What do Peter Garrett, the Crocodile Hunter, and the grandpa from South Park have in common?
They are the only people I can impersonate worth a damn and two of the three are Australian. Who is Peter Garrett? Glad you asked:
The former lead singer of the Australian rock band Midnight Oil announced Thursday that he will run for parliament with the opposition Labour Party and party leaders said he could even become a government minister someday.
Peter Garrett (news), a committed environmental activist with a distinctive bald pate, had long used Midnight Oil as a forum for his political views. The band broke up in 2002 after 25 years.
June 10th, 2004 at 1:36 pm
I think you’ve obligated yourself to put up audio samples. π
My repertoire of decent impersonations consists primarily of Bullwinkle, Kermit the Frog, and Louis Armstrong. Although I did once channel post-MTV Ozzy Osbourne. In Vancouver, a group of friends and I walked past a guy who looked a lot like Ozzy, and I muttered a few things and called out “Sharon” in my best Ozzy voice. The people around me (including a few strangers) thought it was great, but I’ve never been able to do it since.
June 10th, 2004 at 3:01 pm
Cool, I wasn’t the only one to notice the news about Peter Garrett. Midnight Oil rocked. Too bad they broke up. Kinda fun trying to sing like Peter. “Ow-ut whea tha riva broke…let’s give it baaaaaack”