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Happy Hammond
Happy Hammond
Born	Harry Montague Hammond; 7 May 1917; Summer Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Died	April 1, 1998 (aged 80); Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupations	Comedian; radio host; television host; television producer;
Years active	1947−1991

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Harry Montague Hammond (7 May 1917 – 1 April 1998), professionally known as Happy Hammond, was an Australian comedian, radio host, children's television show host, and television producer.^[1]

Biography and broadcasting career

Happy Hammond was born in the Sydney suburb of Summer Hill,^[2] the youngest of three children. His parents were both deaf and mute.

He was famous for his bright personality and wearing a tartan suit and hat, sometimes referred to as his "test pattern" outfit, with colors that clashed in real life but worked well on black-and-white TV. His catchphrase was "Is everybody happy?" along with the theme song for the show, "Happy Days Are Here Again".

The nickname "Happy" came from his time in the Australian Army during World War II. He served in the South West Pacific Area and, following a few concerts, was transferred to the Australian Army Entertainment Unit, the "Boomerangs", entertaining Australian troops in combat areas. He performed in concerts with Keith Glover, who later went on to join the ABC. After the war, the pair took their act to the Tivoli circuit.^[3]^[4]

Hammond's broadcasting career began in his home town of Geelong when he became the breakfast announcer at 3GL. While there, he made his first TV appearance in 1948, as part of an exhibition using closed-circuit TV equipment for trial purposes.^[5] He then moved to Adelaide's 5KA, before returning to Victoria to work first at 3AW and then 3UZ, both in Melbourne.^[4] At 3UZ, he hosted The Happy Show, a children's program, as well as partnering Graham Kennedy, following the death of Nicky Whitta in September 1956. Hammond joined television station GTV-9, and shortly after, he invited the young Kennedy to appear on a telethon, where he was noticed by Norman Spencer, leading eventually to Kennedy joining the channel as well.^[6]

On TV, the Tarax Happy Show (later the Tarax Show) started on Melbourne's GTV-9 in January 1957, debuting from the Myer Emporium's Lonsdale Street store window. During Hammond's time at GTV-9, the program was only seen in Victoria, where it competed with Young Seven on HSV-7.^[7]^[8]^[9]

Hammond switched to HSV-7 in 1960, where The Happy Show, no longer sponsored by Tarax, featured Princess Panda (Panda Lisner), Lovely Anne (Anne Watt), Parer the Magician (Tommy Parer), Funny Face (Vic Gordon), Big John (John D'Arcy), Robbie Rob (Bob Horsfall), Cousin Roy (Roy Lyons) and Sylvester the Talking Sock (Ian Wiliams). The program was also relayed to ATN-7 in Sydney. During Watt's absence for her honeymoon in early 1965, her place was taken by a young Olivia Newton-John.

Hammond was a keen supporter of the Geelong Football Club in the Victorian Football League. On Grand Final day in 1963, he was accorded the honour of running through the banner with the Geelong players before the game, which Geelong won.

Logie Award

Hammond's program won a Logie Award in 1959 (the Logies' inaugural year) for Most Popular Children's Show, and Hammond himself won a Logie in 1962 for Outstanding Contributions to Children's Entertainment.

After the cancelation of The Happy Show in 1968, Hammond moved to produce daytime television morning shows and afternoon children's shows and, in his later years, had an off-camera role in HSV-7's videotape department, although every year until the 1990s he continued to appear on the station's Royal Children's Hospital Good Friday Appeal. He was occasionally seen on Shirl's Neighbourhood.^[10]

Limited footage remains from Happy Hammond's career. The most commonly seen clip is a musical finger-clicking routine. A very small number of kinescopes of The Happy Show are held by the National Film and Sound Archive,^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14] despite the heavy Wiping of that era.

