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Toby Hull is the son of Rod Hull, a popular entertainer who appeared with an arm-length puppet known as Emu. He is one of three children from Hull's second marriage. [1] After the death of his father in 1999, Toby brought Emu out of retirement for the 2003 pantomime season, [2] appearing in Cinderella at the Theatre Royal, Windsor.
Hull first used Emu as a puppet in this show. There are conflicting reports as to how this came about. The 2003 Channel 4 documentary Rod Hull: A Bird in the Hand states that "In fact, Emu was a Channel Nine creation". [3] Other sources cite a Channel Nine producer, Jim Badger, who said that he had requested a reluctant Hull to use Emu. [1]
In 1981, Rod Hull was offered the opportunity to make a series for younger children by the newly-awarded ITV franchise Central Independent Television. This led to the birth of the Pink Windmill in which Rod and Emu lived, the green witch named Grotbags (played by the singer and comedienne Carol Lee Scott), and her hopeless assistant Croc. The ...
Emu is a four-year-old puppet emu which was given to British entertainer Rod Hull in the 1960s while he was presenting a children's breakfast television programme in Australia. Hull adopted the mute puppet for his cabaret act, and took it with him to the United Kingdom when he returned in 1970. [ 1 ]
Legendary presenter incurred the wrath of ‘that bloody bird’ on his BBC series
When comedian Rod Hull and his Emu puppet character left the Super Flying Fun Show and Australia, a duplicate of Emu was made so the character could continue on the show. Morton took over Hull's co-hosting position on the Super Flying Fun Show alongside Marilyn Mayo. In 2003 he was a guest on Channel 4 documentary on Hull, Rod Hull: A Bird in ...
Rod Hull tumbled from a ladder outside his bungalow in Winchelsea, East Sussex, in 1999. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 ...
Badger claims that Hull 'had another Emu made' before returning to Britain and the original Emu remained on the Super Flying Fun Show. Hull was an almost instant success in the UK; he and Mayo (and Emu) were reunited in mid-1973 on an Australian television special, Rod Hull, Emu and Friends. [12]