American reacts to Hey Hey It's Saturday - Plucka Duck

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[@tacitdionysus3220]

Legacy is an organisation formed to care for the partners and children of those who lost their lives or health to war. In my case it provided my mother with a self care unit at a well run retirement village in her final years. My father was an Australian Army infantry company commander in New Guinea. He suffered from the effects of tropical diseases and everything else that went with that awful campaign, and died at a fairly young. Legacy is one of those organisations that does great work, and gets things done without much fuss or attention.

[@NeilJR]

My uncle, Sir Stanley Savige was the founder of Legacy.

[@helenanelson8578]

I still donate now, Legacy helped my family after my father died.

[@heatherlewis3713]

Legacy helps the Widows, Widowers & their children, where a partner has died during a conflict or has died from a health problem caused by that conflict. My Dad developed chronic life long health problems caused by fighting overseas during the war. My Dad died over 20 years ago & Legacy has been helping us. I go to a group every couple of months which is for grown up children of deceased veterans that have disabilities. They also have an under 18's group. My Mum & myself have been helped out a number of times. They always could do with more donations. In Australia 🇦🇺 our family is helped out Legacy Melbourne.

[@gregneil612]

🎶Plucka Duck. Plucka Duck. Not a chicken or a cow. Plucka Duck and pluck it NOW!!!!🎶

[@TimTamRipple]

Thats what we did on a Saturday night , with the whole family, in Australia. We sit back infront of the telly/tv mum and dad on the lounge/ couch , kids lying on tummies on floor with our snacks(sharing of course), and watch Hey Hey its Saturday. The best of times back then with the family and very funny with lots of laughs. I miss those days.

[@c8Lorraine1]

Loved how so much went right over kids heads. Those were the days

[@ozzeelady6029]

100% those were the days, we all loved the same fun rubbish too numerous to list. Just good laughs and fun to be silly with each other and we all knew the ‘pun lines’. Well Done Darryl and Hey Hey crew. Fabulous life we had.

[@shondra6]

Great times weren’t they ❤🇦🇺

[@h4tchetman]

Amen, some of my best childhood memories

[@kezzzz2010]

You need to show Chook lotto from Hey hey it's Saturday. Another classic game that people won prizes on. Legacy raises money for ex military families 💜🇦🇺😍🤣🤘💜

[@nikkil2580]

Plucka was VERY well behaved on that episode. He was usually a total delinquent (and hilarious).

[@gaiapurpure]

That kinda gives me the impression that multiple people had been Plucka Duck over the course of the show’s run. I don’t know if that’s actually the case, though…

[@h4tchetman]

Hahahaaa yep 😂

[@indigocheetah4172]

Plucka Duck is hilarious. A funny and silly show when the ducks go flying , sometimes . Good arvo, Ryan and your family.

[@megsybond]

Red Faces and Plucka Duck are great, but to me, the best part of Hey Hey was Ozzie Ostrich and Dickie Knee. They were hilarious!

[@c8Lorraine1]

Oh dickie knee was a laugh a second.

[@djgrant8761]

You can’t discount John Blackman.

[@megsybond]

@@djgrant8761 Not at all - he was Dickie knee! I also loved Mrs MacGillicuddy.

[@djgrant8761]

@@megsybond I loved his voice overs. His sarcasm and humour was so good. I miss Hey, Hey. It was always a good Saturday night. The other one I loved seeing was the late Ricky May.

[@megsybond]

@@djgrant8761 Me too. No one was going out before it finished, and with the right crowd, it was a great start to the night! Problem was, taxis were hard to get straight after it finished - because everyone had called one then! lol. 😆

[@prussianpolydactyl836]

My favourite Plucka moment was when he gave the contestant a heap of Plucka merchandise, then asked for money. When Darryl told him he can't charge the contestant, he took the stuff back.

