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      • While most of us will remember Lee as the creator of Bertie the Bunyip, he was also a local DJ on WPEN during the fifties, the same time era when Bertie was in its prime.
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  2. Bertie the Bunyip was the lead puppet character on the popular American children's television series The Bertie the Bunyip Show which aired on KYW-TV (known as WPTZ until 1956, then WRCV-TV from 1956-1965) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which ran from 1954 to 1966.

  3. Lee Dexter is best known for his character of BERTIE, THE BUNYIP. What's a bunyip? Well, Lee Dexter, who was born in 1905, said it is "really an Aborigine good spirit." According to Dexter, bunyips look strange because they were at the end of the line when God created animals.

  4. Found from a documentary on the PBS website, this features some clips from The Bertie The Bunyip Show (1954-1966) and an interview with the current owner of the original puppets.

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  5. Bertie the Bunyip & Lee Dexter, Broadcast Pioneers. Watch in Real Video. Watch in Windows Media. We also have a clip from some video tape footage of Bertie. It is believed that this footage dates from about 1967 and was not recorded in a TV studio but at a live performance at a local, area mall.

  6. 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

  7. Jun 28, 2016 · June 16th marked the 25th anniversary of the passing of a TV icon, Herbert Lee Dexter. The boomers remember him as the creator and voice of Bertie the bunyip.

  8. The pictures and information I want to share with you on Lee Dexter and Bertie the Bunyip I acquired from a flea market. This takes Bertie on a 10 year span from 1956 to 1966 on Channels WPTZ, WRCV & KYW (all Ch. 3 Phila.) And WPHL-TV (CH. 17 UHF) in 1966.

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