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Review: Would that be funny? Growing up with John Clarke – Lorin Clarke
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Not long after John Clarke died in April 2017, his elder daughter, Lorin,
attended a children’s birthday party where she found herself standing alone.
A woman came up to pass on her condolences. Another woman, a stranger,
overheard and squealed. Your dad was John Clarke? “Are you serious? I
love
him!” Trying to go along with it, Lorin replied, “I love him too”.
The woman looked at her sharply and Lorin thought she was about to be
admonished for her dark humour. Instead, the woman leaned in and said: “I don’t
think you understand. I
grew up with him”.
I know what she means. Along with countless others in Australia and Clarke’s
birthplace, New Zealand, I fell in love with his humour, first in the form of
Fred Dagg, a gumbooted clodpoll who commented on current affairs in the idiom
of the agrarian sector and with a dust-dry, nasal delivery."
A true local legend. I also grew up with him, and met him at a book signing
once.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
