Seriously this show is an icon of Australian tv. It was so funny & I watched this growing up & it was so silly & fun & parents also liked it. It cracked me up. So good seriously.
Our family is still friends with Jamie Dunn to this day. He currently works on radio on the Sunshine Coast. Agro is an absolute legend and I think this is where half the Aussie kids got their sense of humour from. Cheeky, smart arse larrikin with a quick whit.
We used to love speaking to Jamie when he'd turn up at school Fete's to do shows as Agro. I loved that no matter how big he got, he always had time to go to the small events around Brisbane :)
@@rivertam7827 We’ve spoken about if he would ever do a ‘come back’, but in today’s PC world he’d never be able to get it past the ‘woke’ censorship rules. He’s pushing 70 and he’s more family oriented these days with Kym (his wife). ✌🏻
@@dadoftwinsau my brother had a beer with Jamie at the dag pub a while back. Same d he was a good bloke. Us gen x’s have a since of humour because this is what we grew up on. We don’t take offence, we say what we want and move on.
I loved Agro. When I was about 6 or 7 years old, my family and I were in the studio audience for an episode of Agro. I remember we all got a goodie bag and after filming the cast signed things for us. I was so excited and had such a great time that I wrote a song about going to the Agro show. Lol. Growing up in the 90s was the best.
Agro first appeared on WOMBAT in the mid 80s. He was popular and got his own show, Agros Cartoon connection. He had a weekday show with characters like Crikey the Clown, Rommel the Dog and others. He started fairly clean but went pretty damn dirty towards the end! Anne Marie left around half way through the shows run but in real life she isn't ditzy. This was her "act" . She definitely knew how to enhance a skit big time. Fun fact: I once had a seizure infront of her in the late 90s at the opening of a Timezone arcade in Brisbane city when they had her and Agro there as special guests (he did a pre-recorded video). Apparently she freaked out but was quite concerned and checked up about me later on. Quite sweet of her :)
@@HornyTaurney infact, I remember when Crikey the Clown used to interview people in the Queen Street Mall. He interviewed two girls there one time, one was my sister and her friend. Both of them were skipping school that day lol. They even admitted it on tv! Funniest part, was one morning, our principal at the time, was watching the show with his own kids and saw them! lol. Needless to say, detentions were handed out! Imagine being busted that way! I've never let her live it down :)
As an Aussie this show brings back great memories. I was already in my 20's when it was on air but we all watched it anyway because the humor was very adult. Jammie Dunn who is the puppeteer of Agro is still around today and often makes appearances with Agro to this day.
My dad, rest his soul, was in his 20s when agro was airing too, he and his mates once did a 139km trip in 40 minutes just to get home in time to watch agro, so i think more adults watched it aswell 🤣
This brings back so many wonderful memories. I think there were probably more adults watching the shows than children - I know I was one of them. It was an extremely well produced show 👍
I was about 8 when this came out. I watched the show religiously. It was a lot of fun. My mum used to crack up at it too. It was on for a number of years. Good times.
There were so many shows like this around that time. Shows for kids that had cartoons interspersed with segments from presenters, with usually a puppet or costumed character of some kind that would push the boundaries of kids/adult content. I was a teenager at this point, and this was unmissable T.V. for us. 🤣❤
I'm going to try and recall all of this as best as I can (44 yo male from Brisbane)... The show was called Agro's Cartoon Connection, was filmed in Brisbane in the '90s, and aired on weekday mornings. The show came about because in the 80s there was a show called Seven's Super Saturday Show (or something like that) and Agro was on that show. It had a weekly live audience that was free to attend. I went once... it was cool. Made it on TV too... I digress. Also on this show was Boris the Black Knight. He had the morning cartoon show slot in the 80s, called Boris' Breakfast Club (again, I think that's right, scratchy memory). I found out recently that these shows only aired in Brisbane, so many Aussies may not know any of this. In hindsight, I think it's obvious what the network execs were thinking... Agro was a rude little shit... and kids LOVED him for it! So, that was that... the Saturday show ended, Boris got the flick, and Agro got the weekday morning gig, and went national in the process. Jamie Dunn (Agro's hand) is a funny bastard.
I have such fond memories of this show. Us kids loved the 2 of them and so did all the parents. We knew as kids he was very cheeky but most jokes flew over our heads.
