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342: 27: 199:- and doddering pensioner Harold Davenport, the foil for Angela Webber's "punk grannie" character Lillian Pascoe. In one famous segment broadcast after the federal election of 1983, Curtis and his colleagues lampooned the defeat of the then Liberal government led by 183:
An EP, The Universe is Big by "Dr Poo and the Psychic Koalas" was recorded in 1981 but not released. It included five songs based around the major characters of the series. It was eventually released in 1985, as a tribute after the sudden death of Lance Curtis.
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Lance Curtis died on 9 June 1985 as the result of an accidental fall from a balcony, whilst hosting a party at his Sydney home. His J-Team colleague Angela Webber died of
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and J-Team characters included nervous teenage Double J work-experience intern Wayne Simpson - who nursed a deep unrequited passion for
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were compiled as a tribute to him and included in the final episode of the series, which went to air the week after Curtis died.
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with his "deeply platonic" friend Lillian Pascoe (Webber). Excerpts from several of Curtis' appearances on
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One of Curtis' final screen performances was a minor role as a nosy neighbour in the 1985 movie
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Curtis was also well-known for his comic partnership with satirist
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comic strip of the same name). The team released an LP record,
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In the early 1980s, Curtis made numerous appearances on the
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