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rod hull and emu rather punctured the suave tv persona. i knew we should never have booked it.course, there wasn't much hollywood glamour in the childhood of this son of a yorkshire miner. my generation was the first that actually challenged the assumption that if you're born into a mining family, you followed your dad's footsteps down to the pit. his escape was journalism, which took him to granada tv. ladies and gentlemen, miss shirley maclaine. and then, in 1971, the parkinson show. i hope i can get away with this, it's a beauty. it was a programme that could transform a career. it's a substitute for tattoos, i'm frightened to get a tattoo. billy connolly appeared 15 times. about the oyster that went to a discotheque and pulled a mussel! they became good friends. i said, i need somewhere to park my bike. but others... let's talk about nudity. ..especially some women, were rather less comfortable in his company. do you find, in fact, that this what could be best described as your equipment, in fact, hinders you, perhaps, in that pursuit? you're wary of journalists. i mean, do

rod hull and emu rather punctured the suave tv persona. i knew we should never have booked it.se, there wasn't much hollywood glamour in the childhood of this son of a yorkshire miner. my generation was the first that actually challenged the assumption that if you're born into a mining family, you followed your dad's footsteps down to the pit. his escape was journalism, which took him to granada tv. ladies and gentlemen, miss shirley maclaine. and then, in 1971, the parkinson show. i hope i can get away with this, it's a beauty. it was a programme that could transform a career. it's a substitute for tattoos, i'm frightened to get a tattoo. billy connolly appeared 15 times. how about the oyster that went to a discotheque and pulled a mussel! they became good friends. he says, "i need somewhere to park my bike." but others... let's talk about nudity. ..especially some women, were rather less comfortable in his company. do you find, in fact, that this what could be best described as your equipment, in fact, hinders you, perhaps, in that pursuit? you're wary of journalists. i mean,

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. >> it's when he was attacked, he was attacked rod hull and he was attacked by rod hull and he rememberat >> yes, yes, yes. you had that face he sort of made his face where he sort of made his beat go like that and he ends up on the floor, doesn't he? >> park wrestling on floor on the floor, doesn't he? >> ibits wrestling on floor on the floor, doesn't he? >> ibits ofastling on floor on the floor, doesn't he? >> ibits of furing on floor on the floor, doesn't he? >> ibits of fur flying. floor on the floor, doesn't he? >> ibits of fur flying. and loor on the floor, doesn't he? >> ibits of fur flying. and it's and bits of fur flying. and it's absolutely hilarious. and it's a morose you watch morose day. but if you watch that now, guarantee you it's that now, i guarantee you it's going to make you laugh. it's stood of time. another stood the test of time. another thing parkinson, he had he thing about parkinson, he had he had beautiful of had a he had a beautiful turn of phrase. he had a great way of writing. he spoke very, very movingly own father movingly when his own father died of coal

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parkinson if you recall, had emu rod hull and emu on the programme and that blooming animal or bird ore whole bloomin lot just just after that emu came in and to do keep fit with me. well i mean it was heading for a disaster, wasn't it? and he looked at me and he picked up my bum and one thing and another. and i thought, oh, here we go. and then he nuzzled his beak against me. and he said, well, he sort of indicated nice lady. and i got away totally poor old cockpit and green. >> god has got away with it. but whatever we do and i know you believe in diet as well, being incredibly important and you know you're dismay, not diet diet . diet. >> no, no, no, no. >>— >> no, no, no, no. >> but you're dismayed at, you know, the takeaway culture and all of these things. >> am. all of these things. >> and|. all of these things. >> and you know, it seems to me that a large chunk of the country take exercise and health more seriously than their parents and grandparents. but equally a large chunk of the country just don't seem to care at all. and children are obese from their mid—teens onwards. and

parkinson if you recall, had emu rod hull and emu on the programme and that blooming animal or bird ore whole bloomin lot just just after that emu came in and to do keep fit with me. well i mean it was heading for a disaster, wasn't it? and he looked at me and he picked up my bum and one thing and another. and i thought, oh, here we go. and then he nuzzled his beak against me. and he said, well, he sort of indicated nice lady. and i got away totally poor old cockpit and green. >> god has got away with it. but whatever we do and i know you believe in diet as well, being incredibly important and you know you're dismay, not diet diet . diet. >> no, no, no, no. >>— >> no, no, no, no. >> but you're dismayed at, you know, the takeaway culture and all of these things. >> am. all of these things. >> and|. all of these things. >> and you know, it seems to me that a large chunk of the country take exercise and health more seriously than their parents and grandparents. but equally a large chunk of the country just don't seem to care at all. and children are obese from their mid—teens onwards. and

we go, michael parkinson was never known for losing his cool, but this amazing interview with rod hullver happened. >> male or female. he knew this i >> -- >> why 5mm >> why don't you have a look for yourself ? yourself? >> i wouldn't know to what look back. towards. it looks nice . towards. it looks nice. >> interview last week . >> interview last week. >> interview last week. >> exactly. you're not going to say i actually , you're right, say i actually, you're right, aren't you? >> why is it so aggressive? >> why is it so aggressive? >> it's not aggressive. >> it's not aggressive. >> look, the time lunatic . >> look, the time lunatic. >> look, the time lunatic. >> it's not? no no . come . >> it's not? no no. come. here >> it's not? no no. come. here >> i mean , yeah, he actually did >> i mean, yeah, he actually did say that out of all the interviews that he's done , we interviews that he's done, we remembered for that bird , which remembered for that bird, which is a bit unfair. we'll be having a look at some of his other, more proper journalistic stuff a little on. but i mean, littl

interview, though, parky interview, though, from parky was was with rod was also when he was with rod hullkshire born, started out his yorkshire born, started out his yorkshire born, started out his life in newspapers, then moved to on radio, onto television . he also did stints television. he also did stints presenting the old itv breakfast show tv.com as well . and really show tv.com as well. and really his kind of laconic , warm style his kind of laconic, warm style of interviewing where he made the interview really a lot of interviewers fall into the trap of making it about themselves, but he didn't. he put the guests, the interviewee at the centre of it, and that's what brought out the best in him. and he will be very fondly remembered. just a quick statement his family, by statement from his family, by the after the way. they say that after a brief illness, sir michael parkinson passed away peacefully at last night the at his home last night in the company family. but yeah, company of his family. but yeah, many, tributes many, many, many tributes will be pouring forward today in trib