Hey Hey it's Saturday | Rodney Rude | 1984

It would be Rude not to play this performance from the man himself..Mr Rodney Rude.
This is from Episode 13, 1984
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[@wotthe9424]

I went to one of his shows and we were all waiting in line when his van arrived. We all started chanting "Rodney Rodney Rodney" He pulled out a megaphone and replied in his unique voice " Why don't you all go and get f***ed.." We were all in stitches. Forever a fan.

[@AstrosElectronicsLab]

LOL! I would have loved to been there!!

[@MaxT80]

LOL!!!!!!

[@venger265hemi6]

Back in the late `80s at my local Club in Wollongong, me and my mates were going upstairs to his Show. So being aware of his antics, if you get up and go to the Loo he will put shite on you. So we were smart , we went to the loo first. But in walks Roney and goes into a Cubicle. One of the Older guys gives Rod heaps, whilst he is a tad busy. And Rod outgave give him heaps .LOL. Then when he got upstairs in stage he apologised for being late , he said he was harrassed by local Idiots while he was dropping a Turd. LOL. he mentioned, "i had to endure the Idiots or drop a great big Turd up here, What do you want ?" In all the shows from Artists ive seen, he is the Aussie Best

[@farnorth9075]

Can’t believe that was 40 years ago! I remember as a teenage hiding Rodney Ride tapes in my bedroom. I would listen to them and piss myself laughing. What a Aussie legend!

[@_Only_Zuul]

I had that purple Rodney Rude tape, played it so much wore it out lol lezzo had amnesia forget she was a lezzo!🤣😂

[@briansewart5885]

I went to a RR show on my Bucks night and won a door prize of 3 VHS tapes, which he signed. One of the says "Brian you prick" haha. After we went out to town in Adelaide and his brother was drinking at one of the bars. Never really could confirm it was his brother, but he reckoned he drove his truck around with him.

[@baabaabaa-yp2jh]

​@@briansewart5885Seen Rodney at Victor Harbor, he was doing his Half Rude thingo and fell off the stage!! My guts hurt for 3 days!!

[@Me4-gc8qs]

Best part when your parents took away your copy not realizing you made 2 or 3 copies in case you got caught.

[@briansewart5885]

@@baabaabaa-yp2jh The fun lasted years, we would quote things in certain situations for years after... ie. ripping off a pearler.. or if asked if you had something "well, as a matter of fact... I do have!" I am not sure how this comedy would fly today, but back in the day was just hilarious. helped being a 20 something year old working long hours around the best aussie yobbos on the planet!

[@DerhamPaul-vo8fr]

He's 81 now time goes 2 quick slow down

[@briansewart5885]

wow. thats terrifying! lets not do the Math ok? haha!

[@cvwagon]

Can he still tour?

[@briansewart5885]

@@cvwagon Unfortunately, I think he would be cancelled these days. But I read something many years ago that he wasn't interested in performing anymore, retired. I think he is quite a private person, not much of a peep about him in ages.

[@ken9576]

OMG! Now I really feel old. Loved a night out seeing rude back in the day

[@MrDanjacs]

@@cvwagon I saw him live about 10 years ago, it was his goodbye tour. It was a good show.

[@competitionglen]

This bloke and Kevin Bloody Wilson are legends of 80's and 90's aussie comedy.

[@grahamsneyd4208]

Im a mad fan of Rodney rude and kbw what absolute legends 😂😂😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉

[@grahamsneyd4208]

Get rude on 😆😆

[@grahamsneyd4208]

It's Kevin bloody Wilson's birthday on Tuesday the 13th February 🤪 cheers to the funny bastard himself good ol kevvy hope he gets the best cake 🍰🤤 3 cheers to Kevin Bloody Wilson... Hip hip hooray 🍾🎉🎉🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🍻 hbd Kev 👍😎 you legend 😉

[@MrMarkguth]

Col Elliott was great too

[@joeiezzi2368]

And dont forget Austyntashus

[@jococentralcoastaustralia7149]

This is from back in the day when Australia was the lucky country. It was a pleasure to live and laugh and love. Today is a very sad indictment of the past. Bring back the good old days FFS please

[@redherring6154]

You mean back before snowflakes and mixed genders eh

[@Toggymok]

I could not agree more mate, well said. That was a golden Era. We were daggy, we took the piss out of ourselves, nobody got offended.