The secret to succes in Australia is humour. Check out "Red Faces" from the late 70s from a show called " Hey Hey It's Saturday" . Red was a rock musician who took on a nasty personality but the acts are incredibly funny. All sorts of Australians , and others, doing stupid acts. Hilarious. We wouldn't go out until we'd had our Saturday night laugh. Now that's where you'll see Australian self deprecating humour. Cheers Mate!
I used to love watching Agro's cartoon connection, some much fun, another show was the Early Bird show on Saturday mornings, most notable was Marty Monster vs Rags the Big Red Kangaroo
@@erwinzyx Well if that's the case, I have no idea of what I was watching as it was DEFINITELY on between 1989 and 1990 when I finished school. They had the Smurfs or something like that and normally after I left to get the bus was Robotech.
I was already in my twenties, with a young family, when I first started watching this. And it became an obsession - every week, without fail. And I have re-visited these (and all the naughty) replays with great delight - those were the days! 😊😊
This was only on in our house if there was nothing else to watch, the blonde was just so silly, but it is entertaining now and he was so quick and clever! Great casting! 😄
Watched Agro’s Cartoon Connection every morning before school and like every other kid watching the jokes went straight over my head. Agro merch was huge as well. I remember Hungry Jacks having a deal with Agro coffee mugs which had a picture of Agro with a quote which said, “You think I’ve got problems!”
From Melbourne this ended in 2005...Ann Maree Biggar....She wasnt as ditzy as she could appear....Remember it well...loved the humor and dynamics of these two.
Recently INTERVIED Jamie Dunn and Agro, was an honor. The Cartoon Connection was a great show and it's amazing that it can be re-watched thanks to RUclips. There needs to be a DVD release of the whole series, minus the cartoons .
Another show you might like to check out is Hey Hey It’s Saturday. Started out as a Saturday morning show but eventually went to Saturday nights. Often had international stars that were visiting Australia on the show.
I watched agro’s cartoon connection all the time as a kid, it’s absolutely hilarious seeing clips as an adult hahaha. These days it wouldn’t be on air though, especially once all the dirt eventually came out about it. Ann Marie and the bloke who puppeteered agro, had an extremely “hands on” on air relationship… that would be a polite way to put it lol
there was actually a live studio audience, I remember going to a taping as a kid, but we all had to remain quiet, a lot of the time we couldn't because Agro would say some stuff that really wouldn't make it to air lol. The one I went to, they had a promotion for 2 minute noodles, and the crew would toss noodles and a stuffed dragon toy into the audience which I think was the mascot for the noodle brand at the time, might have been Maggie? It was so long ago now, but yeah, Agro swears up a storm on the regular lol.
I grew up watching Agro on TV and was lucky to go when they were tapping the shows. Each episode was filmed with a live studio audience. We went to about 30 or 40 live tappings and got there early enough to have breakfast with the crew and meet Jamie Dunn (Agro's extension). If you can find any footage of Uncle Vic, Crikey the Clown and Gibbo they were also on the show, funny AF and very good making jokes for both children and adults alike.
I was a teen when this show was on TV and before Agro was Claude the Crow. I use to love watching it with my little brother. The really smutty stuff was cut. However there was still a lot of innuendo adult humour. We also had Hay Hay it's Saturday which was a family show...the puppet Dicky Knee was funny dirty. That was Australian TV back then in the 80's . Now I really do feel old 😅
My old man was a big drinker but he used to come home from the club every afternoon to watch Wombat with me before going back to the pub. It was a great show.
Yes, I watched this is my primary school days. It was good, but it always filled me with a sense of anxiety 😂 Like when parents are grumpy with each other and you're not sure how serious it is. Ah memories.
Kids, teenagers, young adults and parents all loved this show. Also see if you can find any thing with "claude the crow" in shirls neighborhood, shirl was the lead singer of skyhooks a famous Australian band, Claude was also a hand puppet of rude but differ type of humor as targeted to young teens
I grew up watching Agro in the 80's in Queensland and it was on in the mornings before school and on weekends it was the show you were watching - saturday morning cartoons - I think it was all on channel 7 if memory serves. I absolutely loved it and it was hilarious
Wombat later called Agro cartoon connection used to travel around to all the shopping malls and put on massive shows for the kids. Saw Agro live as an 9 year old my sis won a prize from the Agro TV show club (some chocolate) sister had Ann Marie sigh a poster for a Live show
Brilliant. We did have Kids TV in the UK of similar humour back un the seventies and eighties. Take a look at 'Tiswas'. The more well known stuff on the BBC was always a bit more gentle.
