_Hey Hey it’s Saturday_ started out in 1971 as a three-hour long Saturday morning kids show, basically just a hosted cartoon show with a few games and skits, but as the audience got older the show matured with them. By the mid 1980s it had moved to early on Saturday nights where it became a variety show for whole families, with live musical acts, quizzes and raffles and so on. Lots of international stars showed up on it, many looking totally bewildered as it was somewhat chaotic. Anyway, some bean counting executive axed it in 1999, even though it was revived a few times in the late 2000s and early 2010s. Greatly missed.
Hey Hey It's Saturday was on tv for years. As a little kid used to watch it most Saturday mornings between 8 am and 11 am. Later on in my teenage years it changed timeslot to a Saturday night show for the late 80's and into the 1990's. Think it was on between 6-30 pm to 8-30 pm and Red Faces was a segment on there where they would get members of the public on there for any type of act. Although this act called The Amazing Nigel and Harry does not seem like members of the public. I swear that guy doing most of the talking is a real actor from the 1970's and early 80's. Do not remember his name but his voice sounds very familiar. I liked it more when it was an early morning show as a kid but the variety show Saturday evening era of it was still very successful because people like me that watched it Saturday morning as a kid, were now old enough to be going out Saturday night and might watch it for an hour or so before we went out for a Saturday night. Actually Molly Meldrum, from Countdown had a segment on this show in the late 80's and 90's after his Countdown show on another channel was over. The voice over guy would often make fun of Molly. Unfortunately on youtube there only seems to be segments of this show from the night time era. I liked it a lot more as a kids show in the early 1980's as it was genuinely live on tv and was complete fun mayhem between 8am and 11 am. I think it started in the early 1970's before I was conscious of tv and still was going well into the late 1990's. Cannot remember if the tv show lasted until the new century. But it was certainly on tv for well over two decades.
Hi Greg. As I’m watching this on January 2nd, 2025, I realise it is New Year’s Day where you are, so Happy New Year. All the best to you and your family in 2025. This segment is called Red Faces. It is because of Red Symons, who judges the acts. He had a gong too, and when he used it, the act had to stop. Generally he was the hard scoring one, who made snide comments. Red was also the lead guitarist in the band Skyhooks, usually seen with make up. The contestants were just everyday people, mostly doing really silly things, who were trying to win a prize, of $500. The other male judge here was Craig McLachlan, who has been on soap TV programs like Neighbours and Home and Away. I don’t know the female person. They had other segments which included Pluck a Duck, where basically a member of the audience picked a duck toy and won a prize. I can’t remember if they were always spinning around on strings, but that is the version I recall. Plucka was a human dressed like a duck (sorry for letting the cat out of the bag). His song as they introduced him, was Plucka Duck, Plucka Duck, He’s not a chicken or a cow, matter of fact, that’s him right now! Hey Hey also had a house band which included Red Symons on guitar, and Wilbur Wilde on Saxaphone. I remember Wilbur was pretty good at playing the sax. There was also a cartoonist and comedians on the show too. Molly Meldrum was also on the show too. They also had more than 10,000 international acts throughout 1971 to 1999 that the show ran. A lot of the comedy is out of date for today, so if you watch it is, it’s not always politically correct. Still, I remember watching this on a Saturday night before heading out with friends. It really was a ritual.
Hey Hey was a tradition Back in the 70s we would religiously watch it every Saturday night before going out to listen to bands (like Chisel) It ran from 1830 to 2030, although it would ALWAYS run late so finish around 2100 Can't even imagine growing up without it
The show ran from about 1971 up until atleast the 90 s. They had bands on aswell and actors. Anything you can think of. The guy that scored the magicians an 8 out of ten is Red Simons he was the guitarist in the band skyhooks that you have reacted ro.
I went to see Hey Hey being made in the 70's, 80's and 90's.. That was the fun thing about living in Melbourne. You could roll up to see Countdown being made on a Friday night, then roll up to Hey Hey on Saturday night (was Saturday morning in the 70's/early 80's) and then park yourself in front of the tele on Sunday 6pm to see yourself on Countdown.
@@deepcutsreactions7774 It's a diverse country, which means what you get in Melbourne you won't get in Alice Springs. And you'll find people of each state have their own quirks and even their own distinct Australian accent. Then you have Hobart, Tasmania, which is almost like a small European city... Some parts you could describe as ''a bit weird'', but there are also a lot of Australians that would object to such a description.
