| The Don Lane Show | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Talk show |
| Created by | Don Lane |
| Directed by | Peter Faiman |
| Presented by | Don Lane |
| Narrated by | Pete Smith |
| Opening theme | "You Make It So Easy" |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 9 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Peter Faiman |
| Running time | 90 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | Nine Network |
| Release | 8 May 1975 – 10 November 1983 |
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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]