Hey Hey It's 50 Years

[Presti35]

Found myself strangely looking forward to it.

Watched it. It wasn't that great. Can't see it coming back in any form, unless they bring in a completely new cast with occasional cameos from the originals.

Did you watch this show back in the day? Would you like to see it come back?

[David]

Only very vaguely recall it from early childhood. My general sense is that it was already pretty stale in the late '90s let alone when they tried to resurrect it a decade ago, and that at this point any nostalgia is ... somewhat misplaced.

[think positive]

Um no David, it was a smash hit in it’s time! Everyone watched it! It started Saturday morning then went adult in the evening! It was brilliant for a few years!

Not misplaced at all, I forgot it was on or I would have watched it. I only realised when I flicked over from the block.

Red faces was a crack up! And chook lotto! .

[David]

Perhaps it's one of those "you just had to be there" things!

[stui magpie]

Back in the late 80's it was a ritual to watch Hey Hey before going out on the town Saturday night. It did become pretty much a self caricature towards the end though.

[KenH]

Enjoyed it in the 80's but was pretty ordinary in the 90's lost it's way and couldn't be bothered watching it the other night and wouldn't watch it again.

[think positive]

[think positive]

[Presti35]

You can watch it on 7+.

As the cast got older, I think they just lost their flow. But it was very good in its time. I remember when The Footy Show was looking for a new host, Darryl Somers name came up. Imagine that, Hey Hey It's The Footy Show.

We haven't had a good variety show in years, but is there still a market for it?

[stui magpie]

^

Good question, I think there could be a market for a good variety show but I don't think the numbers would work out. Live Variety shows can be expensive to produce ( I believe) and with all the streaming services available, you'd have to pitch to a market that would attract good advertising revenue.

The FTA stations have a fetish for reality TV which seems to rate highly across different demographics so is fairly low risk and good ROI generally, I can't see any of them taking the risk until that bubble bursts.

Anyway, where will we be in 50 years?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lm5tsUjYVjk

[Lazza]

OMG I absolutely loved the show. Enjoyed the Saturday night ritual of having a few drinks at home before going out raging. I thought that the 50 year shows was alright and I hope they continue with it because they have years of great material. I’m probably now one of those really boring people I used to ridicule and wonder how they could stay home and watch hey hey and not go out afterwards! Those were the days I guess when life was a bit simpler.

[think positive]