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Known as being irreverent and inserting double-entendres into skits,<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 July 2016 |title=Play School is 'rife with double entendres' |url=https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/tv-shows/play-school-is-rife-with-double-entendres/news-story/dca9fe3cf4ad6f45a4151727abd67005 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624211114/https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/tv-shows/play-school-is-rife-with-double-entendres/news-story/dca9fe3cf4ad6f45a4151727abd67005 |archive-date=24 June 2021 |access-date=22 June 2021 |website=NewsComAu |language=en}}</ref> Hamblin was the second most prolific presenter of ''Play School'', appearing in 357 episodes from 1970 to 1999,<ref name="Craig2008" /> while fellow presenter Benita Collings appeared in 401 episodes.<ref name="archive">{{Cite web |title=Moment in Time – Episode 29 |website=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] |url=http://www.abc.net.au/tv/canwehelp/txt/s2669799.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150427144558/http://www.abc.net.au/tv/canwehelp/txt/s2669799.htm |archive-date=27 April 2015 |access-date=20 April 2015}}</ref> On the show, Hamblin would sing, read stories, make crafts, play with the toys and educate children about such things as telling the time and the days of the week.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Play School |url=https://www.abc.net.au/abckids/shows/play-school/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922153633/https://www.abc.net.au/abckids/shows/play-school/ |archive-date=22 September 2022 |access-date=22 June 2021 |website=www.abc.net.au |language=en}}</ref>
Hamblin returned briefly for a special guest appearance in 2016, as part of ''Play School'''s 50th anniversary special.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Molk |first=Steve |date=21 September 2022 |title=Play School icon JOHN HAMBLIN dies aged 87 |url=https://tvblackbox.com.au/page/2022/09/21/play-school-icon-john-hamblin-dies-aged-87/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922153645/https://tvblackbox.com.au/page/2022/09/21/play-school-icon-john-hamblin-dies-aged-87/ |archive-date=22 September 2022 |access-date=21 September 2022 |website=TV Blackbox |language=en-AU}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=Play School celebrates 50 years {{!}} ABC KIDS |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS3fS2eFZjA |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220913091252/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS3fS2eFZjA |language=en |access-date=21 September 2022 |archive-date=13 September 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>
Many bloopers of Hamblin's time on ''Play School'' have since resurfaced, most of which feature him forgetting lines or making sexually explicit jokes.<ref>{{Citation |title=ABC TV Australia Blooper & Goof Reels 1984 1987 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFWa7w543iw |access-date=2023-11-23 |language=en}}</ref>
==Personal life==
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