Bert Newton And Graham Kennedy

Across a seven-decade career in broadcasting Bert Newton played many roles. In March 1959 they ceased being rivals and teamed up on Channel Nine.

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. Graham Bert doing their Folk Singing Skit. The Best of Graham Kennedy hosted by Stuart Wagstaff highlights from Kennedys long-running variety show In Melbourne Tonight IMT featuring Australi. Television legend Bert Newton with members of his family shortly before his death. BERT Newtons Logies joke about his great friend Graham Kennedy mentoring young people behind.

Bert hosted the Logie Awards telecast on Network Ten in 1993 appeared again in 1998 to receive the Hall Of Fame award on behalf of winner Graham Kennedy and would be invited on a number of occasions to announce the winner of the Gold Logie often receiving a standing ovation from the crowd when entering the stage. They reunited while Newton was working on In Melbourne Tonight alongside Graham Kennedy. Dominics Church in Riversdale Road Camberwell Melbourne on on 9 September 1974. Bert Newtons off-colour joke revealed a disturbing truth that was ignored for years.

Newton met Patti McGrath seven years his junior when both were youngsters working in Melbourne radio. Newton held TV roles across all four major TV networks but is best remembered for his long-term association with Channel Nine and his partnership with entertainer Graham Kennedy. The best man was Graham Kennedy and among the TV personalities there were Mary Hardy Joff Ellen Tommy Hanlon and Eric Pearce. But it was his role as a family man that brought him the greatest satisfaction.

The pair were at the forefront of the evolution of commercial TV in Australia. Not because of a lack of talent - Newton would tell you the medium is still as vibrant and flooded with potential. Bert Newtons first great partnership was with Graham Kennedy on In Melbourne Tonight. Hello Im Bert Newton.

Pete Smith talks about live TV commercials the huge impact Graham Kennedy and Bert Newton had on Raoul Merton and Gloweave and Petes anxiety over his read. Graham Kennedy and Bert Newton on a New Years Eve show in 1959Supplied. Bert newton show bert newton logies bert newton graham kennedy TV icon Bert Newton passes away aged 83 bert newton death Bert Newton an instant hit w. Poached from rival HSV7 at Grahams suggestion Bert Newton joined GTV9 in 1959.

From his early days in radio to his legendary role as sidekick to Graham Kennedy and Don Lane to being a huge star in his own right Bert was always. Bert Newton and Patti McGrath married at St. No one who saw Kennedy and Newton on IMT would forget their brand of humour. Thus the 23-year-old Kennedy began a career of which he later said that he was.

Graham Kennedy and Bert Newton on the set of In Melbourne Tonight October 1964. BERT Newton joined Nine in 1959 assuming that he would soon work with Graham Kennedy a logical enough assumption given the fact Bert. Andrews acknowledged Newtons legendary associations with fellow television icons Graham Kennedy and Don Lane. For many these partnerships are as inseparable as they are memorable the prime minister said.

It was the start of an historic partnership that viewers were to love when the inimitable team fronted In Melbourne Tonight. Bert Newton joins Graham Kennedy on the couch to sell the latest Raoul Merton designer mens shoes during a live advertisement on an episode of In Melbourne Tonight circa 1962. In 2006 Newton was one of a line-up of co-hosts as a celebration of 50 years. Although Newton brought the Logies to life during the golden age of.

TV Times He landed his first television job with Channel Seven as host of The Late Show in 1957 before becoming Graham. Berts opposition was Graham Kennedy in the same timeslot on the 9Network. Bert Newton was the quintessential showman. After hosting The Bert Newton Show in early 1960 the comedic duo appeared together on the weekly program The Graham Kennedy Show on Nine.

Bednall and Spencer defied both the GTV-9 boardroom and the first sponsor Philips by choosing Kennedy who began on a salary of 30 for five one-hour evening shows per week to be called In Melbourne Tonight or IMT which began on 6 May 1957. Friends with Graham since their days on rival Melbourne radio stations the duo displayed an immediate on-screen. Bert Newton and Graham Kennedy are connected through The Late Show 1957 TV series The Graham Kennedy Show Patti Newton and more.

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