It was hosted by Daryl Somers, Ossie Ostrich (a puppet operated by Ernie Carroll), model Monique Daams[1] and actor and comedian Betty Bobbitt.
Reportage at the time suggested the show was 'rushed' into the Channel 9 schedule 'as part of a savage reaction to recent ratings defeats'.
The Daryl and Ossie Show was, readers of TV Week were told, 'based on Englishman Bruce Forsyth's Generation Game which is Number One in the ratings charts [in the UK]'.
In early October 1978, the Melbourne Age's television writer Brian Curtis told his readers:Channel O's disappointing Daryl and Ossie Show is to be dropped from its daily 7pm time slot after November 3.
[7] He added:Daryl Somers, who moved with partner Ernie (Ossie) Carroll from Channel 9 to break into night-time variety TV, said yesterday he had not heard of the change but would not be disappointed with it.