Hey Hey It's Saturday Season 28
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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Hey Hey It's Saturday
1971Nine 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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Hey Hey It's Saturday Season 28 Full Episode Guide
The very last fun-filled episode of Australia's longest running variety show includes regular segments Red Faces, Celebrity Head, Plucka Duck, Private Parts, Kids Talk, Phunney Photos and old favourites What Cheezes Me Off, The Galah Fashion Parade, Great Aussie Joke and features a who's who of Australian show business.