Rodney Alfred Thaddeus Hull was born in the gentle town of Wank. At the age of 4 he was expelled from wank Junior school for sticking his hand into the Schools parrot, unknown to them, this was to become his calling.
No, Rod Hull was not a pervo, as many a people thought, but a sweet, gentle, kind hearted and intelligent pervo. That's why he never got caught.
Nah
not really, the real Rod Hull can never be known, not only cos he's dead;
but cos he was a loner in this world....very much like The Littlest Hobbo.....awww
what a lovely dog he was....awwww..I used to love that...anyway..I digest.
Rodney Van Dame Hull was born at Sheerness, Kent, England on 14th August, 1935. Emu was born in the props department of Channel 9, Sydney, sometime in the 60s. Hull trained as an electrician after doing his national service with the R.A.F. Rod and his wife Sandra migrated to Sydney in 1958 and he found a job with Channel 9 as a lighting technician.
Emu
was created by Norm Hetherington, the maker of Mr. Squiggle, for a children's
show on Channel 9. Comic Rod, who was working on 
Kaper
Cops Show, was persuaded to use Emu in his solo act and so a marvellous duo
was formed. Rod returned to England and realising the drawcard Emu had been,
had another puppet made.
In
1976 he met Cheryle Hylton, an Australian painter, she had painted many things
like.......her kitchen, her living room...oh! oh! and this nice little bit
of coving she had..oh man iwas was fuckin great! Anyway, they got on after
a while Rod married her. Before not too long they were the most successful
act in Britain and Australia playing in front of the Royal family and a television
series with an over 11 million people audience. Rod with his Emu and Cheryle
and her Paint Brush. Emu even wrestled Michael Parkinson to the floor during
a show and ate one of his shoes. By 1994 hard times had befallen him and he
was declared bankrupt. His wife and children returned to Sydney. A friend
offered him a rundown cottage in the south of England and he lived there renovating
the 
place
in lieu of rent.
Rod Hull died on March 19th, 1999, at East Sussex, England. Hull, 63, fell
through a conservatory roof while adjusting an outside television aerial so
he could watch a soccer match. Can you imagine him tickling them pink upstairs
on the great big stage in the Sky?
All this can be read in Rod Hulls Autobiography entitled; Why I Fell Of The
Roof.....nah only joking...it's called;
ROD HULL:
My
Life as an Emu
To read an ode to Hull, please feel free to click here; AN ODE TO HULL
