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Grunt Machine - Andy Anderson spoof interview with John Clarke
Television (Excerpts) – 1975
The airport interview with the visiting overseas celebrity was very much a staple of 70s New Zealand TV — but in this encounter the location looks suspiciously like NZBC's Avalon studios, and rock star Hiram W Violent bears more than a passing resemblance to John Clarke (of Fred Dagg fame). The wardrobe department has had a thorough ransacking and the question of Hiram's ability with the guitar remains thankfully moot. The interviewer is original Grunt Machine presenter and actor/musician Andy Anderson (who later starred in Gloss and The Sullivans).
Wonderful to be here, wonderful country, really is far out, incredible, wonderful, wonderful, beautiful. Very happy to be here.– Hiram W. Violent
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