Steve Irwin - the Crocodile Hunter
5 Sept 2006
I was watching tv in a hotel room in Stoke-on Trent in about 1997 - it was in the wee small hours. There was this Australian clown on the tv saying things like 'crikey - he's big' and wrestling a crocodile. I thought it was a comedy sketch, but it didn't end after the nominal 2 minutes.
I realised this guy was serious, and that I was watching foreign cable tv. How come as an Australian I had never heard of him? What's more, why was he acting like such a tool? He was internationally famous and practically unknown in his own country. Such is the fate of many an Australian celebrity. We hate them until you love them.
Why it came as a suprise that he was killed by a wild animal is anybody's guess.
RIP Steve Irwin. Your family will miss you terribly.
EDITED TO ADD:
Of course the Discovery Channel have the whole thing on video.
I wonder how long it will take for the power of the greenback to win over the Discovery Channel's respect for the family or human decency?
I realised this guy was serious, and that I was watching foreign cable tv. How come as an Australian I had never heard of him? What's more, why was he acting like such a tool? He was internationally famous and practically unknown in his own country. Such is the fate of many an Australian celebrity. We hate them until you love them.
Why it came as a suprise that he was killed by a wild animal is anybody's guess.
RIP Steve Irwin. Your family will miss you terribly.
EDITED TO ADD:
Of course the Discovery Channel have the whole thing on video.
I wonder how long it will take for the power of the greenback to win over the Discovery Channel's respect for the family or human decency?
posted by knitabulous at Tuesday, September 05, 2006 |
