Airdate: The Best of ‘The Best and Worst of Red Faces’
Danni Minogue, Jo Beth Taylor, Paul Mercurio, Rhonda Burchmore remember zany Hey Hey acts in two nostalgic specials on Seven.
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Two ‘Red Faces’ specials, drawing upon nostalgic acts from Hey Hey it’s Saturday, will screen next week on Seven.
Daryl Somers said: “We put these shows together with a box of tissues by our side to wipe away the tears of laughter. Re-living so many funny moments of Red Faces was an absolute blast and I thank the thousands of acts that made it so.”
Red Faces started out as a send up of talent show New Faces, with “Prince of Punishment” Red Symons and his infamous gong crashing out most of the acts, with A-list judges including Will Smith, Jason Donovan, Kylie Minogue, Hugh Grant, Tina Turner, Johnny Depp, Shaquille O’Neal, Sir Cliff Richard, Dame Edna Everage, Ricky Martin, Sir Bob Geldof, Samantha Fox, Guy Pearce, Boy George, Julian Lennon, Jean Claude Van Damme, Mel Gibson, Sir Ian Botham, Fabio, Linda Evangelista, Russell Crowe and John McEnroe.
As well as more obscure acts, the specials produced by Somers Carroll include fan favourites The Music Men, Chaotic Choir, The Bobsled Team, The Amazing Nigel and Harry and the Vegemite Kid.
Danni Minogue, Jo Beth Taylor, Paul Mercurio, Rhonda Burchmore and Vince Sorrenti will reflect on their time as judges (Red Symons is not indicated as a guest).
The Best of ‘The Best & Worst of Red Faces’ premieres 7.00pm Sunday, 17 July
The Very Best of ‘The Best & Worst of Red Faces’ 7.30pm Monday, 18 July
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This is really getting beyond a joke. HHIS was an institution in its day, but that day was 30-50 years ago. It hasn’t aged well, and constantly rehashing the same content into “new” programs is pretty sad, really. For the sake of humanity, can we finally gong Daryl?
You say this yet these specials rate well! Clearly there’s still a large audience out there that want to watch!
David do you know if there is a studio audience for the specials?
And i’m guessing there will be no “new” red faces acts for the specials, as was touted earlier in the year as a possibility?
Pretty sure the same as last time.
Wasn’t this the slot for beauty and the geek ?
https://tvtonight.com.au/2022/06/returning-beauty-and-the-geek-2.html
Has it been bumped ?
That’s on Nine.
Super embarased !
So they’re ‘The Best & Worst of Red Faces’ specials that aired in the 90s with new bits added?
Daryl will acknowledge there have been earlier specials.