Rod Hull
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Rodney Stephen Hull (13 August 1935 – 17 March 1999) was an English comedian and well-known entertainer on British television in the 1970s and 1980s.
Emu, a mute, highly offensive arm-length puppet based on the Australian flightless emu bird, was rare to see him without him.
Early life
In 1935, Hull was born on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent, England. He attended Delamark Road School and Sheerness County Technical School. He qualified as an electrician after national service with the RAF.
Later life
Hull was less popular on television in the 1990s, but he continued to appear in pantomime and television commercials. He was named "Pipe Smoker of the Year" in 1993. Nonetheless, his name remained well-known, and comedians Richard Herring and Stewart Lee introduced a "not Rod Hull" character in their 1996 television sketch comedy film Fist of Fun, starring actor Kevin Eldon. In the last episode of the series, this character was portrayed as a grotesque recreation of Hull, and was then unveiled by the real Rod Hull. (minus Emu). It was scheduled to be Hull's first television appearance.
Hull nursed an increasing hostility toward his puppet, according to a 2003 Channel 4 documentary, Bird in the Hand, who believes that the bird's success discourages him from seeking other avenues in show business. According to the program's producers, he saw himself as a versatile performer who may have pursued a more varied career in the entertainment industry if he wasn't continuously asked to play 'and Emu'. "I want to write but Emu doesn't have the time," Hull once said. I want to be a comedian in my own right, but Emu will not allow me to do so."
Personal life
Hull married Sandra in 1958; they had two children, Deborah and Danielle.
He was a fan of Bristol Rovers football, and he recorded a song called "Bristol Rovers All the Way" in 1974, when he was part of the squad at the time.
In the 1980s, Hull purchased Restoration House in Rochester for £270,000, but in 1994, bankruptcy was due to the expense of repairs and an unpaid tax bill. Cher Hylton-Hull, Hull's second mother, already had a daughter Catrina, and the couple had three children together: Toby, Amelia, and Oliver. Cher, who had been instrumental in his son's triumph, moved to Australia with the children, but Hull stayed in England and relocated to a shepherd's cottage in East Sussex.
TV career
In 1956, Hull went to Australia. With TCN Channel 9 in Sydney, his first job in television was as a lighting technician. He soon began appearing on television, including Constable Clot in Channel 9's Kaper Kops with Reg Gorman and Desmond Tester, a regular segment in the children's afternoon program. Clot was very popular and soon earned his own segment, Clot in the Clouds, which featured Constable Clot daydreaming about being a world-famous brain surgeon, 'Blood Clot.'
Later, he co-hosted The Super Flying Fun Show, a children's breakfast TV show starring a wacky character named 'Caretaker Clot,' an extension of his Kaper Cops role.' In this series, Hull first used Emu as a puppet. According to various sources, this is how it came about: Rod Hull, a bird in the Hand, states, "In fact, Emu was a Channel Nine creation." According to other outlets, Jim Badger, a Channel Nine producer, had begged a reluctant Hull to use Emu. "I'm sure I found him in a cupboard, but I hadn't placed him in the first place," Hull wrote to Emu. "I concocted him, not anyone else." The bird then became a regular fixture of Hull's cabarets set in the United Kingdom and Australia.
After Emu tore up the office, Hull returned to the United Kingdom in 1971 and signed with International Artists (after Emu). Hull appeared on numerous children's and adult light entertainment shows shortly after.
His first appearance on television on Saturday Variety was on Saturday Variety, but it was his first appearance on the ITV show Variety in 1972 that earned him national recognition.