only in woman’s Day
It’s hard to believe it’s 50 years since Aunty Jack steamrolled her way onto our screens riding a Harley Davidson and threatening that if we didn’t tune in, she’d “rip yer bloody arms off.”
Australian audiences were shocked, outraged and aghast. The ABC switchboard lit up with indignant callers and the Catholic Church shouted condemnation from the pulpit, raging against this new irreverent comedy series.
Grahame Bond - the genius behind the character, suddenly became everybody’s favourite aunty and an instant star.
“It was total anarchy” laughs a happily sentimental treasures. “I remember the producer telling me we’d received over a thousand complaints and I was instandy worried. “He said, ‘Don’t be worried, it’s fantastic. If a thousand hate it, imagine how many people like it!’ And that’s what happened and garnered a huge following and instant cult status.”