_Hey Hey it’s Saturday_ started out in 1971 as a three-hour long Saturday morning kids show, basically just a hosted cartoon show with a few games and skits, but as the audience got older the show matured with them. By the mid 1980s it had moved to early on Saturday nights where it became a variety show for whole families, with live musical acts, quizzes and raffles and so on. Lots of international stars showed up on it, many looking totally bewildered as it was somewhat chaotic. Anyway, some bean counting executive axed it in 1999, even though it was revived a few times in the late 2000s and early 2010s. Greatly missed.
Hey Hey It's Saturday was on tv for years. As a little kid used to watch it most Saturday mornings between 8 am and 11 am. Later on in my teenage years it changed timeslot to a Saturday night show for the late 80's and into the 1990's. Think it was on between 6-30 pm to 8-30 pm and Red Faces was a segment on there where they would get members of the public on there for any type of act. Although this act called The Amazing Nigel and Harry does not seem like members of the public. I swear that guy doing most of the talking is a real actor from the 1970's and early 80's. Do not remember his name but his voice sounds very familiar. I liked it more when it was an early morning show as a kid but the variety show Saturday evening era of it was still very successful because people like me that watched it Saturday morning as a kid, were now old enough to be going out Saturday night and might watch it for an hour or so before we went out for a Saturday night. Actually Molly Meldrum, from Countdown had a segment on this show in the late 80's and 90's after his Countdown show on another channel was over. The voice over guy would often make fun of Molly. Unfortunately on youtube there only seems to be segments of this show from the night time era. I liked it a lot more as a kids show in the early 1980's as it was genuinely live on tv and was complete fun mayhem between 8am and 11 am. I think it started in the early 1970's before I was conscious of tv and still was going well into the late 1990's. Cannot remember if the tv show lasted until the new century. But it was certainly on tv for well over two decades.
Hi Greg. As I’m watching this on January 2nd, 2025, I realise it is New Year’s Day where you are, so Happy New Year. All the best to you and your family in 2025.
This segment is called Red Faces. It is because of Red Symons, who judges the acts. He had a gong too, and when he used it, the act had to stop. Generally he was the hard scoring one, who made snide comments. Red was also the lead guitarist in the band Skyhooks, usually seen with make up. The contestants were just everyday people, mostly doing really silly things, who were trying to win a prize, of $500. The other male judge here was Craig McLachlan, who has been on soap TV programs like Neighbours and Home and Away. I don’t know the female person.
They had other segments which included Pluck a Duck, where basically a member of the audience picked a duck toy and won a prize. I can’t remember if they were always spinning around on strings, but that is the version I recall. Plucka was a human dressed like a duck (sorry for letting the cat out of the bag). His song as they introduced him, was Plucka Duck, Plucka Duck, He’s not a chicken or a cow, matter of fact, that’s him right now!
Hey Hey also had a house band which included Red Symons on guitar, and Wilbur Wilde on Saxaphone. I remember Wilbur was pretty good at playing the sax.
There was also a cartoonist and comedians on the show too. Molly Meldrum was also on the show too.
They also had more than 10,000 international acts throughout 1971 to 1999 that the show ran.
A lot of the comedy is out of date for today, so if you watch it is, it’s not always politically correct. Still, I remember watching this on a Saturday night before heading out with friends. It really was a ritual.
Hey Hey was a tradition
Back in the 70s we would religiously watch it every Saturday night before going out to listen to bands (like Chisel)
It ran from 1830 to 2030, although it would ALWAYS run late so finish around 2100
Can't even imagine growing up without it
The guy on the left who gave the 8 score is/was a guitarist with Skyhooks. His name is Red Symons.
The show ran from about 1971 up until atleast the 90 s. They had bands on aswell and actors. Anything you can think of. The guy that scored the magicians an 8 out of ten is Red Simons he was the guitarist in the band skyhooks that you have reacted ro.
How cool.
I went to see Hey Hey being made in the 70's, 80's and 90's.. That was the fun thing about living in Melbourne. You could roll up to see Countdown being made on a Friday night, then roll up to Hey Hey on Saturday night (was Saturday morning in the 70's/early 80's) and then park yourself in front of the tele on Sunday 6pm to see yourself on Countdown.
Yeah, besides listening to music I'm trying to get a feel for the cultural landscape y'all grew up with.
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We're a bit weird ya know 😁💞
@@Wandafulofit I like the no BS attitude.
@@deepcutsreactions7774 It's a diverse country, which means what you get in Melbourne you won't get in Alice Springs. And you'll find people of each state have their own quirks and even their own distinct Australian accent. Then you have Hobart, Tasmania, which is almost like a small European city... Some parts you could describe as ''a bit weird'', but there are also a lot of Australians that would object to such a description.
please greg watch ' the short sisters' on hey hey its saturday. my favourate
It was corny, but we would watch for 3 hours every Saturday night waiting for the occasional gem.
It was only on for two hours! Maybe it seemed like three!