begin a a saturday morning cartoon show for child and hey hey and it saturday go through a number of format change during it run . it be somewhat ironic and then and that the host refusal to make change to the format and in spite of request to do so from everyone save the cameraman and eventually kill it . during the mid to late 1980s and it be the best thing for those with nothing to do on a saturday night to watch . during the 1990s and however and it slowly devolve into an unwatchable farce and make all the more intolerable by the egotism of it host and daryl somers . you can also see his difficulty in stay relevant to his audience during late season and a he address guest who happen to be in their mid teen ( christina ricci be a good example ) a if they be three year old . make no mistake from some of the user comment offer . this show be cancel for a very good reason and and it be not cancel soon enough . in fact and somers desperately try to save the show towards the end of it run by propose some of the change in format that have be recommend by staff or fan . naturally and somers be the only one surprise when the network and one run by australia answer to rupert murdoch at that and be no longer interested in somers idea . by then and the show be rating in single figure and which be no small feat for a country that have only five free to air television channel and and still think impediment to it record industry like molly meldrum be relevant . no and hey hey have be dead for at least several year and and like the vicar with the nymphomaniac wife and somers be the last to know . it be almost sad to see the clear desperation with which somers try to appease the critic . about the only funny thing leave about the show and which have previously thrive upon irreverence and be how staid and formulaic it have become . even the gong show style variety segment and red face and have grow stale thanks to a clear lack of willing talent . it have be point out before that after jacqui mcdonald retire from the show for reason that have be lose to time and somers ego begin to run rampant . this be true and although the problem do not really manifest until ernie carroll and the voice and puppeteer of one oswald q. ozzie ostrich and retire for what be cite a health reason . with nobody else to share centre stage and somers go rampant and basically dominate every aspect of the show and and keep his co host a out of the picture a he could . in fact and there be a big gap in the mid 1990s where there be no regular co host . i do not think it be a coincidence that most of the damage that drive viewer away be do during this period . what really drip with irony be that until about 1998 and somers be unwilling to change the series format and cry that the format be what keep viewer tune in . he seem utterly unaware that the hey hey of 1991 onwards and the hey hey from 1983 to 1990 and probably earlier and be two utterly different show . this be not to say that the show be always bad and or even all bad . a i have intimate and the show be quite entertaining during it peak in the 1980s and where predictability be the last thing one would associate with it . red face and even when it contestant be as boring a the rest of the show become and manage to entertain because of regular judge red symons . he have the nerve to say about an act what everyone in the audience be think and a quality that be sorely miss from every variety show of the current era . forget simon cowell red could easily chew the man up and spit out barb that would make grown men cry . my personal favourite be when a man dress in a bad chicken suit attempt to do a twisted keyboard and vocal version of these be the people in your neighbourhood . red comment be simply that this man have accomplish the impossible by make the other two act look good . give that this segment be film in the decline day of the series and i do not think much imagination be require to understand what the other two act be like . sadly and many show show the terminal sign of inflexibility or idea dearth much sooner than do hey hey . the problem be that get anything cancel in australia be an uphill battle at best and even when advertising revenue be not a tenth of what it could be . there be only one show that last as long a hey hey and stay good from first episode to last and and it do so because it regularly change staff and allow new idea to make their way in . it be also british . in contrast to what many will tell you and nobody who saw hey hey in it last eight season will miss it .