The Toppanos

The Toppanos (also known as Meet the Toppanos) is a 15-minute Australian television series which aired from 1958 to 1959 on Sydney station ATN-7. It starred Enzo and Peggy Toppano, and combined music with ab-libbed comedy, along with a dog puppet named Jazza.[1]

Though short-lived, the program is notable as an early example of a morning television series produced in Australia. The series debuted on 20 October 1958. It aired at 8:30AM each weekday, and followed on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 8:45AM by Autumn Affair, which was Australia's first television soap opera, and followed on Thursdays and Fridays by U.S series Dr. Christian. Also on the ATN-7 morning schedule during the period were cartoons, music segments from taped editions of Sydney Tonight, news, and weather forecasts.[2]

A contemporary review of the debut of ATN-7's morning schedule in the Australian Women's Weekly said the Toppanos "provide some pleasant music and painless chatter".[3]

Information on the archival status of the series is not available. The National Film and Sound Archive lists an item consisting of Enzo Toppano and Peggy Mortimer (Toppano) performing a song and comedy sketch on early television,[4] which may possibly be footage from The Toppanos, though this is not confirmed.

References
  1. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9nVWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5uQDAAAAIBAJ&dq=the-toppanos&pg=2496%2C4579539
  2. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-X9WAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4eQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3673%2C5262141
  3. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article47212543
  4. http://colsearch.nfsa.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=no;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=1;parentid=;query=Toppano%20Media%3A%22TELEVISION%22;querytype=;rec=1;resCount=10
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