Editing Rod Hull (section)

==Later life==
By the 1990s, Hull was seen less frequently on TV, although he continued to appear in [[pantomime]] and television commercials, made personal appearances and occasional TV appearances. Comedians [[Richard Herring]] and [[Stewart Lee]] included a "not Rod Hull" character in their 1996 television sketch show ''[[Fist of Fun]]'', played by the actor [[Kevin Eldon]]. This character was performed as a grotesque imitation of Hull and was finally unmasked by the real Rod Hull who appeared in the last episode of the series.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://homepage.ntlworld.com/david.patrick/rod6.html |title=Rod Hull vs Rod Hull |website=The Curmudgeonly Lee & Herring Pages |access-date=25 February 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100529212432/http://homepage.ntlworld.com/david.patrick/rod6.html |archive-date=29 May 2010}}</ref> It was to be Hull's penultimate television appearance.

A 2003 Channel 4 documentary, ''Rod Hull: A Bird in the Hand'',<ref>{{cite news |first=Nancy |last=Banks-Smith |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2003/jul/04/television.artsfeatures |title=Rod Hull: A Bird in the Hand &#124; No 57: The History of a House |newspaper=The Guardian |location=London |date=4 July 2003 |access-date=22 November 2013}}</ref> suggested that Hull nursed an increasing resentment towards his puppet, believing that the success of the bird prevented him from pursuing other avenues in [[show business]]. He saw himself, according to the makers of the programme, as a talented performer who could have developed a more varied career in the entertainment industry had he not been repeatedly forced to perform with the Emu. Hull once complained, "I want to write but Emu doesn't leave me the time. I want to be a comedian in my own right, but again Emu won't let me do it."<ref name="screen"/>