Pahnie Jantzen

This year Brisbane entertainment lost a member of the iconic Brisbane comedic show band Wickety Wak named Pahnie Jantzen who passed away from cancer on March 28th aged 73. He was with the group from the beginning when they were formed in 1975 and played around Brisbane as well as the Gold Coast which they were to have a big following as they were known for doing parodies of people like Kenny Rogers,Dolly Parton,Kermit The Frog,Elvis Presley and many others. They did appearances on Channel 7 which they had their own TV specials throughout the 80's and also did the Jackie Mac Breakfast Show on Channel 0 (now 10) hosted by Jackie MacDonald as well as other shows too. They also did recording which they had a Top 10 hit in the 80's with Moonlight Marvel which I still remember the film clip and the group would last until 1990 when they broke up but would reunite in 1997 and 2006-09. I got to see Pahnie with Wickety Wak @ the Wynnum Manly Leagues Club on Friday October 10th 2008 which it was a FANTASTIC show, got his autograph and a photo with him, 2nd was at Twin Towns Sunday June 12th 2011 during Cooly Rocks on as he performed with Greg,ROb,Tony and Laura which it was a FANTASTIC show and got a autograph and photo, 3rd time was at Twin Towns on Sunday june 10th 2012 again with Rob,Greg,Tony and Laura which again it was FANTASTIC as towards the end of their show George and Robert from the Four Kinsmen joined them on stage doing Four Seasons songs and got a another autograph and a photo and the 4th and sadly the last time was at Mt Gravatt Bowls Club on Saturday August 18th 2012 as he performed with Greg,Rob,Tony and Laura which it was a another FANTASTIC show and got a photo with him. those shows I got to see Pahnie with the group will live on in my memory and it was a honor to have met him as well as having the photos with him which I have in my collection and it's something that I'll never forget.

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