Starring
Ernie CarrollJohn Blackman
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About
Hey Hey It's Saturday was a long-running variety television program on Australian television. It initially ran for 27 years, debuting on the Nine Network on 9 October 1971 and broadcasting its last episode on 20 November 1999. Its host throughout its entire run was Daryl Somers, who would later become executive producer of the program. The original producer, Gavin Disney, left the program in the 1980s and Somers then jointly formed his own production company, Somers Carroll Productions, with on-screen partner Ernie Carroll, the performer of Somers' puppet sidekick Ossie Ostrich.
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Season 11971
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Premiering on 9 October 1971, Hey Hey It's Saturday was a Saturday morning children's program in which Somers and Carroll provided "top and tail" segments between cartoon episodes.
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Season 15 (1986)
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Season 17 (1988)
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Season 20 (1991)
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Season 22 (1993)
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Season 23 (1994)
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Season 25 (1996)
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Season 26 (1997)
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Season 28 (1999)
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Nine Network executives decided toward the end of 1999 to cancel Hey Hey It's Saturday. Somers claimed that he wanted to take the program in a new direction after the departure of Caroll, but the budget to redevelop the show was deemed excessive. The final episode ran for 240 minutes, an hour longer than was scheduled.
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Season 292010
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Following the success of the 2009 reunion specials, the show returned in 2010 after a deal was signed for at least 20 new episodes. The show was set to air on Wednesday nights but retain the title Hey Hey It's Saturday with Daryl Somers returning as host. The show returned on 14 April 2010 with over 1.5 million viewers.
Full Cast & Crew
Cast
Daryl Somers Self - Host, Self, Self - Co-Host
Ian 'Molly' Meldrum Self
Russell Gilbert Self, GilBo
Ernie Carroll Ossie Ostrich, Self - Ossie Ostrich
John Blackman Character Voices, Self, Dickie Knee
Wilbur Wilde Self
Livinia Nixon Self - Co-Host
David Strassman Self - Comedian
Jacki MacDonald Self, Self - Co-Host, Self - Guest
Red Symons Self
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