- Dec 17, 2006
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As a kid growing up, one of my favorite shows on TV was 'Chopper Squad' from the late 1970s. I thought it was really cool getting to fly around in a helicopter all day rescuing people, plus the scenery around Sydney was nice. To go off topic for a second, while Chopper Squad viewed now might appear dated and corny especially to younger viewers, this was actually a well written and acted show. There were a number of episodes that showed that things didn't always have a happy ending, and packed quite an emotional punch, showing the reactions of relatives/friends who had lost loved ones etc.
Anyway, while the three lucky guys got to rescue plenty of pretty damsels in distress throughout the show as well as meeting attractive women on the beaches of Sydney, best of all they often got to take a glamorous, stunningly attractive young female doctor named Georgia out on rescues with them, which made me even more envious.
Years later in 1994, I went to the cinema to watch Muriel's Wedding and while I loved the film, felt so sorry for Muriel's mother. Overweight, dowdy, down-trodden and unassertive, bullied and ridiculed by her adulterous and domineering husband (played by the late Bill Hunter) and walked all over by her lazy, young adult children, Mrs. Heslop cut a sad, lonely and despairing figure, who tragically committed suicide.
It wasn't until the credits rolled on Muriel's Wedding that I was struck dumb with surprise to discover that the same actress - Jeanie Drynan - played both the pretty doctor from Chopper Squad and the overweight mother from Muriel's Wedding. True 15 years had gone by and without doubt the younger Jeanie Drynan was made up to look stunning in Chopper Squad and the older Jeannie Drynan made to look dowdy in Muriel's Wedding, but never in a million years would I have guessed that this was the same actress.
You hear of people going missing and age progressed photos to show what they might look like decades later, but if Jeanie Drynan had vanished in 1979 and looked like Mrs. Heslop by 1994, no way would anybody ever guess this was the same person.
Anyway, while the three lucky guys got to rescue plenty of pretty damsels in distress throughout the show as well as meeting attractive women on the beaches of Sydney, best of all they often got to take a glamorous, stunningly attractive young female doctor named Georgia out on rescues with them, which made me even more envious.
Years later in 1994, I went to the cinema to watch Muriel's Wedding and while I loved the film, felt so sorry for Muriel's mother. Overweight, dowdy, down-trodden and unassertive, bullied and ridiculed by her adulterous and domineering husband (played by the late Bill Hunter) and walked all over by her lazy, young adult children, Mrs. Heslop cut a sad, lonely and despairing figure, who tragically committed suicide.
It wasn't until the credits rolled on Muriel's Wedding that I was struck dumb with surprise to discover that the same actress - Jeanie Drynan - played both the pretty doctor from Chopper Squad and the overweight mother from Muriel's Wedding. True 15 years had gone by and without doubt the younger Jeanie Drynan was made up to look stunning in Chopper Squad and the older Jeannie Drynan made to look dowdy in Muriel's Wedding, but never in a million years would I have guessed that this was the same actress.
You hear of people going missing and age progressed photos to show what they might look like decades later, but if Jeanie Drynan had vanished in 1979 and looked like Mrs. Heslop by 1994, no way would anybody ever guess this was the same person.