[@jo902100]

My Aunty won a bed on pluck a duck

[@Androclese16]

I'm beginning to think your getting rich on the back of our countries golden era... Of course he doesn't talk.....he's a DUCK

[@gregmccallum3124]

The original Pluck-a-duck spinning thing, they used whole fresh chickens, like from KFC. It got a bit messy and smelly so they switched to the plush ones.

[@vivianhull3317]

They were frozen

[@andemaiar]

Omg really? I didn't know that. I wasn't born when the show started.

[@c8Lorraine1]

Oh I remember that.

[@gregmccallum3124]

@@vivianhull3317 I was young when it started, I didn't realise they were frozen. I just remembered whole real chickens.

[@AB-zf6by]

That was a different segment called Chook Lotto.

[@reannejarvis9464]

Legacy helps the orphaned children of dead defence forces people. I’m sure someone else knows and can explain better

[@dianaperry1929]

Most Aussies watched this before going out on the town(when it was on Saturday Night)❤❤❤❤❤ed it…

[@paulyjbluey6408]

Hey Hey was Hey Hey... You can't really explain it coz it just evolved

[@skullcap2668]

He's a extremely rude duck in some

[@aussiebornandbred]

And that's exactly why we loved him lol

[@prussianpolydactyl836]

My favourite Plucka moment was when he gave the contestant a heap of Plucka merchandise, then asked for money. When Darryl told him he can't charge the contestant, he took the stuff back.

[@andrewkent650]

Or the theme song as we sung it at school 40 odd years ago: F@#k a duck, f@#k a duck. Not a chicken or a cow! F@#k a duck and f@#k it NOW!

[@garryellis3085]

Thanks Ryan you transported this old bloke back in time. Cheers 🙂

[@scottpearson7257]

Please play more Pluck a Duck It was hilarious. Hey Hey it's Saturday was a brilliant show. There's nothing fun on tv anymore. I'm in my 60's now and I still piss myself laughing at these clips. 😂😂😂❤

[@amygone2pot]

Ryan, have you even seen Red playing in Skyhooks? He wasn’t the worlds greatest guitarist, but you need to see him. Sk😮yhooks had some great songs. Horror Movie is a good one.

[@refuciusref3283]

😂 oh yeah, those the days... before we turned into snowflakes ❄️ 😅

[@djshotty]

We lost Hey Hey It's Saturday show announcer (and the voice of Dickie Knee) John Blackman yesterday to a heart attack. The country is in mourning.

[@pragmatic-e2z]

I am so so so glad I was a kid watching shows like this and grew up without social media.....or even a mobile phone!

[@kirk5152]

OMG.....(Midday with Kerri-Anne) Who the hell would waste good VHS tape recording that trollop's show. 😂

[@wesleygalvin9983]

G'day mate! Hey Hey was absolutely MUST watch TV!! Starting as a children's show, it became more adult in later years. And Plucker was hilarious. He was very very naughty.... LOL

[@katetoner3077]

I used to like the chook lotto....

[@johnhorler8330]

You need to have a look at Roy and HG, particularly their Olympic Games shows... particularly Speed skating and gymnastics...

[@kirk5152]

The battered Sav!! 😂🤪🤣

[@michelleclark79709]

Plucka Duck, Eed Faces and Chook Lotto were some of the most popular segments on Hey Hey. I don’t think we ever knew who was inside the duck suit.

[@davidbarlow6860]

Crystal.

[@100thousanddollhairs3]

Was ruzsle golbert

[@nikkil2580]

It was Mark McGahan, whoever that was. Just googled it 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@meenaz1934]

​@@100thousanddollhairs3wasn't Russell Gilbert cos they did appearances together

[@guyb7995]

@@nikkil2580 Yep, I used to swim train with him back in the day. Occasionally you saw him in shots when they showed off to the side out back stage. He was one of the crew,

[@deadkodo]

Ahh the good old days. Everyone loves Plucka Duck. I had a Hey Hey sweatshirt and true story lost it during a Nirvana concert at the Sydney Hordern Pavilion.

