We use cookies to help us understand how you use our site, and make your experience better. To find out more read our privacy policy.

Sorry – due to licensing restrictions,
this clip can't be viewed outside New Zealand.

Thankfully most of NZ On Screen's content
can be viewed from anywhere: browse and enjoy!

We're sorry, but something went wrong

Please try reloading the page

We're sorry, but your browser is unable to play this video content.

If this continues please try upgrading your browser or contact us for assistance.

We're sorry, but this video is currently unavailable on mobile.

Hero image for Crump

Crump

Television (Excerpts) – 1999

An ability to speak freshly and vividly and without cliche ...
– A Good Keen Man editor Alexander Fry, on Crump's early literary talent
We'll just have a wee breather here Scotty, we'll have to wait for the dog — he's lighter eh.
– Barry to a petrified Scotty (Lloyd Scott) as they recover from a cliff jump, in an 80s Toyota ad
I had to stop him and tell him that he wasn't writing a police report ... the only people he'd talked to that'd had a typewriter in front of him before had been policemen.
– Writer Kevin Ireland on coaching Crump, before his publication in literary magazine Mate