[@michaelhogan2071]

I totally agree 100%

[@elisolomon8741]

I hear you, Joco. Its bittersweet to see this clip and remember what we once had that is no more. Lets live in hope. Although I do fear its past the point of no return.

[@jimmyriddle5246]

100% . And after you'd finished seeing Rodney, you'd go and watch Kevin Bloody Wilson. Great times

[@howardwarren7683]

I'd forgotten just how well Rodney could actually sing.

[@Will-nb8qk]

you’re kidding aren’t you

[@rickyelvis3215]

@@Will-nb8qkyou don’t think so ?

[@Will-nb8qk]

@@rickyelvis3215 Can’t sing and isn’t funny. It’s actually horrible.

[@lookingupwithwonder]

He's a great vocalist. I am really impressed by his pitch and control

[@markdouglas9182]

Rodney is an outstanding singer - I'd imagine he sung in bands for quite a few years before he went into comedy?!

[@roberttatnell4991]

Wow he cleaned that up a bit.!! 😅

[@jesusislukeskywalker4294]

🚬🤠 the dude played a show at waterford tavern in logan city in 1988 or so.. the cops had the entire hotel surrounded….. staked out… it was absolutely amazing ☝️❤️🙏 the crowd was going nuts.. he played from start to finish.. everyone had a great time… no arrests as far as i remember… one of the toughest crowds ☝️📈🔭🐥

[@timjones7482]

Same thing on happened the Gold Coast because of his profanity

[@darrenmac6146]

Lol I saw him at the Perth concert hall and he had signs put on all entries say”humans only, no pigs” 😂

[@grantharrismusic]

He was charged with profanity in 87. The law firm in Brisbane where I worked over the summer holidays was defending him against those charges. From that point on he was a marked man in and around Brisbane.

[@geoffreyrudd448]

I remember arriving in Brisbane at the start of 88. I was going to mention he was wasn't welcomed by the police.

[@moonboy5851]

@@grantharrismusic lol charged with profanity

[@millymosis]

Take me back to these days pleeeeaaaaasssee. Get rude on!! get rude on!!

[@JoshPhoenix11]

Wow I never knew he had a voice like that, I don't think i've heard anything quite like it.

[@smithy280663]

he had a cult following in the UK back in the day..........talented, clever, funny and an underrated singer & musician.....

[@BlairSauer]

Rodney Rude, the epitome of Australian comedy. Such a legend.

[@kaiberberich1]

He wasn't everyone's cup of tea... but he was mine 🤣

[@BlairSauer]

@@kaiberberich1 No. Not everyone liked him. But all in all, the majority of people liked him.

[@timn4481]

god help us if this was/is the epitome. i remember watching this at the time..not funny.

[@Me4-gc8qs]

In the later years his live shows just become gay, racist and female hate jokes. @@kaiberberich1

[@Me4-gc8qs]

Oh did you not get the jokes? @@spizzajay

[@LIKEFUNK]

He was the bomb in his time in Australia for sure...he set the bar very high and nobody has dared reach it even yet....tastefully rude but still couldn't be censored even back then!!! -that takes genius planning especially when its not noticed as you try to breathe watching and listening to his antics...he had a much testier show when in a pub though....loved him!!! always appropriate in his surroundings.

[@robrichardson1284]

I’m sure he was told to calm it down a bit for prime time.. Still wouldn’t be able some of it now with the lefties in control 😜

[@baabaabaa-yp2jh]

​@@robrichardson1284 "The Lefties in control"!?! Costello runs channel 9...a real deadset lefty!! FMD!!

[@nunyabizzness6468]

True Aussie icon right here...absolute legend. I think the cancel culture and all the nanny's this day and age will have a heart attack lol.

[@DanielKing-dk5nr]

lol seriously lol that was not an act he put on, that's his personality and attitude for real.

[@TheMidlifeIntrovert]

And all without any “C” or “F” bombs!

[@IanGorton]

Well he had to tone it down for television

[@rickyelvis3215]

seriously good voice!

[@NeilJR]

He was a neighbour of mine. Couldn’t have met a nicer bloke. Completely different from his stage persona.

[@abyssmanur3965]

I bought the album back in the day ... 30 years later my son took the album to one of Rodneys shows and got it autographed for me 😊, Thanks Son and thanks Rodney👍

[@FrankSimon-n6o]

He is a legend I have seen him live he makes anyone laugh you are the king of comedy 😜😜😜

[@sergiozammel8261]

The god 'ol days when you could have a laugh without the stazi coming around for square dancing in a round house.