[@kevo6190]

That's Soo Grunge 🤣🤘

[@gorillaau]

I'm sorry that some low life swiped it. Iconic logo for the time..

[@someguy2972]

You shoulda used the cloak room mate!

[@andrewsyd]

😂😂 It hadn’t occurred to me that you had not yet encountered Plucka! These segments were always a highlight of the show each week and were often much funnier than this example.

[@RushiAnton]

Yep Australia's Saterday night ritual watch Hey Hey, preload on alchohol or get high or both then hit the nightclub til 3am then hit the kababs or hot dog stands before cabbing it home or at some randoms home to keep partying! Ah the memories!

[@kevo6190]

Plucka was a friggin menace!🤣🤣🤣

[@56music64]

Legacy supports returned serviceman or women who may be suffering from health problems and/or PTSD or families of those who died during battle or have died leaving a family. My ex mother-in-law, whose husband served in WWII, became a widow at a young age, she had 8 kids and Legacy gave her a huge refrigerator and helped her family's daily lives in other ways also.

[@TanyaDolan]

For more laughs look up a TV series called 'Fast Foward'. Actor Eric Bana was introduced through this show.

[@judithstrachan9399]

Also ‘Full Frontal’. Same crew, mostly.

[@c8Lorraine1]

Check out the action of Pluck as he rides the bicycle. Plucker is the comedy. The prizes are the advertising revenue for the show. There is so much more to Hey Hey . All segments. It started as a “ children’s show “ on Saturday morning, but as adults enjoyed the show more, they discovered the show was being recorded for viewing in the evening. So they changed some of their segments and cleverly woven adult material that could slip by tv censorship in the 90s. Darrel has a female co-host , the banter can be hilariously funny. The show ran for about ten years, from memory.

[@fathom6424]

I think this whole segment was all about toying with how closely they can come to suggesting the word 'fuck'.

[@c8Lorraine1]

The entire show was about how close to being thrown off tv , this show would taunt the censorship board. I think we all enjoyed

[@floydster23]

Plucka! That mad duck.

[@gavinbraid242]

Mad is an understatement 😂

[@kermit30au]

Loved this show and watched it when I wasn't working. My most favourite was Red Faces, Plucka Duck, Celebrity Head and a segment where they showed funny photos taken by the public. If you want to see a funny bit about Plucka Duck is when he stuck into Lords.

[@racheltrezise1132]

Used to love what cheeses me off too

[@aileenbell2248]

Plucka was the best 😂

[@Ash-nq1qo]

oh i miss hey hey, best show ever for its time, was a family affair to watch it.

[@bluedog1052]

Legacy is a non profit organisation and was set up in 1923 by ex servicemen to help support the families of men and women who were killed in WW1, which now supports through any 'warlike' conflict and also the death of Defence personnel who die from service related injuries. It's a great organisation. Where you paused it at the end, that show would have been the 'Kerri-Ann Kennelly' show, a boring midday TV show, trying to compete with channel 9s Midday with Ray Martin. So why it even appears on a VHS tape has my mind baffled lol. But Plucka was hilarious.

[@prussianpolydactyl836]

I'm guessing the Kerri-Ann show was what was previously recorded on that tape.

[@plukkaduck8347]

haha, brings back memories to this old fart ;)

[@debman142]

Hey Hey was popular because you had your mates around and half watch while you 'pre-loaded' ready to go out to nightclubs after it was over. The more you loaded, the funnier it got.

[@michaelmayo9048]

I was going to say the same ..except l was waiting to go back to do lights or sound for bands in night clubs and pubs ..in Melbourne

[@c8Lorraine1]

Remember Saturday mornings the original time slot before the adult content often put them on a slippery slope with tv censorship and moved to evenings . Remember when we would record the whole show on VHS

[@davidbarlow6860]

@@c8Lorraine1 Saturday morning recovery from Friday night, was fantastic. Went down hill with the change of time.

