The Moog said:
I'm with you Tani, I like Mr Irwin, he has a certain chunky charm, though that movie he made was fairly terrible and I would like to see him wear a colour other than beige!
Shouldn't be embarassed by him, though I understand cultural cringeing, being a solitary Brit in the USA, keep fielding questions about the Royal Family?!
Moog
Ah yes, I actually rented CROC HUNTER: COLLISION COURSE too. "Terrible" is a charitable description -- more like a complete embarrassment! The thing didn't even qualify as a movie; it appeared to be bits of their old TV shows glued together with random newly-filmed scenes that were apparently written by five-year-olds (wallabies, not children). It was almost awful enough to qualify as a Golden Turkey.... though of course Steve Irwin's presence did offer some redeeming aesthetic value. (It could've been worse -- can you imagine 90 minutes of MARK O'SHEA: COLLISION COURSE?)
Come to think of it, the only time I ever saw Croc Hunter in something other than the UPS Delivery Man outfit, was when he and Terri were visiting her home state of Oregon. As I recall, it was so cold and rainy there that he actually wore jeans and a winter jacket. Outside of that, he's worn the famous khaki shorts-and-shirt just about everywhere else -- including surfing, diving, and even attending a gala formal event here in Noo Yawk (while Terri looked elegant in a long designer gown, an Audrey Hepburn hairstyle, and a startling -- for her -- amount of makeup).
Hmmm.... I can just picture Irwin's closet back home, filled with two dozen identical khaki swagman outfits -- much like "Adrian Monk's" wardrobe of compulsively neat identical suits. (
Tony Shalhoub fan alert! )
The thing about people assuming a person of a particular nationality knows everything about (and everyone in) his/her country has always amused me. It reminds me of a scene toward the end of FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, when everyone is leaving the
shtetl to emigrate to safer lands. As I recall, Lazar the butcher asks Tevye where he and his family are going, and Tevye replies, "New York City, America. And you, Lazar?" "Chicago, America. We'll be neighbors!"
I haven't been outside of the US (except for Canada) since I traveled to Europe with my parents in 1959. But I can just imagine someone asking me about, say, American football or basketball -- "Don't all Americans know that stuff?" -- I'd just have to shrug and refer them to my son.
Gotta go now -- our pre-ordered copy of HP & ORDER OF THE PHOENIX just came by special delivery and I've got to get my hands on it before the Big Calamari tries to read it before I do!
"Sea" ya all in a bit. (And Moog, I invite you -- and whoever else is interested -- to become a TONMO Supporting Member. Not only is it a worthwhile investment, but then you can join the new Members-Only "Hotties" thread!
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The Tanster