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{{Short description|Australian children's television show}}
{{other uses|Roller coaster (disambiguation)}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2013}}
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{{original research|date=July 2018}}
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| opentheme = "Great Adventure" by Nick Hardcastle
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| language = English
| num_seasons = 5
| num_episodes = 1,140
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| location = ABC Perth, Western Australia
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| camera = Multi-camera
| runtime = 60 mins (2005–2009) <br> 120 mins (late 2009–2010)
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| network = [[ABC (Australian TV channel)|ABC1]]<br>[[ABC Me|ABC3]]
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| first_aired = {{start date|2005|1|31|df=y}}
| last_aired = {{end date|2010|1|29|df=y}}
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'''''RollerCoaster''''' is a children's television show which was broadcast by the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] from between January 2005 and January 2010. Hosted by Elliot Spencer, it was aimed at an older audience than that for [[ABC Kids (Australia)|ABC For Kids]].
''RollerCoaster'' was a "wrapper" show, usually incorporating three to five externally produced animated programs (formerly a mix of animated and live action shows) of varying lengths, which were interspersed with locally produced studio or location segments hosted by Spencer. It was aimed at older children and young teenaged audiences. The host, Elliot Spencer was usually the sole presenter, dressing up as characters for short sketches sometimes; on occasion members of ''
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The 'outsourced' segments of the show were most commonly short animated series. Many of these programs are produced outside Australia with most sourced from other English-speaking countries, chiefly the United States, Britain, Canada and New Zealand. ''RollerCoaster'' alternates these short programs (e.g. ''[[Shaun the Sheep]]'', ''[[The Mr. Men Show]]'') with longer animated or live-action children's programs in a variety of genres, such as ''[[Roman Mysteries]]'', ''[[Wolverine and the X-Men (TV series)|Wolverine and the X-Men]]'', ''[[Naturally Sadie]]'', ''[[6Teen]]'', ''[[Carl Squared]]'', ''[[Atomic Betty]]'', ''[[Girlstuff/Boystuff|Girl Stuff, Boy Stuff]]'' ''[[Young Dracula]]'', ''[[Lizzie Mcguire]]'', ''[[Even Stevens]]'', ''[[Zoey 101]]'', ''[[The Fairly
The locally produced portions of ''RollerCoaster'' featuring Spencer featured a number of recurring segments including: "Fetch", "Feed Me", "Now Poll", "MEE News", and "The Surfing Scientist" and "Professor Slo and Doctor Mo". Many of these segments included elements of audience participation or contributions via email or the ''RollerCoaster'' website's moderated chat rooms and message boards.
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On 30 January 2010, Elliot Spencer announced he was leaving the show after five years of hosting, the ABC decided not to replace him and end the show completely. The show has been succeeded by [[Studio 3 (TV series)|Studio 3]].<ref name="ByeElliotByeRollercoaster">{{cite web |url=http://new.throng.com.au/rollercoaster/elliot-spencer-resigns-abcs-rollercoaster-after-five-years |title=Elliot Spencer Resigns From ABC's RollerCoaster After Five Years |publisher=Throng Australia |date=7 December 2009 |accessdate=1 October 2010 }}{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
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▲=== Beginning ===
The series began in January 2005, filling a slot once occupied by ''The Afternoon Show''. It broke over the Australian summer school holidays and was replaced by a special Christmas line-up. During the holidays there were generally three or four popular shows repeated every day, rather than interchanging every day.
Sometimes instead of the usual three or four shows a 'special' would be shown. These included 'double episodes' of ''[[Degrassi: The Next Generation]]'' and the ''[[Edgar and Ellen]]''
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Graphics for the studio segments are produced using [[Chroma key]] or [[green screen]] technology. This means many gags, information segments, and backgrounds, can be used and changed quickly. Props are kept to a minimum, like in the Feed Me segment where a preparation table and mixing bowl are used, or in Chatter and other segments where a retro style yellow table appears, now a ''
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From Monday 19 June 2006, ''
On Friday 21 December 2007, the last show of ''RollerCoaster'' aired for that year, returning on Monday 25 February 2008 for its first show of the new year.
