Hey Hey Its Saturday – Simon Dunn

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Hey, Hey

Here’s an Aunty Donna sketch that probably makes no sense outside of Australia. And here’s the Hey, Hey end of year highlights package from 1996. Some of it’s a bit … out-dated. I’m amazed to see it as late as 96 to be honest.

October 29, 2021
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. Here’s an…

November 23, 2020

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Proctology: A Bottom Examination

For a long time now I’ve been wanting to write an old-fashioned programme guide. One you can hold in your hand and thumb through, make notes on, spill coffee on. So I did. Proctology: A Bottom Examination is my deep dive into Bottom, the hit BBC Two sitcom starring Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson. That’s…

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Re-Casting Keanu

Keanu Reeves is 56. That makes him eight years older than Clive Dunn was when he was first cast in Dad’s Army. But don’t panic, Clive Dunn was always playing much older characters than his own age. Keanu Reeves is 56. That makes him seven years older than Stephanie Cole was when she was first…