"Agro", "Round The Twist", "The Ferals" and "Lift Off" were the Australian shows I watched when I was a kid
OMG I had forgotten about The Ferals and Feral TV!!
Banana man, Roger ramjet, biker mice from mars, captain planet were good too
I also loved ship to shore
The Ferals were the best! 👍😂
Ship To Shore, The Miraculous Mellops, The Girl From Tomorrow
Growing up in Australia in the 80's & 90's was awesome.
Much more pleasant and freeing times.
Seriously this show is an icon of Australian tv. It was so funny & I watched this growing up & it was so silly & fun & parents also liked it. It cracked me up. So good seriously.
As young adults my mates and I would have a 🚬 and laugh and laugh
till our faces hurt! Agro, so funny and naughty!
Our family is still friends with Jamie Dunn to this day. He currently works on radio on the Sunshine Coast.
Agro is an absolute legend and I think this is where half the Aussie kids got their sense of humour from.
Cheeky, smart arse larrikin with a quick whit.
Probably taught all how to take a joke! 😂
We used to love speaking to Jamie when he'd turn up at school Fete's to do shows as Agro. I loved that no matter how big he got, he always had time to go to the small events around Brisbane :)
Tell Jamie he needs to revive Agro for an adults only show lol
@@rivertam7827 We’ve spoken about if he would ever do a ‘come back’, but in today’s PC world he’d never be able to get it past the ‘woke’ censorship rules. He’s pushing 70 and he’s more family oriented these days with Kym (his wife). ✌🏻
@@dadoftwinsau my brother had a beer with Jamie at the dag pub a while back. Same d he was a good bloke.
Us gen x’s have a since of humour because this is what we grew up on. We don’t take offence, we say what we want and move on.
I loved Agro. When I was about 6 or 7 years old, my family and I were in the studio audience for an episode of Agro. I remember we all got a goodie bag and after filming the cast signed things for us. I was so excited and had such a great time that I wrote a song about going to the Agro show. Lol. Growing up in the 90s was the best.
Agro first appeared on WOMBAT in the mid 80s. He was popular and got his own show, Agros Cartoon connection. He had a weekday show with characters like Crikey the Clown, Rommel the Dog and others. He started fairly clean but went pretty damn dirty towards the end! Anne Marie left around half way through the shows run but in real life she isn't ditzy. This was her "act" . She definitely knew how to enhance a skit big time.
Fun fact: I once had a seizure infront of her in the late 90s at the opening of a Timezone arcade in Brisbane city when they had her and Agro there as special guests (he did a pre-recorded video). Apparently she freaked out but was quite concerned and checked up about me later on. Quite sweet of her :)
I remember boris's breakfast club
@@HornyTaurney yep!!!!
@@HornyTaurney infact, I remember when Crikey the Clown used to interview people in the Queen Street Mall. He interviewed two girls there one time, one was my sister and her friend. Both of them were skipping school that day lol. They even admitted it on tv! Funniest part, was one morning, our principal at the time, was watching the show with his own kids and saw them! lol. Needless to say, detentions were handed out! Imagine being busted that way! I've never let her live it down :)
@@weresmurf5731 Should've used the shaggy defense ...
"It wasn't me"
But we caught you on video...
"It wasn't me"
@@HornyTaurney I don’t know where it came from, but I still have a boris’ breakfast club coffee mug.
Agro's cartoon connection was awesome and so funny. Watched it all the time.😅 Agro is brilliant and he gave Anne-marie a hard time all the time 😂😂😂
As an Aussie this show brings back great memories. I was already in my 20's when it was on air but we all watched it anyway because the humor was very adult. Jammie Dunn who is the puppeteer of Agro is still around today and often makes appearances with Agro to this day.