References

^ "Hammond dies.(LOCAL)", The Australian, News Limited: 004, 2 April 1998, archived from the original on 13 September 2023, retrieved 28 December 2018, ...VETERAN Melbourne children's television host Happy Hammond, the man with the trademark check coat and hat, died yesterday after a short illness. Hammond, 81,..
^ Groves, Derham. "The Day I Met Happy". Derham Groves. Archived from the original on 13 September 2023. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
^ Brooke, Geoff (12 May 1956). "On the Grapevine". The Argus. Archived from the original on 13 September 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
^ ^a ^b 3RPP interview 1997.05.07
^ King, by Graeme Blundell, p.79, ISBN 1-4050-3566-8
^ King, by Graeme Blundell, p.82
^ "Painting - Harry 'Happy' Hammond, J. Rogers, 1960s". Trove. National Library of Australia. Archived from the original on 13 September 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
^ "Birthday Card - GTV Channel 9, Tarax Happy Club to Graeme Pond, 1960". Trove. National Library of Australia. Archived from the original on 13 September 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
^ "Invitation - GTV Channel 9, 'Tarax Happy Show', 1957". Trove. National Library of Australia. Archived from the original on 13 September 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
^ "SHIRL'S NEIGHBOURHOOD (entire opening/closing titles/ theme) - 1982". YouTube. Archived from the original on 8 May 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
^ "Title No: 471326 : Title: THE HAPPY SHOW. EP. 17". Colsearch.nfsa.gov.au. Archived from the original on 13 September 2023. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
^ "Title No: 415976 : Title: THE HAPPY SHOW EP.?? AND ADVERTISEMENTS". Colsearch.nfsa.gov.au. Archived from the original on 13 September 2023. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
^ "Title No: 471333 : Title: THE HAPPY SHOW. EP. 18". Colsearch.nfsa.gov.au. Archived from the original on 13 September 2023. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
^ "NFSA – Title Details". Colsearch.nfsa.gov.au. Archived from the original on 13 September 2023. Retrieved 27 December 2018.

External links

Monash edu.Australia
Logie Awards
Denzil Howson Archive Archived 27 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine
Happy Hammond at the National Film and Sound Archive^{[permanent dead link]}

[1] "Hammond dies.(LOCAL)", The Australian, News Limited: 004, 2 April 1998, archived from the original on 13 September 2023, retrieved 28 December 2018, ...VETERAN Melbourne children's television host Happy Hammond, the man with the trademark check coat and hat, died yesterday after a short illness. Hammond, 81,..

[2] Groves, Derham. "The Day I Met Happy". Derham Groves. Archived from the original on 13 September 2023. Retrieved 26 January 2015.

[3] Brooke, Geoff (12 May 1956). "On the Grapevine". The Argus. Archived from the original on 13 September 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2023.

[3RPP_interview_1997.05.07-4] 3RPP interview 1997.05.07

[5] King, by Graeme Blundell, p.79, ISBN 1-4050-3566-8

[6] King, by Graeme Blundell, p.82

[7] "Painting - Harry 'Happy' Hammond, J. Rogers, 1960s". Trove. National Library of Australia. Archived from the original on 13 September 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2023.

[8] "Birthday Card - GTV Channel 9, Tarax Happy Club to Graeme Pond, 1960". Trove. National Library of Australia. Archived from the original on 13 September 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2023.

[9] "Invitation - GTV Channel 9, 'Tarax Happy Show', 1957". Trove. National Library of Australia. Archived from the original on 13 September 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2023.

[10] "SHIRL'S NEIGHBOURHOOD (entire opening/closing titles/ theme) - 1982". YouTube. Archived from the original on 8 May 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2021.

[11] "Title No: 471326 : Title: THE HAPPY SHOW. EP. 17". Colsearch.nfsa.gov.au. Archived from the original on 13 September 2023. Retrieved 27 December 2018.

[12] "Title No: 415976 : Title: THE HAPPY SHOW EP.?? AND ADVERTISEMENTS". Colsearch.nfsa.gov.au. Archived from the original on 13 September 2023. Retrieved 27 December 2018.

[13] "Title No: 471333 : Title: THE HAPPY SHOW. EP. 18". Colsearch.nfsa.gov.au. Archived from the original on 13 September 2023. Retrieved 27 December 2018.

[14] "NFSA – Title Details". Colsearch.nfsa.gov.au. Archived from the original on 13 September 2023. Retrieved 27 December 2018.

