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Round the Twist: Looking for a tooth in a sewerage farm
Title:
Round the Twist: Looking for a tooth in a sewerage farm
NFSA ID
646321
Year
1989
Scared by the ghost, Pete (Sam Vandenberg), has dropped his mouth plate with his false tooth down the toilet. Determined to get it back, he goes with Linda (Tamsin West) and Bronson (Rodney McLennan) to the sewerage farm. Summary by Annemaree O'Brien.
Mixing the taboo with slapstick and a strong dose of the famous Twist yuck factor, this is a very funny scene. Camera work and editing are used to build up the jokes, for example the shot of bubbling poo cutting directly to the close-up of the hand spreading thick peanut butter onto a slice of bread.
Round the Twist synopsis
Eccentric sculptor Tony Twist (Richard Moir), and his three children – thirteen-year-old twins Linda (Tamsin West) and Pete (Sam Vandenberg), and eight-year-old Bronson (Rodney McLennan) – move from the city to live in an old lighthouse in an ordinary seaside town. Settling into their new home, the Twists discover that the outside toilet is haunted and one stormy night they decide to have a showdown with the ghost.
Round the Twist curator's notes
This is the opening episode of the first series of Round The Twist. Based on short stories by popular children’s author Paul Jennings, the series is a rich mix of humour, scary ghosts, a bit of yuck and lots of slapstick. This episode gives a real taste for the eclectic range of themes and elements which combine to create the Round The Twist magic.
Round the Twist Series One first went to air in August 1990 on the Seven Network.
Notes by Annemaree O'Brien
Production company
The Australian Children's Television Foundation
Producer
Antonia Barnard
Executive Producer
Patricia Edgar
Director
Esben Storm
Writer
Paul Jennings
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