Bertie the Bunyip
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along with other puppettes like Sir Guy Deguy Fussy and Gussy it was often called one of the "noiseyest show on sunday morning
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Bertie the Bunyip was a puppet character on a popular American children's television show in Philadelphia
, Pennsylvania
, during the 1950s and 60s.
Created by Australian Lee Dexter, Bertie was a bunyip
(a mythological Australian creature), described by Dexter as "a cross between a bunny
, a collie
dog and a duck billed platypus
."
Bertie's enemy was an aristocratic fox
by the name of Sir Guy de Guy (a newspaper article published shortly after his death featured an interview with Lee Dexter who noted that Sir Guy was named after the ubiquitous TV Guide).
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Bertie the Bunyip was a puppet character on a popular American children's television show in Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Philadelphia County, with which it is coterminous. The city is located in the Northeastern United States along the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. It is the fifth-most-populous city in the United States,...
, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
, during the 1950s and 60s.
Created by Australian Lee Dexter, Bertie was a bunyip
Bunyip
The bunyip, or kianpraty, is a large mythical creature from Aboriginal mythology, said to lurk in swamps, billabongs, creeks, riverbeds, and waterholes....
(a mythological Australian creature), described by Dexter as "a cross between a bunny
Rabbit
Rabbits are small mammals in the family Leporidae of the order Lagomorpha, found in several parts of the world...
, a collie
Collie
The collie is a distinctive type of herding dog, including many related landraces and formal breeds. It originates in Scotland and Northern England. It is a medium-sized, fairly lightly built dog with a pointed snout, and many types have a distinctive white pattern over the shoulders. Collies...
dog and a duck billed platypus
Platypus
The platypus is a semi-aquatic mammal endemic to eastern Australia, including Tasmania. Together with the four species of echidna, it is one of the five extant species of monotremes, the only mammals that lay eggs instead of giving birth to live young...
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Bertie's enemy was an aristocratic fox
Fox
Fox is a common name for many species of omnivorous mammals belonging to the Canidae family. Foxes are small to medium-sized canids , characterized by possessing a long narrow snout, and a bushy tail .Members of about 37 species are referred to as foxes, of which only 12 species actually belong to...
by the name of Sir Guy de Guy (a newspaper article published shortly after his death featured an interview with Lee Dexter who noted that Sir Guy was named after the ubiquitous TV Guide).