Toon Time (TV series)

Toon Time
Genre	Comedy Cartoon Variety
Created by	Darren Chau
Written by	Darren Chau Brose Avard
Directed by	Pip Mushin
Presented by	Penelope Mitchell Dickie Knee
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	258
Production
Executive producer	Darren Chau
Producer	Brose Avard
Production locations	Melbourne, Victoria
Running time	30 minutes (including commercials)
Original release
Network	111 Hits
Release	18 July 2011 (2011-07-18) – 2012 (2012)

Toon Time is an Australian television entertainment programme 111 Hits created and executive produced by Darren Chau, and hosted by Penelope Mitchell and Dickie Knee (John Blackman) from Hey Hey It's Saturday fame.^[1] The programme features Bugs Bunny and the popular Warner Brothers animated characters, plus comedy segments, competitions and specials guests. Toon Time premiered on 18 July 2011 at 5.30pm.^[2]

Penelope Mitchell hosted the program. The programme is the highest rating local production on Channel 111HITS, and its promotional campaign won 5 Gold Promax Awards.^[3][4]

Special guests

• Molly Meldrum^[5]
• George Kapiniaris
• Simon Palomares
• Tim Ellis^[6]
• Anthony Harkin (Rock of Ages)
• Brent Hill (Rock of Ages)
• Brad Johnson (AFL footballer)
• David Cotter
• Aeriel Manx
• Andrew Welsh (AFL footballer)
• Cameron Tragardh (NBL basketballer)
• Frank Lotito

References

1. "111 HITS takes time for Toons". Tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
2. "Toon Time featuring Bugs Bunny to screen on 111 Hits". Throng.com. 30 June 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 January 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
4. http://www.promaxanz.tv/sites/promaxanz.tantab.com/files/banners/anz12-winners-list.pdf^{[permanent dead link‍]}
5. "Molly Meldrum's 'nightmare reunion' with Dickie Knee". Herald Sun. Archived from the original on 30 December 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
6. "Ellis & Webster on TV | Melbourne Magician". Australianmagician.com. Archived from the original on 9 June 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2012.

External links

• Official website