My dad, rest his soul, was in his 20s when agro was airing too, he and his mates once did a 139km trip in 40 minutes just to get home in time to watch agro, so i think more adults watched it aswell 🤣
I used to delay leaving for school to watch as much of Agro as possible, you never knew what he would say.
This brings back so many wonderful memories. I think there were probably more adults watching the shows than children - I know I was one of them. It was an extremely well produced show 👍
😂😂😂😂you’ve caught the Agro bug now mate 😂😂😂😂😂
My kids were remenising about this show yesterday. They see it completely differently as adults. Most memorable moment was naked Agro..... 🤣
I was about 8 when this came out. I watched the show religiously. It was a lot of fun. My mum used to crack up at it too. It was on for a number of years. Good times.
Who doesn't love Agro. He's a bloody legend 😎😂
There were so many shows like this around that time. Shows for kids that had cartoons interspersed with segments from presenters, with usually a puppet or costumed character of some kind that would push the boundaries of kids/adult content. I was a teenager at this point, and this was unmissable T.V. for us. 🤣❤
Shirley from Skyhooks had Claude the crow. They got away with plenty back then too.
Ann-Marie was the one host every young viewer's dad wanted to be close friends with. 😉
Then came Ranger Stacey. 😂
And then when Anne-Marie left, along came Theresa Livingstone
@@gregscally4923 and Holly Brizley together I'm sure I butcher her last name.
@@colinpryor6590 lets not forget Sophie Lee
@@colinpryor6590 I remember Holly Brisley. She was 16 when she started on Agros cartoon connection. I was 15 at the time so it was all good
@@continental_drift geeez, how could ya forget Sophie Lee? Ratings went through the roof. Apparently a few kids used to watch the show too :)
I'm going to try and recall all of this as best as I can (44 yo male from Brisbane)...
The show was called Agro's Cartoon Connection, was filmed in Brisbane in the '90s, and aired on weekday mornings. The show came about because in the 80s there was a show called Seven's Super Saturday Show (or something like that) and Agro was on that show. It had a weekly live audience that was free to attend. I went once... it was cool. Made it on TV too... I digress.
Also on this show was Boris the Black Knight. He had the morning cartoon show slot in the 80s, called Boris' Breakfast Club (again, I think that's right, scratchy memory).
I found out recently that these shows only aired in Brisbane, so many Aussies may not know any of this. In hindsight, I think it's obvious what the network execs were thinking... Agro was a rude little shit... and kids LOVED him for it!
So, that was that... the Saturday show ended, Boris got the flick, and Agro got the weekday morning gig, and went national in the process.
Jamie Dunn (Agro's hand) is a funny bastard.
I have such fond memories of this show. Us kids loved the 2 of them and so did all the parents. We knew as kids he was very cheeky but most jokes flew over our heads.
Yes… 😂 this is actually what we watched. So many memories and laughs >
The secret to succes in Australia is humour. Check out "Red Faces" from the late 70s from a show called " Hey Hey It's Saturday" .
Red was a rock musician who took on a nasty personality but the acts are incredibly funny. All sorts of Australians , and others, doing stupid acts. Hilarious. We wouldn't go out until we'd had our Saturday night laugh. Now that's where you'll see Australian self deprecating humour. Cheers Mate!
What do you think Red? .. 0. go away. LOL
Oh my goodness , I loved this show as a kid ! Thanks so much for showing this ,I laughed so much I had tears running down my face ! You made my day
Love Agro. He was called the talking bath mat and he was rude.🤣
I laughed at this show as a kid and thank you mate, for making me laugh again in my 40's!
I used to love watching Agro's cartoon connection, some much fun, another show was the Early Bird show on Saturday mornings, most notable was Marty Monster vs Rags the Big Red Kangaroo
Best show ever mate. Agro got away with so much. Unfortunately would have zero chance of getting to air now.
Agro was brilliant, funny and naughty😂
I used to watch this before going to school in the 80s.
I never missed it…
couldn't have been the 80s, Agro's Cartoon Connection aired between 1990-97, then as time went on, I would swap over to Cheez TV.
@@theflyingdropbear2009 Funny that I was watching it between 1988 and 1990.
@@kevkoala - You most likely watched it from 1990 onwards, considering the series didn't begin until 1990.
