Fay, >Georgia (daughter) would like to know if any of you have heard of: >Dame Edna Everage or Norman Gunstan and
Not me - but I don't watch too much TV. >how popular were the Crocodile Dundee (Paul Hogan) Movies in the US. >The team have to do a skit at the FPS conference on Australia. Almost everyone over the age of 30 or so will have heard of Crocodile Dundee / Paul Hogan. I think the most recent thing Mr. Hogan has done is a series of commercials for Subaru, a few years ago. -Max -----Original Message----- From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Hendrik & Fay Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 4:27 AM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Off the topic: Australiana Hi Alex Finally got round to responding, apologies for the delay & don't know if this will get through due to email issues - as you all know. There is definitely a gremlin in the system that H can't find. I've never heard of the Outback steakhouse (emigrated here 22 years ago from NZ) & have been to Broken Hill where Mad Max Movies were made. Yes it was tragic what happened to Steve Irwin but in my opinion he was the most irritating human being to come out of Oz. Georgia (daughter) would like to know if any of you have heard of: Dame Edna Everage or Norman Gunstan and how popular were the Crocodile Dundee (Paul Hogan) Movies in the US. The team have to do a skit at the FPS conference on Australia. Have to agree why couldn't they have got an actual Aussie actor to do the voice over for Outback Steakhouse commerical's there are plenty of them in the US - that's shameful. Fay > > Yup. Outback Steakhouse, Steve Irwin, and the Mad Max movies pretty > much sum up all the average American knows about Australia, I think. > > Having been to Oz and heard some really thick accents there, > especially in Tasmania, I wince every time an Outback commercial comes > on the TV---couldn't they have gotten an actual Aussie actor to do the > voiceover, instead of an American trying (and failing pitifully) to do > the accent? > > Alex > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives > http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
