Did they tan his hide when he died, Clyde? On Tue, May 23, 2023 at 9:40 AM Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> wrote:
> To Americans, Australian Rolf Harris is known--if he is known at all--for > his international novelty hit of 1964 "Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport." But > people in his native Australia and later in the UK knew him as the host of > a series of children's shows and nature and art programs. And then it came > out that he had made a series of indecent assaults on girls between 1968 > and 1986, the discovery coming at the same time fellow broadcaster and > children's show host Jimmy Savile was accused of being a pedophile, with a > longer string of crimes than Harris. But while Savile died in 2009 before > being accused (although some of his bosses at the BBC had known but kept > quiet), Harris was taken to court, where he was found guilty and served for > three years in prison. He never made a public apology and lived the rest > of his life uneventfully, with the honors of the Queen and BAFTA taken away > from him, and died on May 10 in his Berkshire home of neck cancer: > > https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-60393842 > > A few years ago, the game show digital subchannel BUZZR unwittingly posted > on Facebook an episode of "To Tell the Truth" featuring Harris as a central > character around the time "Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport" was a hit. They did > receive comments critical of presenting Harris in a favorable light, > especially since FB lists the account as based in the UK because BUZZR is > run by the UK-based Fremantle Media (who owns the rights to "To Tell the > Truth" along with many other game show formats). > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/6607e640-d1c2-4bc4-86a0-e4bf29fc0bc3n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/6607e640-d1c2-4bc4-86a0-e4bf29fc0bc3n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4DxCGx6Xm7TsJA%2BWxdwW_LGLEQ7ijwWpuDKm5%3D%3DQUyqcA%40mail.gmail.com.