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+{{short description|Australian comedian, children's host and TV pioneer}}
-'''Harry Montague Hammond''' (7 May 1916 &ndash; 1 April 1998), professionally known as '''Happy Hammond''', was an [[Australian]] comedian, radio host and children's television show host, and television producer.
+{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}
+{{infobox person
+| image =
+| caption =
+| name  = Happy Hammond
+| birth_name = Harry Montague Hammond
+| birth_place = [[Summer Hill, New South Wales]], [[Australia]]
+| birth_date = {{birth date|1917|05|07|df=y}}
+| death_place = [[Melbourne]], [[Victoria, Australia]]
+| death_date = {{death date and age|1998|04|01|1917|05|07}}
+| occupation =  {{hlist|Comedian|radio host|television host|television producer}}
+| years active = 1947−1991
+}}
+'''Harry Montague Hammond''' (7 May 1917 – 1 April 1998), professionally known as '''Happy Hammond''', was an Australian comedian, radio host, children's television show host, and television producer.<ref>{{Citation | title=Hammond dies.(LOCAL) | journal=[[The Australian]] | date=2 April 1998 | publisher=News Limited | pages=004 | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/65588058 | accessdate=28 December 2018 | archive-date=13 September 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230913213500/https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/65588058 | url-status=live }}, ''...VETERAN Melbourne children's television host Happy Hammond, the man with the trademark check coat and hat, died yesterday after a short illness. Hammond, 81,..''</ref>
 == Biography and broadcasting career ==
-Happy Hammond was born in Summer Hill, [[Sydney]], [[Australia]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Groves|first1=Derham|title=The Day I Met Happy|url=http://derhamgroves.com/page/17/|publisher=Derham Groves|accessdate=2015-01-26}}</ref>  Happy was the youngest of 3 children. His parents were both deaf and mute.
+Happy Hammond was born in the [[Sydney]] suburb of [[Summer Hill, New South Wales|Summer Hill]],<ref>{{cite web|last1=Groves|first1=Derham|title=The Day I Met Happy|url=http://derhamgroves.com/page/17/|publisher=Derham Groves|accessdate=26 January 2015|archive-date=13 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230913220639/https://www.derhamgroves.com/page/17/|url-status=live}}</ref> the youngest of three children. His parents were both deaf and mute.
-He was famous for his bright personality and wearing a [[tartan]] suit and hat, sometimes referred to as his "[[test pattern]]" outfit, that clashed awfully in real life but worked well on [[black-and-white]] TV. His [[catchphrase]] was "Is everybody happy?" along with the theme song for the show "Happy days are here again".
+He was famous for his bright personality and wearing a [[tartan]] suit and hat, sometimes referred to as his "[[test pattern]]" outfit, with colors that clashed in real life but worked well on [[black-and-white]] TV. His [[catchphrase]] was "Is everybody happy?" along with the theme song for the show, "[[Happy Days Are Here Again]]".
-The nickname 'Happy' came from his time in the Army during World War II. He served in the [[Australian Army]] in the [[South West Pacific Area]] and was transferred following a few concerts to the Australian Army Entertainment Unit the "Boomerangs" , entertaining Australian troops in combat areas. He performed in concerts entertaining the troops with Keith Glover, who later went on to join the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]]. After the war, the pair took the act to the [[Tivoli circuit]].<ref name="3RPP interview 1997.05.07">3RPP interview 1997.05.07</ref>
+The nickname "Happy" came from his time in the [[Australian Army]] during [[World War II]]. He served in the [[South West Pacific Area]] and, following a few concerts, was transferred to the Australian Army Entertainment Unit, the "Boomerangs", entertaining Australian troops in combat areas. He performed in concerts with Keith Glover, who later went on to join the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]]. After the war, the pair took their act to the [[Tivoli circuit]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Brooke |first1=Geoff |title=On the Grapevine |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/71802489/6570074 |access-date=2023-02-02 |work=The Argus |date=1956-05-12 |archive-date=13 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230913213500/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/71802489/6570074 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="3RPP interview 1997.05.07">3RPP interview 1997.05.07</ref>
