Hey, Fella! It’s Over. Move On

I don’t know how to feel about this guy.

Sorry? Envious? Admiring?

For those that can’t make out what’s written on the back of this car, it says “Hey, Hey it’s Saturday - proudly donated by Nissan”  (Or click to enlarge.)

Hey, Hey it’s Saturday was a show that ran for so long on Australian TV that it is possible to talk about it in terms of epochs. 

Between 1971 and 1999, Daryl Somers and Ossie Ostrich were there on the Australian landscape like a Greek Easter Island Head and his Fuzzy Pink Easter Island Ostrich. No matter what people say about Daryl, I have a soft spot for him; he reminds me a little of my Dad.

I liked the earliest incarnation, when the show was on Saturday morning. They played me The Thunderbirds and various cartoons and I am reliably informed that if you were an adult watching at the time, you would be splitting your sides at the non-stop innuendo, and if you were a kid, it sailed over your head and you just enjoyed the colour and movement.

I never really went for it in its later incarnation as a Saturday night, light entertainment show – but I don’t condemn it, unlike some Australians. The level of vehemency sometimes generated when talking about the show is surprising. Daryl really divided the pack towards the end there. So that’s why I kind of admire a guy who’s willing to drive around in a 21 year old Nissan Pulsar that proclaims the fact he won it on a segment of Hey, Hey It’s Saturday (probably Pluck-a-Duck). 

Mardi Gras aint got nothing on him. He’s out and he’s proud.