Popular Appeal
Bobby Limb's enduring popularity was based on a solid 'middle-of-the-road' musical format, knock-about (never 'way-out') comedy, and a 'something for the whole family' style wholesomeness. In the late 1950s, Limb took up the torch of supplying middle-Australia's tastes in entertainment from that of radio personality of Jack Davey, but Limb's star began to fade in the 1970s when the TV audience shifted its tastes away from family 'variety' shows towards wall-to-wall 80"s style pop-music, home-grown soap-opera like 'A Country Practice' and Neighbours and most especially harder-edged, satirical comedy like 'The Aunty Jack Show'.
Bobby Limb remained a hit with older Australian audiences but his later appearances were almost entirely off-screen, held at various live venues around the nation, like clubs and theatres, often in connection with charity fund-raising.
In 1983, following many professional and personal problems, Bobby Limb became a born-again Christian.
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