[@michaelmayo9048]

Pluka gets a bit fiesty if girls come on to do a spin

[@Oliver_Cumberland]

I'm glad you've discovered and like "Hey, hey" Ryan. Although it started out in 1971 (?) as a Saturday morning kids' show it ended up as an early Saturday evening show that was arguably more suited for adults, I know plenty of people for whom is was a must-watch before their Saturday night out. And it was a favourite of the stoned - a pink Ozzie ostrich! From the very beginning of Australian TV there were comedy shows that pushed the edge. "Hey, hey" and Aggro simply followed on from : " The Mavis Bramston Show " - "Program Introduction"; "Male Fashion Show" Graham Kennedy nicknamed "The King" was host of many shows from the 1950s on - there is an 11.30min clip of "Graham Kennedy Coast to Coast" on youtube' there are also a few of Kennedy doing commercials live as part of the show: a dog food one. Heinz Soups; . Aunty Jack - known for the slogan "I'll rip your bloody arms off", for the song "Farewell Aunty Jack" and for "Aunty Jack Introduces Colour TV to Australia" (with a young Gary McDonald aka Norman Gunston as Kid Eager),

[@JohnLee-pt5jz]

I agree with you, hey, hey, was a must watch show back in the day.😊

[@barrythomas5787]

You would be better searching for chook lotto which was back in the 80s. A lot funnier.

[@LovesChild316]

With Jackie!

[@denisemangan1413]

Loved your facial expressions & comments. 🤣🇦🇺🇺🇸🐥

[@leahgabrielle4255]

It's not Red, he's like 6"2 or something like that.

[@aussiebornandbred]

I always thought it might be Russell Gilbert,,?.?

[@leahgabrielle4255]

I thought it may be the guy who does Agro, they both have a wicked filthy mind

[@leahgabrielle4255]

It was actually a guy called Mark McGahan. I've never heard of him.

[@aussiebornandbred]

@@leahgabrielle4255 I've never heard of him either 😆

[@Jessie20032]

😂😂😂😂😂 love plucka duck sooo funny!!!!! The best show ever

[@misswiseone]

Love Pluck-a-duck! And Hey Hey it's Saturday! I highly reccomend watching Rove Live videos, was my fave show back in the day, especially the "What The" segment haha Also any Hamish and Andy videos! Especially the Gorilla Zoo one!!! 😂

[@heatherwardell2501]

A couple of hours of trashy tv is wonderful. They had good bands and lots of fun. I notice people are doing reactions to Skyhooks now so I got to see Red playing guitar with full make-up and looking good; you might want to check it out Ryan.

[@paulyjbluey6408]

who is reacting to Skyhooks?????? It's quintessential Aussie entertainment!!!!!!

[@jenniferharrison8915]

He's living in the Seventies! 😂

[@bblake5116]

I know Kay Dodds from Millaa Millaa, it’s the next town over from mine

[@troycunningham8645]

Originally I remember a giant lottery style cage Plucka would spin and pop out 1 of the numbered frozen chooks

[@bblake5116]

Plucka duck plucka duke, it’s not a chicken or a cow, plucka duck and pluck him now.

[@janinemuller9792]

Didn't Jackie mc Donald do chook lotto with plucka and frozen chickens ??

[@jjmac83]

Reckon you can watch a segment from Roy and HG during the 2000 Sydney Games?

[@darneyoung537]

Loved hey hey it’s Saturday you’d sit back on Saturday Night it was good entertainment ❤️❤️🇦🇺🐨🐨🇦🇺

[@lynnedoyle3654]

You are not going to be able to cope with this, Plucka is of the charts.

[@susansalafia2729]

This show was not the best one. Pluka can be quite rude but funny. You need to watch a couple more before you form an opinion.

[@shaneconnors757]

Take a Look at Graham Kennedy/Don Lane,late night shows

[@jaydubbelyoo]

Legacy is for widows and family of veterans killed in battle. My aunty worked for them. They make a delicious Xmas pudding and the money goes to supporting them.

[@miniveedub]

Not just in battle. If a war veteran dies earlier than they otherwise would have because of a medical condition that resulted from their war service their spouse is considered a War Widow and is also helped by Legacy.

[@tonymc55]

Yeah, get with it mate. It's not a Nee-Sarn. It's a Niss'n. As in p!ss'n.

[@zephyrmj]

That was a fairly tame episode. Often Plucka went around humping anything that moved on set!

[@adwood201]

Plucka was chaotic and manic.... Boatloads of fun!

[@withinjapan2024]

The word should be "was" a 3 hour show.. canned cos an American moaned about the show as it was "offensive" to Americans

[@Marcus_from_OZ]

Hey Hey was originally on from 8AM to 11AM as a Kids Show (for adults) in 1977.

[@continental_drift]

2022 Nissan Patrol (not diesel) pricing and specifications Priced from $82,160 before on-road costs

[@jeffbrooks8024]

Funniest thing was when they put an electric motor on the wheel Also I was lucky enough to spend a night with Plucka when I wS in Bali last year. He runs a bar there. Big shout out to Plucka

[@artistjoh]

BTW Macleay is a Scots name and is pronounced M'Clay, not M'Clee. There can't have been much Scottish migration to the US so you are unfamiliar with Scottish pronunciations, but we are quite used to Scottish names here in Australia. There was a famous Macleay in Sydney during colonial times. He was an important naturalist, in communication with Darwin, because he had the world's largest collection of Pacific, New Zealand, and Australian specimens of birds, insects, and sea-life, which became, after his death, the foundation collection of the Macleay Museum. I often drive down Macleay Street, and sometimes go past his house, which is also now a museum. An illustrious name for someone to have. As a bit of trivia, Australia is home to the only capital city in the world named after Charles Darwin.

[@Rusty_Gold85]

Yanks are atrocious with name pronunciation unless its one syllable

[@tropicsalt.]

The Stig is in the costume. I thought everyone knew this was his first appearance on TV.

[@jasongovett347]

I got the opportunity to see Hey Hey it's Saturday live in the channel 9 studios where they film it in Melbourne in 1998 and the second half of the show we got seats in the audience as we were in Red Faces that night as contestants. We were told that the guy in the duck suit that his name was Steve. That's all I know.

[@brettbloodyhell2707]

Hey Hey It's Saturday is much more than red faces, i think the show went for about 2 hours each episode

[@ndingo]

Hey hey its Saturday was normally a 2hr show 6:30pm till 8:30

[@gradiuzg8437]

Got to Love good old Pluka, Full of energy. 😁

[@heatherfruin5050]

Have you seen Dicky Knee?

[@zwieseler]

The number on the duck could be the same as the number on the wheel….

[@PaulMurrayCanberra]

Have you had a look at "Hug The Sun" yet? It takes a couple of episodes to get into it.

[@6226superhurricane]

ol mate won a sweet diesel steam cleaner water blaster and a wet and dry vac and swapped it for some floor rugs.

[@TheTynell1]

PLUCKA PLUCKA PLUCKA

[@lozinozz7567]

Lots of random stuff went on during this show. You won’t get a lot of the references or the characters. There’s Dicky Knee, Angel. Can’t remember the name of the old lady on the phone but most of the voices were done by John Blackman.

[@jansmith3610]

It was Mrs McGillicuddy, the best toothless granny ever!!! We were so lucky to have had Hey Hey. An Aussie Classic 🐨🤠🦘.