-Happy's broadcasting career began in his home town of Geelong when he became the breakfast announcer at [[95.5 K-Rock|3GL]]. While there, he made his first TV appearance in 1948, as part of an exhibition using closed-circuit TV equipment for trial purposes.<ref>''King'', by Graeme Blundell, p.79, {{ISBN|1-4050-3566-8}}</ref> He then moved to Adelaide's [[5KA]], before returning to Victoria to work first at [[3AW]] and then [[3UZ]], both in Melbourne.<ref name="3RPP interview 1997.05.07" /> At 3UZ he hosted ''The Happy Show'', a children's program, as well as partnering [[Graham Kennedy]], following the death of [[Nicky Whitta]] in September 1956. Hammond joined television station [[GTV-9]], and shortly after, he invited the young Kennedy to appear on a telethon, where he was noticed by Norman Spencer, leading eventually to Kennedy joining the channel as well.<ref>''King'', by Graeme Blundell, p.82</ref>
+Hammond's broadcasting career began in his home town of [[Geelong]] when he became the breakfast announcer at [[K Rock 95.5|3GL]]. While there, he made his first TV appearance in 1948, as part of an exhibition using closed-circuit TV equipment for trial purposes.<ref>''King'', by Graeme Blundell, p.79, {{ISBN|1-4050-3566-8}}</ref> He then moved to [[Adelaide]]'s [[Triple M Adelaide|5KA]], before returning to Victoria to work first at [[3AW]] and then [[RSN Racing & Sport|3UZ]], both in [[Melbourne]].<ref name="3RPP interview 1997.05.07" /> At 3UZ, he hosted ''The Happy Show'', a children's program, as well as partnering [[Graham Kennedy]], following the death of [[Nicky Whitta]] in September 1956. Hammond joined television station [[GTV (Australian TV station)|GTV-9]], and shortly after, he invited the young Kennedy to appear on a telethon, where he was noticed by Norman Spencer, leading eventually to Kennedy joining the channel as well.<ref>''King'', by Graeme Blundell, p.82</ref>
-On TV, the ''Tarax Happy Show'' (later the ''[[Tarax Show]]'') started on Melbourne's [[GTV-9]] in January 1957, debuting from the [[Myer Emporium]] [[Lonsdale Street, Melbourne|Lonsdale Street]] store window. During Hammond's time at GTV-9, the program was only seen in Victoria, where it competed with ''Young Seven'' on [[HSV-7]].<ref>{{Citation | author1=Camden Art | author2=Harry '. Hammond | author3=J Rogers | title=Painting - Harry 'Happy' Hammond, J. Rogers, 1960s | publication-date=1960 | publisher=Museum Victoria | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/232304827 | accessdate=28 December 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{Citation | author1=Diaz, Maggie | title=The Happy Show on HSV 7 | publication-date=1961 | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/195290524 | accessdate=28 December 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{Citation | author1=GTV Channel 9 | author2=Taraxale Brewing Co Ltd | author3=Mr Graeme Pond | title=Birthday Card - GTV Channel 9, Tarax Happy Club to Graeme Pond, 1960 | publication-date=1960 | publisher=Museum Victoria | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/207490398 | accessdate=28 December 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{Citation | author1=GTV Channel 9 | author2=Taraxale Brewing Co Ltd | author3=Mr John Young | title=Invitation - GTV Channel 9, `Tarax Happy Show', 1957 | publication-date=1957 | publisher=Museum Victoria | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/207490399 | accessdate=28 December 2018 }}</ref>
+On TV, the ''Tarax Happy Show'' (later the ''[[Tarax Show]]'') started on Melbourne's GTV-9 in January 1957, debuting from the [[Emporium Melbourne|Myer Emporium's]] [[Lonsdale Street]] store window. During Hammond's time at GTV-9, the program was only seen in Victoria, where it competed with ''Young Seven'' on [[HSV (TV station)|HSV-7]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Painting - Harry 'Happy' Hammond, J. Rogers, 1960s |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/232304827 |website=Trove |publisher=National Library of Australia |access-date=2023-02-02 |archive-date=13 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230913213500/https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/232304827 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Birthday Card - GTV Channel 9, Tarax Happy Club to Graeme Pond, 1960 |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/207490398 |website=Trove |publisher=National Library of Australia |access-date=2023-02-02 |archive-date=13 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230913213548/https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/207490398 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Invitation - GTV Channel 9, 'Tarax Happy Show', 1957 |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/207490399 |website=Trove |publisher=National Library of Australia |access-date=2023-02-02 |archive-date=13 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230913213500/https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/207490399 |url-status=live }}</ref>