[@danielherbig397]

Wow, back in the day when you could have a sense of humour and people wouldn't get offended at everything. Can we please have that time back again

[@jamesfrench7299]

I haven't seen this since it aired and it's 2024. This was my first exposure to Rodney Rude. I'll never forget it. Thy more more more part stayed the most and that was my sentiment exactly.

[@juliuscaesar2583]

Aussie's best comedian of the time,

[@jesusislukeskywalker4294]

he is great.. him and norman gunstan ☝️❤️🙏

[@jackko21]

@@jesusislukeskywalker4294 and pomy johnson

[@kermitthehermit9588]

Not even close. Carl Barron is the greatest

[@Aaron-og2wx]

@@kermitthehermit9588 He said "off his time" Carl is awesome but was probably fixing roof's around this time! Kevin Bloody Wilson and Paul Hogan where also great

[@kermitthehermit9588]

@@Aaron-og2wx yeah I miss read that as “of all time” I dunno I loved KBW and Rodney rude when I was about 12 years old. They’re a bit cringe now

[@emp731]

Well that era of Australia is gone.Its never coming back..

[@briansewart5885]

worse, it is getting buried.

[@cvwagon]

And growing over with daisies

[@whocanmakeyourwholeweek7272]

before everyone became soft and offended by everything. 🍻

[@algoormay8430]

Oh Rodney.Still a breath of fresh air after so many years.

[@jackmag4056]

For the comments saying he’s not funny , it’s because he has to tone it down for tv , the guys a legend

[@steve1234596]

I agree mate the family show didn’t help 👍

[@Dixienormus2024]

Was lucky enough to see him live twice…..bought a shirt at both shows and got him to sign them…..can’t wear them in public though after the kind message he wrote on them

[@markw6586]

Hmm well hung plough boy sung to Glen Camphells Rhinestone Cowboy is brilliant, long live Rodney.

[@RoughJustice2k18]

That Glen Campbell parody is on his "I Got More" album from 1985.

[@DerhamPaul-vo8fr]

Gee 1984 I was 12 I'm 52 now

[@jesusislukeskywalker4294]

❤ stay cool buddy 🚬😎

[@redherring6154]

I had his tapes and Kubin bloody Wilson tapes around then, I was 10 in ‘84haha

[@RoughJustice2k18]

I was 15 and in high school in 1984 ... I'd bought his "Live" album on cassette as a birthday gift to myself, but because I lived at home back then, I had to hide it from my mother. She did find it (result of her being nosy) but I told her it was educational material/homework (she believed me!). 😁🙃

[@wazowski6709]

You know what I hate? You know what I hate? I hate that I remember watching this on the tellie, and now I'm 55! Time goes too quickly, I hate that yeeeeeeah!

[@baabaabaa-yp2jh]

And Cats!!

[@RoughJustice2k18]

and Rolf Harris (Rodney did a song about him)@@baabaabaa-yp2jh

[@ighfee]

The comedy video store was the highlight of our week on Groote. This was the 80s mate 😜

[@cjod33]

From a far better time in Australia.😢

[@duellingscarguevara]

How'd we get from there, to here?. (Got me buggered..liberal governments?).

[@MrDanjacs]

​@@duellingscarguevarayep, the downward spiral started with Howard and kept on going.

[@duellingscarguevara]

@@MrDanjacs that's where, "what we say" , and, " what we do", parted company?., from what I could see..

[@allanmaccaul1465]

I remember finding my dads Rodney cassette at 8yo and would listen to it all the time 🤣🤣 I was a massive fan until around 2000ish when he just ran out of talent.. But i have great memories of him and onow most of his jokes word for word..

[@RoughJustice2k18]

Rodney Rude and Billy "12th Man" Birmingham ... just two of my favourite classic Aussie comedy legends from the '80s and '90s. 😇

[@barrycuda3769]

I saw him in Queenstown nz in 1990 , someone in the audience made the mistake of touching his foot , Rodney got upset ,and really belittled the guy ,he also suggested that the rest of the audience would be likely to beat the tar out of him ,if he ended the show early.

[@AstrosElectronicsLab]

Rodney was always funny. My favorite skit was off one of his alblums. I was sitting in McDonald's the other day, and who should walk in? Pauline Hansen. Pauline Hansen?!! I called out the the mc-manager, I said: "mc-manager?! mc-bloody-well mc-get over here. Get rid of that mc-woman! You already have a red-headed mc-clown!"

