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The Daryl And Ossie Show
''The Daryl and Ossie Show'' is an Australian comedy show, broadcast through Somers Carroll Productions which aired on Network Ten (The 0-10 Network) in 1978, hosted by Daryl Somers, Ossie Ostrich (portrayed by Ernie Carroll), Monique Daams and Betty Bobbitt. After deciding to take a year off from the series ''Hey Hey It's Saturday'' on the rival Nine Network, Daryl and Ernie chose this game show as their next project. It ran for eight weeks, from 11 September to 3 November for 40 episodes. They returned to Nine and ''Hey Hey It's Saturday'', the following year. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Daryl And Ossie Show, The Network 10 original programming 1970s Australian game shows Australian comedy television series Australian variety television shows 1978 Australian television series debuts 1978 Australian television series endings Television shows set in Victoria (state) Australian television shows featuring puppetry English-language television shows ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daryl Somers
Daryl Paul Somers (né Schulz; 6 August 1951) is an Australian television personality and musician, and a triple Gold Logie award-winner. He rose to national fame as the host and executive producer of the long-running comedy-variety program ''Hey Hey It's Saturday'' and continued his television celebrity and status as host of the live-performance program ''Dancing with the Stars''. Somers was honoured in 2004 with the award of a Medal of the Order of Australia, and by Australia Post in 2018 by having his portrait featured on a series of postage stamps. Early life Somers lived in the Melbourne suburb of Prahran and was educated at the Christian Brothers College, St. Kilda. A drummer, he joined a group playing music in the style of Herb Alpert which began under the name "Pasquale and his Mexican Rhythm". Under the name "Somerset", the group appeared on GTV-9's talent-quest programme ''New Faces'', winning their way to the finals, only to be beaten by John Williamson. His pare ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |