Re: It's official - Neighbours axed for good as production company admits defeat!

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Fri Jul 29, 2022 10:00 pm

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:Thingy Willis!

Doug.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Fri Jul 29, 2022 10:00 pm

The end.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Fri Jul 29, 2022 10:01 pm

Pictures of the various casts.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Fri Jul 29, 2022 10:02 pm

The episode will be repeated at 3:35 tomorrow afternoon.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Fri Jul 29, 2022 10:06 pm

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:Madge!

Toadfish!

Thingy Willis!

I meant Stingray. doh

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Fri Jul 29, 2022 10:08 pm

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:
The Call of the Wendigo wrote:Madge!

Toadfish!

Thingy Willis!
I meant Stingray.

I'm such a spigging huffster. Colbert

by Nightjar Fri Jul 29, 2022 10:11 pm

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:
The Call of the Wendigo wrote:Thingy Willis!
Doug.

by Nightjar Fri Jul 29, 2022 10:12 pm

Home and Away's still going though, isn't it. box

by Fangirl Three Sat Jul 30, 2022 7:39 am

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:Joe Mangel!

I hope he arrived in his ute.

I don't know how Harold Bishop could be in it though, wasn't he washed into the sea by a big wave, never to be seen again? drown

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sat Jul 30, 2022 9:39 am

He reappeared, several years later, alive but with amnesia.

And then he recovered from his amnesia.

by cosmictanya Sat Jul 30, 2022 12:54 pm

Fangirl Three wrote:
The Call of the Wendigo wrote:Joe Mangel!

I hope he arrived in his ute.

I don't know how Harold Bishop could be in it though, wasn't he washed into the sea by a big wave, never to be seen again?

It took me years to make the connection between 'ute' and 'utility vehicle'. I couldn't understand why only Australia had 'utes' and yet they looked roughly similar to things we see here. I know I'm not alone in that because I can recall having conversations with friends, or at school, where we all shared our confusion about what a ute was - or rather, we knew what a ute was, because it's clearly a ute, but why is it called a ute?

At one point an Australian boy joined our class, and among the many essential questions he had to answer (mainly involving what was coming up in Neighbours later that year - when he said he didn't watch it, most people decided he was too much trouble to bother befriending) was 'what is a ute?'. I think he said 'well, it's a ute'. Very helpful.

Probably two decades of wonder before the mystery was solved.

Anyway, I'm off to watch the final episode. The Guardian gave it a five star review.