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From 2 March 2009, the show moved from its previous time slot of 5:00–6:00 p.m. [[AEST]], and moved down an hour earlier, from 4:00–5:00 p.m.. The presentation also changed to filming in a real set in contrast to previously, where they would film in front of a green screen with closed captions. It remained a wrapper program, and the segments remained the same, however the programs were no longer interchanged, and each day featured the same line-up of shows. Another change was that it only included animation now, with live action shows not "boxed" by the ''
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From 7 December 2009, ''
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At the end of the Friday 29 January 2010 edition, Spencer announced that he was leaving the show and thanked viewers for his five years as presenter and writer of the series. By the same date, the main ''
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As well as special segments, special weeks and days are sometimes scheduled according to a general theme. In 2007 'All New Tuesday' (ANT) made all shows shown on Tuesdays new, and on Thursday the theme was 'Rollertoons Day'. In 2008 'All New Tuesday' has been replaced by a new 'Rollertoons Day', Thursday shows are all Australian-made, Friday shows all have a "creepy" theme, and Mondays have been set aside purely for comedy shows as 'LOL Day'. This is no longer used in 2009 since the same shows are on each day of the week. One time, Elvis Presley (acted out by Elliot Spencer) was on ''
'''Regular segments include:'''
*''''Feed Me'''', a cooking segment where Elliot attempts to cook and then
*''''Feedback'''', when viewers send in letters to Elliot (on Tuesday and Thursday)
*''''Chatter'''', Elliot reads chats that had been sent on the website on a particular topic. He also reads jokes and acronyms (on Tuesday, sometimes)
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*''''Roller Tale'''', where viewers send in stories which must be about Elliot's fictional alter egos Tapioca Toe Maker and Pocket Waffle. These are acted out by Elliot (on Friday, now the story finished).
*''''Sponge Brain Quiz'''', a true or false quiz, shown before ''Naturally Sadie'' with nature-themed questions. In the past it has been about ''Roman Mysteries'' and ''Dinosapien'' and themed to these shows. Since Naturally Sadie ended, the Quiz is still present in the same time slot. In 2009 it was renamed Whizz Quiz and was not nature-based. (on Wednesday).
*''''MEE News'''',
*''''NOW'''', Elliot presents the audience a poll, hypothetical situation or question on one day. Viewers vote on the show's website and the results are featured on the next day's episode. (Monday/Tuesday for polls, Tuesday/Wednesday for HPS, Wednesday/Thursday for questions)
*''''Replay Bits That
*''''Professor Slo and Doctor Mo'''', where Elliot and Ruben Meerman dress up as the segment's namesakes and show a science experiment in slo mo (on Thursday).
*''''Triple Triple Triplets'''', 'The Kransky Sisters', where music critics review an album or explain it (on Monday, sometimes)
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*''''Jade's Movies'''', a play when a movie correspondent explain a movie, past or present, and gives how many reviews out of 5 is the movie (on Monday, sometimes).
*''''T5'''', Elliot reads tongue-twisters (On Friday, sometimes).
*''''Talk
*''''Best of ABC3'''', Elliot to be
*''''Zimmer Twins'''', A series of mini-movies made by kids around the
Other segments are used only once or rarely, as in Your Jokes, a division of Chatter, where viewers send in jokes. It is sometimes used as fill-ins for updated segments, such as when the Now technology was being "re-now-ified".
Graphics for the studio segments are produced using Chroma Key or green screen technology. This means many gags, information segments, and backgrounds, can be used and changed quickly. Props are kept to a minimum, like in the Feed Me segment where a preparation table and mixing bowl are used, or in Chatter and other segments where a retro style yellow table appears, now a
▲Graphics for the studio segments are produced using Chroma Key or green screen technology. This means many gags, information segments, and backgrounds, can be used and changed quickly. Props are kept to a minimum, like in the Feed Me segment where a preparation table and mixing bowl are used, or in Chatter and other segments where a retro style yellow table appears, now a Rollercoaster signed table with green and black stripes on the front and a storage on the back.
The theme tune "(Rollercoaster)" was performed and co-written by former ABC-TV Creature Features presenter Nick Hardcastle. It was fully played in 2005 along with a video clip featuring Hardcastle and a man dressed as a rabbit. The opening graphics are computer generated and feature an interdimensional trip through a fantastic world of images and 3D graphics, culminating by racing through a portal into a white universe with a complex 3D image of a space station style city with roads, skyscrapers, cars, butterflies and robots before the Rollercoaster logo appears from outside the screen to form itself in front of the base of the floating city. This theme has remained unchanged since 2005 ( except in 2009, the Rollercoaster is longer, in 2005 to 2008 and Thursday to Friday in 2009, the theme song was 23 seconds, and in Monday to Wednesday in 2009 it was 28 seconds).▼
▲The theme tune "(
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