-Hammond switched to HSV-7 in 1960, where ''The Happy Show'', no longer sponsored by [[Tarax]], featured Princess Panda ([[Panda Lisner]]), Lovely Anne (Anne Watt), Parer the Magician (Tommy Parer), Funny Face (Vic Gordon), Big John (John D'Arcy), Robbie Rob (Bob Horsfall), Cousin Roy (Roy Lyons) and Sylvester the Talking Sock (Ian Wiliams). The program was also relayed to [[ATN-7]] in Sydney. During Watt's absence for her honeymoon in early 1965, her place was taken by a young [[Olivia Newton-John]].
+Hammond switched to HSV-7 in 1960, where ''The Happy Show'', no longer sponsored by [[Tarax]], featured Princess Panda ([[Panda Lisner]]), Lovely Anne (Anne Watt), Parer the Magician (Tommy Parer), Funny Face ([[Vic Gordon]]), Big John (John D'Arcy), Robbie Rob (Bob Horsfall), Cousin Roy (Roy Lyons) and Sylvester the Talking Sock (Ian Wiliams). The program was also relayed to [[ATN|ATN-7]] in Sydney. During Watt's absence for her honeymoon in early 1965, her place was taken by a young [[Olivia Newton-John]].
-Hammond was a keen supporter of the [[Geelong Football Club]] in the Victorian Football League (subsequently the [[Australian Football League]]). He was accorded the honour of running through the banner with the Geelong players on [[1963 VFL Grand Final|Grand Final day]] in 1963. It must have been a good omen - Geelong won the game.
+Hammond was a keen supporter of the [[Geelong Football Club]] in the [[Victorian Football League]]. On [[1963 VFL Grand Final|Grand Final day]] in 1963, he was accorded the honour of running through the banner with the Geelong players before the game, which Geelong won.
-== Logie Award ==
+==Logie Award==
-Hammond's program won a [[Logie Award]] in 1959 for Most Popular Children's Show, and Hammond himself won a Logie in 1962 for Outstanding Contributions to Children's Entertainment.
+Hammond's program won a [[Logie Award]] in 1959 (the Logies' inaugural year) for Most Popular Children's Show, and Hammond himself won a Logie in 1962 for Outstanding Contributions to Children's Entertainment.
-After the Happy Show's cancellation in 1968, Hammond moved to produce daytime television morning shows and afternoon children's shows and in his later years to an off-camera role in HSV-7's videotape department, although he continued to appear every year until the 1990s for the station's Royal Children's Hospital [[Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne#Good Friday Appeal|Good Friday Appeal]]. He was occasionally seen on ''[[Shirl's Neighbourhood]]''.
+After the cancelation of ''The Happy Show'' in 1968, Hammond moved to produce daytime television morning shows and afternoon children's shows and, in his later years, had an off-camera role in HSV-7's videotape department, although every year until the 1990s he continued to appear on the station's Royal Children's Hospital [[Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne#Good Friday Appeal|Good Friday Appeal]]. He was occasionally seen on ''[[Shirl's Neighbourhood]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLUA0_eieW0 |title=SHIRL'S NEIGHBOURHOOD (entire opening/closing titles/ theme) - 1982 |website=[[YouTube]] |access-date=8 May 2021 |archive-date=8 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508135233/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLUA0_eieW0 |url-status=live }}</ref>
-Limited footage remains from Happy Hammond's career.  The most commonly seen clip is a musical finger-clicking routine. A very small number of [[kinescopes]] of ''The Happy Show'' are held by the National Film and Sound Archive,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://colsearch.nfsa.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=yes;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=0;parentid=;query=%22THE%20HAPPY%20SHOW.%20EP.%2017%22%20Media%3A%22TELEVISION%22;querytype=;rec=0;resCount=10 |title=Title No: 471326 : Title: THE HAPPY SHOW. EP. 17|website=Colsearch.nfsa.gov.au|accessdate=27 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://colsearch.nfsa.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=yes;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=0;parentid=;query=%22THE%20HAPPY%20SHOW%20EP.%3F%3F%20AND%20ADVERTISEMENTS%22%20Media%3A%22TELEVISION%22;querytype=;rec=0;resCount=10 |title=Title No: 415976 : Title: THE HAPPY SHOW EP.?? AND ADVERTISEMENTS|website=Colsearch.nfsa.gov.au|accessdate=27 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://colsearch.nfsa.