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Bertie the Bunyip & Lee Dexter WPTZ 1954 (Click on the photo to see a larger version) Here's a classic publicity still from Channel 3's WPTZ Days. Even today, the station receives requests for photos of Bertie. From the official archives of the Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia
Apr 4, 2017 · European settlers of the 1800s were told about this creature by Aboriginies.The bunyip was said to live in creeks, riverbeds, waterholes and swamps, emerging...
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May 28, 2022 · long lost footage of the original Bunyip from Murray Bridge in Australia #submechanophobia #BertTheBunyip#BerthaTheBunyipsubscribe to my friendshttps://www.y...
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He had a sidekick called Snooper, (nicknamed Snoopy) the squirrel (a mascot puppet). Snooper was created by Lee Dexter, before he invented Bertie the Bunyip (Bertie would not made it to the air until July of 1953). Pete drew quick pen and paper sketches on all his programs. Sometimes, the drawings were done in charcoal.
Unsure what year this was taken, but probably 80’s.Footage found on r/submergedanimatronic
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Apr 5, 2024 · The Bertie the Bunyip Show aired on KYW-TV (known as WPTZ until 1956, then WRCV-TV from 1956-1965) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from 1954 to 1966. Bertie was a mythological Australian creature called a bunyip and was created by Australian born ventrilioquist Lee Dexter (1904 - 1991).
Jun 29, 2019 · 1886 – William Slater saw the strange animal by Great Lake. 1892 – A bunyip was sighted at Lake Echo. 1902 – A government official and his companions saw the cryptid in Lake Tiberias. It looked like a dog/wombat mix and emitted cries. 1906 – William Johns saw a platypus rushing from Great Lake to its rocky shore.
