Dooby Duck's Disco Bus

{{Use British English|date=December 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{infobox television | image = | caption = | runtime = 10 min. | starring = | country = United Kingdom | network = BBC | first_aired = {{start date|1989|1|5|df=y}} | last_aired = {{end date|1992|12|23|df=y}} | num_episodes = }}

'''''Dooby Duck's Disco Bus''''' is a children's puppet show presented by '''Dooby Duck''' (created by Alan Hausrath and Harry Stuart), a puppet duck with a shiny showbiz jacket and a pink bow-tie, who introduced puppets singing contemporary songs of the day. Dooby signed off each show laughing and saying 'Dooby Dooby Dooby Dooby Dooby Quack Quack'. The character first appeared as a segment on the children's sketch programme 'The Satellite Show'.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rogerstevenson.com/puppet.php?id=4|title=Roger Stevenson - Master Puppeteer|website=rogerstevenson.com}}</ref>

== Series guide ==

; ''Dooby Duck's Disco Bus'': 13 editions. Broadcast 5 January 1989<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbcone/london/1989-01-05#at-15.50|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017230544/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbcone/london/1989-01-05#at-15.50|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 October 2014|title=BBC One London - 5 January 1989 - BBC Genome|website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk}}</ref> – 30 March 1989<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbcone/london/1989-03-30#at-15.50|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141019114356/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbcone/london/1989-03-30#at-15.50|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 October 2014|title=BBC One London - 30 March 1989 - BBC Genome|website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk}}</ref> ; ''Dooby's Duck Truck'': 13 editions. Broadcast 3 January 1991<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/26147ca151424238b4f6490b9b33fe51|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141023170951/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/26147ca151424238b4f6490b9b33fe51|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 October 2014|title=Dooby's Duck Truck|date=3 January 1991|issue=3497|pages=142|via=BBC Genome}}</ref> – 28 March 1991<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbcone/london/1991-03-28#at-15.50|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141019043258/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbcone/london/1991-03-28#at-15.50|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 October 2014|title=BBC One London - 28 March 1991 - BBC Genome|website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk}}</ref> ; ''Dooby Duck's Euro Tour'': 13 editions. Broadcast 30 September 1992<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbcone/london/1992-09-30#at-15.50|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017104130/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbcone/london/1992-09-30#at-15.50|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 October 2014|title=BBC One London - 30 September 1992 - BBC Genome|website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk}}</ref> – 23 December 1992

All series were given repeat airings.

== Reception == "This puppet duck presented other puppets singing contemporary songs of the day for five minutes just before 4.00 pm. Sounds simple, yet it achieved a viewing audience of 3 million and had something of a cult following with students.", according to the website Nostalgia Central.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-02-12 |title=Dooby Duck's Disco Bus/Dooby's Duck Truck – Nostalgia Central |url=https://nostalgiacentral.com/television/tv-by-decade/tv-shows-1980s/dooby-ducks-disco-busdoobys-duck-truck/ |access-date=2024-08-15 |website=nostalgiacentral.com |language=en-GB}}</ref>

Jim Sangster also considers that ''Pinky and Perky'''s "basic format (...) was revived in 1989 for the bizarre ''Dooby Duck's Disco Bus'' (5 Jan-30 Mar 1989), which once again had marionette animals performing contemporary pop hits."<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sangster |first=Jim |url=https://archive.org/details/tvheaven0000sang/mode/2up?q=%22Dooby+Duck%27s+Disco+Bus%22 |title=TV heaven |date=2005 |publisher=London : Collins |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-0-00-719099-7}}</ref>

==References== {{reflist}}

== External links == * {{youTube|Bc-gEotfX40|Dooby Duck's Duck Truck}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070524104846/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/415690 BFI database entry for Dooby Duck's Disco Bus]

Category:1989 British television series debuts Category:1992 British television series endings Category:BBC children's television shows Category:Television series about ducks Category:British television shows featuring puppetry Category:1980s British children's television series Category:1990s British children's television series Category:English-language British television shows