James, he was advised to go to the eastern states and get work in the theatres there. Many years later Ted and Flo James became show business agents in Sydney and Terry would get a lot of bookings through them. Terry decided to leave WA and in a T-model Ford he crossed the Nullarbor Plain. The car blew up during its long journey. He was now stuck in Adelaide and South Australia was not appreciated by strangers from other states. As these were the depression years they were having enough problems feeding their own. He kept performing wherever he could. Six months went by and he decided to move on to Melbourne. A racing car driver was driving to Melbourne for a competition and Terry was able to hitch a ride with him. He found work in Melbourne including Sunday night performances at the Kings, Savoy, Princess and Apollo theatres. He worked with Ronny Shand, an acrobatic comic as well as Jo Lawman and Stella Lamond. Scanlon remembered nursing Toni Lamond when she was a baby. Scanlon was in his early 20s when he hit the big time. He started performing at the Melbourne Tivoli which marked the beginning of a 26-year relationship with the Tivoli circuit. The Tivoli was owned by a variety of people over the years. At the time Scanlon first performed at "The Tiv", the owner was an ex-actor, Frank Neil. After Neil was found murdered in South Melbourne, Wallace Parnell took charge (brother of the English Entrepreneur Val Parnell, who ran the London Palladium). Later still, David M. Martin took charge, whose son Lloyd Martin was to become the director of the Sydney Opera House. Scanlon had a lifetime contract with the entrepreneur Harry Wren, who booked him into theatres all over Australia including the Cremorne-Brisbane, Tasmania and New Zealand. A fellow performer related the story of when the power was cut during an ice show in New Zealand. With the aid of the impromptu spotlights provided by usherettes and their torches, Terry entertained the audience, telling gags for 1.5 hours non-stop till the power came back on. In all that time he never once stooped to tell a dirty joke. Scanlon also worked in night clubs including Sydney's "Sammy Lees" and "Jo Taylors." He performed pantomime. He was famous as "Buttons" in Cinderella. He did Vaudeville, variety and revue. He even played the pivotal