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Agro's Cartoon Connection
Australian TV series or program
| Agro's Cartoon Connection | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Children's Variety |
| Presented by | |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| No.
of seasons | 9 |
| Production locations |
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| Running time | minutes (–) minutes (–) 90 minutes () |
| Network | Seven Network |
| Release | 22 January &#;()&#;– 19 December &#;() |
Agro's Cartoon Connection was an Australian children's television show that aired on the Seven Network from to Shown on weekday mornings, it was primarily hosted by Agro, a puppet played by comedian Jamie Dunn.
It was originally filmed at BTQ7 from to , after which it moved to ATN7 in
History
Over the years the show had a number of co-hosts including Ann-Maree Biggar,[1]Terasa Livingstone,[2]Holly Brisley,[3] Michael R Gibson (who was known to the audience by the nickname "Gibbo") and guest hosts Ian Calder and Stacey Thomson.
Alex wileman biography wikipedia Alex Wileman has smiled her way into Australian lounge rooms through television and as the face of major national and International commercial campaigns.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 Samurai Pizza Cats and Magic Knight Rayearth 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, Bob in a Bottle, Mega Man: The Animated Series, Sailor Moon (TV series),[4]Mighty Max (TV series),[5]ThunderCats ( TV series),[6]The Jetsons,[7]Toxic Crusaders,[8]James Bond Jr., The Magical Adventures of Quasimodo[9]The New Pink Panther Show[9]Ring Raiders,[10]Hello Kitty's Furry Tale Theater,[10]Scooby-Doo,[11]Magilla Gorilla,[11]Speed Buggy,[11]Space Ghost (TV series),[11]The Smurfs ( TV series),[11]Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ( TV series),[12]Robotech (TV series),[12]A Pup Named Scooby-Doo,[12]ALF Tales,[13]Power Rangers Zeo,[14]The New Yogi Bear Show,[15]Journey to the Heart of the World,[15]Snorks,[16]She-Ra: Princess of Power,[16]Secret Squirrel,[16]The Little Rascals (animated TV series),[16]Huckleberry Hound,[17]The Legend of Prince Valiant,[17]The Brave Frog,[18]Josie and the Pussycats in Outer Space,[19]Gargoyles (TV series),[20]Yogi's Gang,[21]The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers,[21]Quick Draw McGraw,[21]The Scooby-Doo Show,[22]Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo ( TV series),[23]The Little Rascals (animated TV series),[24]The New Fred and Barney Show,[25]The Bots Master,[26]Jin Jin and the Panda Patrol,[26]Casper and the Angels,[27]Captain N: The Game Master,[27]Phantom ,[28]Richie Rich ( TV series),[28]Tom & Jerry Kids,[29]Tom and Jerry,[30]Bumpety Boo,[31]Top Cat,[32]Galtar and the Golden Lance,[33]The Thirteen Ghosts of Scooby-Doo,[33]SilverHawks,[34]Shirt Tales,[34]The Adventures of Don Coyote and Sancho Panda,[35]Pound Puppies ( TV series),[35]The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show,[36]Pancho and Rancho,[37]Robotech (TV series),[38]Mighty Morphin Power Rangers,[38] and The Flintstones.[39]
The show also featured many children's movies including Dot Goes to Hollywood,[40]Dennis the Menace in Mayday for Mother, The Little Troll Prince,[31]Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown,[37]Yogi and the Invasion of the Space Bears,[41]The Adventures of the American Rabbit,[42]The Good, the Bad, and Huckleberry Hound,[43]Yabba Dabba Doo!
The Happy World of Hanna-Barbera,[44]Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats[33] and Scooby-Doo Meets the Boo Brothers.[45]
Christmas specials included The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible,[46]Silent Night, Holy Night, Mole's Christmas,[46] and Silent Night, Holy Night (film).[46] 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 animated program The Dreamstone and the science fiction program UFO.
Alex wileman biography Former Lotto host Alex Wileman has turned her back on her television fame to launch her now successful travel company, Local Eyes, with husband Jamie Creer. Alex explained that she's always.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.
From , the show fiercely competed with Cheez TV on Network Ten.
In an attempt to boost ratings against Cheez TV, Seven replaced Gibson & Thomson with Brad Hills in In December of that year, Agro and all of the show's hosts were removed, with the programme rebranded simply to Cartoon Connection and only showing cartoons. Cartoon Connection was eventually cancelled in
Following the show's cancellation, Seven attempted several experiments to revive its breakfast programming for children.
Eventually in Seven shifted the timeslot's focus towards early morning news, occupied by the Sunrise programme instead.
Co-host Michael 'Gibbo' Gibson passed away on 10 June [47]