The DJ Kat Show

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The DJ Kat show was a children's television programme presented by the puppet DJ Kat and his friend Linda de Mol, which ran from 1985 to 1995. The show was broadcast to the UK and Europe on satellite and cable channels Sky One and Sky Europe. The show was aired every weekday morning and afternoon, and throughout its life was home to a particularly large number of imported animated series. The DJ Kat Show was also exported to America were it was aired on stations affiliated with the Fox Broadcasting Company.

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[edit] History

The DJ Kat Show was produced by John de Mol's production house John de Mol Produkties, which later became the world-famous Endemol. Linda de Mol is John de Mol's sister.

[edit] DJ Kat

DJ Kat was a puppet that with a black leather jacket who loved spinning his records. He also liked to eat junk from the trashcans. His favorite dish was actually a jar of peas and carrots mashed together. In the intro of the show DJ Kat would say the following line: "This is the DJ Kat show and I am DJ Kat...that's my name. Its a D and a J and a Kat with a K." The reason it is spelled with a K might be because the Dutch spell cat with a k and Linda de Mol is Dutch. DJ Kat was performed by puppeteer Robert 'Robbie' Hahn. British puppeteer Don Austen took over the character for a further 5 years (1989-95) for more than 2000 episodes on Sky One. The show picks up the PACE Satellite Award. Co-presenter: Catrina Hylton-Hull daughter of Rod Hull and Emu fame.

[edit] Linda de Mol

Linda de Mol was DJ Kat's side-kick. De Mol is a Dutch hostess who has done television shows in the UK, Germany and the Netherlands. Next to her mother language Dutch, she speaks fluent English and German. After The DJ Kat Show, Linda did a similar show on a Dutch television channel called de Billy Hotdog Show; the cat was now replaced by a dog and performed by the same puppeteer as DJ Kat. She also presented some of Endemol's programmes, including the original Dutch version of Deal or No Deal.

[edit] Cartoons aired on the show

[edit] External links

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