@@erwinzyx Well if that's the case, I have no idea of what I was watching as it was DEFINITELY on between 1989 and 1990 when I finished school. They had the Smurfs or something like that and normally after I left to get the bus was Robotech.
Everyone loved Agro, young and old and in between. You will also have to check out Dickie Knee, on Hey Hey it’s Saturday. Hilarious.🎼❤️🇦🇺
Being a 40ish Ozzie, I use to love this show before school.
I was already in my twenties, with a young family, when I first started watching this. And it became an obsession - every week, without fail. And I have re-visited these (and all the naughty) replays with great delight - those were the days! 😊😊
Thanks for bringing it up. This kids' show won seven Logies in a row. A Logie is a television award in Australia.
I loved this show, Jamie Dunn, the voice behind Agro, was a radio presenter on a Radio Station B105
Round The Twist was fabulous.
If this show was made in the UK , Agro would've been voted in as the King.He always had my brother and I in stitches over here in Oz.
I was on a 1994 episode of this show as a newborn baby. Alas, our copy was accidentally wiped, and nobody has a copy.😢😢😢😢
Chucking a dart means having a smoke in Aus fyi, watched it every morning and even won a few competitions.
This was only on in our house if there was nothing else to watch, the blonde was just so silly, but it is entertaining now and he was so quick and clever! Great casting! 😄
Definitely watched this in the mornings along with Boris's breakfast club. Classic tv
It was so much fun. The girls put up with so much
Used to watch Argo with my kids, farther son time, a child's show that adults could enjoy and my kids loved the show
Good memories watching with my girls 😂
Watched Agro’s Cartoon Connection every morning before school and like every other kid watching the jokes went straight over my head. Agro merch was huge as well. I remember Hungry Jacks having a deal with Agro coffee mugs which had a picture of Agro with a quote which said, “You think I’ve got problems!”
Sure did watch Agro, 😂laughs for everyone. Bet they couldn’t do that today.
From Melbourne this ended in 2005...Ann Maree Biggar....She wasnt as ditzy as she could appear....Remember it well...loved the humor and dynamics of these two.
I watched this show as a kid - was a great time and as a kids show I used to wonder why Mum would laugh so much!
Watched it religiously! I thank Agro for my dark sense of humour !
Good old Agros Cartoon Connection.
Dicky knee was another funny puppet .
There was an episode of Play School where they straight up taught kids how to make a bong
The 90's were the best for TV here in Australia miss those times so much the stuff we have on atm is garbage
Great show. Watched it in the morning before school.
Recently INTERVIED Jamie Dunn and Agro, was an honor. The Cartoon Connection was a great show and it's amazing that it can be re-watched thanks to RUclips. There needs to be a DVD release of the whole series, minus the cartoons .
So many F1-11s. Jokes that fly over the kids' heads.
There were alot of good shows back then as well as agro but agro was the best it was hilarious to watch as a kid
Agro was FANTABULOUS, I LOVED every second of it, and yeah, this was pretty much what was on EVERY weekday.
I LOVE AGRO , it was brilliant 😂😂💯👍😂🇦🇺 grew up watching this
Another show you might like to check out is Hey Hey It’s Saturday. Started out as a Saturday morning show but eventually went to Saturday nights. Often had international stars that were visiting Australia on the show.
I watched agro’s cartoon connection all the time as a kid, it’s absolutely hilarious seeing clips as an adult hahaha. These days it wouldn’t be on air though, especially once all the dirt eventually came out about it. Ann Marie and the bloke who puppeteered agro, had an extremely “hands on” on air relationship… that would be a polite way to put it lol
there was actually a live studio audience, I remember going to a taping as a kid, but we all had to remain quiet, a lot of the time we couldn't because Agro would say some stuff that really wouldn't make it to air lol. The one I went to, they had a promotion for 2 minute noodles, and the crew would toss noodles and a stuffed dragon toy into the audience which I think was the mascot for the noodle brand at the time, might have been Maggie? It was so long ago now, but yeah, Agro swears up a storm on the regular lol.
I grew up watching Agro on TV and was lucky to go when they were tapping the shows. Each episode was filmed with a live studio audience. We went to about 30 or 40 live tappings and got there early enough to have breakfast with the crew and meet Jamie Dunn (Agro's extension). If you can find any footage of Uncle Vic, Crikey the Clown and Gibbo they were also on the show, funny AF and very good making jokes for both children and adults alike.
