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ROD HULL AND EMU |
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FIRST
BECAME BIG IN 1970. |
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WHAT HAPPENED
TO ONE OF BRITAIN'S FAVOURITE PUPPETEERS AND HIS SOMETIMES LESS THAN
FRIENDLY BIRD? |
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BORN
IN KENT IN 1935. |
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EMIGRATED
TO SYDNEY IN AUSTRALIA IN 1958 WITH HIS WIFE SANDRA. |
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EMU
WAS BORN IN A PROPS DEPARTMENT ON AN AUSTRALIAN SATURDAY MORNING
TV SHOW THAT ROY PRESENTED IN THE 1960S. |
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RETURNED
TO BRITAIN IN 1970 AND SOON BECAME BIG STARS ON TELEVISION. |
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IN THE LATE 1970S STARRED IN
THE TV SHOW "EMU'S BROADCASTING COMPANY". |
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IN THE 1980S, STARRED IN THE
TV SHOWS "EMU'S WORLD" AND "EMU'S (BRAND NEW)
PINK WINDMILL SHOW" WHICH ALSO FEATURED THE CHARACTER
OF GROTBAGS. |
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AFTER SPENDING HALF A MILLION POUNDS RENOVATING HIS ELIZABETHIAN
MANSION, IN 1994 HE WAS DECLARED BANKRUPT IN 1994 AND HIS HOUSE
WAS REPOSSESED AND HE MOVED TO A SMALLER HOME IN EAST SUSSEX. |
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REGULARLY APPEARED IN PANTOMIME. |
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IN 1999, ROD DIED AGED 63,
AFTER FALLING OFF HIS ROOF WHILE TRYING TO ADJUST HIS TV AERIAL. |
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SINCE ROD'S DEATH, EMU HAS
NOT APPEARED IN PUBLIC. |
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ROD'S SON, TOBY HULL APPEARED
IN PANTO WITH EMU IN WINDSOR OVER CHRISTMAS 2003. |
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EMU ATTACKING MICHAEL PARKINSON,
SNOOP DOGGY DOG AND THE QUEEN MOTHER'S BOUQUET. |
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THE
AUDIENCE ON "EMU'S WORLD" CHANTING "THERE'S
SOMEBODY AT THE DOOR". |
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I D Y O U K N O W ? |
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AT
THE HEIGHT OF HIS FAME, OVER 11 MILLION PEOPLE TUNED INTO
ROD'S TV SHOW. |
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THERE
WERE ACTUALLY 5 DIFFERENT EMUS, FOR DIFFERENT PURPOSES (E.G.
ONE FOR CLOSE-UPS, ONE FOR ACROBATICS, ETC.) |
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