show from late 1950s Australia. It had a host and regulars who did different segments each week like shopping tips, cooking, and entertainment reviews.

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What happens

House Party was an Australian television series which aired on Melbourne station HSV-7. The series debuted 22 October 1959 and ended circa 4 August 1960. It was a daytime variety series. The weekly series aired live. Regulars varied during the run of the series, but included host Ted Zeigler (an American), June Finlayson, Jocelyn Terry, Brenda Marshall, Jean Battersby, John d'Arcy, Beryl Wright, Judd Laine, Elinor Gordon, and Graeme Bent. Segments in one episode included Shopping Sleuth (with Mitta Hamilton), Dressmaking (with Dorothy Bradfield), Entertainment Review (with Jean Battersby), Cookery (with Elinor Gordon), Let's Figure it Out (with Beryl Wright and Mel Cowdrey), Disc Dizzy (with John d'Arcy), "Sundowner" Story (with Roy Lyons) and Murder Tale (with Raymond Singer). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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