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Born: Established: 4 Aug 1933 Benalla, Benalla area, Northern Victoria, Victoria, ; Died: Ceased: 14 Jun 2019 Coolac, Gundagai area, Southeastern NSW, New South Wales,
Gender: Male
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1 form y separately published work icon Betty Blokk Buster Follies Reg Livermore , ( dir. Peter Batey ) Australia : Eric Dare Productions , 1976 7944915 1976 single work film/TV revue/revusical

A film record of Reg Livermore's successful one-man stage show, featuring characters and sketches centred around Betty Blokk Buster, a bare-bummed German maid who entertains troops during the war. Livemore's other characters include Vaseline Amylnitrite, a football star who joins the Australia Ballet, and an old man who recalls his youth as a trendy male model.

The film, which is almost an hour shorter than the live show includes the following sketches:

Act One:

  • Before The Show
  • Tiller Girls - Meet Betty Blokk Buster
  • Family Of Man
  • Money
  • Voice Of Experience
  • Hello In There
  • Captain Jack
  • Heavy Breather
  • Matrimony
  • Is That All There Is
  • Ricotta, The Fabulous
  • What Makes A Man A Man?
  • Long Tall Glasses
  • S.O.L.O.

Act Two:

  • Tara, The Incredible
  • Walk On The Wild Side
  • Ticking
  • Vaseline Amalnitrate
  • Celluloid Heroes / Silverbird
  • The Show Must Go On
  • Applause and Final Bows
  • Train

Most of the songs are cover versions, and include those by Billy Joel, Leo Sayer, Elton Jon and Bernie Taupin, Lou Reed, Gilbert O'Sullivan, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, and Ray Davies.

1 y separately published work icon The No-Hopers Peter Batey , Perth : Playhouse Theatre , 1961 Z841027 1961 single work drama
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