It's the puppets and animal characters that ruined this show! Rod Kirkham was embarrassed to watch this show in it's latter years, we can clearly see why! The emphasis had swung completely away from emphasising talent, to pushing the "cute kids who sing" angle. It's McDonald's sponsorship of the show that is to blame. Too much interference! McDonalds should've kept out of it and let Johnny Young produce the show as he(and the now-departed Kevin Lewis) knew best!
Danielle “Dannii” Minogue replaced the recently departed Debbie Hancock in 1982.
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Is that Kylie at 6:33 holding a child?
It's the puppets and animal characters that ruined this show! Rod Kirkham was embarrassed to watch this show in it's latter years, we can clearly see why! The emphasis had swung completely away from emphasising talent, to pushing the "cute kids who sing" angle. It's McDonald's sponsorship of the show that is to blame. Too much interference! McDonalds should've kept out of it and let Johnny Young produce the show as he(and the now-departed Kevin Lewis) knew best!