Agro's Cartoon Connection

*Agro's Cartoon Connection*
Agro's Cartoon Connection
Genre	Children's; Variety
Presented by	Agro ; Ann-Maree Biggar (1990–1994); Terasa Livingstone (1995–1997);
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
No. of seasons	9
Production
Production locations	Brisbane, Queensland (1990–1996); Sydney, New South Wales (1997);
Running time	180 minutes (1990–1993); 120 minutes (1994–1996); 90 minutes (1997)
Original release
Network	Seven Network
Release	22 January 1990 –; 19 December 1997

Last updated March 16, 2024

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,^[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.

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 Bobby's World , 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 , Eek! The Cat , Bob in a Bottle 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 animated program The Dreamstone and the science fiction 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 ^[4]	Agro/Host	1990–1997
Ann-Maree Biggar ^[1]	Co-host	1990–1994
Terasa Livingstone	Reporter	1994
Terasa Livingstone	Co-host^[2]	1995–1997
Holly Brisley ^[3]	Reporter	1995–1997
Ian Calder	Various characters	1990–1992
Ian Calder	Crikey The Clown	1991–1997
Michael R Gibson	Gibbo	1990–1996
Stacey Thomson	Ranger Stacey	1990–1996
Brad Hills	Reporter	1997

Awards

Awards and nominations for *Agro's Cartoon Connection*
Year	Award	Category	Nominee(s)	Result	Ref.
1991	Logie Awards	Most Popular Children's Program	Agro's Cartoon Connection	Won	^[5]
1992				Won	^[5]
1993				Won	^[5]
1994				Won	^[5]
1995				Won	^[5]
1996				Won	^[5]
1997				Won	^[5]

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References

1 2 Sadlier, Kevin (3 May 1992). "Ann-Maree's double secret". The Sun-Herald . Retrieved 29 October 2021.
1 2 Kibble, Emma (28 June 1998). "Thrill a minute life for traveller Terasa; I'd even fly to - the moon if they asked me!". Sunday Mail . p. A10. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
1 2 Melloy, N (31 May 1999). "Agro's mate in living colour". The Courier-Mail . p. 24. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
↑ Crawford, Anne (5 March 1995). "Ugly Agro caught up in custody tug-of war". The Age . p. 7. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "TV Week Logie Award Winners 1990 to 1999". Now To Love. Archived from the original on 17 May 2021. Retrieved 28 October 2021.

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[double_secret-1] 1 2 Sadlier, Kevin (3 May 1992). "Ann-Maree's double secret". The Sun-Herald . Retrieved 29 October 2021.

[thrill_a_minute-2] 1 2 Kibble, Emma (28 June 1998). "Thrill a minute life for traveller Terasa; I'd even fly to - the moon if they asked me!". Sunday Mail . p. A10. Retrieved 29 October 2021.

[living_colour-3] 1 2 Melloy, N (31 May 1999). "Agro's mate in living colour". The Courier-Mail . p. 24. Retrieved 29 October 2021.

[4] Crawford, Anne (5 March 1995). "Ugly Agro caught up in custody tug-of war". The Age . p. 7. Retrieved 29 October 2021.

[Logie_Awards-5] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "TV Week Logie Award Winners 1990 to 1999". Now To Love. Archived from the original on 17 May 2021. Retrieved 28 October 2021.

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