Produced by Dixie Duncan and directed by Spencer Wilson, Ray McKenna and Bob Loxton, the Early Bird Show was hosted by Australian rock singer Darryl Cotton[1] Marie Van Maaren and Marty The Monster.
The show included many popular regulars including, Roy Hampson ( Good Morning Melbourne co-Host with Annette Allison) as the 'professor' Liane Scurrah-Jonas VFL/AFL injury prevention fitness trainer, Author, breakfast announcer& talkback radio, Pilates and Aerobics trainer) 'fun & fitness', Ken Hayden (a local butcher) and his daughter Kate Hayden cooked in-studio egg & bacon sandwiches and pancake breakfasts for the cast and crew, Frits Maaten (Animal nature park owner) and his animals, Rosemary (Dance School owner and teacher) and her EBS dancers, Colin Beaumont, (entertainer & Musician) remote control car segment, Brad McLeod (The Computer Man), puppets Mr and Mrs Timms.
The scene was also featured in the 12th episode of the 1999 U.S. reality documentary series, World's Most Amazing Videos, where the man inside Marty the Monster mascot, David Triscott being interviewed, was revealed in the national television.
It featured Fat Cat and another character Percy Penguin, plus puppets, Wilbur Worm, who had a sarcastic streak, in the early days, and Sunny Sandgroper, who always told appalling jokes.
There were two hosts, one male and one female, and those who appeared over the years on the Perth version were Keith Geary, Ian Teasdale, Sandy Baker (née Palmer), Carolyn Noble, Sharon Dale, Peter Dean, Ann Sanders and others.
It ran mainly during each school holiday initially and then each weekday toward the end, when networking pushed it out of the schedules in favour of Agro's Cartoon Connection and ultimately new shows.
This version of the show contains a few different segments which include local skits, competitions, games, interviews, jokes with Kiri and the Rubber Ducks, how to draw cartoon monsters with Mark, cooking with Annabel Langbein, Hollywood gossip with David Hartnell and also a variety of cartoons from overseas such as The Super Mario Brothers Super Show, The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show, It's Punky Brewster!, Adventures of the Gummi Bears, Beetlejuice, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Garfield and Friends, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, The Adventures of Raggedy Ann and Andy, Kissyfur, Super Friends, Dinosaucers, Mighty Mouse and Friends, Camp Candy, Dennis the Menace, Voltron: Defender of the Universe, Superman, Walt Disney's Mickey and Donald, Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics, The Real Ghostbusters (as well as its spin-off Slimer!