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* Australian singer John Farnham appears dressed as a king. He walks through a crowd and stops to do the dance. The announcer in this variant says: "Get the Channel 9 Moomba feeling". This variant was made in celebration of Farnham winning the award of "King of Moomba" at the Melbourne Moomba Festival (a large community festival held in the city of Melbourne, Victoria) in 1972. Presumably, this ident was exclusive to GTV-9 in Melbourne. | * Australian singer John Farnham appears dressed as a king. He walks through a crowd and stops to do the dance. The announcer in this variant says: "Get the Channel 9 Moomba feeling". This variant was made in celebration of Farnham winning the award of "King of Moomba" at the Melbourne Moomba Festival (a large community festival held in the city of Melbourne, Victoria) in 1972. Presumably, this ident was exclusive to GTV-9 in Melbourne. | ||
*Humphrey B. Bear, Channel 9's iconic and long-standing children's' character/mascot does the shuffle in front of a real bear at a zoo. | *Humphrey B. Bear, Channel 9's iconic and long-standing children's' character/mascot does the shuffle in front of a real bear at a zoo. | ||
This is far from all the variants in existence. Reportedly, TCN-9 in Sydney had already produced 40 variants at the time of the package's launch <ref>''TV Times'', 3 May 1972 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/51584821</ref> , let alone any additional idents made during the three years this package was used, such as those for special occasions like the Moomba variant | This is far from all the variants in existence. Reportedly, TCN-9 in Sydney had already produced 40 variants at the time of the package's launch <ref name=tvtimes> ''TV Times'', 3 May 1972 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/51584821</ref> , let alone any additional idents made during the three years this package was used, such as those for special occasions like the Moomba variant | ||
'''Technique:''' A mix of live-action and 2D animation. | '''Technique:''' A mix of live-action and 2D animation. | ||
'''Music/Sounds:''' A funky trumpet tune. Before finishing the tune, a male announcer says "Get the Channel Nine feeling." The theme was written and recorded by the network's music director, Geoff Harvey <ref | '''Music/Sounds:''' A funky trumpet tune. Before finishing the tune, a male announcer says "Get the Channel Nine feeling." The theme was written and recorded by the network's music director, Geoff Harvey <ref name=tvtimes /> | ||
'''Music/Sounds Variant:''' There is also a variant where the trumpet tune is more of a fanfare. The announcer here explains the transmitter info. | '''Music/Sounds Variant:''' There is also a variant where the trumpet tune is more of a fanfare. The announcer here explains the transmitter info. | ||
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'''Availability:''' Extinct. | '''Availability:''' Extinct. | ||
'''Legacy:''' These idents proved quite popular as many Australians sought to replicate the dance used in the idents, known as the "Channel 9 shuffle". Newspapers even published step by step guides to performing the dance <ref | '''Legacy:''' These idents proved quite popular as many Australians sought to replicate the dance used in the idents, known as the "Channel 9 shuffle". Newspapers even published step by step guides to performing the dance <ref name=tvtimes />. | ||
===2nd Logo (1 March 1975-1977)=== | ===2nd Logo (1 March 1975-1977)=== | ||