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=yes;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=0;parentid=;query=%22THE%20HAPPY%20SHOW.%20EP.%2018%20%20%22%20Media%3A%22TELEVISION%22;querytype=;rec=0;resCount=10|title=Title No: 471333 : Title: THE HAPPY SHOW. EP. 18|website=Colsearch.nfsa.gov.au|accessdate=27 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://colsearch.nfsa.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=yes;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=0;parentid=;query=%22An+episode+of+the+Happy+Show+with+Happy+Hammond+introducing+a+ventriloquist%22;querytype=;rec=0;resCount=10|title=NFSA - Title Details|website=Colsearch.nfsa.gov.au|accessdate=27 December 2018}}</ref> despite the heavy [[Wiping]] of that era.
+Limited footage remains from Happy Hammond's career. The most commonly seen clip is a musical finger-clicking routine. A very small number of [[kinescopes]] of ''The Happy Show'' are held by the National Film and Sound Archive,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://colsearch.nfsa.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=yes;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=0;parentid=;query=%22THE%20HAPPY%20SHOW.%20EP.%2017%22%20Media%3A%22TELEVISION%22;querytype=;rec=0;resCount=10|title=Title No: 471326 : Title: THE HAPPY SHOW. EP. 17|website=Colsearch.nfsa.gov.au|accessdate=27 December 2018|archive-date=13 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230913214013/http://colsearch.nfsa.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=yes;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=0;parentid=;query=%22THE%20HAPPY%20SHOW.%20EP.%2017%22%20Media%3A%22TELEVISION%22;querytype=;rec=0;resCount=10|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://colsearch.nfsa.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=yes;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=0;parentid=;query=%22THE%20HAPPY%20SHOW%20EP.%3F%3F%20AND%20ADVERTISEMENTS%22%20Media%3A%22TELEVISION%22;querytype=;rec=0;resCount=10|title=Title No: 415976 : Title: THE HAPPY SHOW EP.?? AND ADVERTISEMENTS|website=Colsearch.nfsa.gov.au|accessdate=27 December 2018|archive-date=13 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230913214016/http://colsearch.nfsa.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=yes;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=0;parentid=;query=%22THE%20HAPPY%20SHOW%20EP.%3F%3F%20AND%20ADVERTISEMENTS%22%20Media%3A%22TELEVISION%22;querytype=;rec=0;resCount=10|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://colsearch.nfsa.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=yes;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=0;parentid=;query=%22THE%20HAPPY%20SHOW.%20EP.%2018%20%20%22%20Media%3A%22TELEVISION%22;querytype=;rec=0;resCount=10|title=Title No: 471333 : Title: THE HAPPY SHOW. EP. 18|website=Colsearch.nfsa.gov.au|accessdate=27 December 2018|archive-date=13 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230913214018/http://colsearch.nfsa.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=yes;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=0;parentid=;query=%22THE%20HAPPY%20SHOW.%20EP.%2018%20%20%22%20Media%3A%22TELEVISION%22;querytype=;rec=0;resCount=10|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://colsearch.nfsa.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=yes;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=0;parentid=;query=%22An+episode+of+the+Happy+Show+with+Happy+Hammond+introducing+a+ventriloquist%22;querytype=;rec=0;resCount=10|title=NFSA – Title Details|website=Colsearch.nfsa.gov.au|accessdate=27 December 2018|archive-date=13 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230913214116/http://colsearch.nfsa.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=yes;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=0;parentid=;query=%22An+episode+of+the+Happy+Show+with+Happy+Hammond+introducing+a+ventriloquist%22;querytype=;rec=0;resCount=10|url-status=live}}</ref> despite the heavy [[Lost television broadcast#Wiping|Wiping]] of that era.
 ==References==
-{{Reflist|30em}}
+{{Reflist}}
 ==External links==
 *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070827133458/http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~gjc/olivia.html Monash edu.Australia]
 *[http://www.australiantelevision.net/awards/logie1962_65.html Logie Awards]
-*[http://www.tdgq.com.au/dha/tributes/dickn.html Denzil Howson Archive]
+*[http://www.tdgq.com.au/dha/tributes/dickn.html Denzil Howson Archive] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091027013847/http://www.tdgq.com.au/dha/tributes/dickn.html |date=27 October 2009 }}
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