C'mon - Series One (Episode)

Being on that show was big time and I mean, I think it was Kevan Moore the producer at the time...just basically had a selection of stuff he wanted done ... there was just no question of us going up and saying to them 'hey we want to do one of ours'.

– Wayne Mason on who chose the songs on C'Mon, in episode two of Give it a Whirl

C'Mon was something of a phenomenon. It was the only pop show on television at the time, and everybody watched it.

– C'Mon drummer Bruce King, in episode two of Give it a Whirl (16 minutes in)

It had all the things that people needed then — it had Peter Sinclair, who was a very high powered frontman, and all the tricks on television that [C'Mon producer] Kevan Moore could muster, as well as the fact that the artists were all doing up to the minute material.

– C'Mon musical director Bernie Allen describes the show, in episode two of Give it a Whirl (17 minutes in)

It's been a long week, but you're back on C'Mon so lose your blues and get with the go-go. For the next 30 minutes it’s a happening scene on your TV screen, and here’s what we mean.

– Presenter Peter Sinclair opens the show

...choreographer Dorothea Zaymes ... brought a wealth of experience gained from 20 years with the Royal Ballet Company in the UK ... there are numerous well-executed routines that are obviously very difficult but made to look so easy.

– Writer Grant Gillanders describes Dorothea Zaymes' contributions to the show, in an AudioCulture article on C'Mon, 23 March 2018

Undoubtedly the loudest, fastest-and best-pop show to hit the New Zealand television screen. In fact, it is almost impossible to believe that dear old auntie NZBC spawned this pulsating trendsetter. A show so far ahead that I could hardly believe my eyes or trust my ears.

– Auckland Star reviewer Barry Shaw on the pilot episode, which screened on 26 November 1966

To AKTV-2’s Anthony Stones must go a 1967 NZBC Emmy for his best set ever, a pop-art background that was simplicity itself but exactly right. Those whirls and squares, the chequered costumes, the crocheted gear of the go-go motion girls showed, too, a keen appreciation of visual effect, which was heightened by effective lighting.

– Auckland Star reviewer Barry Shaw on the pilot episode, which screened on 26 November 1966

This is one of the most way out numbers ever to hit your screen...

– Presenter Peter Sinclair introduces Mr Lee Grant's cover of Electric Prunes song 'Get Me to the World on Time' (11 minutes in)