[@SuzyTrippa]

Watch some classic Dicky Knee or Angel, even Mrs McGillucuddy all from Hey Hey

[@jenniferharrison8915]

Take a Chance Ryan! 😁🦜 I think it is Willy the sax player! 🎷 Wow great prizes! 🧐🤔 More, more ... A Music segment? 🙋👍

[@aussiebornandbred]

Nah, i don't think its Wilbur, cos he's very tall, and Darryl is a short arse, compare plucka and Daz side by side, about the same height, I reckon it was Russell Gilbert?..???

[@jenniferharrison8915]

@@aussiebornandbred Ok yeah, Russell was a regular and a bit looney! 😂

[@nephilimslayer73]

Wow, mate, don’t show a sense of humour or anything, geez. That show was a classic, we watched it every Saturday night and my daughter literally cried when the final show ended. I don’t expect a modern, entitled yank to get the humour. Rolling your eyes just sealed that deal. Many American guests on that show loved it and we loved them. ❤️💯🇦🇺

[@alicraig979]

Plucka Duck, Dickie Knee, Chook Lotto, Red Faces (who can forget the Bobsled team) ? Growing up Australian = very lucky, and no knee-sawn's anywhere 😂

[@petermcculloch4933]

Plucka a duck is rhyming slang for an Australian expression, used when surprised.If you replace the pl in Plucka with an F, you get the original slang term.

[@nickislade5533]

And you can still buy similar at BBQ galore lol Think any type of flooring and $2000 worth

[@gregoryparnell2775]

It was a gas grill with hardwood table & chairs

[@suzetteperkins1089]

❤❤❤❤❤❤LOVE PLUCKER

[@BushTerrors]

The woman with the dark hair at the end was Kerri-Anne Kennerley on The Midday Show (which you must have taped over) with a similar 'wheel' segment. The hair was definitely fake!

[@sharonboyle3573]

My son and his wife went to see hey hey and when plucka ran down to do his segment my son actually did pluck plucka. We still have the tail feather. You should watch the chook lotto segment it’s even funnier.

[@deedixon660]

Plucks was all Aussies Fave Plucka was rude irreverent lil duck always making rude gestures his

[@_johnnys_life]

Plucka was sooo funny!!!! Hey Hey was so big in australia wish it was still on!

[@Briannafrancis-e9g]

Ryan, you missed the humping part the duck did before he got drunk 😂

[@Goatcha_M]

When I was a kid I'd watch Red Faces and nothing else. Most of it was just boring music numbers and talk about bands anyway. But Plucka Duck was fun, as was Celebrity Heads and any time Ozzie Ostrich or Dicky Knee were on screen.

[@snakezdewiggle6084]

Is that seriously a sticky fly trap hanging from your ceiling ?

[@wendylinsen3900]

You’ve gotta find the best of Plucka Duck.

[@leandabee]

Loved pluckaduck, was my favourite character. It's been known that sometimes when hearing or seeing something in disbelief one would say f....aduck in exclamation, so a play on words here was brilliant😅😅. I've still got my pluckaduck doll ❤❤

[@rongt859]

The bird with attitude

[@katieeasley3945]

I just moved back to Oz from living in GORGEOUS sunny California ..... now it's winter here and my bare floors would LOVE some rugs!!! OMG I miss the "innocent days" of Hey Hey!!! (but yeah - what were the writers smokin'??? 🤣)

[@artistjoh]

Writers? They had writers? I had the impression that they had a rough schedule to follow, but the rest was unscripted ad-libbing, and that was the source of both their best and worst moments.

[@katieeasley3945]

@@artistjoh yeah you're probably correct. I've just spent too long in Hollywood-land where nothing is produced without "writers" ..... not anymore at least!

[@c8Lorraine1]

Try had a rough sheet and John Blackman. They used an artist for those quick drawings that we laughed so much about.

[@will_274]

Yes you definitely need to do more pluck a duck episodes 👍👍😀

[@chrisacworth]

Watch a Australia game show Wheel of fortune

[@MsZumbah]

Plucka was awesome! Still a fav of mine. Surprisingly well behaved on this clip...hehe