Monday, May 25, 2009

GRAHAM KENNEDY'S - Blankety Blanks 1977

Born on 15 February 1934, the only child of Cyril and Mary Kennedy, Graham Cyril Kennedy was raised in the working class Melbourne suburb of Balaclava.
Kennedy left school aged 15 to work for Radio Australia but soon made live television his domain during a 12-year stint as the host of In Melbourne Tonight. Kennedy's sharp wit and spontaneous nature won him 14 Logies - including the "Star of the Year" award at the first ceremony in 1959 - and made him the most popular person on Australian television.In 1998 he was inducted into the Logies hall of fame.
But his irreverence also resulted in a number of controversial moments.
In 1975 he was banned from live TV for his infamous crow call of a four-letter word (Farrrk). Kennedy returned to the small screen two years later with the game show Blankety Blanks broadcasingt 5 times a week Graham Kennedy quickly proved his TV legend status with a nightly 30 minute of fun and lunacy, turning Blankety Blanks into Australia's favourite show.

He died in the New South Wales Southern Highlands in the early hours of 25 May, 2005 , aged 71 after being cared for in the last years of his life by friends Tony Sattler and Noelene Browne


SIDE 1:
Million Dollars.
Slick Dick.
All The Horsemen Knew Her.
Stuffed Turkey.
Rusty Bottom.
The Hitch-Hiker.
Everybody Crap.
A Mouse In Her Pussy.
Rosalyn's Curry.
Cyril, Horse And Carts.

SIDE 2:
Rhythm Method.
Who Is Bernard King?
Barry's Lunch.
Did It Need Picking?
Crabs.
Cocky, Crutch And Stump.
Too Soft.
Midnight In The Toilet.
Cyril At The Doctor's.
Dick The Butler.
Dick Without A Hole. Dick Without A Hole.

G K

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

Fantastic, thank you

Mickster said...

Sweet Jesus ! i've got this album - you've now just saved me fom ripping it .. well, that is when i actually buy another turntable that works.

I've got the " VFL Footy Favourites " album as well from 1981, which hopefully can get the same treatment, looking forward to ripping stuff like this soon.

Well Done AustRock

Anonymous said...

Thank you very much
Td

turgut ♫ said...

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Have a nice day..

Anonymous said...

Great! Thank you

Anonymous said...

Man, what a true delight. I lived in Oz from 1972-1975. There are certain wonderful memories of those years that simply are not able to be duplicated here in the US. 'Gra-Gra' is one of those. Absolutely and without any doubt, the funniest entertainer I discovered while living in Australia, and completely umnknown here in the US. First YouTube reintroduced me to his amazing talent and wit, and now this LP. I can only say thanks, but my feeling goes a lot deeper!

Warwick said...

whilst nowhere as good as this, I'd love someone to up a copy of 'The Rude Album' by Doug Mulray...

King fahtah said...

nice now i don't have to copy my own...

It's worth it for the mouse in the pussy

Micko said...

Thanks so much for this one. As an avid fan of Graham, & in particular this show it, it's sure to be hysterical. Does anybody have printable cover scans of the front & back covers please. There's only a small jpeg 367 x 367 which is of course way too small & no back cover with track listing at all. Hope someone can help please. Thanks in advance

skids said...

http://rapidshare.com/files/286392093/GKart.rar

artwork

Micko said...

Thanks to skids for the artwork. Much appreciated mate & glad to see the site is still booming. Hope you can keep it up for a long while yet