Hey Hey It’s Saturday

November 23, 2020

Hey Hey It’s Saturday

For nearly thirty years a show ran in Australia called Hey Hey It’s Saturday. It began life as segments connecting cartoons on Saturday mornings, but soon grew and dropped the cartoons. In the mid 1980s the show, which had a following among adults because of its double entendre comedy, moved to prime time.

https://youtu.be/SuTj7BJGcks

CW: Mel Gibson

Here’s an incongruous appearance from Bill Hicks, in 1993, sporting the world’s tiniest microphone.

https://youtu.be/-kmfqtSHv3g

Who else have I seen doing the Kid On The Plane bit?

Hale & Pace appeared a number of times.

https://youtu.be/YWC_G7yBGPM

In 1990-91, there was a UK kid’s version of the show, on TV-AM.

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Hey Hey Its Saturday

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