Editing Rod Hull (section)

==Emu==
Hull used Emu to create havoc while not accepting blame for it. The use of a false arm attached to Hull's jacket, which cradled the emu, made it appear that the neck and head moved of its own volition. Hull used the puppet to make violent attacks on people nearby. During these events Hull would make half-hearted attempts to pull the bird away from its victim but would often become embroiled in the fracas, rolling around on the floor, creating theatrical mayhem.

When Hull left ''The Super Flying Fun Show'' and Australia, a duplicate of Emu was made so the character could continue on the show, much to Hull's annoyance, and comedian [[Marty Morton]] took over Hull's co-hosting position in Australia.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Super Flying Fun Show |url=https://nostalgiacentral.com/television/tv-by-decade/tv-shows-1970s/super-flying-fun-show-the/ |website=Nostalgia Central |access-date=11 June 2024}}</ref>

Hull and Emu were regulars on ''The [[Hudson Brothers]] Razzle Dazzle Show'', which aired for one season as a Saturday morning children's show on American broadcaster [[CBS]] in 1974-75.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tvparty.com/varhudson.html |title=Hudson Brothers |first=Billy |last=Ingrham |website=Tvparty! |access-date=22 November 2013}}</ref>

At least two people have alleged that Hull sexually assaulted women using Emu as a cover. Darts champion Eric Bristow wrote: "He used the puppet to feel up women and stick his hand between people's legs."<ref>{{cite book |first=Eric |last=Bristow |title=The Autobiography: The Crafty Cockney |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0eHTuRtG4NIC&q=rod+hull |publisher=Random House |date=15 September 2009 |pages=160–62 |isbn=978-1-4090-6316-2}}</ref> In a 2007 interview with ''[[Chortle]]'', comedy producer Michael Hurll said to Hull "Look Rod, you've got your hand in that emu, up girls' skirts and squeezing their tits; doing things you would get locked up for."<ref>{{cite web |title=You'd never get away with it today... Six comedy icons with a seedy reputation |website=Chortle |date=20 November 2017 |url=https://www.chortle.co.uk/features/2017/11/20/38474/youd_never_get_away_with_it_today |access-date=11 June 2024}}</ref> Hurll reported similar assaults on men in a [[Channel 4]] documentary, ''Rod Hull: A Bird in the Hand'' (2003).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbeISqjKM4k |title=Rod Hull: A Bird in the Hand |website=[[YouTube]] |date=3 July 2003}}</ref>

In 1972, Hull destroyed [[Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon|The Queen Mother]]'s bouquet of flowers during the after-show line-up at the Royal Variety Performance. During 1976, Hull's Emu repeatedly attacked [[Michael Parkinson]] during his [[Parkinson (TV series)|chat show]], eventually causing Parkinson to fall off his chair.<ref name="obituary">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/298817.stm |title=Obituary: The man behind Emu |work=BBC News |date=18 March 1999 |access-date=25 February 2010}}</ref> Fellow guest [[Billy Connolly]] threatened, "If that bird comes anywhere near me, I'll break its neck and your bloody arm!"{{fact|date=May 2024}} In later years, Parkinson later referred to Emu as "that bloody bird."<ref>{{cite news |last=Heslop |first=Katy |date=2007-06-27 |title=Parkinson: the greatest hits |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/tvandradioblog/2007/jun/27/parkinsonthegreatesthits |access-date=2024-03-11 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |location=London |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

He later starred in the television series ''[[Emu's Broadcasting Company]]'' (1975–1980), ''[[Emu's World]]'', ''EMU TV'' and ''[[Emu's All Live Pink Windmill Show]]'', taking his television career up to 1991.

In 1983 he appeared in the US on ''[[The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson|The Tonight Show]]'', attacking host Johnny Carson, even after he was asked not to by the producers, and [[Richard Pryor]] in one of his first public appearances after undergoing major emergency reconstructive surgery on his face.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://povonline.com/cols/COL236.htm |title=Rod Hull & Emu |website=POVonline |access-date=25 February 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100309092126/http://www.povonline.com/cols/COL236.htm |archive-date=9 March 2010  }}</ref>