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Murray Ball has been a hero of mine for well over 40 years. Something I've never heard anyone comment about is how obviously Wal Footrot inherited DNA from Fred Dagg.
Fred Dagg was a New Zealand TV character invented by the amazing John Clarke in about 1973 - at least a couple of years before Murray came home from England and started drawing Footrot Flats. When the Footrot Flats movie was produced in 1987, Murray chose John Clarke to voice Wal (easily the best voice casting in the film).
Murray and John died within a month of each other in 2017. I've uploaded a pic to my scraps.
Fred Dagg was a New Zealand TV character invented by the amazing John Clarke in about 1973 - at least a couple of years before Murray came home from England and started drawing Footrot Flats. When the Footrot Flats movie was produced in 1987, Murray chose John Clarke to voice Wal (easily the best voice casting in the film).
Murray and John died within a month of each other in 2017. I've uploaded a pic to my scraps.
They were both gentle geniuses, and yes, casting Clarke as the voice of Wal was inspired genius. I imagine Murray had heard Dagg's voice while writing the character for years.
I'm also quite certain that The Red Green Show owes more than a nod and a tip o' the hat to Fred Dagg.
I'm also quite certain that The Red Green Show owes more than a nod and a tip o' the hat to Fred Dagg.
Wow, do you mind if I ask how an American became familiar with John Clarke and Fred Dagg? I hadn't imagined his humour would have made it outside of Australia/NZ. His later TV stuff in Australia was all topical/local, and Fred Dagg wasn't even broadcast here, as far as I can remember.
Ah, it's amazing what one can learn on the Interwebz! There used to be more Fred Dagg bits on YouTube, and someone pointed me to them years ago when I posted some Red Green references. It's not a great similarity, but the idea of the rural bumpkin with access to a video audience definitely resonated.
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