Comments on: Who gives the best Rudd? A Kruddy lookalike round-up http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/15/who-gives-the-best-rudd-a-kruddy-lookalike-round-up/ now with extra source Sun, 12 Feb 2012 07:14:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Gratton Wilson http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/15/who-gives-the-best-rudd-a-kruddy-lookalike-round-up/#comment-37759 Gratton Wilson Tue, 15 Sep 2009 10:37:58 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/14/who-gives-the-best-rudd-a-kruddy-lookalike-round-up/#comment-37759 I did hear about a fellow who looked like the Pope, he was a fairly entertaining person and would hire out to cocktail parties, wearing full gear and handing around canapés smiling benignly. I really like that kind of look alike. I did hear about a fellow who looked like the Pope, he was a fairly entertaining person and would hire out to cocktail parties, wearing full gear and handing around canapés smiling benignly. I really like that kind of look alike.

]]> By: Bruce Ferrier http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/15/who-gives-the-best-rudd-a-kruddy-lookalike-round-up/#comment-37735 Bruce Ferrier Tue, 15 Sep 2009 07:24:07 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/14/who-gives-the-best-rudd-a-kruddy-lookalike-round-up/#comment-37735 I read with interest your article ‘Who gives the best Rudd? A Kruddy lookalike round up’ in which writing credits for Australian radio’s longest running comedy/satire HOW GREEN WAS MY CACTUS are attributed to Ian Heydon. The casual reader would come away with the impression that Ian Heydon had created the show or had at least had an extended association with its scripting, which has now been in continuous production for just over 23 years and some 4500 episodes. Nothing could be further from the truth. Credit where it’s due: CACTUS was the exclusive brain-child of Doug Edwards who created it quite single-handedly in 1986 in response to Keating’s ‘Banana Republic’ comment. Doug Edwards has continued to be the chief writer right throughout, but would freely acknowledge co-scripting credits to Ian Heydon for about 250 episodes back in the 1980s, along with Lindy Wilson for about 2,000 episodes thereafter, and more recently from Shane Edwards over the past 1,000 or so episodes. Likewise, Mark Strachan has been a regular contributor right throughout. Edwards has won an incredible five AWGIE Awards for Best Comedy Script from the Australian Writers’ Guild for Cactus over the years. As for best Rudd impersonator, you somehow missed acknowledging the nation’s foremost mimic and stand-up comedian Keith Scott who has played all Cactus Island Prime Ministers from King Bonza the Charismatic to Kevin Krudd along with the majority of other pollies of note. Keith Scott’s rendition of Rudd is quite flawless whilst in contrast his satirical rendition of Treasurer Wayne Duck (as an Australianised Daffy Duck) is priceless! Take a listen: click on this link and follow the prompts...https://www.sendthisfile.com/xk4XfwFwzDA8whGNZ25i9oB2 Cactus is still aired daily by over 50 radio stations right throughout Australia. Bruce Ferrier, Grace Gibson Productions I read with interest your article ‘Who gives the best Rudd? A Kruddy lookalike round up’ in which writing credits for Australian radio’s longest running comedy/satire HOW GREEN WAS MY CACTUS are attributed to Ian Heydon. The casual reader would come away with the impression that Ian Heydon had created the show or had at least had an extended association with its scripting, which has now been in continuous production for just over 23 years and some 4500 episodes. Nothing could be further from the truth.

Credit where it’s due: CACTUS was the exclusive brain-child of Doug Edwards who created it quite single-handedly in 1986 in response to Keating’s ‘Banana Republic’ comment. Doug Edwards has continued to be the chief writer right throughout, but would freely acknowledge co-scripting credits to Ian Heydon for about 250 episodes back in the 1980s, along with Lindy Wilson for about 2,000 episodes thereafter, and more recently from Shane Edwards over the past 1,000 or so episodes. Likewise, Mark Strachan has been a regular contributor right throughout. Edwards has won an incredible five AWGIE Awards for Best Comedy Script from the Australian Writers’ Guild for Cactus over the years.

As for best Rudd impersonator, you somehow missed acknowledging the nation’s foremost mimic and stand-up comedian Keith Scott who has played all Cactus Island Prime Ministers from King Bonza the Charismatic to Kevin Krudd along with the majority of other pollies of note. Keith Scott’s rendition of Rudd is quite flawless whilst in contrast his satirical rendition of Treasurer Wayne Duck (as an Australianised Daffy Duck) is priceless! Take a listen: click on this link and follow the prompts…https://www.sendthisfile.com/xk4XfwFwzDA8whGNZ25i9oB2

Cactus is still aired daily by over 50 radio stations right throughout Australia.

Bruce Ferrier, Grace Gibson Productions

]]> By: The Worst of Perth http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/15/who-gives-the-best-rudd-a-kruddy-lookalike-round-up/#comment-37683 The Worst of Perth Tue, 15 Sep 2009 05:09:28 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/14/who-gives-the-best-rudd-a-kruddy-lookalike-round-up/#comment-37683 Alex Manfrin has moved on from a fantastic Howard (John How-odd) to a very good Rudd. http://www.ppes.com.au/perth-comedians/kevin-rudd/kevin-rudd-impersonators.html Alex Manfrin has moved on from a fantastic Howard (John How-odd) to a very good Rudd.
http://www.ppes.com.au/perth-comedians/kevin-rudd/kevin-rudd-impersonators.html

]]> By: Pedro http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/15/who-gives-the-best-rudd-a-kruddy-lookalike-round-up/#comment-37654 Pedro Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:57:36 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/14/who-gives-the-best-rudd-a-kruddy-lookalike-round-up/#comment-37654 "the fact there’s one Rudd in Oz while he’s flying elsewhere is a comfort to the people as a whole, don’t you think?” Two Rudds - it's enough to bore the nation to sleep, let alone a pilot. But then, we wouldn't be that lucky. “the fact there’s one Rudd in Oz while he’s flying elsewhere is a comfort to the people as a whole, don’t you think?” Two Rudds - it’s enough to bore the nation to sleep, let alone a pilot. But then, we wouldn’t be that lucky.

]]> By: Bruno Bouchet http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/15/who-gives-the-best-rudd-a-kruddy-lookalike-round-up/#comment-37642 Bruno Bouchet Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:26:42 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/14/who-gives-the-best-rudd-a-kruddy-lookalike-round-up/#comment-37642 How can you possibly overlook Anthony Ackroyd? Check this out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfXMpUqGMDQ How can you possibly overlook Anthony Ackroyd?
Check this out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfXMpUqGMDQ

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