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Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use Australian English Шаблон:More citations needed Шаблон:Infobox television Agro's Cartoon Connection was an Australian children's television show that aired on the Seven Network 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 BTQ7 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 Stacey Thomson.

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 Brisbane.

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 cartoons including The New Adventures of The Pink Panther, Samurai Pizza Cats and Sailor Moon 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 Brisbane in an aggressive manner asking questions to anyone he met.

Other shows presented during the series' run included G.I. Joe Extreme, The Bots Master, Sonic the Hedgehog: The Series, Droopy, Master Detective and Mega Man: The Animated Series. 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 Cheez TV, 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 Sunrise program instead. This program currently occupies the morning timeslot.

Cast

Name	Role	Duration
Jamie Dunn	Agro/Host	1990–1997
Ann-Maree Biggar	Co-host	1990-1994
Terasa Livingstone	Reporter	1994
	Co-host	1995–1997
Holly Brisley	Reporter	1995–1997
Ian Calder	Various characters	1990-1992
	Crikey The Clown	1991–1997
Michael R Gibson	Gibbo	1990–1996
Stacey Thomson	Ranger Stacey	1990–1996
Brad Hills	Reporter	1997

Awards

Шаблон:Awards table |- ! scope="row" | 1991 | rowspan="7" | Logie Awards | rowspan="7" | Most Popular Children's Program | rowspan="7" | Agro's Cartoon Connection | Шаблон:Won | |- ! scope="row" | 1992 | Шаблон:Won | |- ! scope="row" | 1993 | Шаблон:Won | |- ! scope="row" | 1994 | Шаблон:Won | |- ! scope="row" | 1995 | Шаблон:Won | |- ! scope="row" | 1996 | Шаблон:Won | |- ! scope="row" | 1997 | Шаблон:Won | Шаблон:End

See also

• List of Australian television series

External links

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