The Adventures of Skippy (1992)
The Adventures of Skippy
1992In this revival of the charming Aussie series, Sonny Hammond is a park ranger with two children Jerry and Louise. The kids are involved in adventures that often have an environmental theme. Kate Burgess is a researcher at the habitat.
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Ever wanted to beat your sibling at anything? Sibling rivalry is ripe in this episode of Skippy as Jerry and Lou go head to head for first prize in the Junior Ranger's competition. The pair are in for a big surprise when Ranger Dave announces the winner at the end and they learn a few life lessons along the way.
Will Skippy be returned to the Hammonds, or will they be separated forever? Grumpy Johnson always felt cheated out of land by Thel's grandfather. Jerry and Lou are at Thel's fishing shack. Grumpy J has always been a bit of a swindler, or Flim Flammer, as Thel calls him, and is teaching his grandson Brett to do the same. Brett wins Jerry's bike and also Skippy from him in a game of poker. Jerry's heartbroken, and Lou saves the day by working out a way to turn the tables on Grumpy and Brett.
In conquest of one of the rarest and most beautiful of orchids, Eleanor, Jerry and Lou's grandmother, comes to Australia. She recruits Lou as her assistant and together they head off to the national park. When Eleanor's pig, trained to sniff out the underground orchid, is banned from the park, Skippy and Jerry get to work to find it, with limited success .When Eleanor leaves, the trio, Lou, Skippy & Jerry, continue determinedly on their quest.
Jerry and Lou, with the assistance of Skippy, have become local heroes when they led the police to two bank robbers who were hiding out in the national park, although the $250,000 that the robbers stole, was never recovered. Alex and Bill, two loveable vagabonds who once tried to kidnap Skippy because they thought she could talk, see her picture in the paper and think she will be able to lead them to the money. But Skippy leads them into one misadventure after another.
In this revival of the charming Aussie series, Sonny Hammond is a park ranger with two children Jerry and Louise. The kids are involved in adventures that often have an environmental theme. Kate Burgess is a researcher at the habitat.