There was always a place for the moon-faced man who could present a variety show or be second banana when necessary, interview anyone and get a great story, host a Logies night, receive a Logie and act and sing and dance.He was up and down and in and out, he never really went away but there were endless television finishes and following “comebacks” as work ebbed and flowed.
At 11 Bert was in radio audiences, by 14 he was on radio doing advertisements and Saturday morning children's programs. At 15 he left school and joined 3XY as a junior announcer. The following year he was presenting inHe first auditioned for television in 1956, the year television started in Australia, but was asked to wait a while because HSV7 couldn’t afford another star at the time.
In 1973, an American actor, Michael Cole, from the Mod Squad, was drunk on stage and ended his incoherent thank you speech with a banned word. In 1979, Newton used his current catch-phrase: “I like the boy” to boxer Mohammad Ali, apparently not realising the possible racial slur. It was glossed over on stage by pretending Newton had said “Roy” and Newton later apologised.
In 1992, after a few years managing Melbourne radio station 3DB and working on-air, Newton went over to Channel 10 and was host of for 14 years. The show was a watchable mixture of interviews, music, a little cooking, a lot of fun, a few ad libs, everything Newton did so well. For the show, in 1993, Newton took another Logie, for Most Popular Light Entertainment Personality.
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