Good Morning with Rosemary

Good Morning with Rosemary

Industry	Television broadcasting
Founded	1967
Headquarters	Sydney , Australia
Products	Morning variety television program for children

Good Morning with Rosemary, alternatively titled Good Morning!!!, was an Australian morning variety show broadcast on TEN-10 (currently Network Ten) in New South Wales. Recognized as one of the earliest weekday breakfast/variety programs aimed at children in Australia, it was produced and hosted live by Rosemary Eather. This two-hour broadcast included news updates, live animal segments, and occasionally surprising events, such as an elephant named "Star" roaming the studio.

Notable guests featured on the program included John Banner, Lorne Greene, Col Joye, and Judy Stone. The series regularly presented a segment called "Let's Explore."

Overview

The show was scheduled on weekdays from 7:00am until 9:00am. Rosemary Eather earned the Logie Award for Best Female Television Personality (NSW) in 1970 and was honored with a special award for being the most Outstanding On Air TV Personality in 1969.

In 1969, Peter Rowan, then a nineteen-year-old stagehand, took on the roles of stage manager and co-producer. He assisted Rosemary during broadcasts and selected educational topics from an extensive list of approximately 120 subjects designed to engage children. With her background as a qualified geography teacher, Rosemary integrated this content into the program’s format. After nine months in this position, Rowan moved to work within the station’s film production unit.

The show also featured cartoons, serialized stories, music videos, news segments tailored for parents, pet care information, scientific demonstrations, contests, and interviews with prominent figures. During school holiday periods, children were invited to participate in studio-based activities.

In 1971, the program underwent a rebranding to Breakfast-a-Go-Go, mirroring Melbourne's Fredd Bear's Breakfast-A-Go-Go. Sue Smith succeeded Rosemary as the host, while comedic sidekick Witless Wonder (portrayed by actor Ron Blanchard) replaced Warwick Rankin, who departed to lead his own children's series titled Commander Strongarm.