[@airshredder7314]

He makes my eyes water every time I hear him 😂😂

[@glasshalffull8471]

Those old school vacuum cleaners are dangerous, I remember getting my knob caught in one when I was a teenager, I made sure to get an upright vac when I got my own place, that wasn't gonna happen again.

[@Ace-ns9co]

We went to his "Ya Mum's Bum" show about 20 yrs ago. He played ukulele while dressed as a cop and bouncing on a huge blow up arse! Great show and we had a blast. Love the Rude.

[@ellesmerewildwood4858]

I went to one of Rodney's shows back in the 90s, it was an hour and a half of side splitting, teary eyed, couldn't breathe from laughing too hard, laugh-fest back in the days when comedians were actually allowed to be funny and people didn't get offended at everything. Yes, the days before woke. Best wishes to you Rodney, thanks for the laughs.

[@joeborg5092]

Yes 100% Bro. I've been to several of his shows and deadset I left with cramps with all the laughter. Now days the comedian have to hold back due to this political correction bullshit.

[@rule3039]

Saw RR three times in Adelaide. Twice at Lennies Tavern and The Old Lion in late 80's and early 90's. The guy is an Aussie legend.

[@markdouglas9182]

"and I hate toll collectors, they sit on their fat arses all day.. They got their sandwiches in there too the bastards.. next time I go through a toll booth Im gonna paint a funnel web spider silver - yeaaahhhh"

[@SteveStokesCouselling]

Not another bloody hat ! Got a cramp ! Always loved that joke.

[@brettm.s.1169]

If anyone in the audience was 30, they’re now 70. Sad.

[@lnyrny3]

I remember meeting him at Glenelg Beach years ago in the early 90s had a great chat and walked around with him and his 2 crew members for a few hours. Funny fucker. Great night

[@grahamsneyd4208]

😂😂😂 Rodney rude is very funny sadly he no longer does his satire comedy shows but I have his albums off Spotify and KZbin 😂😂😂❤

[@duellingscarguevara]

Hope that shirts waterproof, cause that ties a pisser. (A Rodney joke.)

[@Cabbage62]

Good old days. Now everyone is serious and sheep.

[@michaelhogan2071]

Rodney Rude along with Kevin Bloody Wilson was proper Aussie humour. The modern day humour is way too bland and governed by woke ideology. What a shame humour is dead and buried. I wish they'd bring it back. We could do with a bit of escapism from all that's going wrong

[@IanGorton]

Here here to that. Just glad I got to see both of them a few times.

[@Me4-gc8qs]

Why did 1984 Melbourne look like the 70's?

[@gazza116]

back when the world was normal

[@GrooberNedJardine]

Certainly the Rude had to clean it up for TV , as Rude would say That makes it HARD .

[@WacKEDmaN]

get Rude on!

[@NewFalconerRecords]

His vocal talent is pretty amazing. The jokes were good here (toned down for a Hey Hey audience). But if you really listen to what he does at the very end, he is a real fan of old time blues and is able to deliver it perfectly.

[@mrclaytron]

I just know Rodney would have been struggling to control the F-Bombs haha. What a legend.

[@457bananas4567]

Funny when ppl in the comments say stuff like he couldn't do his stuff these days without getting cancelled blah blah.....when at the time he was getting arrested for making cops jokes.

[@Will-nb8qk]

I’m half way through and got no idea why they’re laughing. Weird

[@robhardy7059]

@@Will-nb8qk you quite obviously haven’t seen Rodney in a live uncensored Stand up Gig then rofl 🤣

[@retroray58warby98]

Those were the days. Good times!

[@JohnJullien-w4t]

Rod was our neighbour when he lived in Jamberoo. He is like that all the time😊

[@AstrosElectronicsLab]

Lol, and his different variations of "I hate that"... "I hate when I'm driving and I go to spit out the window but the window's shut..."

[@melissalove2463]

Rodney is no where near as funny when he’s censored ! I saw him when i was 20 & 6mnths pregnant then I next saw him with my then 20 yr old son 20 yrs later ! He was funny , one of my best memories of my son so far ! 💞👍🏻❤️👍🏻💞

[@mrmr1964]

So good. Very funny 😅

[@rochford59]

Dirty little Bastard😮...just the way we like him!!😜👍

[@anth123ish]

Thanks this bought back some memories

[@markdouglas9182]

'the cuckoo in the clock he's going tick tick tock, c'mon baby and grab my... hat..... there aint nobody home but me..' classic Rodney for mainstream TV!

