''Agro's Cartoon Connection'' was an Australian

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show that aired on the

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from 1990 to 1997. Shown on weekday mornings, it was primarily hosted by Agro, a puppet played by comedian Jamie Dunn. It was originally filmed at

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from 1990 to 1996, after which it moved to ATN7 in 1997.

History

Over the years the show had a number of co-hosts including Ann-Maree Biggar, Terasa Livingstone, Holly Brisley, Michael R Gibson (who was known to the audience by the nickname "Gibbo") and guest hosts Ian Calder and

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. It began as ''Seven's Super Saturday'', later becoming ''The Super Saturday Show'', which only aired on Saturday mornings and was originally only broadcast in

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. It followed on from a show called '' The Cartoon Connection'' which had been hosted for many years previously by Michael Horrocks and Alex Wileman, Wileman went on to do New South Wales lottery broadcasts. The show consisted of playing a variety of

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including '' Popeye and Son'', ''

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'' and ''

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'' while including small editorials presented between the cartoons in a variety of segments. One such example included Ian Calder appearing in a regular segment acting as a character, one of his more popular being ''Crikey the Clown'' where he would walk around the streets of

in an aggressive manner asking questions to anyone he met. Other shows presented during the series' run included ''

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'', '' The Bots Master'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. The Sunday morning edition of the program ran under the name ''The Super Sunday Show'' and included skits performed by the regulars, as well as presenting the UK sci-fi program '' UFO''. Notably the show's humour was sometimes provocative but always done in a way that would escape the notice of the show's primary audience of children. The program was criticised in Parliament for including product sponsorship within the program itself, rather than simply running commercial breaks. In its final years the show lost in the ratings to its competitor ''

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'', causing the Seven Network to cut its running time and funding until it was cancelled. Ultimately, after several experiments, Seven decided not to continue aiming its breakfast programming at children, and eventually created the successful ''

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'' program instead. This program currently occupies the morning timeslot.

Cast

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References

External links

* {{IMDb title, id=0135720, title=Agro's Cartoon Connection Seven Network original programming 1990 Australian television series debuts 1997 Australian television series endings Television programming blocks in Australia Australian children's television series Australian television shows featuring puppetry Television shows set in Brisbane Television shows set in Sydney English-language television shows Australian comedy television series

History

Cast

Awards

See also

References

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