Yep, watched it every day. Explains a lot now that I understand what his talking about lol
Great stuff. My mother was from Scotland Glasgow.
My favorite was Dickee Knee on Hey Hey It’s Saturday
Loved this while growing up. Agro was fun to watch.
Yup...35 years old now and I learned how to be a smart ass by eating my cereal and watching Agro in the morning 🤣
Great way to start the day before school was watching this show
I LOVED Agro when I was a kid. Used to be on every morning on Channel 7. Such great memories.
I was a teen when this show was on TV and before Agro was Claude the Crow. I use to love watching it with my little brother. The really smutty stuff was cut. However there was still a lot of innuendo adult humour. We also had Hay Hay it's Saturday which was a family show...the puppet Dicky Knee was funny dirty. That was Australian TV back then in the 80's . Now I really do feel old 😅
My old man was a big drinker but he used to come home from the club every afternoon to watch Wombat with me before going back to the pub. It was a great show.
This explains everything about Australia, I can verify that as an Aussie. Most legendary bath mat ever😂
Argos cartoon connection ensured every kid was out of bed by 6:30am every morning. Such great memories.
I loved it growing up. There is no way anyone could have fun like that at work now.
Ranger Stacey had a dog on who took off with Agro. 😂😂😂😂
Watching this as a sweet and innocent kid it’s not untill your an adult really understand what was going on 😂
Loved watching this as a kid😅. Looking back at it now makes me laugh even harder.
Yes, I watched this is my primary school days. It was good, but it always filled me with a sense of anxiety 😂 Like when parents are grumpy with each other and you're not sure how serious it is. Ah memories.
A classic show. Always had a good laugh.
Yes, we watched it and loved it.
As well as his regular shows, Agro guest starred on other shows like game shows, gardening shows and tv award shows. He was everywhere at one time.
Back when people weren't offended by their shadows, these are the tame clips😂
Imagine Britain's Bassil Brush on crac
Loved it as a kid ! Now I know why dad used t chuckle sometimes
Kids, teenagers, young adults and parents all loved this show. Also see if you can find any thing with "claude the crow" in shirls neighborhood, shirl was the lead singer of skyhooks a famous Australian band, Claude was also a hand puppet of rude but differ type of humor as targeted to young teens
First was Boris’s breakfast club mid 80’s then Agro’s cartoon connection in the 90’s. Damn what a blast from the past!!
It was a 4:30pm kids show. Anything inappropriate was cut out. These are out-takes. I will always love agro😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
4:02 8 31 am. This is the level of absurdity we watched between morning cartoons, not understanding what mum and dad were laughing at at.
it was on @ 4pm... i used to walk home so id run to make it in time for the show lol
Best ever comment was
Ann “I can smell fish”
Agro “take shorter steppes”
Yes I Watched as a kid it was fantaxtic thats why Aussies have a fantastic sense of humour
He's watching the TV bloopers and the real show he's not like that😂😂😂😂😂 when I first seen these bloopers I 😂😂😂😂😂🇭🇲🤟
I watched it with my kids. Great entertainment in the morning.
i am 35 and i miss the show so much he was so cool back in the day
I'm 50 & Still Laughing😂
I loved Agro growing up... Never missed a show...
I grew up watching Agro, I have such fond memories! 😂
I grew up watching Agro in the 80's in Queensland and it was on in the mornings before school and on weekends it was the show you were watching - saturday morning cartoons - I think it was all on channel 7 if memory serves. I absolutely loved it and it was hilarious
I used to watch it getting ready for school.
Wombat later called Agro cartoon connection used to travel around to all the shopping malls and put on massive shows for the kids. Saw Agro live as an 9 year old my sis won a prize from the Agro TV show club (some chocolate) sister had Ann Marie sigh a poster for a Live show
The bloopers are so good.
Brilliant. We did have Kids TV in the UK of similar humour back un the seventies and eighties. Take a look at 'Tiswas'. The more well known stuff on the BBC was always a bit more gentle.
As a kid i never got the humour of aggro but man did it have some good cartoons; he-man, thundercats, M.A.S.K, Captain Planet, GI joe...pure quality