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Adaptations
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form
y
Kaboodle
ABC Television
(publisher),
( dir. Jan Sardi
et. al. )agent
1987
Australia
:
Australian Children's Television Foundation
ABC Television
,
Z1398900
1987
series - publisher
film/TV
children's
fantasy
science fiction
humour
adventure
horror
An anthology series of children's stories, mixing live-action episodes with animation, clay animation, and puppetry. The stories, aimed specifically at the under 10s, are drawn from a variety of sources, including children's books, fairy tales, myths, and original ideas. Some of the episodes have involved, for example, Snow White as a punk bikie and the seven dwarves as a motorcycle gang; a pet stegosaurus; a boy with wheels instead of toes; and Trevor the glider-plane-catching cat.
According to Patricia Edgar,
Thirty separate self-contained dramas of differing lengths were to be packaged into half-hour episodes. The project was designed to showcase new, creative talent in the television industry. Competitions were run at the Australian Film and Television School and Swinburne Institute of Technology for the best concepts suitable for inclusion in the Kaboodle package, with prizes of $1000 awarded. The Foundation sought promising but inexperienced writers, would-be producers, directors and even accountants who wanted to earn their first credit to enable them to find a future in the industry.
Source: Patricia Edgar, Bloodbath: A Memoir of Australian Television, Melbourne: Melbourne UP, 2006, pp.175-76.
Kaboodle was produced in two series, the first of which included some live-action segements, but the second of which was entirely animated.
For a full list of episodes, see Film Details.
Episode listing for Kaboodle series two courtesy of the Australian Children's Television Foundation.
Teaching Resources
Notes
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Prequel to Thingnapped!
Affiliation Notes
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This work is affiliated with the AustLit subset Asian-Australian Children's Literature and Publishing because it has a Japanese translation.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also braille, sound recording.
Works about this Work
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Children's Book Council of Australia Judge's Report, 1983
1983
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , July no. 88 1983; (p. 6-13) -
[Review] Thing
1983
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , January no. 86 1983; (p. 29)
— Review of Thing 1982 single work children's fiction -
[Review] Thing
1983
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 23 July 1983;
— Review of Thing 1982 single work children's fiction -
Sixteen Make the Short List
1983
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 26 March 1983;
— Review of Master of the Grove 1982 single work novel ; Tin Lizzie and Little Nell 1982 single work picture book ; Thing 1982 single work children's fiction ; The Train 1982 single work picture book ; Five Times Dizzy 1982 single work children's fiction ; Turramulli the Giant Quinkin 1982 single work picture book ; Longtime Dreaming 1982 single work novel -
[Review] Toby's Millions [et al]
1983
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 26 March 1983;
— Review of Toby's Millions 1982 single work children's fiction ; The Watcher in the Garden 1982 single work children's fiction ; Thing 1982 single work children's fiction ; The Left Overs 1982 single work children's fiction ; The Dragon Stone 1982 single work novel ; Three Way Street 1982 single work novel ; Moonlight 1982 single work picture book ; Battles in the Bath 1982 single work picture book
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[Review] Toby's Millions [et al]
1983
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 26 March 1983;
— Review of Toby's Millions 1982 single work children's fiction ; The Watcher in the Garden 1982 single work children's fiction ; Thing 1982 single work children's fiction ; The Left Overs 1982 single work children's fiction ; The Dragon Stone 1982 single work novel ; Three Way Street 1982 single work novel ; Moonlight 1982 single work picture book ; Battles in the Bath 1982 single work picture book -
Sixteen Make the Short List
1983
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 26 March 1983;
— Review of Master of the Grove 1982 single work novel ; Tin Lizzie and Little Nell 1982 single work picture book ; Thing 1982 single work children's fiction ; The Train 1982 single work picture book ; Five Times Dizzy 1982 single work children's fiction ; Turramulli the Giant Quinkin 1982 single work picture book ; Longtime Dreaming 1982 single work novel -
[Review] Thing
1982
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 15 July 1982; (p. 3. Comics)
— Review of Thing 1982 single work children's fiction -
[Review] Thing
1982
single work
review
— Appears in: The Junior Bookshelf , October vol. 46 no. 5 1982; (p. 182)
— Review of Thing 1982 single work children's fiction -
[Review] Thing
1983
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 23 July 1983;
— Review of Thing 1982 single work children's fiction -
Children's Book Council of Australia Judge's Report, 1983
1983
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , July no. 88 1983; (p. 6-13)