Hey Hey It’s Saturday’s Wilbur Wilde on how the variety show was a reflection of Australian viewers

Hey Hey It’s Saturday host Daryl Somers recently apologised to singer Kamahl for mocking his race and humiliating him on the show during it’s heyday. And on Friday, Wilbur Wilde – who was a saxophonist and regular on the now-defunct variety show – discussed how the show was a reflection of Australian audiences at the time. He explained … Read more

Hey Hey It’s Saturday host Daryl Somers apologises to Kamahl over racist segments

Hey Hey It’s Saturday host Daryl Somers has apologised to Kamahl and said he ‘deeply regrets’ humiliating the singer after he spoke out about being racially mocked on the show. Kandiah ‘Kamahl’ Kamalesvaran, who was born in Malaysia to Tamil-Hindu parents, revealed on the weekend that he was the target of a series of racist … Read more

Kamahl says Hey Hey It’s Saturday co-stars were jealous of his success

Kamahl has launched an extraordinary attack on his former Hey Hey It’s Saturday co-stars, saying they resorted to ‘humiliating’ him with racist skits because they were jealous of his success. The Malaysian-born singer, whose real name is Kandiah Kamalesvaran, was asked on Studio 10 on Tuesday about a notorious sketch in which a stage hand covered his face … Read more

Kamahl responds to Hey Hey presenter who criticised his complaints of racism

Kamahl has graciously hit back at a white Hey Hey It’s Saturday star after he questioned the singer for waiting 37 years to say that he was the target of racism on the show. During a skit on the variety program in 1984, Kandiah ‘Kamahl’ Kamalesvaran’s face was covered in white powder by a stage … Read more

The REAL reason Hey Hey It’s Saturday could never be shown on TV today

Daryl Somers recently said his variety show Hey Hey It’s Saturday couldn’t be shown on television today because of ‘cancel culture’.  The 69-year-old entertainer is certainly right about Hey Hey being unsuitable programming in 2021 – but it has nothing to do with political correctness. Leading TV commentator Andrew Mercado notes in his Mediaweek column that Hey … Read more

Daryl Somers’ most shocking moments on Hey Hey It’s Saturday are revealed

Footage has resurfaced of Daryl Somers’ most shocking moments on classic variety show Hey Hey It’s Saturday – and they would never be allowed on TV today. In one scene, the 69-year-old entertainer appeared to wear blackface as he impersonated Malaysian-born singer Kamahl. Daryl seemingly darkened his skin with makeup and wore a wig as he performed … Read more

Daryl Somers: Hey Hey It’s Saturday would not survive on television today due to ‘cancel culture’ 

Television host Daryl Somers says he does not believe his classic variety show, Hey Hey It’s Saturday, would be shown on television today. Speaking to The Daily Telegraph, the 69-year-old said today’s ‘cancel culture’ would shut the program down.  He said: ‘You probably could not get away with half the stuff you could on Hey Hey … Read more

Tuck Tucker, animator and director on Nickelodeon’s Hey Arnold! and SpongeBob SquarePants, dies

Tuck Tucker, animator and director on Nickelodeon’s Hey Arnold! and SpongeBob SquarePants, dies at 59 Tucker passed away on December 22  His family announced the news in a Facebook post  Hey Arnold! creator Craig Bartlett paid tribute to Tucker as ‘a great friend, a master draftsman, a tireless practical joker, a brilliant storyteller’ By Rachel … Read more

Hey Alexa, what’s my PIN? Voice assistants can figure out the taps made on a smartphone keyboard 

Hey Alexa, what’s my PIN? Cambridge researchers show voice assistants can detect what users are typing on their smartphones by the sound of their fingers tapping the screen Researchers built their own version of a smart speaker to access the recordings In commercial products the recordings are stored securely for safety   But study shows that … Read more

Children’s TV show Hey Duggee to award frazzled mums and dads with their ‘Parenting in 2020’ badge

Children’s TV show Hey Duggee is to award frazzled mums and dads with their ‘Parenting in 2020’ badge to celebrate efforts during a year of juggling homeschooling and Zoom calls with their everyday challenges Popular cartoon honours parents in a two-minute specially dedicated episode BBC show will show Duggee juggling video calls alongside everyday parenting  Episode … Read more