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Top Town - 1977 Final

1977 Television
  • Game Show
  • Sport
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This long-running travelling TV game show pitted towns against each other in a series of physical challenges. Leveraging nostalgia for a fast-fading time when NZ's population (and identity) resided in rural hub towns, Top Town was Kiwi light-entertainment gold. This 1977 final, presented by Howard Morrison and radio host Paddy O'Donnell, features short shorts, jockettes, greasy poles, 'balloon baloney', and beautiful scorer Theresa. A large crowd at Okara Park watch Timaru, Greymouth, Waihi and Woodville compete for civic bragging rights in the sun.

Key Cast & Crew

Profile picture of Howard Morrison
Howard Morrison
Presenter
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Paddy O'Donnell
Presenter

Related images

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Some of the crew on Top Town: director Malcolm Kemp is in sunglasses on the right.
Supplied by Michael Kemp
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 Setting up for an outside broadcast: this shot was likely taken during the 1977 season of Top Town.  
Supplied by Michael Kemp
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Crew and scoreboard, during the 1977 season of Top Town.
Supplied by Michael Kemp

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