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    • taniwharugby
      taniwharugby last edited by taniwharugby

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        Virgil last edited by

        bugger, grew up reading those.
        Your not a kiwi if you didnt love Dog, Horse and Wal and co.

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        • booboo
          booboo last edited by

          😞

          Loved Footrot Flats.

          Horse was my favourite.

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            Samurai Jack @Virgil last edited by

            @Virgil said in Murray Ball RIP:

            bugger, grew up reading those.
            Your not a kiwi if you didnt love Dog, Horse and Wal and co.

            A woman once said to me, "You're not a kiwi if you haven't watched Shortland Street." I did grow up on Footrot Flats though. Sad news.

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            • Siam
              Siam @Samurai Jack last edited by

              @Samurai-Jack said in Murray Ball RIP:

              @Virgil said in Murray Ball RIP:

              bugger, grew up reading those.
              Your not a kiwi if you didnt love Dog, Horse and Wal and co.

              A woman once said to me, "You're not a kiwi if you haven't watched Shortland Street." I did grow up on Footrot Flats though. Sad news.

              Then that woman is a fluffybunny Jack

              A dunny was incomplete if it didn't have afew footrot flats books within easy reach.

              RIP and thanks heaps Murray

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              • antipodean
                antipodean last edited by

                RIP Murray Ball. Thanks for adding to my childhood.

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                • Bovidae
                  Bovidae last edited by

                  RIP Murray. I spent many hours reading Footrot Flats as a child.

                  Don't forget he was a handy rugby player too and made the NZ Juniors.

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                  • No Quarter
                    No Quarter last edited by

                    RIP.

                    You could not measure the amount of pleasure his writing has given millions of children in NZ and beyond. I absolutely loved the movie as a kid, no idea how many times I watched it.

                    A true Kiwi legend.

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                    • Hooroo
                      Hooroo last edited by

                      I cried today.

                      I will be surprised if there isn't a book or 'Weekender' that I haven't read at dozen times.

                      If I was ever to do mastermind it would be on Footrot Flats

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                      • booboo
                        booboo last edited by booboo

                        He "got" NZ.

                        I recall the story that when they were doing the movie the Australian animators or background artists just couldn't get the NZ farm imagery: kept doing gum trees and stuff so they had to take them out to the country. Ball just seemed to do macrocarpas and fern and bush just so naturally.

                        I always imagined Raupo was somewhere like Wairoa.

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                        • jegga
                          jegga last edited by

                          There was a great interview with him about a year back in the weekend Dominion post, he had a bloody interesting life before he settled down on the farm .
                          I remember the books being a regular xmas gift for me and my mates, those wild pigs near the Murphys house used to scare the shit out of me when I was little.

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                          • Baron Silas Greenback
                            Baron Silas Greenback @Samurai Jack last edited by

                            @Samurai-Jack said in Murray Ball RIP:

                            @Virgil said in Murray Ball RIP:

                            bugger, grew up reading those.
                            Your not a kiwi if you didnt love Dog, Horse and Wal and co.

                            A woman once said to me, "You're not a kiwi if you haven't watched Shortland Street." I did grow up on Footrot Flats though. Sad news.

                            That woman needs to shut the fuck up.

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                            • Rancid Schnitzel
                              Rancid Schnitzel last edited by

                              I must have seen the movie 20 times. Farking love it.

                              For some weird reason it was shown on a movie channel when I was staying at a hotel in Norway. This was during the 2011 RWC and I took that as a sign that it was finally our year.

                              "We're still the world champions! Nanananana."

                              "I've been shit on by a bloody vulture."

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                              • NTA
                                NTA @booboo last edited by

                                @booboo said in Murray Ball RIP:

                                I recall the story that when they were doing the movie the Australian animators or background artists just couldn't get the NZ farm imagery: kept doing gum trees and stuff so they had to take them out to the country. Ball just seemed to do macrocarpas and fern and bush just so naturally.

                                Its a different landscape. You have green stuff, for example. And we don't have land slips! 🙂

                                The humour easily transferred to this side of the ditch. My Dad - as a sheep farmer - loved Footrot Flats, even though the dusty hills and plains of our place were miles from what was illustrated in the comic strips. As a kid, I laughed most at the intro pieces in each volume, where Dog compares the Murphy Dogs to Germans in WW1 and other imagery.

                                Great stuff

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                                • taniwharugby
                                  taniwharugby last edited by

                                  loving this thread, all the little bits of peoples memories....am going out tomorrow to buy TR Jnr one of his books!

                                  Pretty sure the kids have seen the movie, but I am gonna get that this week too!!

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                                  • jegga
                                    jegga last edited by

                                    Wals all black fantasy, gold

                                    Whole movie here,

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                                      Virgil last edited by

                                      Great kiwi movie, saw it at the movies as a teenager, and must have watched the making of it 100 times

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                                      • jegga
                                        jegga last edited by

                                        Going to make the whanau watch it tonight, we saw it on the big screen a couple of times as a kid. Theatre was packed both times.

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                                          Virgil @jegga last edited by

                                          @jegga said in Murray Ball RIP:

                                          Going to make the whanau watch it tonight, we saw it on the big screen a couple of times as a kid. Theatre was packed both times.

                                          Always remember how cool the helicopter scenes sounded at the local theatre, buzzing around from all directions

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                                          • Bovidae
                                            Bovidae @Rancid Schnitzel last edited by

                                            When I worked in the US one of my American work colleagues lent me his DVD copy of "The Dog's Tale" once he found out I was a Kiwi. He had briefly spent time working in NZ and had fallen in love with Footrot Flats. The comic strip/movie did have universal appeal.

