History Series / HeyHeyItsSaturday

* TheCastShowoff: Host Daryl Somers got to show off his singing skills every so often, especially on the last episode of the 2010 series, where he gave an emotional performance of "There's No Business Like Show Business. Plus band members Wilbur Wilde and Red Symons, extremely talented musicians in their own right, not only were regular members of the band, but frequently performed solos on their respective instruments."

''LIVE! From the Studios of [[Creator/NineNetwork Channel Nine]], entertainment capital of the universe, Welcome back to another dose of what's good for ya!, with Dags, the Dick, the Duck, and the rest of our motley crew, it's "Hey Hey It's Saturday!" And now, here's the star of the show, Daryl Somers!!''

''LIVE! From the Studios of [[Creator/NineNetwork Channel Nine]], entertainment capital of the universe, Welcome back to another dose of what's good for ya!, with the Duck, the Dick, the chooks, and the rest of our motley crew, it's "Hey Hey It's Saturday!" And now, here's the star of the show, Daryl Somers!!''

** Chook Lotto - A parody of the Aussie national lottery draw, the game was a lottery featuring a big bingo cage. But instead of ping-pong balls, they used numbered frozen chickens or "chooks". Remembered because the original cage was rather flimsily built, and kept breaking.

* DeadpanSnarker: Announcer John Blackman was in many ways, the most underrated cast member of the show. Since, along with announcing the segments, and reading the prize copy, he would often give pithy, snarky commentary on whatever it was that was happening during the show. In fact, his deadpan delivery helped elevate many segments into comedy gold.

* ArtifactTitle: The revival aired on WEDNESDAYS.

* TheCastShowoff: Host Daryl Summers got to show off his singing skills every so often, especially on the last episode of the 2010 series, where he gave an emotional performance of "There's No Business Like Show Business. Plus band members Wilbur Wilde and Red Symonds, extremely talented musicians in their own right, not only were regular members of the band, but frequently performed solos on their respective instruments."

* CreditsMedley: The last episode of the 2010 series (and presumably the last episode ever) featured one of these. In a tribute to the closing of the Nine Network's GTV9 studio, the closing number of the show featured a medley of the signature themes of two of Australia's best-loved chat-show hosts: Graham Kennedy ("Gee, But You're Swell") and Don Lane ("You Make it so Easy").

** Pluck-a-Duck - Perhaps the best remembered game of all, contestants would spin a large wheel (a holdover from the famous "Don Lane Show") full of prizes, one of which was a new car. If players didn't like the prize from the wheel, they were given the chance to "Pluck-a-Duck" or pick a numbered duck from a large spinning contraption operated by Plucka Duck, the game's somewhat wild mascot.
** Red Faces - Talent Show segment based around ''Series/TheGongShow''. Famous for a notorious act that appeared in blackface in during the 2009 reunion specials. 3 or occasionally 4 acts, would perform for the judges (pretty much always made up of Red Symonds, and 2 other guests, one of whom was usually a musician, who performed earlier in the show.) They would perform their act, until they got gonged by Symonds, at which point they would be judged by the panel, with Symonds almost always giving them a low score (5 or lower), and some snarky commentary on the performance.

* PromotionalConsideration: In the early years of the show, ''all'' the cars for the show were Toyotas provided by Ken Morgan Toyota, in Nunawading, Australia. (It is apparently now a Daewoo dealership.) They later changed to Nissan, around 1994-95 Also, all the chickens for "Chook Lotto" were provided by Inghams poultry. Also, the Red Faces segment was sponsored by both UsefulNotes/McDonalds and Qantas at points throughout the first run (it had the various logos of both companies on the gong), and when they came back in 2010, the segment was sponsored by Hungry Jacks for a while, before switching to MyFun (representing Theme Parks in Australia)

* ButtMonkey: Red and Molly. Molly was regularly picked on during his segments. His segment on the reunion show even dragged on because Dickie kept making his little dog bark. Red meanwhile, as the resident Mean Judge in the Red Faces segment would get what he dished out sent back at him in spades.

''LIVE! From the Studios of [[NineNetwork Channel Nine]], entertainment capital of the universe, Welcome back to another dose of what's good for ya!, with the Duck, the Dick, the chooks, and the rest of our motley crew, it's "Hey Hey It's Saturday!" And now, here's the star of the show, Daryl Somers!!''

This classic Australian VarietyShow ran originally from 1971 to 1999, returning with a reunion special in 2009, and one final proper series in 2010. "Hey Hey" was originally a SaturdayMorningKidsShow hosted by Daryl Sommers and Ernie Caroll (who played the puppet Ossie Q. Ostrich), the show eventually evolved into a (mostly) grown-ups' free-for-all that is still fondly remembered by many Aussies to this very day. On the other hand, its most recent incarnation was marred by ignominy thanks to a black-face skit that few found funny, and which caused a backlash in the international media.

* LovelyAssistant: The show had several female co-presenters over the years. In the 70s and 80s the role was filled by the best-known hostess, Jacki MacDonald, famous for her quick wit and ever-so-slightly raspy voice. She left in 1989, quickly followed by Denise Drysdale, who lasted until late 1990. After that, Daryl hosted the show with Ozzie as a duo until the end of 1994, when Ernie Carroll (Ozzie's perfomer) left the show, so popular Channel 9 personality Jo-Beth Taylor joined as the female sidekick for 3 years. Later, she was replaced by Livinia Nixon, and later still Suze Raymond (though she was more-or-less just co-host of Pluck-A-Duck.)
* PromotionalConsideration: In the early years of the show, ''all'' the cars for the show were Toyotas provided by Ken Morgan Toyota, in Nunawading, Australia. (It is apparently now a Daewoo dealership.) They later changed to Nissan, around 1994-95 Also, all the chickens for "Chook Lotto" were provided by Inghams poultry. Also, the Red Faces segment was sponsored by both McDonalds and Qantas at points throughout the first run (it had the various logos of both companies on the gong), and when they came back in 2010, the segment was sponsored by Hungry Jacks for a while, before switching to MyFun (representing Theme Parks in Australia)

** Red Faces - Talent Show segment based around ''TheGongShow''. Famous for a notorious act that appeared in blackface in during the 2009 reunion specials. 3 or occasionally 4 acts, would perform for the judges (pretty much always made up of Red Symonds, and 2 other guests, one of whom was usually a musician, who performed earlier in the show.) They would perform their act, until they got gonged by Symonds, at which point they would be judged by the panel, with Symonds almost always giving them a low score (5 or lower), and some snarky commentary on the performance.

* ButtMonkey: Red and Molli. Molli was regularly picked on during his segments. His segment on the reunion show even dragged on because Dickie kept making his little dog bark. Red meanwhile, as the resident Mean Judge in the Red Faces segment would get what he dished out sent back at him in spades.