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Nobody seems to have mentioned it, so I thought it deserved credit... I am fairly sure that the episode "Handstand": https://www.bluey.tv/watch/season-2/hands

Nobody seems to have mentioned it, so I thought it deserved credit... I am fairly sure that the episode "Handstand": https://www.bluey.tv/watch/season-2/handstand/ https://www.bluey.tv/watch/season-2/handstand/ ... in which Nana can't actively help with the party, and nobody will take the time to watch Bingo's handstand, is an intentional homage to an (at the time) award-winning Ariston TV advert from 1970s. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUVs7vXNZiw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUVs7vXNZiw Its video-game themed music, and ground-breaking video editing, looping a clip while adding more and more characters and action each repetition, was mind-blowing ~40 years ago.

markus_zhang 2y ago
Pavlova is also homage to some NZ band I think. Bandit is basically speaking the same lines.
- lproven 2y ago
  NZ and Aus have a history of arguing the toss over who invented drinks and foodstuffs. E.g. they both claim to have invented the style of coffee called a Flat White: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_white https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_white Pavlova is a popular fruit-and-meringue dessert invented by... let's be neutral: one of them. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavlova https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavlova Allegedly it was named for, or inspired by, the ballerina Anna Pavlova: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Pavlova https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Pavlova This itself is in turn a reference to another fruit-based dessert named for a classical music performa -- the Peach Melba: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peach_Melba https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peach_Melba That was named in honour of opera singer Dame Nellie Melba: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nellie_Melba https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nellie_Melba ... who was from Melbourne. (Pronounced MEL-bun by its locals, I'm told.)
lproven 2y ago
And now I discovered what inspired the Ariston advert: Zbigniew Rybczyński's video short Tango from 1980. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z27z7oLQb3o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z27z7oLQb3o

markus_zhang 2y ago

Pavlova is also homage to some NZ band I think. Bandit is basically speaking the same lines.

lproven 2y ago
NZ and Aus have a history of arguing the toss over who invented drinks and foodstuffs. E.g. they both claim to have invented the style of coffee called a Flat White: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_white https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_white Pavlova is a popular fruit-and-meringue dessert invented by... let's be neutral: one of them. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavlova https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavlova Allegedly it was named for, or inspired by, the ballerina Anna Pavlova: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Pavlova https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Pavlova This itself is in turn a reference to another fruit-based dessert named for a classical music performa -- the Peach Melba: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peach_Melba https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peach_Melba That was named in honour of opera singer Dame Nellie Melba: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nellie_Melba https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nellie_Melba ... who was from Melbourne. (Pronounced MEL-bun by its locals, I'm told.)

lproven 2y ago

And now I discovered what inspired the Ariston advert: Zbigniew Rybczyński's video short Tango from 1980. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z27z7oLQb3o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z27z7oLQb3o