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                                            • mariner4life
                                              mariner4life last edited by

                                              Mum and dad have every book, and i read them every time I am home. A truly great New Zealander

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                                              • MN5
                                                MN5 @jegga last edited by

                                                @jegga said in Murray Ball RIP:

                                                Wals all black fantasy, gold

                                                Whole movie here,

                                                Leon MacDonald got his nickname from Rangi if I remember correctly

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                                                • Mokey
                                                  Mokey last edited by

                                                  I saw a cartoon on FB, and it had Dog crying, and underneath Murray Ball 1939-2017 and that made me very teary.

                                                  Loved the Footrot Flats weekenders, even went up to that shortlived theme park up in Auckland as a kid. The movie was genius with a fab soundtrack.

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                                                  • Nepia
                                                    Nepia @Mokey last edited by Nepia

                                                    @Mokey said in Murray Ball RIP:

                                                    I saw a cartoon on FB, and it had Dog crying, and underneath Murray Ball 1939-2017 and that made me very teary.

                                                    Loved the Footrot Flats weekenders, even went up to that shortlived theme park up in Auckland as a kid. The movie was genius with a fab soundtrack.

                                                    I loved that theme park - it had drivers town where you got a little license at the end and then you could drive around next time without your parent (IIRC). There was also a cool Laser Tag just outside it that had helmets as well as the front packs and the doors were automatic closing in shutting in some places.

                                                    I remember coming home from a club in London circa 2000 and the movie was being played on TV.

                                                    Edit: Here's a blog with some info about the park: https://visualhumor.wordpress.com/2012/10/10/footrot-flats-revisited/

                                                    Seems like it wasn't complete in 1986 and closed in 1991 and I can remember going for at least three visits on holidays so maybe 1987, 1988, 1989 would fit.

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                                                    • taniwharugby
                                                      taniwharugby @Nepia last edited by taniwharugby

                                                      @Nepia said in Murray Ball RIP:

                                                      @Mokey said in Murray Ball RIP:

                                                      I saw a cartoon on FB, and it had Dog crying, and underneath Murray Ball 1939-2017 and that made me very teary.

                                                      Loved the Footrot Flats weekenders, even went up to that shortlived theme park up in Auckland as a kid. The movie was genius with a fab soundtrack.

                                                      I loved that theme park - it had drivers town where you got a little license at the end and then you could drive around next time without your parent (IIRC). There was also a cool Laser Tag just outside it that had helmets as well as the front packs and the doors were automatic closing in shutting in some places.

                                                      I loved Footrot Flats too, met some girl there when I was 11/12 with my family, we held hands on some of the rides, man I was cool, alas, she was a big city girl, I was from hicktown, it was never meant to be!

                                                      Yeah funny you mention that as I thought of it the other day cos Rainbows End has some little kid driver town thing now which seems very similar.

                                                      http://rainbowsend.co.nz/rides/categories/fun-rides/aa-drivers-town

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                                                      • Nepia
                                                        Nepia last edited by

                                                        @taniwharugby Girls???? At 12. What a wuss. Rugby, rugby, rugby!

                                                        Rainbows End is looking snazzy going by that website. My mates (including girls) and I would head up to Rainbows End during the week when at Uni so that we could just go from ride to ride. I think I've got some video footage from 1996 of us at the park including an entire go round on the rollercoaster.

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                                                        • taniwharugby
                                                          taniwharugby @Nepia last edited by

                                                          @Nepia mate, I was lured by the big lights in the city, but what happened in Auckland stayed in Auckland....

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                                                          • jegga
                                                            jegga last edited by

                                                            A good read

                                                            http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/arts/90489731/footrot-flats-murray-balls-enduring-gift-to-new-zealand

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                                                              Virgil last edited by

                                                              TV 3 are playing Footrot Flats later tonight (7pm i think )

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                                                              • canefan
                                                                canefan @Virgil last edited by

                                                                @Virgil said in Murray Ball RIP:

                                                                TV 3 are playing Footrot Flats later tonight (7pm i think )

                                                                Watched it with CF jnr. He enjoyed it a lot 🙂

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                                                                • booboo
                                                                  booboo last edited by

                                                                  Can i just say the movie just didn't quite capture the cartoons for me? It was OK but i just didn't want Peter Rowley being Dog. His voice was just wrong. Too manic.

                                                                  PS am unreasonably annoyed at a social media post I saw published in Stuff or the Herald referring to "the dog". It's Dog.

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                                                                  • TeWaio
                                                                    TeWaio @booboo last edited by

                                                                    @booboo said in Murray Ball RIP:

                                                                    Can i just say the movie just didn't quite capture the cartoons for me? It was OK but i just didn't want Peter Rowley being Dog. His voice was just wrong. Too manic.

                                                                    PS am unreasonably annoyed at a social media post I saw published in Stuff or the Herald referring to "the dog". It's Dog.

                                                                    Totally agree. I always read the Dog in my head as a bit more cool / savvy. You are spot on that the movie voice is too manic. The movie is an 8/10 while the books are an 11/10!

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                                                                      Godder last edited by

                                                                      Bear in mind that Murray Ball co-wrote the screenplay and was involved in casting...

                                                                      RIP to a legend of cartoon strips - undoubtedly one of the greatest, especially in this part of the world.

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                                                                      • Mokey
                                                                        Mokey last edited by

                                                                        Far out, that artwork on the water tank of Dog looking up at a bright twinkling star puts something in my eye, too.

                                                                        If anyone dares graffiti that...

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