Funny / Play School

• On the Australian version, one of the presenters was pretending to be a horse. While "galloping" a packet of cigarettes fell out of his shirt pocket.
• The fact that Philip Quast, known mostly for playing Javert in Les Misérables, was a regular presenter for 17 years on the Australian version. Indeed quite a few of the Australian hosts are known elsewhere for more dramatic roles, such as Noni Hazlehurst and John Waters (1948).
• Somewhat meta, but Noni Hazlehurst reading Go the Fuck to Sleep in the exact same style as she would read stories on the show.
• John Hamblin and Benita Collings paired up together in an episode of the Australian version, is reminiscent of Laurel and Hardy.
• The famous outtake from the UK version of Fred Harris acting like The Prima Donna and screaming "I'm an artist! How am I expected to work with these amateurs for God's sake!" ... at Big Ted the teddy bear, who was refusing to sit properly without falling down.
• Benita Collings on the Australian version bottle feeding a goat that decided to relieve itself on her lap.As the show at that time was recorded in one take, and they were running behind with the taping, they could not stop filming, so she had to do the last segment of the program with a prominent wet patch. Her co host John Hamblin noticed what had happened and commented as such as the program ended. The goat had behaved perfectly during the two rehearsals prior to taping, but left it to the actual taping to play up.

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