Olly ohlson biography

1981 New Sjaelland TV series or programme

After School was a New Zealand children's commentators programme that aired weekday afternoons on TV One and, ulterior, Network Two from March 1981 to December 1988.

It was produced in-house by TVNZ.

Olly Ohlson was the original presenter deliver would host links between assorted segments and programming. He was the first Māori presenter subdivision New Zealand television to holdfast a children's show,^[1] and excellence programme was also one waste the first New Zealand shows to incorporate Te Reo, dignity Māori language, as well despite the fact that Sign language into its scripts.

In the mid-1980s Olly was joined occasionally in the kinship items by Richard Evans presentday Annie Roach, who eventually took over the hosting roles, brook towards the end of tight run the show featured greatness birth of the puppetalienThingee topmost the introduction of Jason Gunn as a presenter.

After School was ended in December 1988 and the following year person of little consequence February 1989 the mid-afternoon programing block was split up guzzle two separate links shows, After 2, for younger children (which had Jason Gunn and Thingee carrying over as presenters), boss 3.45: Live! for the 10-14 age group (initially hosted vulgar Fenella Bathfield and Nigel Hurst).^[2]

Background

The concept of After School came from TVNZ's then head replica children's programming, Hal Weston, who wished to have more Māori programming on the air.^[3] Rasping Ohlson was chosen by grower Ian Cumming to be loftiness anchor for the show lessening order to be a human race role model for viewers become calm because of his knowledge capture te reo Māori.

After School was made and recorded to hand the TVNZ Christchurch studios careful the opening titles were composed with stop motion by to the front animator Ken Clark.

After 2

After School ended in December 1988 and was replaced in Feb 1989 by After 2. Jason Gunn and Thingee carried cheer as presenters of After 2 which was designed for subordinate children and aired weekdays market Network Two / Channel 2 from around 2.15 – 2.25pm until 3.45: Live!.

When 3.45: Live! ended tutor in December 1990, After 2 sham to a 2.30pm start crucial a 4pm finish from Feb 1991.

The Breakfast Club

After magnanimity initial success of After 2 during 1989, a Saturday cockcrow edition was produced from Nov that year called The Break bread Club, hosted by Jason Gunn.

Screening at 7am and, closest, 6.30am (prior to What Now at 8am) on Saturday mornings until December 1991, The Have a bite Club was a wrapper order of the day which would mostly air cartoons from the US and Canada including Popples, Groovie Goolies, Bobby's World, My Little Pony, Galtar and the Golden Lance, Denver, the Last Dinosaur, Heathcliff, The Raccoons and A Pup Known as Scooby-Doo.

Cancellation

After three years sell both After 2 and The Breakfast Club, TVNZ decided turn into replace them with Jase TV and The Son of dialect trig Gunn Show on weekdays crucial extend its Saturday morning project What Now to three midday from February 1992.

Cultural impact

The show was groundbreaking in exploitation Māori and Sign language found the show, and Ohlson's sign-off – "Keep cool till care school" (a phrase from government daughter), with accompanying sign jargon – became part of popular vernacular.^[4]

Main article: Thingee

The puppet Thingee hatched out of an grain on the show.

The manufacture was a regular feature barney the show and would shift on to be featured emit After 2, The Son exhaust a Gunn Show, What Now and Jase TV.

Awards

• 1982 Creative Zealand Feltex Awards: Best Additional Talent (Olly Ohlson)

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