[@stujd1539]

Anyone got a limerick?

[@whocanmakeyourwholeweek7272]

yep it will get deleted though.

[@yobesondieki1]

Ok, I’ll do one!

[@whocanmakeyourwholeweek7272]

@@yobesondieki1 ill do one too

[@simonross8416]

Didn't laugh once. It's not really my type of humour. Comedy is subjective to the individual.

[@Bluepillphil-d1w]

Didn’t realise HeyHey went to nights in 84. Thought it was later. Must’ve just happened because he said Hey hey it’s Saturday night.

[@matt54321100]

Really not that funny. Good voice but that's about it. A good indictment of how desperate and uncultured Australian entertainment was. Just because people laugh in the audience it doesn't mean it's actually funny.

[@jesusisking8502]

The video starts with a COLES advert. Totally not feeling like laughing now.

[@GLB-f7s]

I saw him with his family in the main street of my local shops one day and it was so tempting to yell out "heheheheh, f%^& yous". But I didn't.

[@Ducatirati]

He's one funny funny Fkr , he's got a good singing voice too , see him a lot in the 80s maybe late 70s 77 post

[@jtrain3113]

He’s GOAT 🐐

[@dougmaddog373]

They dont make em like that any more !

[@trevorbourke3627]

i was 16 when i first herd rodney rood smash on some mad gunju with a few mates in our mates car, 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@666garri]

I grew up watching hey hey and Rodney, and thought he was hilarious. I know now that I am wrong

[@JohnCooper-g9x]

Wow he is a treasure even without the blue words. Talent. They must have been petrified sending him on

[@RANDALL_MARS]

Head waiter….classic 😂

[@Woodbug-b7t]

1st of many?

[@krispatterson9356]

This bloke ruined comedians for me, none have ever made me laugh like Rodney

[@kachdragonfly]

lucky to have been in the audience for his live show "I Got More"

[@MichaelJames1989]

RODNEY RUDE BRUS WHAT A BLOODY LEGEND👍🏼💪🏼🖤💛❤️🇦🇺

[@howiecourt3445]

Must have been so hard for him to perform without dropping an F bomb in there!

[@fingerprint5511]

If you were in the audience at his shows and got up for any reason he'd yell at you

[@AstrosElectronicsLab]

9:24 bass player lost his cue point

[@RobbiRocks]

Sooooo spew'n he's retired from touring, Or at least that's the word on the streets.

[@briansewart5885]

a comment above says he is now 81, so hopefully he made some cashola and is now living the dream.

[@ighfee]

Rodney Rude WAS Australia.

[@gregtanner1444]

His vacuum cleaner skit doesn't suck.

[@alansimmonds9030]

Rockin Rodney....Great improv.

[@peachsncream5808]

I can’t imagine how humanity got to where it is today 🤨

[@jimmmaaay1]

shouldve called himself rodney cooked

[@quizmaster85]

Even in his "slightly toned down TV" form that night, Rodney Rude was dead-set on fire with his delivery. "Now THROW THE BLOODY (DART) BOARD AT ME!"

[@CC.DeVille]

This guy is even worse than I remember.

[@johnbell4132]

The best thing about this is he stayed in Sydney most of the time

[@rockyfimmano7077]

The Comedy Store in Sydney was a classic Aussie venue for the best at the time in comedy. Dont forget Jimmy Rice and Gary Who,absolute genius, Caringbah inn 1985.. ...HOPE NO ONE GOT OFFENDED BY SOME TRUE VINTAGE AUSSIE COMEDY TALENT... ...😂😂.WELL BAD LUCK 😂

[@geodav5700]

They wouldnt let this dude on tv "these days'

[@janmcleod8198]

Fabulous silliness 😂😅🇦🇺 7:20

[@darrengrant-lloyd190]

If a restaurant ever needed a "head" waiter and poorer service I would avoid anything to do with Red Simonds and take a chance at Rodney F'n Rudes !!! How's that for a "Fish an' Chips" comments ya Six Silly Sausage Eater...NYAHAHAHA!!

[@kaiberberich1]

This is one weird video ... And was prime time TV back in the 80's What do you guys from other countries think of our weird Aussie culture/humour from back then ???

[@southsidegamer5611]

I'm waiting for it to get funny