Ernie died 30 March 2022 at the age of 92 in his unit at a Mornington Retirement village surrouned by is family. (In Victoria).
From Daryl Somers -
Ernie was a pioneer of television starting back in the 50s, coming from a radio background to GTV9 when television was in its infancy.
Ernie was a cartoonist, camera operator, sponsor liaison officer, producer, writer, on camera character playing Professor Ratbaggy and, as himself, illustrating and narrating the adventures of Joybelle in the kids shows he also produced out of GTV9 in the 60s. He wrote comedy for the King of variety television, Graham Kennedy, on ‘In Melbourne Tonight’.
Of course he was best known for his creation of Oswald Q Ostrich (Ossie), my lovable and nonsensically funny ‘sidekick’ on Hey Hey It’s Saturday for 25 of its 30 year run. A tribute was paid to Ernie on our recent 50th anniversary special.
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21 авг 2024
