Talk:Paul Hogan

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Contents 1 60 Minutes interview 1.1 Beginnings 1.2 Relations & Filmography 2 Fair use rationale for Image:CrocDundee.jpg 3 Tobacco industry links

[edit] 60 Minutes interview

Isn't it redundant to begin the sentence as, Paul Hogan (of Crocodile Dundee fame)? After all the film Crocodile Dundee has already been mentioned, and it is no longer a surprise as to what Paul Hogan is associated with.

I felt it was redundant too but am also wondering what he said on 60 Minutes vs. Vanity magazine and if the fragmentation means that this section of the article was vandalized. Marc Kupper (talk) (contribs) 05:51, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Beginnings

I have no sources to back me up, as the following was told to me by word-of-mouth, but here goes. Apparently, Paul Hogan got his big break from Mike Willesee. Willesee was the host of A Current Affair, and also drank in a pub somewhere near the north end of the Sydney Harbour Bridge (the sort of affluent area that you would expect Willesee to frequent). Hogan worked on the bridge, and at the end of the day would visit the same pub. Willesee would see the pub jokes and hijinks that Hogan would get up to, and asked him to come on A Current Affair. It all took off from there.

[edit] Relations & Filmography

I removed 2 unreferenced and unlikely statements. One was that the Croatian singer Oliver Dragojevic is his half-brother, by his father's second marriage. The other was that Hogan acted in the film Marsal (1999). A check of the IMDb does not list Hogan in this film. A check of the internet does not support either statement. If they are true, I hope someone will restore them, with references. MacPhilbin 14:51, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

• I think those are jokes. Vanjagenije 12:02, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:CrocDundee.jpg

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[edit] Tobacco industry links

Hogan, I believe, increased his wealth and fame with a long-running series of TV commercials for cigarettes. As I'm not a TV watcher, and because I have no reference to this, perhaps someone might like to add it if it is true. I'm pretty sure I have seen such commercials, perhaps in the 1970s. I think the brand was Winfield. Alpheus 12:47, 7 October 2007 (UTC)