Happy Birthday Rolf Harris (31 March - Age 80)

Subject: RE: Happy Birthday Rolf Harris (31 March - Age 80)
From: Young Buchan
Date: 01 Apr 10 - 06:04 AM

"By the way - is he really Australian??"

Yes he's Australian, but his grandfather was G.F. Harris, a slightly second division, but nonetheless 'name', Welsh painter whose work occasionally turns up on Antiques Roadshow.

I think this qualifies him to play soccer and rugby for Wales.

Subject: RE: Happy Birthday Rolf Harris (31 March - Age 80)
From: GUEST,Abdul almost back home again
Date: 01 Apr 10 - 05:24 AM

Do you recall the Willoughby telly cartoon programmes he did? I used to have a 'Willoughby' sketching pantograph when I was around 6 years old and looking back, that started off my design career. Spent ages on it, never looked back. God bless him.
Al

Subject: RE: Happy Birthday Rolf Harris (31 March - Age 80)
From: Tattie Bogle
Date: 31 Mar 10 - 07:37 PM

I saw that Sidmouth concert too: what a performer! He had just had an arthroscopy on his knee so was hobbling a out a bit: the only song he couldn't do that night was "Jake the Peg".
He had an amazing didge player with him for "Sun Arise" too.
Met him again in Heathrow airport in 2005, when we were on our way back from NZ and he was on his way up to Edinburgh to do that big painting project of the multi-faceted Mona Lisa.

Subject: RE: Happy Birthday Rolf Harris
From: GUEST,Gerry
Date: 31 Mar 10 - 05:51 PM

The tune that put john f weldon in the ditch (a few posts up) was part of a running gag on Andrew Denton's TV show, The Money Or The Gun - every week, someone else would perform Stairway To Heaven in his/her/their own style. Eventually, a CD came out with some/most/all of the versions. Many were good, but (for my money, or gun) Harris' was the best.

Subject: RE: Happy Birthday Rolf Harris
From: Steve Gardham
Date: 31 Mar 10 - 05:23 PM

Goodonya, Sport!

Subject: RE: Happy Birthday Rolf Harris
From: GUEST,Chris P.
Date: 31 Mar 10 - 05:12 PM

This is really weird!
Bohemian Rhapsody
A true genius. Saw him at Sidders 10 years ago.

Subject: RE: Happy Birthday Rolf Harris
From: gnu
Date: 31 Mar 10 - 02:18 PM

80? Naaahhhhh! Really? Always a joy that guy.

Subject: RE: Happy Birthday Rolf Harris
From: goatfell
Date: 31 Mar 10 - 11:47 AM

happy birthday Rolf

Subject: RE: Happy Birthday Rolf Harris
From: john f weldon
Date: 31 Mar 10 - 09:26 AM

That guy almost killed me! I was driving on the highway, when this came on the radio....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPOIy4Kb9M4

...I was laughing so hard I drove into a ditch!

Subject: RE: Happy Birthday Rolf Harris
From: Arnie
Date: 31 Mar 10 - 08:27 AM

Rolf seems to have been very active in the UK media recently. Last week I saw him hosting the news quiz Have I Got News for You, followed the next day by a radio interview which I think was on BBC4. If I heard him correctly, Rolf was brought up in Wales - is this true, or did he possibly say New South Wales? As he's now living in Wales, perhaps he is Welsh by birth. On a personal note, in the mid-80's I was admiring a cartoon he'd drawn on the reception office wall of the Maidenhead Advertiser newspaper. As I said to my wife 'that looks like a Rolf Harris drawing', the great man himself entered the door!! Happy Birthday Rolf - you look and act like someone so much younger - must be the elixir of music!! By the way - is he really Australian??

Subject: RE: Happy Birthday Rolf Harris
From: Mr Red
Date: 31 Mar 10 - 07:55 AM

can you tell how old he is yet?

Subject: RE: Happy Birthday Rolf Harris
From: Mick Tems
Date: 31 Mar 10 - 03:17 AM

He might be classed as an Australian, but Rolf's home town is Merthyr Tydfil. Penblwydd hapus, Rolf!

Subject: Happy Birthday Rolf Harris
From: SteveMansfield
Date: 31 Mar 10 - 02:52 AM

80 years old today (31st March).

He was on Danny Baker's programme on BBC radio 5 live on Saturday and sounded in fine form ...