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5 unusual facts about Paul Hogan


Foster's Lager

This was true of a campaign in the 1980s fronted by the Australian comedian Paul Hogan.

Lianna Rose

Her debut album, Soak Up The World released in October 2008, resulted in her first single "Jack" featuring in the Australian film Charlie & Boots starring Paul Hogan and Shane Jacobson.

Paul Hogan

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, he was featured in advertisements for the Subaru Outback.

In another advertisement from the same Foster's series, Hogan's character is approached in a London Tube station by a Japanese tourist who asks, 'Do you know the way to Cockfosters?', to which Hogan replies (with a puzzled look on his face): "Drink it warm, mate."

Throughout the decade, he appeared on British TV in advertisements for Foster's Lager, in which he played an earthy Australian abroad in London.


Australia Live

Other presenters included Paul Hogan, Tony Barber, George Negus, Derryn Hinch, Greg Evans, Daryl Somers and Graham Kennedy who billed the programme as a "unique electronic carpet ride"

Rebecca Asha

Appeared in the SBS Television series Kick, "Blue Heelers" and "Forest" and several Australian feature films released theatrically including Hating Alison Ashley, The Extra, and Charlie and Boots alongside fellow Australians Paul Hogan and Shane Jacobson.

She has appeared in the SBS Television series Kick and several Australian feature films released theatrically including Hating Alison Ashley, The Extra, and Charlie and Boots alongside fellow Australians Paul Hogan and Shane Jacobson.

The Shrimp on the Barbie

The title is derived from a line in a 1980s series of popular ads starring Paul Hogan promoting tourism to Australia: "I'll slip an extra shrimp on the barbie for you".

Yackandandah

Used for the filming of the 2003 film, Strange Bedfellows, (starring Michael Caton and Paul Hogan), Yackandandah is also home to the annual Yackandandah Folk Festival attracting local, Australian and international artists.


see also

Lightning Jack

Paul Hogan plays Lightning Jack Kane, a long-sighted Australian outlaw in the American outback, with his horse, Mate.