A Surprise Tribute To Jana.

This tribute to the legendary Jana Wendt went to air on her final night as host of A Current Affair, November 27,1992. The quality of the content during her five years on the show is clearly evident. Jana and ACA were highly regarded by viewers because the team broke so many stories and often set the news agenda for the following day.

[@MrDemoncrusher]

Remember when ACA was a serious current affairs show...?

[@marcbritton4817]

ACA wasn't always a complete joke.

[@rosshilton]

Beautiful and Brilliant. Why is TV not like this now?

[@kurtflahavin5994]

Jana Wendt is an Australian TV legend.

[@dealies86]

Okay Jana is awesome, great interviewer and absolutely in control

[@ThushanFernandoIsHere]

Came here after watching Frontline on a Friday night. Memories of the family watching Jana growing up! Thanks for uploading this to YT! The Robin Williams interview was HILARIOUS when I saw that. RIP John Clarke.

[@GracieOpulanza1]

love this that's the power Jana has earned and deserved. That's is what you define a confident women

[@henriibennell9535]

This lady was bloody brilliant

[@emmas4336]

Jana was all class. Look at what a disgrace news and current affairs have become in this country.

[@pauliejay4161]

"You have gone out of your way to ask the questions I told you not to ask…" If only there was some body asking those types of questions these day.,..

[@craftylouie]

Do you know who she was interviewing there?

[@tjmarx]

Remember when journalism wasn't just clickbait. Man...

[@beagle7622]

The 2 best interviewers were her & Kerri O’Brien in that era perhaps she was before him . Both were tenacious even tempered and yes balanced . Some of O’Brien’s toughest interviews were with Keating . John Howard had Laurie Oakes who definitely gave him a free ride .. I saw a very funny bloopers tape when she was a news reader at Channel 10 in Melbourne. My god we need people like her now.

[@rayjaymor8754]

Bloody hell.... ACA back then is incomparable to today....

[@mitchamus]

...Back when ACA was actually a real show about real things.... not about the latest fad diets.. or neighbours at war.... or all the advertorial bullshit like it is these days.

[@franzchong5889]

true.it's crap now.funnily enough judging by the year and date on this it was around the time we had the likes of jodie young and catriona rowntree on the reborn wonderworld on 9 that screened a couple of hours earlier on weekdays which was reinstated that february.those two along with jana wendt were or are some of the best in their fields of what a journalist or reporter should be.how modern day aca gets over a million people a night these days comes down to a few things,bogans or ferals too stubborn to change,the parents with school aged kids market and the elderly.i was kind of pleased i never had to watch this garbage past 92 or 93 in our home when dad started working nights from 94 onwards.

[@dougfairbanks8055]

Just found this......Thank You!!

[@rosshilton]

Alan Bond: It was a million they were asking, We got it down to $400,000. Those were the days.

[@kerrianderson106]

Come back Yana

[@quizmaster85]

ACA in 1992 - very decent stories and well worth the entertainment value. ACA today - corrupt Queensland businessmen, fat-blasting trends, ignorant councils, overcharging supermarkets, and a never-ending storm of useless one-offs.

[@franzchong5889]

i agree about modern day aca being crap.9 australia refuses to admit to it needing a permanent except for during tennis season 7pm solution that's not garbage or a milked to death sitcom or some reality tv show.

[@127dot0dot0dot1]

Was? Was? Jana still *is* the best. Its a shame the newsfolk today still don't realise it. If Jana told me the sky was green I wouldn't even check, I'd simply accept I was always wrong in thinking it was blue.

[@icarus5726]

Stunning looking woman

[@roblostandlate.6005]

Vale John Clarke.

[@club1fan552]

No Journo then or since had the gumption and backbone of Jana Wendt. Nobody.

[@retrobilly1986]

When Australian television actually had talent. Unlike the talentless dribble I refuse to set eyes upon in 2021

[@zapkvr]

John Clarke is the funniest comedian has never produced. Dawe is witty. Clarke is a genius. And he is MUCH better on the ABC

[@anchorman87]

thanks for this video!

[@Desertduleler_88]

She got shafted....A journalist that asked too many hard questions I miss her.

[@louiswills475]

What beautiful woman inside and out the pricks she had to interview. She was all class.

[@louiswills475]

not all were pricks though.

[@setphaser]

should never have left television.

[@colliric]

Live television is extremely stressful.

[@hcrun]

Back in the days when ACA was a damned sight more than a TV version of a cheap gossip rag.

[@danielgentili1320]

They didn't quote Facebook or Twitter - real journalism....

[@Ozziemick]

On Wikipedia it stated that she was sacked from channel 9. Channel 9 received a lot of complaints from her sacking. Eddie McGuire was channel 9 CEO at that time.

[@msconfabulate1]

Marg Downey's impersonation of Jana Wendt is nothing short of brilliant and John Clarke and Bryan Dore are just so funny. Love them, wish we could see more of them on television. By the way what ever happened to Jana Wendt?

[@colliric]

She just got tired of television and basically retired in the mid 00s.

[@damiencook4395]

A Current Affair should now be renamed to 'Fat Tracy's Shoulderpads'

[@nicholastyler2714]

Bhahahahahahahahh I love that.

[@colonelklink8009]

😂😂😂😂😂👍🏻

[@tobytoby782]

me too

[@franzchong5889]

@@tobytoby782 they ditched those big bang theory reruns for the god awful tracey grimshaw aca.surely the figures ratings wise weren't the best and indeed all their old sitcoms were milked to death but anything is an improvement.reruns of my two dads,my two wives even caroline in the city to name but a few things in the absence of a 7pm game show.

[@MrDemoncrusher]

Thanks Damien for the best laugh this week.

[@tamacotamaco]

'miss Jana 'miss John Clarke 🌟

[@georgiehollander2199]

ANOTHER MISTAKE OF CHANNEL 9 - JANA, ONE OF THE BEST JOURNALISTS THIS COUNTRY HAS EVER HAD !!!!

[@stupendous1068]

Bon anniversaire Jana Wendt!!

[@RoughJustice2k18]

Jana Wendt - the reason ACA worked back then (and partly where Marg Downey got her inspiration for parodying her in Fast Forward). Tracy Grimshaw - not a good choice as ACA host nowadays (she isn't as warm or charming in her interview techniques as Jana was).

[@colliric]

Tracy's fine, it's the content that's shit.

[@alexbeloved2010]

Can someone tell me the name of the song and singer in 7:11.

[@juju-lips323]

Alex Love The Day you went away - Wendy Matthews

[@billygillan821]

Don't know who she is , but love he pan look face.

[@colliric]

One of Australia's most iconic Current Affairs program hosts ever.

[@BaMenace]

Jana... off her chops..

[@alexbeloved2010]

I found it Wendy Matthew. I just wrote the words of the song!

[@TheAxelay]

Yana was all class and careful enough to never try to implement her own opinion as neutral and central to it all unlike Spicer. I wonder if and when Tracy does leave, if she will be remembered for the same but ACA is God awful and cringe as well to watch these last couple of decades here...

[@harrygarden5976]

Did anyone notice that she interview Kermit The Frog?

[@zapkvr]

Love those shoulder pads. Hate Jana Vendt

[@derhampaul1117]

How olde is she now