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The Don Lane Show
Australian TV series or program
The Don Lane Show was an Australian television talk show which aired twice a week on the Nine Network from 1975 to 1983.[1][2] The show was created by Don Lane who co-hosted it with Bert Newton.[3][4][5][6][7]
Channel Nine was reluctant to cast Bert Newton, who had been associated with Graham Kennedy, but Lane insisted that he wanted Newton to do the show. Lane is quoted as saying:
I used to watch him and Graham working on IMT, and look at them with great envy. So I said 'what about Bert Newton?' If I’m going to work with somebody I want to know that he's as sharp as anything and a real pro.[8]
The theme music of the show in its later years was "You Make It So Easy", written by Helen Reddy and Carole Bayer Sager and first recorded for Reddy's 1976 album Music, Music.[9]