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9:40AM Clem Bastow | One stalwart of the Hey Hey salad days who was noticeably absent from the pair of reunion shows was Malaysian-born Aussie crooner Kamahl, whose “Why are people so unkind?” cry became something of a punchline for the variety show. While he always appeared to take the show’s comedy-at-his-expense on the chin, he has now decided – after an endurance-testing 25+ years of their hazing ribbing – to speak out.
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Kamahl Gives Up On Wondering Why Hey Hey Is So Unkind
9:40AM Clem Bastow | One stalwart of the Hey Hey salad days who was noticeably absent from the pair of reunion shows was Malaysian-born Aussie crooner Kamahl, whose “Why are people so unkind?” cry became something of a punchline for the variety show. While he always appeared to take the show’s comedy-at-his-expense on the chin, he has now decided – after an endurance-testing 25+ years of their hazing ribbing – to speak out.
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Flotsam & Jetsam
5:43PM Clem Bastow | Are you an average true-blue Aussie keen to comment on a news item regarding last night’s Hey Hey/Red Faces gaffe? Do you, like many average true-blue Aussies, think that “blackface” just means “pretending to be African American, like Robert Downey Jr. in that funny movie about the Vietnam war”?
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Blackface: A Guide For The Average Australian
5:43PM Clem Bastow | Are you an average true-blue Aussie keen to comment on a news item regarding last night’s Hey Hey/Red Faces gaffe? Do you, like many average true-blue Aussies, think that “blackface” just means “pretending to be African American, like Robert Downey Jr. in that funny movie about the Vietnam war”?
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