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4 unusual facts about Hey Hey It's Saturday


A Trillion Shades of Happy

The band performed this on the first Hey Hey It's Saturday (Australian entertainment) show broadcast in New Zealand.

Mr. Mysterious

The first episode of Hey Hey It's Saturday in 2010 featured Vanessa Amorosi, performing her latest single "Mr. Mysterious".

Plucka Duck

Plucka Duck is a character on the popular Australian television program Hey Hey It's Saturday.

Saturday Night Palsy

When the song was released, TISM were invited to perform the song on popular Australian variety show Hey Hey It's Saturday.


1984 in Australian television

18 February - The Nine Network's Hey Hey It's Saturday moves from a Breakfast Television format to the 9:30 p.m. timeslot, Primetime format and renamed Hey Hey It's Saturday Night.

Elliot Goblet

Created with assistance from Australian comedy guru Pete Crofts,the Goblet character launched into the comedy scene with numerous TV performances on Hey Hey It's Saturday, The Eleventh Hour, Statesmen of Comedy and many other Australian TV variety and sketch shows.

First Tour of Australia

The band made a few television appearances including Hey Hey It's Saturday on October 27, Tonight with Bert Newton on October 29 and Sounds with Maurice Parker on November 3 before a show in Brisbane.

Logie Awards of 1988

Daryl Somers from Hey Hey It's Saturday was the Master of Ceremonies for the first time.

Logie Awards of 1991

Daryl Somers from Hey Hey It's Saturday was the Master of Ceremonies for the second time.

Penne Dennison

She has also worked on Hey Hey It’s Saturday, hosted by Daryl Somers in the late 1990s.

Red Symons

Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, he combined his on-air role on Hey Hey It's Saturday (also playing in the house band) with composing for various film and television shows (such as Blue Heelers), and jingle writing.

The Beatnix

There have also been many television performances including Hey Hey It's Saturday, The Midday Show, Good Morning Australia, The Don Lane Show, Ernie and Denise, Simon Townsend's Wonder World, Donnie Sutherlands' Sounds, and appearances at Beatles festivals in Adelaide, Melbourne, Auckland and four Beatlefests in Sydney.


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Ginny Buckley

She went on to beat 600 other applicants to present a new children's television programme for the Nine Network in Australia and went on to present a children's news programme C'mon Kids, along with Hey, Hey, It's Saturday, in which she worked with Jason Donovan.

Mi Chico Latino

To promote the single, Halliwell performed the song on Top of the Pops, Wetten Dass, Party in the Park, Much Music, Patrice Lecuyer Show, Hey, Hey It's Saturday, Musica Si and Club Disney.

Wilbur Wilde

In 2006 Wilde represented Hey Hey It's Saturday alongside John Blackman for a celebrity tournament on Temptation and appeared on commercials for the Australian Pensioners Insurance Agency.